perceiving landscape
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Perceiving Landscape. Gavin Balakrishnan , McKenzie Talley, Irene Duong, Matthew Volz. Factories at Night, c. 1936 Joseph Stella (1877-1946). Industrial Setting Darker shading indicates ominous future. Lighter colors indicate hope in the sky that diminishes over time. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Perceiving Landscape
Gavin Balakrishnan, McKenzie Talley, Irene Duong, Matthew Volz
Factories at Night, c. 1936
Joseph Stella (1877-1946)
• Industrial Setting• Darker shading indicates ominous future.• Lighter colors indicate hope in the sky
that diminishes over time.• Gate in front suggests limited access to
the landscape.• Red color in background might represent
fire burning the landscape.• Oil on Canvas
Memorial Day Wildflower Bouquet in the Cemetery of an Abandoned
Western Mining Town (1936)
Morris Graves (1910-2001)
• Dark colors suggest entropy and death.
• Grave stones and abandoned town tend toward doom and gloom/death.
• Flower in foreground is still bright and hopeful for the future of the landscape
• Light in the background indicate hope for the future.
• Oil on canvas
So what do you feel?
Wildflower Bouquet Factories at Night
References
• Graves, M. (1936). Memorial Day Wildflower Bouquet in the Cemetery of an Abandoned Western Mining Town [Image]. Retrieved from http://www.portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=4434;type=101
• Stella, J. (1936). Factories at Night [Image]. Retrieved from http://www.portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=31185;type=101