online assignment #2

         According to the online lecture "HarmanIntroDesignPrinciples"there are several different ways that artist can unify their artwork. The use of color and shapes, repetition, patterns and using one item to bring together the whole piece.  For example "planetary prayers" by Alex Grey in this piece he uses colors blue, red, white and purple continuously throughout the piece. He also adds In a few eye shapes, the vains running through the face moves out of the body and into the background which transforms into lightning.

        The way artists use asymmetrical balance in their artwork is by using directional forces which means in the piece there would be a few elements that are moving in one direction which then balances the asymmetrical piece of art. Colors such as warm and cool colors help bring focus to one side which help even out the piece without it being the same on the other. Using small forms to balance larger forms is also another way. For example in "Jockeys before the race" by Edgar Degas it seems to me that he uses the smaller horses in back to make the horse in the front more important in other words the focus of the piece. Also the color choices, everything in this piece is more settle and cool then theres the warm color of the horses which is bold

          The use of scale in ones art piece can either make it a humorous where the viewer will not take the object that is might to be greater to seriously but still understand the concept of the artwork. Some of the scale art pieces sometimes exaggerate items that are known to be much smaller. There are meant to represent something much greater in some pieces. There are some pieces that has used the viewer of part of its concept whether the piece is tiny or the piece is big. For example " the EYE" by Tony Tasset has a humorous feel to it which is placed in the park where it will attract more attention.

 

online assignment #1

   Based on the online lecture called "HarmanIntroEgyptianGreek" there are particular qualities in Egyptian art, a lot of their art as symbolism such as the frontal position represent loyalty and strength as well as the Greek style. Difference between Greek and Egyptian art is Greek art has the quailities life meaning the ability of movement. Roman art captures the details in a humans facial features such as the wrinkles and face expression. Later on there was a shift, became more about representing religion in their artwork.
   "Hatshepsut in a Devotional attitude" (1473-1458 B.C) Hatshepsut means foremost of noble women.  The women in the first picture is Hatshepsut she was the first female pharaoh during her period, it was said that she ruling was calm and peaceful. The material that was used to create her statue is granite. As you can see she maintain the tradition by wearing the fake beard and headdress which is used to identify gods or goddess and to prove their high position. Hatshepsut also has her foot forward standing in a frontal position with left foot forward which was common for royality.
     "Marble head of chrysippos" 1st century A.D, made of marble. According to the met museum website,  this was a portrait of a philosopher who believe that human beings should be free. the reason for the portrait of the head not full body is to represent the strength and his face and instead of showing the whole body him being a bowl age the reason for the portrait of the head not full body is to represent the strength and his face and instead of showing the whole body it would represent weakness because of old age.
 The difference between the two art pieces I have shown is that Egyptian art, full body frontal position show strength and loyalty it also represents royalty whereas the other doesnt

stand for full body images because based on the person's age it will show sign of weakness