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Voiceover: How do you tell a story in a picture and indicate that one thing happened and then another and then another?발음듣기

Figuring out how to arrange subjects so that a composition makes sense to a viewer is a crucial part of the painter's process.발음듣기

The artist who painted this scene used architectural elements to divide the story into sections, describing a sequence of events in a Pope's dream.발음듣기

If you showed the story like a cartoon, it would look like this.발음듣기

In the first event, Pope Sergius dreams of an angel bringing him an important message.발음듣기

A bishop has been assassinated and he must appoint a replacement.발음듣기

The second scene takes place a little farther away within a brick enclosure where two figures kneel beside the Pope.발음듣기

In the top right corner of the painting, the Pope is seen again blessing a new bishop.발음듣기

Events in the painting progress from the present in the foreground to the future in the background.발음듣기

To draw our attention to distant events, the artist omitted part of the courtyard wall and arranged the second scene to take place within two narrowing lines.발음듣기

He positioned the third scene along a line formed by a river and a road.발음듣기

These tapering lines lead us into the painting, while strong horizontal and vertical lines provide a sense of balance.발음듣기

Composition does more than lead our eye.발음듣기

The placement of figures and events can tell us who or what is important.발음듣기

When Pierre Auguste-Renoir painted this scene, he wasn't interested in recording a specific place.발음듣기

He wanted to capture a single moment in time.발음듣기

Renoir lavished much more attention on the young woman than on her companion, who is crowded into the top of the painting.발음듣기

Notice how the diagonal line of sight from the man to the woman echoes their clasped hands and is repeated again by the trail.발음듣기

This diagonal emphasis leads us to consider what might happen if she follows him to the secluded area he is gesturing toward.발음듣기

Renoir arranged the figures to convey a feeling of openness.발음듣기

Follow the lines formed by the figure's arms and by their gazes.발음듣기

These implied lines help us focus on the interaction between the man and the woman.발음듣기

See how the relationship between the two figures is disrupted when their positions are reversed?발음듣기

Renoir's painting is balanced and unified because it has a well thought out composition.발음듣기

There is something curious about this birdseye view.발음듣기

Philips Koninck painted this landscape as if he was looking at it from the top of a mountain.발음듣기

But there aren't any mountains in Holland.발음듣기

In a picture artists use a variety of devices to create the illusion of space on a flat surface.발음듣기

Koninck, like other artists, used a mathematical system for representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface.발음듣기

This system, called perspective, is based on the realization that our eye reads parallel lines as coming together as they recede.발음듣기

Here you can see how the lines converge at a single point on the horizon.발음듣기

Notice how things at the bottom of the canvas appear closer to us?발음듣기

Instead of looking into the painting, which is the natural thing to do, look at the painting from bottom to top.발음듣기

As your eye moves up the canvas, the landscape seems to recede and things appear farther away.발음듣기

Comparing these two figures shows us how artists paint objects in the foreground larger and with more detail than objects in the background.발음듣기

This also helps achieve the illusion of space receding away from us.발음듣기

If Koninck had recorded actual observations of the Dutch landscape, the picture would have looked more like this.발음듣기

Trees and hills would have obstructed his view over the horizon.발음듣기

Instead, Koninck painted the illusion of a panoramic countryside.발음듣기

What might this painting look like if the figures were removed?발음듣기

Without the romantic couple there is little sense of depth.발음듣기

Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted the figures so that they carve out the space.발음듣기

But only as long as branches and vines fall before them.발음듣기

Without the vines climbing in front of the woman's dress and the branches falling over the man's shoulder, the space appears shallow.발음듣기

The figures look as if they could easily slide down the path.발음듣기

Put the foliage back and the figures appear fully integrated into the landscape.발음듣기

Look closely at this painting by Paul Sazon.발음듣기

Do things seem like they're tilted forward a little too much?발음듣기

Sazon intentionally depicted these objects from multiple viewpoints.발음듣기

That's why everything seems askew. In more realistic perspective, this scene would look something like this.발음듣기

Look again. Sazon's perspective. More realistic perspective. The green vase would look more like this in reality.발음듣기

But watch how drastically different Sazon's view is.발음듣기

We could only see the vase from this angle if we were looking into it from above.발음듣기

