STRUCTURE IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

Katerina, Alexandra F, Corey, Luciana

STRUCTURE

Overlaps with space and rhythm

How elements of the visual expression merge to “create an organized whole”

Expresses emotion

Main idea to consider: What makes a work of art different from the world it represents?

Every work of art has one

SYMMETRY

Unity• Sense of visual equilibrium

When you put a mirror down the middle, it looks the same on both sides

Symmetry• Can be divided directly down the middle• Dignity, stability, and tranquility exemplify structures that are

symmetrical• Perfect symmetry, perfect balance • Example: Taj Mahal; posses a sense of formality & order, lightness

MONUMENTAL URNB Y : C L A U D E M I C H E L & C A L L E D C L O D I O N

A YOUNG LADYB Y : P R O B A B L Y F L O R E N T I N E

FOCAL POINTS

Can have different contrasts as displayed in both of these pictures• Different colors draw your eye to different parts of the painting• As a whole, you just see the entire image as one entity • These pictures challenge the eye• The picture can have two actions being displayed but as a whole are

one picture• All these artists try to display the time of day using shadows and the

use of reflecting lights on the image

Multiple Points of Attraction • Rely on more than one point of focus to bring to an organized whole

(structure). • Enables viewer to “fully explore” work of art

PLACE DU CARROUSELB Y : C A M I L L E P I S S A R O

SHIPS IN A GALEB Y : W I L L E N V A N D E V E L D E , T H E Y O U N G E R

STILL LIFEB Y : H E N R I F A N T I N - L A T O U R

L U M B E R S C H O O N E R S A T E V E N I N G O N P E N O B S C O T B A YB Y : F I T Z H E N R Y L A N E

ASYMMETRICAL

Asymmetrical • Appears active • Creates visual tension • No unity in the picture• Different focal points• Artists use of creativity to make it asymmetrical • Draws viewers attention to more than one area

• Eyes continuously on the move

LE TOURNESOLB Y : E D W A R D S T E I C H E N

THE WRITTEN SEAB Y : J O H N M A R I N

APPROXIMATE SYMMETRY

Both halves of the painting relate to each other if you divide it down the middle

Painted to appear from afar to capture the horizon

Some may have different focal points conveying the different actions displayed in the picture

CLASSIC LANDSCAPEB Y : C H A R L E S S H E E L E R

LINES

Each picture consists of various lines take make up the entire scene.

The churches display a sense visual hierarchy

backdrop value contrast• Not busy, simple, helps accentuate the main focal

point

A VIEW OF ST. BAVO’SB Y : G E R R I T B E R C K H E Y D E

CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DELLA FEBBRE, ROME

B Y: P I E T E R J A N S Z S A E N R E D A M