Sunday, September 23, 2012

Homework #3 work of art


The work of art I’ve chosen is by an unknown photographer done in the 1930s. This photo shows a successful use of radial symmetry since all of the men are neither placed in a perfect circle nor crooked.  This also uses positive and negative shapes in a way since all of the men are wearing black suits, and in contrast, are placed in a light background which is also visual appealing. I've also thought this was a successful work of art because of the position the men are in, it gives them a curvilinear shape since they're all held in a circular form.
Since they're place in type of symmetry, they are also using horizontal balance since the weight of the shape starts from top to bottom instead of reverse. This photograph does not show  one-point perspective, it does give the illusion but, it does In fact show depth by it's size.
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/23586/faking-it-photo-manipulation-before-the-digital-age.html

2 comments:

  1. What a cool picture!!! Love it! Very surreal!

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  2. Wow, that's so interesting! Nice post, I love old photographs. :)

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