Artnow Online: Japonisme

2011年12月17日星期六

Tilt shifted Van Gogh's paintings

Most likely you’ve already seen a lot of great tilt-shift photography examples lately, but you probably haven’t seen it done with paintings yet! If you are new to this, “tilt shift” is an effect that gives a real-world scene an illusion of being a miniature model. It can be achieved in two ways : optically (with a special lens) or simulated in Photoshop, by adjusting a photograph’s contrast, color saturation and depth of focus.

“It works quite well with regular photographs, so we decided to try it using paintings to see what would happen…”

Serena Malyon, a 3rd-year student at art school, took some of van Gogh’s most beautiful paintings and altered them in Photoshop to achieved this amazing tilt-shift effect.

“Nothing in any of these paintings been added or removed or had its proportions changed. The effect is achieved simply by manipulating the light in the scene and adjusting the areas of the image that are more and less in focus, as you will see. This is all being done in fun, so don’t take it too seriously.” says the artist.

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Arles: View from the Wheat Fields, 1888

Field with Poppies, 1889

Landscape at Auvers after the Rain, 1890

Mountains at Saint-Remy, 1889

Pont de Langlois, 1888

Prisoners Exercising, 1890

Red Chestnuts in the Public Park at Arles, 1889

Snow-Covered Field with a Harrow, 1890

The Starry Night, 1889

Sunset: Wheat Fields Near Arles, 1888

The Harvest, 1888

The Painter on His Way to Work, 1888

The Red Vineyard, 1888

Wheat Field with Rising Sun, 1889

Starry Night Over the Rhone, 1888

Fall Fashion Trend: Japonisme

Japonisme, a French term also used in English, refers to the influence of the arts of Japan on those of the West. The word was first used by Jules Claretie in his book L'Art Francais en 1872. The widespread interest in all things Japanese--art, furnishings, costume, etc.--blossomed after the opening of Japan to Western trade in 1853-54. Western woman began adopting Japanese fashions & portrait painters were excited by the new color & patterns these costumes presented. The color harmonies, simple designs, asymmetrical compositions, & flat forms of Japanese wood block prints strongly influenced the composition of Impressionist & Post-Impressionist art.