Archive #7
1. Miro: contrast of hue
The yellow and the blue are complimentary hues as they are both on either sides of the color wheel and have differing values.
2. Mondrian: complimentary contrast
The red and the green are complimentary colors as they are opposite of each other on the color wheel.
3. Rothko: contrast of temperature
The blue and violet are cool colors and the orange is a warm color.
Archive #8
Something that connects both of these artists is their taste for simplicity. Albers’ work is clearly simple as it is composed with simple shapes, squares triangles and rectangles, that are differentiated by color and shape Goldsworthy’s work is simple because his designs are not too complex, they are nature and texture orientated. Goldsworthy’s work is focused on shape and direction. For example, the squiggle lines in the sand dunes are imitating the natural texture of the sand and going along the same direction as the rest of the sand is going. Another example is the one where Goldsworthy has pebbles going all in the direction of a circle and the pebbles themselves aid to the circular theme. Althgouh Goldsworthy’s work is nature orientated and Albers’s is more modern/minimalist, both artists work are centered on fundamental principles of design.
Unit Form 02/7
Image 1: The unit form here is the square shape. Repetition of the square is what creates the pattern. This is a very simple pattern, there is no variation in the repetition of the square or super unit form. This design has formal and visible structure.
Image 2: I am not quite sure what the unit form is here. There is a repetition of the fingertip design on each finger tip and the designs on both hands mirror each other. There is variation in this henna design. Given the fact that this design is ambiguous, and a unit form is unidentifiable, there may or may not be a super unit form. But this design definitely has an active and visual structure.
Image 3: There are a few elements that could be considered the unit form in this elaborate doorway. One is the shape of the cupula dome and the other is the tiny flowers that the decorative pattern is formed with and around. Both the cupula domes and the decorative pattern is repeated throughout the doorway facade. There is variation but I think this doorway has formal and multiple repetition structure.
Image 4: The unit form of this pattern is a circle. This basic unit form is repeated to make a super unit form and then repeated to make a pattern. There is variation in this design. Super unit form is the circles that are formed with the one circle being elaborated with more circles.
Image 5: With this image I am again unsure of the unit form, my best guess is that the most basic unit form is actually a triangle. There is repetition in both the zig-zag lines and the supplemental beads sewn onto the textile. There is variation in the zig-zag line pattern within the lines but at the same time repletion of the triangle is used to create these variations. Again, not sure, but the super unit form may be the zig-zag lines.
Pattern 01/31
1-5 images represent examples of pattern use
The 6th image is an Andy Warhol piece that shows knives simply through +/- vision. The shape of the knives is defined by the negative space around them. The silver is defined by the positive color, pink.
The 7th, 8th, and 9th images are Banksy works. The 10th image is not a Banksy work but it is a form of stencil art as well. Stencil art is absolute use of +/- ambiguity because the shape of the subject is defined by the negative space around it as opposed to lines defining the shape.
7th image is a classic controversial Banksy, defining the shape of the Holy Mary and an A-K47 on a white surface through use of black negative paint placed strategically to make the eye see the figure in both the positive and negative space together.
8th image is an interesting Banksy piece. This image is still using the same +/- relationship to create a figure. But since the surface was already negative color (black) Banksy defined the creepy figure with the positive color (white)
9th Banksy is a more powerful use of negative space. Here Banksy uses black to shape a rathole. It is a filled in black hole which suggests a deep space.
10th image is a stencil of Amy Winehouse that uses - space to define her hair, which in turn defines her positive face shape and then her body is defined by negative color, arms with positive color and tattoos with negative color. RIP!
1/24
The first image is an example of a typical snowman which is a simplified sculpture of a human. It consists of three basic curvilinear shapes stacked on top of each other to represent the frames of human body parts. Big bottom circle is the legs, middle circle is the body, and the smallest top circle is the head which also includes basic shapes to represent facial features. The eyes are composed of curvilinear shapes, most typically buttons and a nose represented by a triangle shaped carrot. Additions to the human form for arm limbs are represented by thin tree branches that I would categorize as organic rectilinear shapes.
The second image is a simplified christmas tree. The image is composed of curvilinear marks that represent tree branches, circles to represent ornaments and a symbolic star to represent the tree top. This image is recognizable as a christmas tree thanks to the way these shapes where put together.
The third image was a pleasant surprise the other day when I used this internet search engine. Basically, the word “Google” is composed of all curvilinear shapes except for the “l” which I would categorize as a rectilinear man-made shape. The logo was presented in an imaginary snowy country setting. The “G” was represented by a tree, the first “o” remained a man-made letter, the second “o” was represented by a large snowflake shape with another circle layer on top of it. The “l” was replaced by an electricity post and the “e” remained a man-made letter as well. A cow was also displayed a simple way consisting of a rectangle body and an additional semi triangle-semi rectangle face. The reason this image is so recognizable as the word “Google”, I think, is mostly accredited to the fame of the logo.
The fourth piece is a simplified clip art piece of pizza. The crust is simplified to a cylinder shape and the body as a simple triangle. Curvilinear shapes are on the triangle body to represent toppings and the cheese is represented around the triangle with curvilinear edges. This is obviously a pizza, which makes me realize that slices of pizza are actually quite geometrical shapes.
The final image is that of a simplified flower, my preferred doodle as a child. Although an actual flower is organically shaped, it can still be well represented by through basic geometric shapes, mainly curvilinear. The leaves at the bottom are an interesting shape, they are curvilinear with a pointed tip. I am not sure if this is an addition to a circle, or a pre-existing shape.
01.17.2012
In the first head illustration of people with different hair, variety of line and expressive line variety is used to give personality to the hair of these individual drawings. As an overall piece, the individuals are united by the common use of expressive line in all their hair.
In the second image, first to the left, there is curved line in the headphones. Each headphone is manufactured the same way, therefore has the same lines, all brought to unity through repetition in this piece.
In the third image, second from the left, there is a train track with rocks and plants surrounding it and trees and sky above. All objects outlined here demonstrate variety of line. The metal train track shows a straight bold and heavy line. The outline of the rocks shows jagged fast and blended lines. The two different weeds as well as the lines between the sky and trees above shows curved and taught line. There is high contrast line between the trees and the sky.
In the fourth image, first from the left on the bottom row, a peruvian tapestry displays clear use of line location, direction, and different line types to make a design. This design achieves unity through the use of repeating lines but also balances the design with varying lines. For example, the juxtaposition of zig-zag lines with straight lines, and of course, varying colors.
In the fifth image, an office shows straight lines. The architects of this building used lines to create repetition and unity but had no control over the use of the lights within it. The photographer of this image however, noted the beauty in the variety that the random clusters of lights, people working late, created.
In the final image, a cut off tree trunk shows curved lines, taught lines, and possibly fine and spreading lines. The curved lines come from the tree rings and the taught lines run in the opposite direction of the curved rings and are much more bold and heavy. There is unity and variety in this piece. Variety with the lines, and unity with the direction, all spreading or coming to the center of the tree trunk.
January 17th 2012
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