In the early to the mid eighteenth century, American landscape paintings underwent a revolution from beautiful images of nature to landscapes that were used to articulated beliefs, opinions, and reflect society. Dated to1840, the “On the Ohio River” was painted in the middle of a multi-faceted discussion regarding mankind and nature. In the case of “On the Ohio River”, I argue that with his placement of humans, man-made mechanics, and the color scheme, this artist is discussing main arguments on the relationship between humans and nature and the value of nature. A main element in the artwork is the inclusion of humans integrated into the work. Beginning in the foreground, a male human figure holding a rifle as if he is going hunting looking …show more content…
In the forward-most foreground, in the right corner is the image of a tree stump placed in a clear, grassy area with its trunk laying to the right of it. The artist clearly shows the axe’s impression by having it flat on both sides of the trunk cleanly cut with a peeve of wood that wasn’t cleanly cut in the middle of the trunk. I believe this is to give the viewer a clear impression, that the tree was purposefully taken down instead of fallen naturally. This juxtaposes the other half tree in the bottom left corner. Painted with brown and darker murkier colors, the half tree looks almost like it was hit with lightning or another natural occurrence instead of purposefully taken down by humans. The half-trees could have been included for numerous reasons such as the artist dismantling a possible notion that trees only get taken done by humans, or even so far as comparing a man’s power to chopping down a tree to something as sublime as a natural occurrence. Looking at the painting structurally, the artists employs techniques such as space, scale, and medium to further elude to the overall point of the painting. Using fall colors to depict the natural landscape and the intermittently matching humans, the color palette used by the artist gives off an overall tone of calmness and serenity. The land as it recedes into the background of the painting, shifts to the lighter blue tones as the forest gets less dense and is replaced with patches of clear land with specific sections of dense trees. The colors used create a cohesiveness between the natural landscape and humans, but the variance in forest shows the powers of a human’s power. However, the depiction of humans in the landscape are painted so minuscule that a viewer could easily miss them at first glance. To me, this conveys the idea of nature’s power and its dominance over man. Perhaps, this painting is be used to push the point of the
The Poetry of Nature I was lucky enough to see this display of landscape art from the Hudson River School. These paintings are from the golden era of America landscapes, a period stretching from 1818 to 1886. The Hudson River School is also considered to be the first American art movement. The art they created was nation wide. My favorite was titled Morning in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Art from the natural world were made back in the day by indigenous people. Indigenous people or our ancestors used natural materials in order to create works of art. These artworks are pieces of artifacts that allow art historians to understand how our ancestors perceived art. In this essay we will be talking about the Painted Elk Hide and the Black-on-black ceramic vessels. By talking about these two works of art we will be able to have a further understanding of the natural world.
Contrasting the light, Muir offers bleak descriptions of the cheerless sicknesses to which nature has succumbed. Muir describes a scene as “a beautiful countenance destroyed by some dreadful disease” (“Reservations” par. 3). Though the isocolon of beautiful and countenance, he creates flowing tone; however, it stops from the harsh consonance of “dreadful disease,” bringing attention to this change. Muir contrasts the dystopic nature-free land in saying “[humans] may disappear without any burning or extraordinary commotion whatever” (“Universe” par. 7). By claiming a lack of dystopia, he appeals to his audience’s ethos; he creates a inner conflict about, as the title of the piece suggests, “Man’s Place in the Universe.”
The tree also seems to be blending with other elements of the picture. The lower left branch is curved in a way that cooperates with the edge of the mountain. Also, the top branches curve in an elegant way the mimics the structure of the skull’s
The Jack pine tree has been used by the First Nations peoples all around the boundless country as a source of food and medicine for centuries. The tree is a native species that has become a symbol for Canada and its vast, breathtaking land. The Jack pine is known to be the most common pine tree in Canada and is found in the Boreal Forest and in other rocky or sandy areas. The specific tree that Thomson sketched in his stunning masterpiece had fallen down and been used as firewood by campers in the park before the painting was
She was so captivated by the beauty and sublime feeling the landscape had invoked in her, she hadn’t realized what she had done until she was finished. Mountains and Sea is a gentle wash of pastel reds, blues, and greens. The colors blossom up and out in the representation of mountains, while sprays and lines of blue water frame and enhance the land. The freedom and spontaneity Frankenthaler’s work inspires is at the very heart of Abstract Expressionism. And her focus on mood and reflection, rather than an explosion of feeling, makes Mountains and Sea a fair representation of a Color Field painting.
