HarmonIntroDesignPrinciples

March 20^th, 2015

HUA101

                                                Online Assignment #2

1.      1.Describe several ways that artists unify their artwork. Find an example and describe how it is unified.

·         According to the lecture HarmonIntroDesignPrinciples on YouTube, Unity is the appearance or condition of oneness. Artists unify their artwork in many different ways. They use repetition of sizes, shapes and colors to unify their art.

  This artwork called “Tunes” by Mariah Dimalalvan, shows unity because of the repetition of warm colors in the background. It also shows unity by the different shapes of the music notes like the red one is smaller so it appears to be further back (the illusion of depth) as oppose to the yellow one being bigger looking like its closer to the viewer. Lastly, the theme of the artwork is based on music and you can see that due to the repetition of the musical notes and instruments.

2.    2.  Describe how an artist creates asymmetrical balance- post an artwork of your choice and explain how it is balanced asymmetrically.

·         Asymmetrical balance is when the left and right side of the artwork is not the same. It has visual weights of color and form, as stated in the lecture online. The artist will use two different types of forms for the artwork which is a large form and a small form. Large forms are heavier and grabs your attention more than a small form. What the form does is gather visual weight as it gets to the edges of the painting. For example, like the holy painting from the lecture, one side of the painting was colorful being the heavier side and the other side was dark showing the uneven balance.

   In this piece of artwork called “Asymmetry in Art” by Wassily Kandinsky, you can see that the right side of the art is the heavier side because it has more color compared to the other side that uses the same color scheme but much less and lighter. Also, the left side has a big image but the right side has more images and they are broken apart.

3.      3.How can scale change the meaning of an artwork? Use a visual example of your choice as an example and explain how the meaning is changed by scale.

·         Scale is the size relation of one thing to the other and it is one of the first important decision an artist makes when planning an art work. Scale can change the meaning of an artwork by being distorted, changing the visual effect. It shows the control of the artwork on the viewer. For example, like the artwork with old ladies at the end of the lecture, they looked vulnerable by their reduced scale as opposed to the giant piece of art where the boy was holding his knees where the hairs on his legs actually looked real.

  This artwork’s meaning is changed by scale because the distortion makes it look like the people in the picture are running from this big unknown figure. 

HarmonIntroEgyptianGreek

March 13^th, 2015

HUA101

                                               Online Assignment #1

     

This is the Head of Athena and it is of the Greek Hellenistic period, late 3^rd, early second century B.C. It was said to be made of marble and later said to be possibly made of bronze. The height of this sculpture is 19 in. In the three different poses of the sculpture, you can see that the top portion of her head is chopped off. The sculpture looks naturalistic in the way that it’s head is turned to the right compared to Egyptian art which is more serene and stern. It actually looks like the neck has movement. Athena is the Greek goddess of victory in war and she symbolized wisdom. According to the lecture, HarmonIntroEgyptianGreek and from the lecture in class, the Greeks were more passionate about their art. They considered the body to be the highest form of perfection.

This is the statue of King Khafre who was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh or king of the 4^th dynasty during the Old Kingdom (2778-2065 B.C.) and also the builder of the second pyramid at Giza. The sculpture is made of a very hard grayish-green stone called diorite. It is approximately 5 ½ feet tall. In the photo, you can see that the sculpture is very stern, less movement and is wearing clothes compared to Greek sculptures. You can see that he is of high power and his face looks calm. The way he’s sitting with his hands on his lap shows peace. The statue symbolizes god-like nature as well as order and control. Egyptian art shows more hierarchical strong presentation of art compared to the Greek according to the lecture.