Visual Analysis Of Lake Superior Landscape By George Morrison

The five elements used are line, shape, colour, texture and tone. Preston uses both types of lines in this piece, both organic which are the soft, curved and flowing lines in the mountains, and inorganic, structural lines, being the tree stumps. The most significant line direction that is used is diagonal, where the lines lead your eyes over the composition from the foreground and through the mountain ranges to the clouds in the far background. Both vertical and horizontal lines are also used for the trees and the horizon line. Preston has used both naturalistic and curvilinear shapes to give the landscape a realistic appearance, however, her shapes are also a little stylised and simplified to their essential character.

The dust across the mid ground of the painting contrasts against the blue and green hues of the top third of the painting. The detail of the drover on his horse in the foreground of the painting shows how Roberts can have intricate details whilst maintaining a soft and smooth stroke line. This interprets the theme of ‘The Bush’ by comparing it to Australia’s inner core landscape. The green from the trees is perched above and away from the earthy tones below. The perfectly blue sky shows a hope in the distance indicating the help the drover needs in this story.

    The subject of the painting is a depiction of a mountain landscape. Near the bottom of the picture plane in the foreground there’s a canal through the mountain side. If you look closely you can see someone in the water climbing up the rock. The overall theme of the piece seems to be very peaceful and exciting.     Hassam uses a few visual elements of form to support his painting.

The three pieces that I choose to critique are called Keith, Betty and Loch Lomond. The first painting, “Keith” is a painting done by the man named Chuck Close. This painting captures the detail of a man with an intense look upon his face.

However, Bierstadt painting does show different forms of line in the picture. The way Bierstadt painted the trees and mountains gives the artwork the third characteristic of line implication, which means that the painting does not have a line that connects the tops of the forms within the painting. On the other hand, Bradley’s use of line is more detailed, and it does

Fox in the Snow is eye catching as you walk up to it. There is so much, and so little to look at in the work, yet it captures you. This piece of artwork is displayed on the second floor of the Dallas Museum of Art in the European Art Section. The artist who painted it is Gustave Courbet, a Frenchman who lived from 1819 until 1877. The media used to create this was oil on canvas, and it was painted in the year 1860 during the Realism Era.

The Great Lakes are major landforms in America. They are giant freshwater lakes located in the northern region of American. In addition to their beauty, the lakes not only provide water for consumption but also serve for transportation, recreation, power generation, and many other uses. How were these landforms created? Well I am going to tell you all about the many different ways people believe it was made, and the way it was made.

All three artists uses the lines in weird directions such as crisscrossing and diagonal placements in both artworks. In the Blue (Crest), used different tints of blue and Vertigo, used different tints of orange giving two different views of the artwork. The blue used in In the Blue (Crest) helped with portraying the feel of water and the orange just seems as a color placed in the painting of Vertigo, even though with the lines it helps represents the chaos in the picture. They both were similar besides the dimensions, In the Blue (Crest) did give a different feel since it was three dimensional than the two dimensional

However, the top fraction of the painting is more light because it represent the sun and the other half of this painting has a darkness which can be the shadows of the lights or to illustrate the big rocks. An intuition of my part, is that I think this painting is depiction of harmony in nature. Indeed, the "Cora Kneeling at the Feet of Tamenund" is a painting that reflects the scenery beauty of the Hudson

In the Loge, by Mary Cassatt is a very interesting piece of artwork. The artwork depicts what appears to be a woman, viewing a play or some kind of entertainment inside of a theater. The woman’s gaze is set on whatever the entertainment in front of her is. However, the man across the theater is looking directly at the woman, yet he appears to be attending the show with a woman himself. This painting appears to be set sometime in the past, the outfits the people are wearing appear to be very outdated.

Behind him, another man is holding some instruments. In the background, there are waves of blue. At the left side of the painting, there are lightening bolts. At the bottom left of the painting, there is a board connecting the ground to the boats, allowing some animals to enter. Behind that, there is a person on a ladder, carrying an item on their back.

The Deep An enigmatic piece of art, The Deep, was illustrated by an American painter, Jackson Pollack. This art is an abstract expressionist painting. It was created in the 1950s. This piece reflects a troubling period of alcoholism in his life. His influences were from Surrealism and Cubism.

Unity is the feeling of harmony between all parts of an art work, which creates a sense of wholeness. A work of art has unity when its elements seem necessary to the composition as a whole. It can be achieved in three ways: continuation, proximity, and repetition. Although unity can be created in many different ways, these are the three most common. Continuation is a way to achieve unity when one element of the composition is connected, usually by a line or edge.

The Focal Point of the painting would be the three people at the table but mainly the woman and man sitting across from each other. There is no unity or variety that appears in the artwork. The artwork is in proportion. There is no movement in the picture considering the people are sitting down at the table. There is no rhythm or pattern in the artwork that is involved.

The portrait represents the beauty of the time period. It holds simplistic colors with detailed shading. The artwork is very intriguing to me. I love the detail in the background, there are tiny brushstrokes that makes up the mountains and sky. Also, I find the shading of the mouth and eyes very interesting.