Chapters 6 & 7

The above painting "Calliope" by Giovanni Baglione shows Chiaroscuro.  Artists uses chiaroscuro to display a more prominent contrast between the light and darkness of a picture.  The lighter areas above are the focal point of the picture and add greater definition and detail to the painting. The viewers eyes are drawn to the lighter areas. 

"The Martyrdom of St. Peter" by Michelangelo Caravaggio shows the artistic technique of Tenebrism.  Caravaggio was one of the most well known artists for using this style.  Tenebrism is essentially a more severe and dramatic use of chiaroscuro.  Here the light makes St. Peter the clear focal point of the painting where as the painting of  Calliope above does not use such great contrast of light and dark.    

Impasto technique is used above in the painting "Cyprus" by Vincent van Gogh.  This is a technique where artists use a very thick application of paint so that each of their brush strokes is visible.  Paintings are more intriguing to the eye as it creates a texture on the canvas. Impasto is most commonly executed using oil or acrylic paints.  

Max Ernst's piece above titled "The Habit of Leaves" is a Frottage.  Frottage is an artistic technique used by artists where they take charcoal or a pencil for example and rub it on a piece of paper which is over a textured surface.  By doing this, the features of the surface below the paper become visible on the paper.  Here a wooden floor and leaf were used as the textured surface.    

Primary Color Palette in art work are very simple pieces like the one from Jean Dubuffet's "Bustle" above in terms of color as they uses the three primary colors red, yellow and blue.  All other colors stem from a combination of these colors mixed together.  When two primary colors are blended together a secondary color is created.  For example, mixing red and blue creates purple which is a secondary color.  Even though only three colors are used, the painting can still be quite complex.

Roy Lichtenstein's painting "Purple Range" above shows the Complimentary Color Palette being utilized.  Purple and yellow are complimentary colors as they are located directly opposite each other on the color wheel.  This color scheme is appealing to the eye.  Other complimentary color pairs are green and red, and orange and blue.