Claire Bellavia

AED 200 Project #4

Living with the Land:Landscapes, Nature, and the

World

Ellen Axson Wilson, Oil on Canvas, unknown size, 1905-10 

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/prospect-gate/ugGLEfIKxjqahw?projectId=art-project

Prospect Gate

•Description: This work depicts a peaceful path leading down to a brick gate on an Autumn day. • Interpretation: This work is a basic, beautiful work of art. It

brings forth nostalgia for peaceful Autumn evenings of the past, and I think that’s exactly what the artist was hoping to evoke. • Analysis: This work utilizes the elements and principles of

color, balance, and proportion. It utilizes color in the gorgeous autumn tones of the image; balance in that all the shapes, colors, and textures exist harmoniously within the image; proportion in that the sizes within the work are as one would expect them to be in reality.

Description: This image depicts a peaceful forest path and a nice lake, with beautiful trees and a few people wandering the path and making a fire by the water.

Interpretation: This image is so peaceful and calm, I really think it calls to the joys of a simplistic life, enjoying nature and living with the land, which very much so could be what the artist was trying to depict.

Analysis: This work utilizes the elements and principles of color, balance, and proportion. It utilizes color in the nature tones within the work; balance in that all the shapes, colors, and textures exist harmoniously within the image; proportion in that the sizes within the work are as one would expect them to be in reality.

A Road through an Oak Wood

• Jacob Ruisdael, oil on canvas, 40.35 in x 50 in, undated• https://

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Description: This work shows an artist painting a snowy scene on a beautiful, white winters day while a crowd watches him work.

Interpretation: This work shows us a beautiful scene with a man trying to capture it’s beauty on canvas, it also shows us people watching him work. I think the artist could be showing us how people focus on the wrong thing – they are seeing the painting but not the scene itself.

Analysis: This work utilizes the elements and principles of space and contrast. It utilizes space in that the artist put what would be the focus of the image off to the far left, making you look at the scene the artist within the image is painting; it utilizes contrast in that the work guide’s the viewer’s eyes through the whole work, going from the painter to the image he is capturing.

Open-Air Painter

•Carl Larsson, oil on canvas, 2090

cm x 1190 cm, 1886

•https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/open-air-painter-winter-motif-from-

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Description: This work shows a foggy view of the top of Mt. Fuji while a dragon dances in the clouds.

Interpretation: The artist here depicts a both playful and almost ominous scene. The dragon plays off to the side, but the monstrous mountain looms, standing strong amongst the clouds. I think what could be the intention is to show the contrast here.

Analysis: This work utilizes the elements and principles of space and value. It utilizes space in that the focus, the mountain, is only partially visible amongst the clouds, as is the barely visible dragon, causing your focus to go there; it utilizes value in that the dark shadows on the mountain greatly contrast the white of the clouds and snow.

Dragon and Mt. Fuji

• Yokoyama Taikan, ink and gold on paper (hanging scroll), 1195 x 810 cm, 1940• https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/dragon-and-mt-fuji/XwGMrsro4meStg?projectId=art-project

Description: This image depicts a gorgeous sunset on a wooded lake beach.

Interpretation: I think this image shows us once again the calming, beautiful simplicity of nature, and how one of the most gorgeous things on this Earth is the Earth itself.

Analysis: This work utilizes the elements and principles of color, unity, and texture. It utilizes color in that the gorgeous colors of nature as well as the colors of the sunset catch your eye; unity in that all the pieces within the work are present in harmony within the image; texture in that you can see and practically feel the rough bark of the tree or the cool, reflective water of the lake.

Kaukola at Sunset

• Albert Edelfelt, oil on canvas, 83 cm x 116 cm, 1889-90

• https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/kaukola-ridge-at-sunset/_wG4aZ_dd_ClJw?projectId=art-project

Description: This work depicts a crumbling building on a hillside, surrounded by fields and trees and a few people and animals.

Interpretation: This picture shows how even something like a crumbling, falling apart building can hold beauty still within the scene – I think the artist is trying to show how there can be beauty in absolutely everything.

