Blog post #6

Untitled
Unknown artist, unknown date
Photography

In Untitled, we see use of the four topics we learned about today: foreground/middleground/background, overlapping, relative size, and linear perspective. The foreground in this photo is most likely the shadows of the people and the rocks and trails on the ground. The middleground is the building and tree next to it, and the background is the small-looking building and trees behind the ones in the middleground. For overlapping, there is a tree blocking a majority of the building's roof, and what seems like a bush is on top of the left part of the ground. For relative size, there are many trees, presumably the same size. One of the trees is next to the building, but most of the trees are in the background. The most linear perspective we can see is the shadows of the people, starting narrow up top and gradually growing as it nears the bottom of the photograph, to two vanishing points on a horizon we can't see. This picture is incredibly mysterious because the title, artist, date it was taken, and place it was taken is all unknown. The only thing known about this photograph, taken directly from the Museum of Modern Art website, is that it was submitted to the MoMA by Jeffery Fraenkel, an author and photographer. "Gift of Jeffrey Fraenkel" is the only information available, which makes this photograph evoke a few questions: Who took this photo? Who are the shadows of? Where are they and what are they doing there?

Perspective drawing

My bedroom door

Techniques shown: Foreground/Middleground/Background, overlapping, linear perspective