Martin Johnson HeadeGiant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth, c. 1890
Gift of The Circle of the National Gallery of Art in Commemoration of its 10th Anniversary
1996.14.1
Martin Johnson HeadeRio de Janeiro Bay, 1864
Gift of the Avalon Foundation
1965.2.1
Martin Heade uses symmetry in both of his works of art, but he uses other design principles differently.In "Giant Magnolias", Heade uses white the emphasize(134) the magnolias and and very dark blue hue almost close to black as the subordinate(134). To create balance in this painting, he uses symmetry along the horizontal center of the art work to distribute weight. In Rio de Janeiro Bay, variety(122) is abundant in the painting, he uses the sky and the ships and the hues to provide interest to the painting. In this painting he also uses symmetry(125) along the horizontal center which starts where the sea changes to the sky.painting the boats closer to sea and further out heade used scale and proportion(137). He used scale, size in relation to normal size, and proportion, size in relation ships to part of a whole to give the illusion of distance in his painting where as he only uses scale in the magnolia painting to give more emphasis to the magnolias.He also employs rhythm(141) in Rio de Janerio Bay, with the use of orange, brown and green hues by using the shades often in the painting. He creates a very realistic effect in Rio de Janeiro bay but in "Magnolias", you can tell that's it is a painting. It doesn't have a much of a 3d effect that he created by using proportion in the painting.
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Dear Tamika,
This essay uses art terms, but fails to define the terms followed by the page number citation.
For example:
"In "Giant Magnolias", Heade uses white the emphasize(134) the magnolias and and very dark blue hue almost close to black as the subordinate(134)."
The above sentence could be written this way:
In "Giant Magnolias" Heade uses emphasis to bring the viewer's attention to the flowers in the center of the painting. Emphasis means that our attention is first drawn to a certain part of the artwork. (l34) Head uses the elements of color and and the principle of scale to emphasize the flowers. He paints them white against a dark background and makes them the largest object in the painting. Scale means size in relation to normal size. (136).
The essay is poorly organized jumping almost randomly from topic to topic making it a difficult read.
Some attempt is made at comparison and contrast.
There are many grammatical and puncutation errors.
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