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Creative Post #11




Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog (Mountaineer in a Misty Landscape)1818
Caspar David Friedrich
oil oncanvas
This piece was very interesting. It shows a man ontop of what seems to be a mountain, looking over a cloudy, foggy, scene. But why? Why is he up there? What is he doing? You can put yourself in this mans place, because we have all been there, starring off into space, daydreaming, thinking out loud. This person has just found a wonderful spot to do it in. I lved the deep colors of this piece, the atmosphereic perspective of the mountains in the distance. The waving, wipping clouds add a sense of uncertainty in the air. It is an amazing piece that I enjoy studying over and over again.
Creative Post #10




Thomas Cole
A View of the Mountain Pass Called the Notch of the White Mountains (Crawford Notch), 1839
oil on canvas
This painting by Cole was one I was thinking of choosing for my Museum paper. It is an amazing scene, that can really captivates by looking at it and even more if you put yourself into the painting; viewing this scene like the person on the horse a feeling of shock and awe comes over you. I love the color scheme in this painting, so many different colors make up the woods and fields and maountain. There is almost a sense of asymmetry between the roaring storm and the calm wooded valley below.
Creative Post #9




I found this picture on a Astronomy Picture website http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html. In Iceland in 1991, the volcano Hekla erupted at the same time that auroras were visible overhead. I thought this was a great depiction of asymmetry because of the violent eruption of the red hot volcano, versus the glowing green flow of the aurora.

Creative Post # 8




Melancholy and Mystery of a Street, GIORGIO DE CHIRICO, c. 1914. Is a piece I found very interesting. This piece was done during an art movement called Surrealism. The angles of the streets and the walls adds point of view and direction. The way the pale yellow road starts from one corner and flows to the other side growing narrow as it goes on carries your eyes through the painting. The way the white building is shaped adds to this effect as well.

Creative Post #7




I thought this was a very interesting picture. I came across it while I was looking at an astronomy website full of pictures. It was taken from the Internation Space Station. The object floating in the middle of the picture is a spacesuit that wasn't needed anymore, so the crew pushed it off the station. I just loved how the picture looks fake but isn't, and the contrast between the clear blue earth and the empty black space. It shows asymmetry.

Creative post #6




Alfred Sisley
Misty Morning
Oil on Canvas
This is another great Impressionist piece that really struck me when I first saw it. The analogous harmonies of the greens and blues that surround this piece are awesome. But the painting is set off my the contrasting colors of the white and pink flowers and yellow flowers that draws your attention away from the rest of the painting.

Creative Post #5



Sonya Moon
"Flowers Frome Him"
Oil on Canvas
I have discovered that I love Impressionist paintings. I think they are my favorite!!! And this piece really stood out too me. I love how the only detail is in the woman's face and hand, the main focal point of the painting. The blue vase also stands out from the rest of the piece, the colors blend together in the vase to make a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

Creative Post #4




Albert Bierstadt uses atmoshperic perspective in this piece called Garden of the Rockies. I also enjoy the way the deep blue lake and dark red almost burgandy trees set themselves apart from the rest of the painting.


Creative Post #3




This is a print by Rembrandt. The medium is drypoint and burin printed on vellum. Drypoint uses a drypoint needle that scrathes a thin ridge of metal onto the surface of whatever is being created. These ridges hold the ink. These was a very impressive piece to me and I just had to put it on.

Creative Post #2







These are two great descriptions of asymmetrical paintings. Both pieces are split into two haves. And the even more interesing point is that the are seperated by their color scheme. One side are warm colors and the other side are cool colors.



Activity #3
What are the two main balances the text describes? Give an example of each.

The two balances the text describes are symmetrical and asymmetrical balance. Symmetrical balance is a descriptive design in which the two havles of a composition on either side of an imaginary central vertical axis correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement. Asymmetrical balance is characterized by arranging related or unrelated objects of differing visual weights counterbalancing one another. This can heighten interest, bring informality, or even produce tension in a painting.
An example of symmetrical balance is Georgia O'Keefe's
Deer's Skull with Pedernal






An example of asymmetrical balance is Joseph Mallory Turner The Burning of the Houses of Parliament