COMM-105: Visual Literacy Space by Zach Drescher, Divya Baliga, Tiana Hakimzadeh, Mike DeFabo
What is Space? “Space refers to atmosphere, distance or expansion that can extend vertically, horizontally and in depth” You can neither see nor feel space, but it is “that which exists between tangible, visible substances”
How Does an Artist Create Space? Tones Overlapping/Placement Sizes of Objects Scale
Create the Space!!! This game will show how artists use space to add depth to a flat surface...
Diego Velazquez “Las Meninas” 1656 Oil on Canvas
Interior of the Rouen Cathedral
Pieter Bruegel the Elder “Return from the Hunt” Oil on panel
Ways to Describe Space within Works of Art Shallow Space Limits the depth of space between foreground and background Allover Space A form of shallow space where the depth between foreground and background is negligible or nonexistent Deep Space The distance between the front and back planes or spatial areas is great
Michelangelo “The Supper at Emmaus” Oil on Canvas
Jackson Pollock “Lavender Midst” 1faakQg/pollock-lavender-mist-No jpg
Thomas Birch “Southeast View of Sedgeley Park”
Perspectives Linear Perspective The further away an object is, the smaller it appears Objects converge upon a common vanishing point Horizon line is dependent on the eye level of viewer
Piazza San Marco, Venice Canaletto Nemett, Chapter 7, Page 170
View of Venice, Piazza and Piazzetta San Marco Antonio Canaletto Nemett, Chapter 7, Page 171
Perspectives Atmospheric Perspective The further into the painting you look, the details become toned down and less sharp
Blue Hole, Little Miami River Robert Duncanson Nemett, Chapter 7, Page 165
Work Cited Nemett, Barry. Images, Objects, and Ideas. Mountain View: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua, (Chapter 7: Space)