Lecture Perspective and illusions. 6th Oct

When we scan an image we all try to read and decode an image to try and understnad the artist and see the reaction that he is trying to make us feel. there are 5 main areas they try to get this through to us, these are; 

• Colour
• Light
• Focus
• Scale
• Overlap
• figuration 

 Colour, the enviroment inwhich the most natral images even is there are only two colour present, together the ligher colour always stands above the other, and feels pure; artists to look at are mark rothko and matisse, 

(obtained from http://www.writedesignonline.com/resources/design/rules/rhythm-pattern.html  Oct 18th 2010)


Matisse was a French painter who was fasinated by colour, this image is one of his most famous images and i thought it just sumed up colour. and how even a little bit of flat colour can make movement. 

Light, in real life we reliy heavily on  the effects of light to reconise objects structure and form, and phsically navigate area lives in the enviroment. Artists are very keen to show light becuase it gives there image a sence of purpose and structure, artists to look at are martin lewis.


(obtained in; http://www.artnet.com/artwork/426061483/423903488/martin-lewis-spring-night-greenwich-village.html)

Martin Lewis was an Australian artist who was obsested by light and in nearly all his images light is the main factor in this image light shows all the detail and with out it would just be a black image. 


Focus is the clarity nd sharpness of an image. We have much sharper eye when it is nearer to use a intresting artist to look at is, Mark Francis. 


Figuration, comes with space and comes with the own spatial cue, artists can create a sence of depth by just placing objects around a room. like a wide angle lens when you use a camera. Eg Martin Parr. 


Scale. If objects vary in size in an image it can make the viewer very confused and feel quite out of place and makes the view really look differantly than just a stright forward image. 


Overlap when comporents of an image over it has a sematery effect. Patrick Cauifeild is a great beliver of this and over laps most of his images. Its intresting becuase he knows that hes breaking the artistic rules. when we can see therory overlaping objects a sence of confusion happens. 


History.

 Egyptions have just got the own language of art which are usally Fiezes and wall decoration this could be because all there other medias have just disintigrated. Everything else has just gone. strong sence of over laping hapens like a cartoon there wall decoration is two harizontal and there giving us infomation rather than just art. its not a photographic drawing its just data to them. In Egyption drawings the larger the person in the image the more important he is shows aurthority and importance. 

Classical greece replaced egyption drawing with a naturalistic type of drawing more for beatey and enjoyment rather than data.

With roman and Greek we get the incolment to look of it compareing it to egyption where it is as it is. Romans enjoyed painting and decoration for there own entertainment. Art was once again repersented as power and relign. 

 Perspective 1 point, (Drawing in my sketch book Obtained from; http://www.ider.herts.ac.uk/school/courseware/graphics/one_point_perspective.html

Perspective 2 Point (obtained from; http://kingfishers.ednet.ns.ca/art/grade10/drawing/perspective3.html)

Perspective 3 Point (obtained from; http://harvestart.blogspot.com/2010/04/two-point-perspective.html)