Critical Analysis In The Humanities : Visual Arts

Critical Analysis In The Humanities : Visual Arts

Artwork Of Neville Brody

Figure 1: Free Me From Freedom by Neville Brody

Basic Properties:

Title                    : Free Me From Freedom
Artist                   : Neville Brody
Size                      :
Kind of artwork : Poster
Kinds of media   : Illustrator
Describe              : At first glance, the artist work clearly makes great use of typography, color and type as image. He seems to be very sufficient at filling up a page with type while balancing scale and weight. In “Free Me From Freedom” the words are stacked, one on top of another. The weight of the letters is uniform and the background is black. What makes this poster interesting is the use of color within the letters. In my opinion, the use of color combined with the type itself makes the poster more dynamic and aesthetically pleasing, while fulfilling its purpose. Also, the use of a black background simplifies the poster, keeping it from being too visually noisy.

Elements of Art & Principles of Design :

Line : The artist uses straight line for make the shape of font.
Shape & Form : The shape of font means that each letter has been sliced in half, which makes the
                              words more interesting to read and creates the effects of the letters to look like the
                              style of shape.

Value & Color: The main color is blue but also uses orange, yellow, and red colors at the top of the
                            design to represent the sunlight at the top of mans head. The darkness and lightness
                            has been varied a lot to help shade different areas of the face and to also show where
                            light and dark areas are. An image like this uses a light color background that
                            complements the main design and does not distract you from looking at the main
                            image.

Space: At a each font get a separate space for get the own style. And the artist use more space for
              the title for make a focus point.

Unity & Contrast: The artist start with contrast with regards to color in this image. Normally design
                                  the artist uses no more then four colors, but in this case Neville has managed to
                                  make a variety of colors work well together without looking over complicated.

Emphasis: The artist has given a special emphasis to the font by the shape and the size.

Movement & Rhythm: I would describe this image as still showing little movement or rhythm.

Historical and Cultural Elements:

1.  How Old do you suppose this artwork?
-              5 years old (2008).

2. Provide evidence or reasoning for your response.
-              The date of the artwork is included below the image.

3. From what time or period of history does this artwork this artwork seem to be?
-              This is a piece of modern/ 20^th century art.

4. What clues lead you to that conclusion?
-              The date included, the title of the piece suggests a each person can get a freedom in their life and world.

5. Does this artwork appear to be from culture different than your own? If so, what culture do you suppose it is from? If not, what significance does it have in your culture?
-              This artwork not appear in my culture,and it is a culture is created by the movie Public Enemies.

6. Do you recognize anything in this piece that you have seen in art from other cultures?  If so, What? If not, what makes it unique?
-              The image look unique because the font get a own design and the color the artist use as previously mentioned, is dynamic and also creates a message that more people can relate to. And the colors within the words can represent many people all in one, united by the words.

7. To what universal ideas/ themes does this artwork relate?
-              I think this artwork give a information about freedom in our life,and freedom have a bad and good effect,as poeple we should think proprely, and the artist try convey the massage that, we can get a freedom with creative thinking.

Style, Period, Purpose :

1. Does this artwork appear to be associated with or resemble any particular style or period of art? If so, which one’s and if not, what sets it apart and makes it unique?
-              I will apply this artwork with the artwork created by Neville Brody. The artist  work clearly makes great use of typography, color and type as image. He seems to be very sufficient at filling up a page with type while balancing scale and weight.

2.Based on your visual analysis, what is the purpose of this piece of artwork
-              The purpose of this artwork id to tell not only is this poster interesting to read but it is very attention grabbing. The viewer can see one of the words and then is unable to look away until he or she has read the whole thing.