Chuck Close

Emma

Chuck Close is one of the world's leading modern artists. He creates a painiting based on a picture, recreating the image through different techniques. I like this picture, because it reminds me of the picture I attempted to complete with our gestalt project-close compiles different shapes into a grid, while none of them are touching. His techniques and colors used in this work captures the innocence and playfulness of a child.

Repetition of Fom

This is a 2011 advertisement for Miu Miu, a fashion designer. The reflecion of the mirrors gives the photo a repetition of form.

Gestalt 2

(Continuance, Similarity, Alignment)

(Continuance)

Andy Goldsworthy

Artist Andy Goldsworthy is an artist who incorporates different forms of nature into his work. He uses materials such as: sticks, flowers, mud and thorns (essentially biodegradable materials) to compose a piece that is meant to last for a short period of time. In this piece, I admire how Goldsworthy uses flowers and foliage to create an interpretation of a dark hole. I love how he attempts to bring out the beauty in nature, and show the viewer that they too can realize that nature was the first artist.

Gestalt Principles

There are five Gestalt Principles
           1. Similarity
           2.Continuance
           3. Closure
           4. Proximity
           5. Alignment

This photo represents the Gestalt principle on similarity. The triangles form a similar pattern both in shape and form.

Louise Nevelson

Lucas Samaras Boxes-Chicken Wire Box