Assignment #2

 1. Describe several ways that artists unify their artwork. 

Find an example and describe how it is unified. 

Artists unify their artwork by making certain elements bigger and larger, attracting more attention. Other ways to unify artwork is by using warm, geometric colors and repetition of colors and things in the artwork. Similar shapes and colors unify and create variety in art. Pattern also provides a unifying structure. When artists unify their artwork, they bring all the elements together. 

In this artwork, the artist uses a dark colored background to make the horse stand out more. The horse is also lightly colored, so there is more of a difference. The horse is also in the center, so your eyes pay attention to it. The horse is also painted big enough that it covers a lot of the artwork. 

2. Describe how an artist creates asymmetrical balance- post an artwork of your choice and explain how it is balanced asymmetrically. 

In an asymmetrical balance, the artists makes the left and the right not the same. An artist creates asymmetrical balance by balancing according to clothes and the size of forms. Large forms can be balanced by smaller forms, and a large form can be in the center. Warm colors are also heavier than cool colors. There is also a complex asymmetrical balance, with a strong sense of depth and space. Artists also use directional forces, where your eyes look at the center and then follow whatever figures are next to it.

In this artwork, the artist Van Gogh uses asymmetrical balance. It is balanced asymmetrically because the main objects in this art work are not centered. The sun is in the right corner, and a large black structure is on the left. And the starry night takes up a large part of the painting in the background, and it is the main thing you look at it. This painting is not centered at all.

3. How can scale change the meaning of an artwork? Use a visual example of your choice as an example and explain how the meaning is changed by scale.

Scale is the size relation of one thing to another. One of the most important decisions artists makes is how big things will be. We experience scale in comparison to our own size. Many artists distort scale for visual effect. It can be used as humorous or for different purposes. By making figures very large, it surprises people. By making figures very small, it makes people feel more powerful because they are bigger. In this artwork, the people are made very small and so are the trees. This meaning is changed by scale by making the people see something so small, they think it's funny.