Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Title of Work: The Last Supper
Year Completed: 1494–1498
Medium: Tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper_%28Leonardo_da_Vinci%29
Artist: Edvard Munch
Title of Work: The Scream
Year Produced: 1893
Medium: Oil, tempera, and pastel on cardboard
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream
The idea of emphasis through placement refers to being able to emphasize an form in a piece by placing it strategically in a spot that the viewer’s eye is naturally drawn to. In the first piece, The Last Supper, Jesus becomes emphasized because he is placed right in the middle of the piece, an area that we naturally look to first. In the bottom piece, the figure screaming is also naturally emphasized because he is also placed right in the middle of the piece. Also, he continues to the bottom of the space, which causes even more emphasis, because things that are placed nearer to, or even overlapping the sides of the piece are emphasized.
