Chapter 7: SPACE

Chapter 7: SPACEDone by:Mohamed NajibiOmar Al TurkFarouq MuftiTareq Al SalemChapter 7: SpaceShallow Space

Allover Space

Deep SpaceShallow SpaceSignificantly limits the depth of space between the front and back planes portrayed by an image or object

Opposite of Deepspace

Emperor Justinian and Courtiers, wall mosaic, San Vitale, RavennaAllover SpaceA form of shallow space where the differentiation between foreground/middle ground/background areas is negligible or even non-existent.

Jackson Pollocks, Number One, 1948Deep SpaceThe distance between the front and back planes, or spatial areas, is great. Panoramic landscape scenes fall into this category.

Charles Foster Kane as aged magnate, still from the film Citizen Kane, 1941.National Gallery of Art401ConstitutionAvenueNW,Washington,DC

2) Jacob Lawrence, Street to Mbari, 1964

3) Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Seine, c. 1902

1) Charles Wilbert White, Mother, 1945Shallow Space

Background is limited

Focus is on the person in the drawing

Limited depth of space between the back and front planesAllover Space

Invisibility

Textures merge with each other

Physical and emotional performance of the artist himself

This is in opposition to traditional composition in which there is a center of interest.

Deep Space

Great spatial area

Scenes fall into this category

Panoramic View

The space represents the calmness of the drawing

The distance between the back and front planes are great9