The views that Sazon shows us are all possible but not at the same time.발음듣기

If the table really existed the way Sazon shows it, the apples would roll right off.발음듣기

Sazon played with proportions and viewpoints to make us aware that in paintings depth is an illusion on a flat surface.발음듣기

Artists use color to unify elements to draw our attention to specific details and to express emotion.발음듣기

This is especially evident in this painting of Christ's entombment by Peter Paul Rubens.발음듣기

His use of color dramatizes the suffering of those surrounding Christ.발음듣기

Rubens used a palate of red, blue and white.발음듣기

But the white of Christ's body is vastly different than the fabric wrapped around him.발음듣기

Rubens painted Christ's flesh with blue undertones to convey his cold and lifeless state encouraging viewers to contemplate his death.발음듣기

Notice how Christ appears thrust toward us on the left where John the evangelist supports his upper body?발음듣기

This effect is achieved partly through composition, the way that Christ is slumped diagonally across the canvas.발음듣기

But the effect is increased by John's flushed cheaks and brilliant red robe.발음듣기

This is because warm colors like red appear to expand and move toward us.발음듣기

When the robe is changed to another color like blue, Christ doesn't appear to come so far forward.발음듣기

Cool colors appear to recede visually.발음듣기

This helps create depth. Behind Christ, the three Mary's are all draped in blue.발음듣기

The cool blue color keeps them firmly fixed in the background.발음듣기

Rubens emphasized the relationship between Christ and the virgin Mary through his treatment of their faces.발음듣기

The grieving virgin Mary's face, and especially her lips, appear even more blue than that of her dead son.발음듣기

Her pink hand contrasted with the blue of Christ's arm and her tearful eyes convey that she is physically alive while her pallor expresses her bereavement.발음듣기

Rubens used extremely intense and saturated colors to help tell the story of Christ's suffering and the grief of those who were closest to him in life.발음듣기

When light radiates from a central point, it creates strong highlights and shadows.발음듣기

This is especially evident on and around the central figures in this painting by Garrit Van Honthorst.발음듣기

Without the dark shadows on and behind Christ's leg, his figure seems less substantial.발음듣기

The shadows help convey volume, enhancing the solidity of Christ's form.발음듣기

Notice how the light is reflecting off the armor of the man across from Christ?발음듣기

Like shadows, highlights and reflections provide clues about surface and shape.발음듣기

Honthorst used light to indicate who was important, to add drama, and to create depth.발음듣기

Can you see where the light is coming from in this painting?발음듣기

It's not as obvious as in Honthorst's night scene.발음듣기

Here the light is scattered suggesting the movement of foliage.발음듣기

The man is so hidden that we can hardly see his face.발음듣기

Branches in the brim of his hat cast shadows across most of his form.발음듣기

The woman on the other hand seems surrounded by light.발음듣기

She is especially radiant in contrast to the thicket behind her.발음듣기

Renoir made clear that the woman is the prime focus of the picture.발음듣기

The path to the right of the figures is also largely in sunlight.발음듣기

This helps lead us into the picture and makes us wonder what will happen if she follows her companion into the secluded area at the end of the trail.발음듣기

Renoir orchestrated the lighting to give this scene of a casual walk in the park a sense of movement and spontaneity.발음듣기

When you look at a painting like this one, you can tell that the artist worked hard to convey the tactile qualities of each leaf, flower and butterfly.발음듣기

The artist, Jan Van Huysum, was so concerned with creating a realistic picture that he included a fly and drops of dew on flower petals.발음듣기

He did all this while concealing his brushwork, so we get little sense of the pressure and movement of his hand across the surface of the painting.발음듣기

The tactile quality of Vincent Van Gogh's irises is quite different.발음듣기

Clumps and dashes of thickly built up paint create texture on the surface so the paint itself takes on a sensuous three-dimensional quality.발음듣기

How an artist treats the surface is important because smooth surfaces reflect the light differently than textured surfaces.발음듣기

When a painting has a glassy surface, color rather than texture is used to create highlights like the white highlights on the underside of this red flower.발음듣기

Can you tell which artist had more training or was more skilled?발음듣기

We often make hasty assumptions about an artist's ability based simply on how the surface of the painting appears.발음듣기

Both artists strive to depict qualities found in nature but one was more interested in depth and details while the other was more interested in vitality and movement.발음듣기

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