Jing Assignment #4

Tenebrism:
Rembrandt's is an artist who employed the technique of tenebrism often. Here, "The Night Watch" is a perfect example because while most of the painting is quite murky, there are contrasting smaller areas of brightness. These illuminated areas give the work a sense of drama.

Hatching and Cross Hatching: Choosing Rembrandt again as an example for the next technique, this self portrait shows examples of cross hatching, where the hatches are crossed at an angle by another hatch. Some areas of the portrait do appear to be just hatched though because they contain hatch lines with minimal to no cross hatches.


Primary Color Palette:
The use of the primary colors in this painting by Piet Mondrian against black and white was believed by the artist to be "the expression of pure reality." "Composition II with Red, Blue, and Yellow" was created to "match the spirit of the Russian Revolution."


High Intensity Color Scheme: Artist David Bradley fights for both the political and artistic rights of Native Americans and in this piece, "Indian Country Today," he uses a high intensity color scheme as if to show the heightened issues in our modern time.


Narrative:
The picture above is just a piece of the Column of Trajan in Rome. This column is narrative because it was constructed to celebrate the Roman Emperor Trajan's triumph in the Dacian wars and it actually depicts different battles that occurred over time. This particular piece is a battle scene between the Trajan and Dacian armies.


Optical Art:
Choosing another work of Bridget Riley's for an example of optical art, I found "Movement in Squares." Riley was at the forefront of optical art and her work induces a feeling of movement. She is well-known for using black and whites in her work, like the one above.