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Seeing the Big Picture—Composition S01E06

Define symmetry and asymmetry in painting and sculpture, and the key effects on the viewer of each. Also, study scale and proportion of figures, and the distinction between "open" and "closed" composition, reflecting the artist's approach to visually framing the image.

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Sharon Latchaw Hirsh

Sharon Latchaw Hirsh

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The Importance of First Impressions
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Drawing—Dry, Liquid, and Modern Media
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Printmaking—Relief and Intaglio
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Modern Printmaking—Planographic
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Sculpture—Salt Cellars to Monuments
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Development of Painting—Tempera and Oils
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Modern Painting—Acrylics and Assemblages
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Subject Matters
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Signs—Symbols, Icons, and Indexes in Art
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Portraits—How Artists See Others
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Self-Portraits—How Artists See Themselves
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Where Am I? Point of View and Focal Point
20
Landscapes—Art of the Great Outdoors
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Putting It All Together
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Early Renaissance—Humanism Emergent
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Northern Renaissance—Devil in the Details
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High Renaissance—Humanism Perfected
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Mannerism and Baroque—Distortion and Drama
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Going Baroque—North versus South
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18th-Century Reality and Decorative Rococo
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Revolutions—Neoclassicism and Romanticism
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From Realism to Impressionism
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Color—Description, Symbol, and More
30
Postimpressionism—Form and Content Re-Viewed
31
Expressionism—Empathy and Emotion
32
Cubism—An Experiment in Form
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Abstraction/Modernism—New Visual Language
34
Dada Found Objects/Surreal Doodles and Dreams
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Postmodernism—Focus on the Viewer
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Your Next Museum Visit—Do It Yourself!
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Line—Description and Expression
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Space, Shape, Shade, and Shadow
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Seeing the Big Picture—Composition
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The Illusion—Getting the Right Perspective
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Art That Moves Us—Time and Motion
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Feeling with Our Eyes—Texture and Light
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