Page 54 - Mousumi
P. 54
Weaver Monomousumi.com
understanding. It has the potential to Some paintings have characteristic
comfort the disturbed and disturb the symbols, making it easy for the
comfortable. Now that we know that viewers to grasp their messages. For
our understanding helps us to example, skulls have long been
appreciate art better, let us look at understood to symbolize material and
some steps that assist us in doing so: worldly wealth! Paintings are often
metaphors of time. The way an artist
1. Looking at a piece
chooses to express individuality is an
Albeit it is a commonly observed fact important thing to notice.
that beautiful and serene and scapes
Does the artist specifically paint
appeal to the eye of the observer, a
delicate landscapes? Or does he
deeper understanding of art involves
specialize in haphazard strokes? For
noticing finer details. In some cases,
example, Gaudi’s individualized
these details may be plashes of a
works replicate colorful natural
vibrant color catching the viewer’s
structures, as in the case of La
attention or paraphernalia of odd
Sagrada Familia's spires in the coastal
strokes. The basic idea is trying to see
city of Barcelona.
what the peace tells you rather than
wondering about what the artist may
have intended to convey.
The sequence of looking further
unfolds as the viewer takes in data
about the medium, the texture, and
the message of the work.
For example, ‘The Fog Sculpture’ by
Fujiko Nakaya in the Guggenheim 3. Appreciating the piece
Museum of Bilbao greets the visitors
by shrouding them in a fine mist, It is vital to understand the effect the
showing glimpses of Japanese art has on us as an audience. The tall,
buildings as they walk over an arched looming Statue of Liberty makes
bridge.‘Milkmaid’, an oil-on-canvas every American’s heart swell up with
worked by the Dutch artist, Johannes pride with just a look. Yves Klein’s
Veneer, stands out for its regal and revolutionary photograph, Leap Into
lustrous finish to the portrait of an the Void radiates a feeling of
ordinary milkmaid, bridging, and abandonment and remorse. The
molding the contrast together. biggest appreciation of an artist peace
is understanding it inside out! It
2. Comprehending the piece narrows down to learning to look at a
painting the way Van Gogh looked
Page 52
