Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simon

High Renaissance 

6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564

Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, &
engineer

He’s the best documented artist of 16^th century

Two of his best-known works, the Pieta and David

The Last Judgement & The Libyan Sybil (Sistine Chapel)

Fresco

The Creation of Adam

 

Principles of Design

Balance

Balance in design is similar to balance in physics. A large shape close to the center can be

balanced by a small shape close to the edge. A large light toned shape will be balanced by a

small dark toned shape (the darker the shape the heavier it appears to be).

The force provided by second figure on the right and the raised leg of Adam adds tension

and balance to the painting. The figure of God and Adam brings formal balance.(same

amount of weight).

Repetition

Repeating visual elements such as line, color, shape, texture, value or image

tends to unify the total effect of a work of art as well as create rhythm.

Repetition can take the form of an exact duplication (pattern), a near

duplication, or duplication with variety.

The picture of humans behind God is a form of repetition.

Contrast

Contrast is the juxtaposition of opposing elements. Eg, opposite colors on the color wheel -

red / green, blue / orange etc. Contrast in tone or value - light / dark. Contrast in

direction - horizontal / vertical.

There is a color contrast, where there’s color green on Adams site whereas there’s red on

the other side.

Unity

Relating the design elements to the idea being expressed in a painting reinforces the

principal of unity. Eg, a painting with an active aggressive subject would work better with

a dominant oblique direction, course, rough texture, angular lines etc. whereas a quiet

passive subject would benefit from horizontal lines, soft texture and less tonal contrast.

Unity in this picture comes from all direction, the green cloth from Gods side, two figures

with same weight and the raised leg of Adam forms unity to this painting.

Elements of Design

Direction

All lines have direction - Horizontal, Vertical or Oblique. Horizontal suggests calmness,

stability and tranquility. Vertical gives a feeling of balance, formality and alertness.

Oblique suggests movement and action.

There are no straight lines in this painting; most of them are curved line. There are few

horizontal and vertical lines.

Color

Primary color- Red & Green

Value

Value is the lightness or darkness of a colour. Value is also called Tone.

Top left of the painting has darker colors.

Holy Family or Doni Tondo

 

The Principles of Design

Balance

The three figures in the middle are evenly balanced in a triangle.

The three main figures in dark colors are balanced with the nudes at the back with light

colors.

Repetition

The nudes at the back of Doni Tondo’s family are repeated. The lines and grasses are

repeated in this painting.

Contrast

The colors of the front figure are into darker colors compared to secondary figure at the

back of the family.

Dominance

Dominance gives a painting interest, counteracting confusion and monotony. Dominance

can be applied to one or more of the elements to give emphasis

The family dominates the painting.

The Elements of Design

Line

Horizontal, vertical and curved lines

Shape

The family is in a triangle shape and they are evenly balanced. The frame is ornately

carved and rather unusual for the five heads it contains which protrude three

dimensionally into space

Direction

The horizontal lines gives a pond like image to the painting.

Color

Use of primary & secondary color. The yellow used is very luminous because of the

shades.

Texture

The painting is made of tempera and oil paints so it gives a smooth touch to it.

Value

The mountains at the top of the painting have shades. This makes it to be darker at the

top compared to the lower parts of the mountains. As for the ground area where Virgin

Mary rest. There’s lighter green on the left side of her whereas dark green on her right.

Paintings by Michelangelo

The Last Judgement

The Crucifixion of St. Peter

Famous Artist- My Inspiration

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 

(6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564)

Hign Renaissance

Michealangelo was a Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. He is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci. His sketches, paintings and sculptures has aspired many people. As for Sujatha, she is inspired by his Creation of Adams paintings. The paintings explained the strength of God clearly. On how the hands of God and Adam were not touching but yet, Adam is alive. As though spark of light is given through synaptic cleft between the gaps of both hands. What made inspired her is the painting of brain behind God. The perfect painting of human brain with all the parts and the dress worn by God represents woman's uterus. Besides that, the green cloth hanging from God looks like an umbilical cord of a newborn. All this magics done by Michealangelo has inspired Sujatha.

A Pheonix's Tale

Ambition: To become a psychologist and open a home for abandoned children with special needs in Malaysia.

Dream: To open a few home for abandoned children and provide them a family-style home with sufficient medical treatment.

     Sujatha Krishnan was 13 years when she visited orphanage for the first time. During the three hours with them, she has a sense of guilt building inside her, whenever there is a kid calling out her name. It takes quite a time for the kids to call her because most of them have difficulties in speaking. Going through the background of each one of the kids there was devastating for her since some of them were left alone in bus stations, and the others were left by their parents under false name.

     This three-hour visit to on orphanage home has changed Sujatha Krishnan a lot on how she view the world from her point of view. She became some one who doesn’t take anything for granted and set a goal to achieve in her life. In order for her to fulfill her dreams to open a home for the abandoned, she have to stand on her own to support the others, so as for now she is studying Bachelor of Psychology and soon she will graduate from course. Once she is done with her studies she will get a job to be strong from the financial aspect and Sujatha will open a home once everything is fine.

Hola!

Hello everyone!

 I am Sujatha, and am new here. Have created this blog for my HAA 102 (Introduction to Design) class. So,  I will be posting stuff here and there later on. Yup! see ya..