Art Comparison

Figure 1

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Surrounded Islands

BiscayneBay, Greater Miami, Florida (1983)

Woven Polypropylene Fabric

http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/projects/surrounded-islands#.UzRZIP1CflI

Figure 2

Robert Smithson

Spiral Jetty

Mud, Precipitated Salt Crystals, Rocks

1500' x 15'

Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah (1970)

http://www.robertsmithson.com/earthworks/spiral_jetty.htm

Madison Courtney

Dr. Decker

ART217

March 26, 2014

SAME

-Large Scale

-In a body of water

-Not geometrical

-natural shapes

SURROUNDED ISLANDS

-use of unnatural fabric

-bright, contrasting color

-built around an existing thing (the Island)

-temporary

-much larger scale

SPIRAL JETTY

-use of natural materials

-natural colors

-freestanding

-more permanent

-smaller single piece

-spiral is a natural shape found in shells, flowers ect.

THESIS

Both compliment nature in similar and different ways

They are both natural

Shape

Elements

Surrounded islands

The bright pink is contrasting rather than flowing with nature in a complimenting way

Free form goes along with the islands

Unnatural materials also contrast but they are thin and flow, not rigid and super contrasting

Spiral jetty

much more obviously complimenting by using natural materials and colors

a spiral is commonly found in nature such as shells and flowers making them symmetrical and beautiful

large scale size is obviously not natural

Both unnatural but complimentary

Sheer size- neither of these objects could occur at this scale in nature

The actual jetty shape while spirals are natural there are no natural rock spirals

Color of surrounded islands because they contrast with the green but appeal to the eye because opposite ends of the color wheel