A R T 100 Introduction to Art
WEEK 8: Still Life. Sketchbook assignment: compose and draw a still life. Alphabet of Art: choose two pieces of art that use size to create distance and importance, discuss.
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William Turner, St. Erasmus in Bishop Islips Chapel, Westminster Abbey, 1796, william-turner.org
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The contrast of the tiny person in the corridor dwarfed by the height of the Chapel, left, emphasizes the enormous scale of the architecture. Also, the colors fading into the background further enhance the prominence of the foreground. Below, the snow storm looms large and menacingly over Hannibal's army and looks ready to devour them, even featuring what looks like a face, with eye and mouth. |
William Turner, Snow Storm, Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps, 1812, william-turner.org
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