Analysis: This work utilizes the elements and principles of balance, space, and proportion. It balance in that all the shapes, colors, and textures exist harmoniously within the image; it utilizes space in that the amount of space around the building emphasizes it more; proportion in that the sizes within the work are as one would expect them to be in reality.

Hadleigh Castle • John Constable, oil on canvas, 123 cm x 167 cm, 1829

• https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/hadleigh-castle-the-mouth-of-the-thames-morning-after-a-stormy-night/VwGjGTw9LjeAfw?projectId=art-project

Description: This picture depicts a small village on a canal at what looks to be sunset with some villagers walking on the bridge.

Interpretation: This work too depicts the simplicity of small-town living. It shows the calm and gentleness of a quiet village resting on the canal. I think the artist wanted to emphasize the beauty of the simple things and how the most basic of scenes can be gorgeous.

Analysis: This work utilizes the elements and principles of value, balance, and proportion. It utilizes value in that the contrast between light and dark work well together here; balance in that all the shapes, colors, and textures exist harmoniously within the image; proportion in that the sizes within the work are as one would expect them to be in reality.

Canal with Bridge

• Jacob Ruisdael, oil on panel, 15.94inX20.87in, 17th C.• https://

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Description: This work shows us a beautiful, orange-toned beach and the rising moon in the soft sky.

Interpretation: This work shows us a simple view but it is absolutely beautiful. It once again sends us the message that the most beautiful scenes can be the most simple ones.

Analysis: This work utilizes the elements and principles of space and contrast. It utilizes space in that the beach in the foreground fades off into the night sky; it utilizes contrast in that the work guide’s the viewer’s eyes through the whole work, going from the trees and rocks on the beach to the rising moon.

View of Arkona with Rising Moon

• Caspar David Friedrich, pencil and brush (sepia ink), 60.9 x 100 cm, 1805-06

• https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/view-of-arkona-with-rising-moon-c-1805-1806/8gE1wL6lerhFyg?projectId=art-project

Description: This image shows some boats in a busy canal as they go back and forth between the towering, old buildings surrounding the water.

Interpretation: This image shows us people hard at work on their boats as well as the towering, gorgeous buildings that surround the water. We can take the message that busy cities can still be paradise, especially one that rests on this gorgeous canal.

Analysis: This work utilizes the elements and principles of contrast, balance, and proportion. It utilizes contrast in that that the work guide’s the viewer’s eyes through the whole work, from the boats in the foreground to the fading buildings in the distance; balance in that all the shapes, colors, and textures exist harmoniously within the image; proportion in that the sizes within the work are as one would expect them to be in reality.

Il Canal Grande da Ca’ Balbi verso Rialto

• Antonio Canal detto Canaletto, oil on canvas, unknown size, 1721-23• https://

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Description: This photograph shows a calm town that rests upon a lake, the view in sepia tones.

Interpretation: This image shows us a town resting on the water. The image shows us the beauty that can lie in a city. Most of the time beauty is related to a nature scene, but here we can see that beauty certainly can lie within a more urban setting, and I think the artist here was trying to show that.

Analysis: This work utilizes the elements and principles of contrast and balance. It utilizes contrast in that that the work guide’s the viewer’s eyes through the whole work, from the buildings in the foreground to the water off in the distance; balance in that all the shapes, colors, and textures exist harmoniously within the image, the water framing the town.

View of Guanabara Bay

• Marc Ferrez, photograph (albumen print), 46.2 x 21.2 cm, 1885

• https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/view-of-the-guanabara-bay-in-the-foreground-the-center-of-rio-de-janeiro-rj-brazil/-gExqi9grQHJ2g?projectId=art-project

For this, I wanted to keep everything in this presentation in Earth tones, keeping it related to nature and the Earth so to keep with the theme of Worldly images.

I also tried to include different types of images of the world. Mostly nature, yes, but I wanted to depict life itself.

The main theme I wanted to show here was that beauty is found in the most simple of scenes everywhere on Earth.

A full reflection to this project can be found here:http://bellaviart.blogspot.com/2014/05/blog-post.html

Reflection