By Molly Bang
We all know photograph tells 1000 phrases. yet what concerning the components that make up an image? utilizing the story of Little crimson driving Hood as an instance, Molly Bang makes use of boldly image art to give an explanation for how images—and their person components—work to inform a narrative that engages the feelings: Why are diagonals dramatic? Why are curves calming? Why does purple consider scorching and blue consider chilly? First released in 1991, photo This lovers will welcome the hot edition's awesome redecorate and introduce its insights to many different artists and paintings appreciators alike.
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This picture was supposed to be scary because of its context: a hungry wolf wanted to eat a lone girl in the woods. But the picture was made to feel increasingly scary to the viewer because of the colors, shapes, sizes, and placement of the pieces of construction paper that make up the picture. Our feelings arise because we see pictures as extensions of the real world. Pictures that affect us strongly use structural principles based on the way we have to react in the real world in order to survive.
I see here. 1n a way I didn't understand before, that when two or more objects in a picture have the same color; we associate them with each other. The meaning and the emotion we impart to this association depend on context. but the association is immediate and strong. Red goes with red. There is one more aspect of the picture that can be changed to make it feel scarier; which 1s 36 37 that the background can be darkened. In the third picture in which Little Red Riding Hood was shown with her mother; purple was used as a soft, or gentle, color.
It is the point of greatest attraction. This picture can be read eith er as a jewel radiating light (or a heroine radiating triumph) or as a figure surrounded on all sides by attackers. Our emotional response depends on the context, but the fact remains that it is difficult to take our eyes from the center and move them around the page. They are trapped. pinned to the center. What happens when the focus of attention is shifted away from the center of the page? 1 Fi of a I. the picture is more dynamic.