But, nature does not exclude humans, human excludes themselves from nature. Within the “mists of [the] chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand and one items to be allowed for”(277). He uses clouds and storms and quicksands to convey that civilized life includes the same negativity included in the connotation of those conditions, but nonetheless, those too are apart of nature. The purpose of utilizing imagery is so evoke images people already have to connect with them on that level to make them understand that they must find a harmony and balance in the world. So, in order to restore order within one’s individual life, one must defy the social norms that distance themselves from nature to find harmony with it.
In his passage from “Last Child in the Woods,” Richard Louv uses various rhetorical strategies in order to make his audience more supportive of his argument. The passage discusses the connection, or really the separation, between people and nature. On this subject, Louv argues the necessity for people to redevelop their connection with nature. His use of tone, anecdotes, rhetorical questions, and factual examples all help develop the pathos and logos of his piece.
Did you know that Marc Chagall, just like Pablo Picasso, was a master at many different medias? Marc Chagall is a Belorussian born artist that spent most of his time working in France. He was a part of many great movements including Surrealism and Cubism. Chagall showed that no artist has to be a part of strictly one movement or style. Marc Chagall was born in Vitebsk, Belarus, July 6, 1887 as Moishe Segal.
In Cleveland, Ohio there was a fire that occurred on June 22, 1969, around 12pm on the Cuyahoga river. People called it the “burning river”. The river caught on fire because there were floating pieces of debris that was slicked with oil. The debris ignited by sparks that came from a train that was passing over the river. The reason it happened is from years of people dumping pollution into the river.
Art is way of expression. People can use actions and art or express themselves in ways other than speaking. In the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, symbolism holds a big significance. The trees mentioned throughout the book symbolize Melinda’s changing “seasons” (her “growing” as a person). People, like trees, go through phases, they freeze in the winter, becoming nothing but lonely limbs without leaves covered with white slush.
From this artwork we can see this artwork are use texture of tree. With use colour of grey and also brown. Christopher are use the creepy texture to show the effect of on ceramic about “Asphyxia”. Besides that, the artist is focusing on the details, such as the usage of variety of line to create the wood textures. It is Wood’ Sculptures but that are actually made of ceramic.
Believing that being connected with nature was essential, “White Falls” was a piece that continued to focus on the tranquility of Canada’s beautiful scenery. Carmichael became an orig- inal member of the “Group of Seven” that began the first major Canadian art movement focusing on different areas of the Canadian landscape. In “White Falls,” Carmichael endeavours to bring the viewer into the majesty of the landscape through intimate forms. Usually, when envisioning 
Nature is easily projected onto, as it allows for a sense of peacefulness and escapism. Due to its ability to evoke an emotional reaction from the masses, many writers have glorified it through various methods, including describing its endless beauty and utilizing it as a symbol for spirituality. Along with authors, artists also show great respect and admiration for nature through paintings of grandiose landscapes. These tributes disseminate a fixed interpretation of the natural world, one full of meaning and other worldly connections. In “Against Nature,” Joyce Carol Oates strips away this guise given to the environment and replaces it with a harsher reality.
Their are only a few instances where the clear form of an object is clearly shown in the background that being the trunks. The grass and leaves are naturally unkempt and don 't usually have a definitive shape. So here they are represent by lively or natural stokes with different colors so that it doesn 't seem flat. The grass naturally go up in direction and the leaves group together to give the woods a feeling of being alive and untouched by humans. On the other hand, the focal points have a different brushwork to create a separate figure.