24 January 2008

Colour & Light

We have an assignment to find and analyse pictures that contain lots of colour and light. Straight away the images of some of my favourite artists began to appear in my mind.

Basquiat - Untitled (1981) - What I love about Basquiat I can't really explain. Only that his art is always full of colour. The following two Basquiat paintings are great examples of his use of colour.


Basquiat - Untitled (1984)


Monet - Water Lilies


Monet - Garden path at Giverny


Joan Miro - Prades, the Village


I have commented on:
http://realexis.blogspot.com

4 comments:

Realexis said...
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Realexis said...

From all five pictures i have chosen to comment on the Monet - Garden path at Giverny because of the contrast created by shadows and lighted areas on the pathway, which gives the feeling of the existence of light beams as the rays pass through the tree branches. As about the colour i believe flowers are the most obvious colour characteristic of our environment, as indicated by some of the names of the colours derived from plants. however the top half of the picture where the colour of the trees is orange, does not scream light and colour as it's more related to autumn characterized by leaves that grow old and eventually fall or those that change from bright green to brown-orange. in my opinion i would expect brighter colours.

miss soph said...

oh u have chosen the water lilies. jeje, what a big smile in my face.
uh and basquiat is very nice!!

miss soph said...

look at this jon:
http://www.gerhard-richter.com/art/images/paintings/large/6561.jpg

gerhard richter. loads of colours.