Wall Art and Decor - A Perfect Gift Idea

THE PRINCIPLES OF ART :

1. Harmony

2. Percentage

3. Structure and Action

If that which you see is often down middle, or leans in a way (especially if the backdrop woods do not lean), then action or action is indicated. Observe that portraits usually don't lean. All these three points may be summed up by the word "composition."

A really intelligent British museum-tour bus driver informed people that if you flip an image of a painting into sixteenths, then unfold it, all the sixteenths should more or less make the painting "happen." Like, look at an image of Rembrandt's "Jeremiah." Each sixteenth more or less goes with Jeremiah. The truth that he is off-center and hovering diagonally suggests he is a motion figure. Probably he's worried about getting his "Lamentations" into the manager by the deadline. Possibly he is forgotten wherever he missing his shoes. Again.

I won't fold Rembrandt's "Night Watch" in to sixteenths, nevertheless it is possible to art tees see that every part "fits." Observe the diagonals on every determine nevertheless the central one: muskets and pikes, individuals, pets and birds are getting or seeking anywhere, as an evening view staff should. The gent in the centre is clearly the watch leader - straight lines and central position connoting strength.

Rembrandt's image of the previous geezer, a Rembrandt self-portrait, nevertheless, veers from the rules. He's down middle and pointing diagonally, indicating he is into action. Cripes, he's more than I am, and clearly going nowhere as a result of his arthritis or knee cramps. That visits show that there often is not any place in the rules.

It's also wise to do some research, or at least half-useful Google-clicking to take an rational journey through art history before moving out to the museum:

The Historical World

The Art of India, China, Africa, the Americas and Japan

Western Art : The Heart Ages Through the Renaissance

American Art : The Baroque Through the Nineteenth Century