Two pieces of art.

Since I am taking two classes about art- Art Appreciation, and Introduction to Visual Art it should be easy for me to describe art works. I choose two, one of them is photo by Henri Cartier Bresson (I watched a movie about him as a project for one class), and Picasso- “Girl Before a Mirror” 1932 (I described visual elements and principals of design for other homework).

These two pieces of art have two fundamental differences: one of them is photography, and in addition to this black- and white, and another one is colorful painting. The first one “The Decisive Moment” by Bresson show a men who is jumping through the water. We see his shadow in there,and on the background a fence with probably advertisement, and behind it buildings, and another man. Henri Cartier Bresson wanted to show in his photographs a movement, and I think in this piece of art it shows very well.

The “Girl Before a Mirror” 1932 by Picasso is a oil painting on canvas. It grabs our attention because of colors- artist used every color from color wheel. The painting is clear- we see a girl looking at herself on the mirror; we don’t have to think what artist wanted to show us. He used different shapes (geometric, and organic J ), different lines, and even pattern on the background. The painting is balanced.

I like both of the pieces because of their originality. And I think that Gitte Brigitte Maronde would be happy to see that I use art and describing it not only in her class, but in another too.