Unity: Continuation/Continuity

Both of these are great examples of continuation as well as continuity. In both pieces Picasso utilizes continuation by having most of the subjects share lines with each other or the background, basically continuing lines throughout the piece without distinguishing where the line of one thing starts and another ends. Together these pieces display continuity because even though they are so different in subject matter, they are extremely similar as far as the elements and principals that he uses in them, they are stylistically the same.

Joie De Vivire:

Artist: Pablo Picasso

Year Produced: 1946

Medium: Oil on canvas

Source: http://www.pablopicasso.org/joie-de-vivre.jsp

Guernica:

Artist: Pablo Picasso

Year Produced: 1937

Medium: Oil on canvas

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_%28painting%29

Unity: Proximity

This piece is a good example of unity through proximity. This would have been a much less interesting and unified piece if the circles in his piece had been scattered around instead of grouped in similar locations. By using proximity, he creates focal points and larger objects out of the smaller ones, creating more interest.

Artist: Wassily Kandinsky

Title of Work: Several Circles

Year Produced: 1926

Medium: Oil on canvas

Source: http://arthistory.about.com/od/from_exhibitions/ig/kandinsky_retrospective/kandinsky_gugg_0910_25.htm

Line: Extension

This piece is an example of extension lines. Extension lines are temporary lines normally used in drawing to aid in measurement from one object to another, or to keep things on the same plane. In this piece, the extension lines happen to be present in the finished work. This gives the work an unfinished and messy look, which can actually be quite interesting.

Artist: Alberto Giacometti
Title of Work: Reviews of Diego
Year Produced: 1953Medium: Oil
Source: http://www.surrealists.co.uk/viewPicture/103/

This is a good example of how to use extension lines in one point perspective. This was meant to be more of an example than an actual piece, so it leaves in all of the lines used. The lines here are used to help base things on the same plane as well as keeping them in the single perspective.

Source: http://www.bramhaa.com/draw-it-all-%E2%80%93-one-point-perspective-for-beginners-in-animation/691

Line: Schematic

This is an example of line used in schematics. It’s laying out the second floor for the Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio.

Source: http://archidose.blogspot.com/2008/08/building-diagrams.html

This is another example of line used in schematics. It’s the schematic plan for an A-12 plane.

Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/books-and-monographs/a-12/a-12-schematic.html

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Second Active Structure

First Active Structure

Emphasis: Contrast

Artist: Kenneth Noland
Title of Work: And Half
Year of Production: 1959
Medium: Unlisted – Paint
Source: http://fugitiveink.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/remembering-kenneth-noland/

In this piece, the focal point or emphasis is created through contrast. The contrast of the powerful red color surrounded by the bright yellow ring against very neutral colors creates an immediate emphasis on the circle in the middle.