One of the paintings that really caught my eye was a huge portrait of a mother and a son. ... There was one particular painting that caught my eye right at a glance. ... The reason that it caught my eye was because of all the different shapes that this picture had. ... And on the other side of the picture there is a dark red wall, I know that this might have some type of symbolism, but I can't find any other reason than it being a symbol of solidarity. The reason I say that solidarity is the symbol for the color red is because the man is alone on that side of the painting. ...

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Someone who looks to be a soldier in red is preparing the boat. ... This leads the eye to the sky with few clouds and the not visible sun seems to be in the mid-low northwest. ... One thing that catches the eye is the purple canopy on the warship and under it is a captain. He could be Italian but they look English in uniform, and that coincides with the red-coated marine preparing the boat for the nobility. ...

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The center above the chair is marked by what appears to be a void of maroon red, placated with an uncomfortable, parsed texture that almost conceals the red-haired woman it covers. In the end, I suppose, what the artist chooses to emphasize is purely a matter of taste or style, and I can see how deluding contrast in this area to blend with the other black colors can lead your eye to the abundant subjects in the background, but in doing so I feel there leaves a lack of motion in an active environment. ... Dull blues run across the top background and gradate into earthen reds below, while ef...

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But I would have to say my thought is a painting because there are many small red airplanes flying around so it is not exactly real. ... Like I said it is bright blue so that shows a lot of primary color and also primary color with the red airplanes. ... The primary colors are red (the airplanes) and blue (the building). ... Right off the bat the first thing that will catch any viewer's eye is the number of and how detailed and directional the lines are in this piece. ... The view the artist is portraying is a person's eye view from standing at the top of an escalator looking at the ...

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Her use of white, red and blue, does not appeal to the eyes of the viewer as much as orange, which draws the attention of the viewers towards the painting. ... The artist is trying to emphasize the importance of the words "Welcome" that she has painted in front of the whole piece, she made it obvious to viewers that she wanted to get their attention by using red paint. By using red to paint the words "Welcome," Oropallo's has drawn the viewer's eye to the label at the bottom of the containers, which is label warning about the containing of hazardous materials. ...

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His work spans many years and changes from very classical landscapes to landscapes that make the eye travel through with the use of light and color to express emotion and feeling. ... Early on Turner revealed, through his works "Fisherman at Sea" and "Moonlight: a Study of Millbank," that he had a sensitive eye for color, even in dark night scenes. ... In this painting, he leaves behind the "conventional composition of a dark foreground and a luminous distance taking the eye inward into the centre" (Chamot 9). ... "Even the earlier of these paintings, though at first sight more or less m...

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The boy is wearing a deep red overcoat adorned with fancy buttons, and brilliant white slacks over delicate black shoes. ... The deep red tone on his jacket, with its star-embedded buttons and lace collar, establishes a prestigious material. ... Then you have the bright pink and red tones of the roses in the field, which seem to be noticeable even more when placed among the bright green of the leaves and bushes they lay in. ... The artist also chose a few analogous colors as well, with the flesh-colored orange of the youngster's face next to the light red blush of the boys cheeks and h...

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The visitor sitting down also attracts the viewer's attention because she is wearing bright red. Even though one of the sons is also wearing red it does not attract the viewers attention because the son is not in the light and is covered by a shadow. ... The daughter in the middle of the painting is wearing pink as if to show the sides of both women since red and white combined make pink. ... While the woman in red is just as big of a figure she does not stand out as much because she takes up less space by sitting down in the corner of the painting. This is a painting, which can be viewed...

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After the plaster dried the assistants would copy the composition with a red chalk like earth substance referred to as Sinopia. ... Underdrawing - a sketch, used by a method called Sinopia (red earth or the color of terra verde) 4. ... Space is organized in a way to carry the eye into the distance, creating depth within the sculpture. ...

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Pen and ink was used liberally as a highlight, and the end result yielded a softness which was quite unique and pleasing to the eye. ... They moved into The Red Rose Inn country estate in the then small college town of Villanova Pennsylvania. ... In 1903 when living at the Red Rose Inn, Smith created a series I=of illustrations for The Book of the Child by Mabel Humphrey. ...

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Each dot is used side by side to enable the viewer's eye blend the colors together optically. ... The little girl next to the lady with the red umbrella in the center of the picture implied line of sight seems to be right at you. ... It seems to me that the lady in red in the center of the picture is acting like the fulcrum, both sides of her appear to be equal in weight giving it an asymmetrical balance. ...

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He dynamic composition, bold color, and brilliant light kept ones eye constantly on the move. ... Our eyes take a calm stroll through the painting, wandering from character to character in an arc like path from Velazquez, dipping down to the lowest point being the princess, and completing the arc, the eye travels back up with the girl to the right of the princess. ... For example, the blue sky and intense red of Mar's cape. ...

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He dynamic composition, bold color, and brilliant light kept ones eye constantly on the move. ... Our eyes take a calm stroll through the painting, wandering from character to character in an arc like path from Velazquez, dipping down to the lowest point being the princess, and completing the arc, the eye travels back up with the girl to the right of the princess. ... For example, the blue sky and intense red of Mar's cape. ...

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Having such a strong light source can be very helpful because it not only further emphasizes the space of the painting, but it also helps separate figures and objects that would otherwise be lost to the viewers eye. ... In the mean time the sword that he is holding leads the viewer's eye towards another figure behind him, and so it goes through out the rest of the painting. ... The deep reds, which were meant to represent blood, obviously hold some importance, but de Rosa did not seem to emphasize it as much as other artists, like Caravagio or Genteleschi, would have. ...

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In the intriguing Interior: Woman plucking a Duck, Maes uses the simple colour scheme of black, white and red, set off with deep shadows, that dominates the Eavesdropper series. ... In particular, the doubling of the pitchers catches the eye: the nearer one, delicately patterned and playing against the shadows at the lower left, rests on the windowsill; the other, a tiny white echo, plunges at the heart of the picture. ...

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By using the soft red tones with the highlights in white and perfect shading, he made the table appear to be very smooth. ... The realism and emphasis of detail in the man's face and clothing is what first caught my eye. ...

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