I give you Busy Signal where a cell phone, a hand with wait gesture, and a face cut off below the eyes send a message about communication and connection in our world. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like.
The example I have to share with you is much more benign. the basic vocabulary of artline, form, shape, volume, mass, color, texture, space, time and motion, and value (lightness/darkness) the 'grammar' applied to the elements of artcontrast, balance, unity, variety, rhythm, emphasis, pattern, scale, proportion, and focal point. Regardless of your political leanings, that those elements were thematically connected, is astounding.-Scary as hell, yet, astounding. Apparently, the number 17 was important because Q is the 17th letter of the alphabet, and Q-Anon supporters believed this was a symbol of the revolution to come later in the day.Ĭonsider those elements: American Flags, Letter Q, # 17, Revolution. I remember a news report on January 20, Inauguration Day that featured Donald Trump speaking at Andrews Joint Base in front of 17 American flags. A good analogy is the sewing machine: it is made of many different parts, but, put it all together and it it works. Figurative: of an artist or work of art- representing forms that are recognizably derived from life. You may have objects that don’t share other unifying qualities, but they share an underlying meaning. Excessive variety can become unity in art.
Detail of Sweet Song From and Old Fiddle, 34″ x 18″, 2013.
