Final paper

ART ANALYSIS 6

Visual Culture: Analysis of Art

Introduction

This paper presents three types of visual culture; a 2D image, a 3D object as well as a space image. The paper will further provide an analysis of the 3D object.

1. 2D Image

Created by Leonardo da Vinci

Title: Mona Lisa

Created in 1503

Derived from http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-paintings/mona-lisa.htm

2. 3D Object

Created by Henry Moore

Title: Bird Basket

Year: 1939

Derived from http://artmatters.ca/wp/2010/10/whats-in-a-name/bird-basket-email/

3. Space Image

Created by Hitchcox and Starck-Yoo

Title: Lodha Evoq Residence

Year not specified

Derived from http://www.yoo.com/residences/lodha-evoq/

Analysis of the Bird Basket

The bird basket is one of the stringed sculptures created by Moore in the late 1930’s. The sculpture is made of two materials, lignum vitae and string. The intriguing part of this sculpture is the manner in which the two materials have been used together. From the image above, the strings look like they are tightly held, with no indication of what holds them together or how they are joined to the lignum vitae part of the sculpture. It looks as though it was woven. In spite of the simplicity that can be noted in Moore’s selection of material, there is a high level of sophistication in the way they have been used together. One would have to take a very keen look at the sculpture to get the mysterious connection between the strings and the lignum vitae.

The bird basket has a combination of three colors, blue and red for the strings as well as the brown color of the rest of the basket. The strings have been stretched out in such a manner that one can see the entire sculpture through them. The manner in which they have been arranged allows viewers to pay attention to the sculpture as well as the parts surrounding it. Further, each of the string colors seems to play a different role; the red strings are used to connect the basket from the two extreme ends, while the blue ones have been used to cover part of the basket. It is also clear that the strings have been used to show internal and external connections. The red strings are not only connected on two ends; they also seem to be joined to the middle part of the basket. The strings do not just hold the basket together; they have also been used to hold each other together. This shows some level of interdependence. In addition, there is a geometrical approach to the string connection, which is an indication of the mathematical influence that Moore applied in his string sculptures.

The bird basket is placed on a base but it is not perfectly balanced. This is because it is neither flat nor round. The sculpture is irregularly shaped, perhaps as a realistic manner to indicate imperfection. The size of the sculpture is 37.4 x 42.0 x 26.0 cm. This is an accurate representation of its purpose; a bird basket. The sculpture’s size is small enough for a human being to hold and carry and yet big enough as a bird basket. Moore created a realistic sculpture which easily expresses its purpose. There is a level of cohesion in the way the entire sculpture has been desired. The connections between the strings and lignum vitae have been indicated in the way they both rely on each other. The strings have been tightly held by the lignum vitae. The strings have also been used to cover the lignum vitae part of the basket to complete it. Additionally, the strings create enough space for the lignum vitae part of the sculpture to be seen fully (Offer Waterman, n.d.).

Conclusion

The paper analyses the Bird Basket, a sculpture created by Henry Moore. This sculpture expresses some real phenomena in the world. It is also used to show interdependence and cohesion.

References Offer Waterman. (n.d.). Henry Moore 1898-1986. Retrieved from Offer Waterman: http://www.waterman.co.uk/artists/105-henry-moore/works/3307/