Special Edition Blog- Classical

On February 17, 2011 I, (photo above)  traveled to the beautiful city of Chicago to go on a tour with the very intelligent Professor Peck (photo above). The first museum we visited was the classical part of the museum. Professor Peck gave us a tour and showed us some very interesting view points on many peices of art. Below are my three favorite for the catergories of Craft, Concept, and Composition.

 

COMPOSITION: For the classical section of the Art Museum I chose this photo as my favorite photo for composition purpouses. The reason I chose this picture for the composition factor is because the way the artist painted this photo makes the eye go straight to the blue shower curtain that is randomly placed in the photo. One would think that this photo should be about the beautifully painted flowers in the background but one can't help but have their eyes go straight to the blue shower curtain and I believe that the artist did this as the main purpose of the photo.

Concept- I chose to select this photo from the classical museum because for some reason when I looked at it I immediatley felt sorry for the woman in the photo. To me, the photo portrays misery and hard work. The way the artist chose to make it look as though the sun is only rising and the woman is already covered in dirt as if she has been working for hours already. The artist portrays the field as being so large and with her standing in he middle of it with only one small tool portrays the hard work that the woman has been doing. The face on the woman is also captivating. She has a look that doesnt look as though shes in dispair but almost like she is looking at the work that she has done/ needs to be done.

CRAFT- I chose this painting from the classical museum for craft because the way the photo is painted is very captivating. It is an oil based painting using different shades of the color green, but all of the strokes are going in the same direction to form the trees, grass and bushes. The different strokes that all go in the same direction give charecter to the trees which is a very interesting way to paint.