Artist: Josef Breitenbach
Title: Max Ernst, Paris
Size: 13 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches
Location: High Museum
The color in this photograph is very unique compared to the other photographs that I've seen on the High website. The color is all black and white except for the small sea-horse in the glass circle in the man's hand. The form I notice in the piece of art is in the glass ball. you can see it is a circle but the reflection of the window in the glass can make you see that it is actually a ball shape. The texture of the artwork is not real. The smoothness of the glass and the roughness of the man is all captured by the person who took the picture. The space in the photograph is taken up by manly the man and then at the bottom you can see the man holding the glass ball.
My focal point on this artwork is the sea-horse. The movement from the focal point throughout the photograph starts at the seahorse then it goes to man finally I notice the pattern on the table. The photograph is balanced but is not symmetrical. The man and the sea-horse balance out the photograph. The proportion of the sea-horse to the man is real but the idea of the sea-horse is still serreal. The contrast from the orange to the black and white makes the seahorse stand out from the rest of the photograph. There is no repitional pattern throughout the photograph but there is a pattern on the table that the man is sitting at.
I don't know what the meaning of the work is but the photograph was taken during 1933 when Breitenbach fleed Germany from Nazis and moved to France. The subject of the work looks very sad and concerned. When Breitenbach took this picture of Max he was probably still concerned for family and friends back in Germany. I think that the black and white in the picture is showing sadness or worry but the bright seahorse could be showing hope from the Nazis. There is not a clear meaning to the photograph but i think the artisit was trying to show that there is still hope even though Germany was going though a rough time.
My thoughts and feelings of this artwork has not changed. I still think that the photograph is very bold when using the seahorse in the hand of the man. The think i like most about the artwork is the bright seahorse and also the pattern of black and white on the table under the seahorse. I don't think there is really anything that I don't like about the photograph. My overall impression of the work is that it is very unique and beautiful.
Title: Max Ernst, Paris
Size: 13 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches
Location: High Museum
The color in this photograph is very unique compared to the other photographs that I've seen on the High website. The color is all black and white except for the small sea-horse in the glass circle in the man's hand. The form I notice in the piece of art is in the glass ball. you can see it is a circle but the reflection of the window in the glass can make you see that it is actually a ball shape. The texture of the artwork is not real. The smoothness of the glass and the roughness of the man is all captured by the person who took the picture. The space in the photograph is taken up by manly the man and then at the bottom you can see the man holding the glass ball.
My focal point on this artwork is the sea-horse. The movement from the focal point throughout the photograph starts at the seahorse then it goes to man finally I notice the pattern on the table. The photograph is balanced but is not symmetrical. The man and the sea-horse balance out the photograph. The proportion of the sea-horse to the man is real but the idea of the sea-horse is still serreal. The contrast from the orange to the black and white makes the seahorse stand out from the rest of the photograph. There is no repitional pattern throughout the photograph but there is a pattern on the table that the man is sitting at.
I don't know what the meaning of the work is but the photograph was taken during 1933 when Breitenbach fleed Germany from Nazis and moved to France. The subject of the work looks very sad and concerned. When Breitenbach took this picture of Max he was probably still concerned for family and friends back in Germany. I think that the black and white in the picture is showing sadness or worry but the bright seahorse could be showing hope from the Nazis. There is not a clear meaning to the photograph but i think the artisit was trying to show that there is still hope even though Germany was going though a rough time.
My thoughts and feelings of this artwork has not changed. I still think that the photograph is very bold when using the seahorse in the hand of the man. The think i like most about the artwork is the bright seahorse and also the pattern of black and white on the table under the seahorse. I don't think there is really anything that I don't like about the photograph. My overall impression of the work is that it is very unique and beautiful.
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