Space

 SPACE

As small a difference we may think that spacing will have in art, in real sense it is not. Space makes a whole lot of different when it comes to art. It brings life to the works of art and give the audience an idea of what the art wants him or her to see when they look at the art in front of them. Spacing can either enlarge art or belittle it. In most works, space it used to give dimensions to the work of art. Most artist work with space to bring their work from the one dimensional figure to become three dimensional which makes the work much more exciting. This also gives the audience a feel of what is happening in the work of art. In Andrea Mantegna’s The Dead Christ, c. 1501, the use of space portrays the idea of the height of the man as he lays there. From the look of things the dead Christ was not a really tall man, not even average if I may add. He looks a bit chubby and short. If the artist had not drawn his full image, anyone would have easily mistaken him for a tall man. So like all other elements that attribute to art spacing makes it live and compliments it as well.

OTHER WORKS USING SPACE

Lines

Our textbook talks about the use of line which is, it divides or connects things depending on how it is used by an artist in his or her work. It goes further to also say that there are varieties of lines which includes outline, contour line and implied line. Through the example of works by artist that used lines, I was taken aback by Alberto Giacometti’s Man pointing. This work demonstrate the use of line that takes something from being so simply to being meaningful and having a lot of detail to it. When you first see the work, it looks like a thin molded man just standing there and pointing. If you take a second look which is exactly what you do upon seeing it, your mind starts to realize that this thin man is actually giving you orders to look at a certain direction. Without thinking about it your head will automatically turn that same way to discover what is to be seen in the direction the man is pointing. The line that brings this kind of change and life to the man is called implied line. Even though there is no line hooking the direction the man is pointing physically, our mind still imagine a line from the direction the man is pointing.