Identity Of Elderly Women Analysis
Art plays a significant yet underrated role when it comes to healing of one’s physical body, mind and social wellbeing. It has been scientifically proven that when one engages in artistic activities, his emotional and psychological states can be enhanced. The topic I have chosen for this assignment is ‘Identity of Elderly Women’ and it is focused on the differences between two women of old ages in different social classes in the society and the way the differences are illustrated in the images. The images show two women of utterly opposite social status with different roles and experiences in the society. One of the images is just an ordinary portrait of a commoner who’s been through years of privation and the other image is of an Upper East
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Lucy Lamp, an author of the Sophia Learning Tutorial Blog once said that visual art can inspire, provoke, give us pleasure, make us ponder, guffaw, weep and make us see this world from an uncommon perspective and this is part of what makes texture such an essential element in visual art. One of the images is highly textured and it has a rough finish to it. The lines and dots on the fabric of the woman’s head wrap and oversized cloak can be seen vividly. The texture made her clothing and head accessory look shabby and worn out. Not only her clothes but the texture of her skin can also be seen clearly. Both of the women may have the same age but one evidently looks older than the other because the wrinkles on her face and neck are more obvious. The elderly woman in the monochrome image is made to appear younger because of the texture of the image. It has a very smooth finish to it and it has been edited and corrected in a way that no harsh lines are spotted and all flows have disappeared. In my opinion, the texture of an art piece can also affect a person physically and psychologically. A rough textured image will promote the feelings of rage, distress or discomfort and a person is more likely to be agitated and restless after viewing a highly textured art piece. On the contrary, a smooth image encourages sense of serenity and tranquillity. It brings peace to the mind and it allows a person to be free of their worries for a period of
Lucy Lamp, an author of the Sophia Learning Tutorial Blog once said that visual art can inspire, provoke, give us pleasure, make us ponder, guffaw, weep and make us see this world from an uncommon perspective and this is part of what makes texture such an essential element in visual art. One of the images is highly textured and it has a rough finish to it. The lines and dots on the fabric of the woman’s head wrap and oversized cloak can be seen vividly. The texture made her clothing and head accessory look shabby and worn out. Not only her clothes but the texture of her skin can also be seen clearly. Both of the women may have the same age but one evidently looks older than the other because the wrinkles on her face and neck are more obvious. The elderly woman in the monochrome image is made to appear younger because of the texture of the image. It has a very smooth finish to it and it has been edited and corrected in a way that no harsh lines are spotted and all flows have disappeared. In my opinion, the texture of an art piece can also affect a person physically and psychologically. A rough textured image will promote the feelings of rage, distress or discomfort and a person is more likely to be agitated and restless after viewing a highly textured art piece. On the contrary, a smooth image encourages sense of serenity and tranquillity. It brings peace to the mind and it allows a person to be free of their worries for a period of