Description : The different shades of gray, black and white bring out the different objects such as the girl, the dog, the staircase, streetlight, gates ,castle, book,evil knight, buttons, cracks in the girl's face, crows and the fog. The pink on the book brings out the heart symbol, which may symbolize either love or life. Unlike the black and grayish colors which might symbolize evil or death.
Analysis : The contrast in thickness of the lines make certain features of the artwork stick out, such as the staircase or the designs on the gate or her clothes or the structure of the castle and its windows, or the cuts on the girl's face. The contrast in texture such as the thick/light lines on her face make it seem like its rough and broken , its almost like you can touch it and feel the roughness. The contrast in color such as the black and whitish-gray makes her eyes pop/making them stand out, same for the contrast of the white and the gray that form her mouth.
Interpretation : When i look at it, It makes me think of a women who has or is sacrificing her beauty to sace either her kingdom or someone she loves. The cracks like marks on her face make it seem like she is broken , which takes the beauty away from her making her somewhat ugly to look at. The evil knight figure holding the book tattooed with a heart symbolizes to me a powerful wizard or the devil in which she made a deal with , the book could symbolize stolen soles or beauty or love even.
Judgment: I think it is a great piece of art work. The contrast in all the lines, colors, and texture really make you feel like you are there. It lets you feel whats going on in the art work and maybe how the girl is feeling inside. It really makes you think about why the artist painted what he/she did and maybe what they might of been feeling at the time.
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ReplyDeleteI printed the picture for the class to see what I am critiquing, in class.
1. Description: On a broad white bakground. A stark flash of blue crosses the piece with black, thin organic lines portying the movement of water. The movement ends with circular and round lines simulating turbulence, resulting in the image of a blue shark. Before the shark is a cloud of gray and black with small images of squid trying to escape the attacking preditor.
2. Analysis: This is a liniar drawing using contrast of liniar texture, and color of value to show the movement of speed within a fluid. The stark white background of negative space, alowes the audience to focus on the action.
3. Interpretation: I believe the piece represents, through a collective effort the enemy might be avoided. If it were to be only one squid the shark was attacking, the ink cloud would be smaller making it vulnerable and a meal.
4. Judgement: I looked at the "web-site" a long time, and found many works to choose from. I settled on this pice due to it's pure nature and sipleness. The use of the negative space allowes the audience to focus on the energy produced by the lines. The small images of the squid are only noticed once you follow the darkness the shark is aimed at.