Fundamentals Chapter 1 8 Emphasis and Focal Point

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Fundamentals Chapter 1. 8 Emphasis and Focal Point

Fundamentals Chapter 1. 8 Emphasis and Focal Point

1. 2. Emphasis Broad Emphasis Focal Point

1. 2. Emphasis Broad Emphasis Focal Point

Broad Emphasis A work of art [or a design] that does not have a

Broad Emphasis A work of art [or a design] that does not have a dominant area of emphasis.

Fig. 1. 8. 1. Agnes Martin, Starlight, 1963. Watercolor.

Fig. 1. 8. 1. Agnes Martin, Starlight, 1963. Watercolor.

Fig. 1. 8. 2. Martin Puryear, C. F. A. O. , 2006 -7. Painted

Fig. 1. 8. 2. Martin Puryear, C. F. A. O. , 2006 -7. Painted and unpainted pine.

Fig. 1. 8. 3. Jacob Lawrence, John Brown Remained a Full Winter in Canada,

Fig. 1. 8. 3. Jacob Lawrence, John Brown Remained a Full Winter in Canada, Drilling Negroes for His Raid on Harper’s Ferry (No. 17). Gouache on Paper, 1977.

Focal Point The place in an area of emphasis to which the artist draws

Focal Point The place in an area of emphasis to which the artist draws our eye.

Fig. 1. 8. 4. Dieric Bouts [The Elder], The Coronation of the Virgin Mary,

Fig. 1. 8. 4. Dieric Bouts [The Elder], The Coronation of the Virgin Mary, 1455/60. Tempera on oak panel.

Fig. 1. 8. 5. Marc Chagall, The Fall of Icarus, 1975. Oil on canvas.

Fig. 1. 8. 5. Marc Chagall, The Fall of Icarus, 1975. Oil on canvas. Fig.

Subordination

Subordination

Fig. 1. 8. 6. Pieter Bruegel [The Elder], Landscape with the Fall of Icarus,

Fig. 1. 8. 6. Pieter Bruegel [The Elder], Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, ca. 1555 -58. Oil on Canvas

Emphasis and Focal Point in Action

Emphasis and Focal Point in Action

Contrast 1. Value 2. Color 3. Size

Contrast 1. Value 2. Color 3. Size

Fig. 1. 8. 7. Francisco de Zurbarán, The Funeral of St. Bonaventure, 1629. Oil

Fig. 1. 8. 7. Francisco de Zurbarán, The Funeral of St. Bonaventure, 1629. Oil on canvas.

Georges de La Tour, The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, c. 1638 -40. Oil

Georges de La Tour, The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, c. 1638 -40. Oil on canvas, 46 x 36 in.

Lines

Lines

Fig. 1. 8. 8. The Emperor Babur Overseeing His Gardeners, India, Mughal Period, ca.

Fig. 1. 8. 8. The Emperor Babur Overseeing His Gardeners, India, Mughal Period, ca. 1590. Tempera and gouache on paper.

Giotto, Lamentation, ca. 1305. Fresco, 78 3/4 x 72 3/4 in. (200 x 184.

Giotto, Lamentation, ca. 1305. Fresco, 78 3/4 x 72 3/4 in. (200 x 184. 8 cm). Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy.

Placement

Placement

Fig. 1. 8. 10. Ando Hiroshige, “Riverside Bamboo Market, Kyōbashi, ” from One Hundred

Fig. 1. 8. 10. Ando Hiroshige, “Riverside Bamboo Market, Kyōbashi, ” from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1857. Woodcut.

Using a Focal Point for Dramatic Emphasis: Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Decapitating Holfernes.

Using a Focal Point for Dramatic Emphasis: Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Decapitating Holfernes.

Fig. 1. 8. 9. Artemesia Gentileschi, Judith Decapitating Holofernes, ca. 1620. Oil on canvas.

Fig. 1. 8. 9. Artemesia Gentileschi, Judith Decapitating Holofernes, ca. 1620. Oil on canvas.