tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720084087539855728.post4218982334158575585..comments2023-07-07T06:32:43.264-07:00Comments on Art Matters: The Archimboldo DilemmaMarilyn Baumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09221864675491721708noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720084087539855728.post-34050246739357120362011-01-02T19:09:04.590-08:002011-01-02T19:09:04.590-08:00wow!! am i still in the class?? i saw the show and...wow!! am i still in the class?? i saw the show and loved it. what a great way to "decorate" with veggies!!<br /><br />the dechirico has exaggerated perspective and the angle of the brown plank is higher and leads to nowhere. it creates a very dark dramatic shadow on the left and a black tiangle on thelower right. there is also a stark white triangle on the upper right. the red form is dramatic cutting the picture plane almost in half and also going nowhere , forming dramatic shadows with dark on the left middle part of the picture plane. your eye goes from the upside down L of light to the yellow little pyramid and then over to the light on the other side of the picture and around. it is a dynamic composition with movement and drama. he has created an expressive image of drama and movement.<br /><br />the other one whose name now escapes me is a triangle, tradition composition whose light shines from the front with the background dark around the edges all around with little dram and little spatial variation.the red and white rectangular shapes are flat and regular and do not create different planes. the top of the triangle where there is a fanning out of white triangular shapes does make for some variation in the picture plane but that is the only highlight in a very traditional crunched together composition. he has created an illustrative decorative image which is a clever use of other materials to create something else, a trick of the eye.<br /><br />i am so busy getting ready to go on a trip and doing the last minute things i need to do, i cannot believe i just stopped everything and did this. but i did!!! i am afraid i will forget how to do it if i stop. thanks so much.Linda Dubin Garfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165645767508986559noreply@blogger.com