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T.P.Jackstraw Updated: 2004-02-19 09:06
What one seems to notice is the things that stand out in a picture.
The background doesn't necessarily stand out, and things of similar construction and design are less noticed.
Texture brings emphasis up from a common surface; as we notice texture, but not the common surface from which it arises.
Color and brilliance are expressive, but contrasts can be created in a variety of means; perhaps it is the contrast that draws some attention.
The renown American photographer, Ansel Adams, made black and white photographs. These had striking contrasts in form, as of an array of many emphasized lines or objects, such as clouds streaking across the sky, or rugged canyon edges in the sunset; contrasts without color.
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Perhaps, one can overlook the type of material, oil or water-based, if already accustomed to the perspective of that genre, beforehand. You know you are decidedly looking at pastels, for instance.
Though you may see common themes in almost any painting, you may still be drawn to the contrasts -- look this painting has a cloud, and so does this one and this one, and they all are interesting!
I think one's individual attitude at any given moment reflects the things in a picture they notice, and people's tastes, do change!
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