Art Analysis: A Textual Analysis Of Art

Image 1: This image is asymmetric because elements are offset from each other and making the painting unbalanced. The composition is affected by the offset of people in the painting and the visual effect can also affect the composition. The boat is not centered and there are more people on one side of the painting than the other which also makes it asymmetric. There are more cool colors used in this painting then there is warm. I see a couple things that are red and a few that are a light yellow color, but besides that, there are all cool colors being used. The red is in two scarfs and the yellow is in the man’s scarf and the boats in the background. In this painting, they use several different textures and cool colors. The water seems to be very even in the background with not much activity. The boats and building in the background seen very symmetric. …show more content…
When I look at this piece of art I get a sense of tension going through me because I want to save the human that is in the water. One man with the stick and the black coat looks like he’s going to try and kill the shark, while two other males are trying to save the human that’s in the water. There is one male that is trying to hold the males in the boat that are reaching for the human in the water. The African American male looks concerned but can’t do much. The male in the blue sitting doesn’t show much emotion, whereas the other two that are sitting towards the middle of the boat are in fear and the man that’s holding them is trying to calm