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Perceiving Landscape Gavin Balakrishnan, McKenzie Talley, Irene Duong, Matthew Volz

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Perceiving Landscape. Gavin Balakrishnan , McKenzie Talley, Irene Duong, Matthew Volz. Factories at Night, c. 1936 Joseph Stella (1877-1946). Industrial Setting Darker shading indicates ominous future. Lighter colors indicate hope in the sky that diminishes over time. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Perceiving Landscape

Perceiving Landscape

Gavin Balakrishnan, McKenzie Talley, Irene Duong, Matthew Volz

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Factories at Night, c. 1936

Joseph Stella (1877-1946)

• Industrial Setting• Darker shading indicates ominous future.• Lighter colors indicate hope in the sky

that diminishes over time.• Gate in front suggests limited access to

the landscape.• Red color in background might represent

fire burning the landscape.• Oil on Canvas

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Memorial Day Wildflower Bouquet in the Cemetery of an Abandoned

Western Mining Town (1936)

Morris Graves (1910-2001)

• Dark colors suggest entropy and death.

• Grave stones and abandoned town tend toward doom and gloom/death.

• Flower in foreground is still bright and hopeful for the future of the landscape

• Light in the background indicate hope for the future.

• Oil on canvas

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So what do you feel?

Wildflower Bouquet Factories at Night

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References

• Graves, M. (1936). Memorial Day Wildflower Bouquet in the Cemetery of an Abandoned Western Mining Town [Image]. Retrieved from http://www.portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=4434;type=101

• Stella, J. (1936). Factories at Night [Image]. Retrieved from http://www.portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=31185;type=101