1. African Art
The woman's clothing is made up of secondary colors, tints and shapes. ... Near the bottom hem of the dress, finally small white circular shapes and square primary colored (green, red and orange) shapes are visible throughout the long skirt. ... The field is made up of an actual straight line the farmer with animal stand on, geometric rectilinear triangles make up the remainder of the field. ... Circulinear clouds float through the sky creating organic shapes. ... All three are made of geometric shape (triangular) actual line and chiaroscuro which gives them a three dimensional appearanc...
In Derain's piece he uses "thick and heavy brushstrokes (CM)" shown through geometric lines by the vertical trees and the horizontal road, while in Benton's piece, undulating and flowing organic lines are used which do not seem geometric at all. Another significant difference between the paintings is that much of the detail is omitted in The Turning Road and the figures are simplified into vivid Fauvism shapes (CM), while in the Haystack, you can clearly see the detailing of the horse and the workers and even the shading on the hay and rocks. ...
He extensively simplified the matter into a geometric composition, with a very limited palette of colors - "a single color stands for water, sky, and shadow, as well as for oil and canvas"4, hence the only clue to the subject is, the title of the artwork. ... Kandinsky observed that colors and shapes had their own rhythm or weight in a painting. He tried to weave these colors and shapes into compositions, with as much emotional power as music. ...
Art, it's everywhere you look. From the billboards you see every day to the pictures you take with your camera. It exists on every continent and every country. Art has been around sense the beginning of time and still thrives today. This essay is to inform and highlight some of the most importan...