3.04 ASSIGNMENTPart 1

Café Terrace at NightVincent Van Gogh -1888www.icollector.com

This painting is an oil painting of a French Café in the fall on 1888.

Mr. Van Gogh portrayed depth in this picture by using monocular cues, such as Relative Size, Interposition, Atmospheric perspective, and Texture gradient.

Relative SizeThe monocular cue of relative size means that objects that should be a certain size appear smaller in the picture, making it seem farther away.

In the painting of the café, the people in the background look very small. We are used to people being around 6 feet so seeing these people as being very small gives us the impression that they are far away.

InterpositionThis monocular cue is also known as overlap. It is when on object blocks another one, giving the impression that the blocked object is behind the other object, and thus further.

In this painting, the balcony is obstructing the view of the building. This leads us to believe that the building is behind the balcony and farther away from the viewer.

Atmospheric PerspectiveThis monocular cue, sometimes called aerial perspective, uses the fact that the farther away an object is, the hazier it gets. This is because there is more dust in the air, causing the image not to be as clear.

In this painting, the stars are very blurry. This is because they are so far away and there is a lot of mediums that the light must travel through to reach our eyes. Because they are not so clear, we believe that they are far away.

Texture GradientThe texture gradient cue means that as an object is farther away in the distance, the texture becomes smaller and finer. It is harder to notice the detail of objects at such far distances.

Looking at the stones, the ones that are farther away have less detail. Instead of being black, orange, and grey, they are mostly all orange. They lost some of the detain because of their distance.

3.04 ASSIGNMENTPart 2

The ScreamEdvard Munch – 1893www.edvardmunch.org

The Scream is a painting made by Edvard Munch in 1893. Edvard Munch is known for his abstract work.

In this piece, Mr. Munch uses different Gestalt Principles. He uses proximity, similarity, and closure.

ProximityProximity is the principle that states that people have a tendency to perceive objects that are close together as being part of a group.

In this painting, most people assume that the two men in the background are together. This is because they are close to each other.

SimilarityThe principle of similarity states that humans perceive things of similar shape, color, and size to be in groups.

In this painting, the top part is different shades of orange stripes. This is made to give the impression that the sky is made up of those colors.

ClosureThe Closure principle states that people have the tendency to complete figures and ‘close in the lines.’

In the background of this painting, there are two sailboats that are not fully drawn in. Because they are so small, the painter decided to only paint part of the boats and let us ‘fill in the rest.’

SETH ADLER

Café Terrace at Night The Scream