Thursday, March 4, 2010

Critique 1


This piece of art is name Friendship. The artist of this art is Oleg Zhivetin. The subject matter is friendship. In the composition of this piece I see three faces on two people. I also see a lot of shapes and designs that make up the two people.

There are many components in this image. First the person on the left has a subtle house on their chest. Also in this image there is chiaroscuro between the light skin tones on thier faces and their hands, and the dark tones of their clothing and the backround. Color is shown; the person on the right face has more light reflecting off of their face than the other persons face. There is more values of darkness than there is light. The person on the right shows motion by reaching for the flower in the other person's hands. There is harmony of parts to create the two people. Also many shapes make up the two people. In the field there are many lines in the air. Behind the people is a black shaded oval. Also the background consists of linear colorful lines. The shapes that make up the people seem to show a texture. There is not much of a good tone of colors, they are mainly the same tints such as blue, yellow, and red.

The focal point in this picture is the persons face that is on the right. The reason why I believe I see this as the focal point is because that face is the brightest piece of the image. The story I see within this piece is two girls who are friends with each other. One of them is being nice to the other one and is giving the other a flower. The characteristics that make this picture strong is the use of different tones in the image. It also is made effective by the fact that it tells a story about friendship. Even though there are many characteristics that make this piece strong and effective there are characteristics that make this piece weak. The characteristics that make this piece weak are the shaded backround between the two people.

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