Atmosphere in Art

Totes Meer (Dead Sea), 1940-41 by Paul Nash

The Doll’s House, 1899-1900 by William Rothenstein

Appearing to be in a basement with a selection of v structures creates a small, closed space
Man dressed in all black giving him a sinister feel
Women in all white depicting her innocence hugely contrasting to the man
Lots of shadow combined with the artificial yellow light creates an eerie atmosphere

Interior, Sunlight on the floor, 1906 by Vilhelm Hammershoi

Blatant Artifice, May 2004-March 2005 by Jeff Wall

Fog by Fujiko Nakaya

Blue Poles, 1952 by Jackson Pollock

Peter Samuels, 1951 by Nigel Henderson

Teteia 1 (Web/graceful person or thing), 1976-200 by Lygia Pape

Accidental Architecture by Thomas Demand

Nobson Central, 1998-99 by Paul Noble

Tube Shelter Perspective, 1941 by Henry Moore

Long perspective shot/view express the long continuous line of people sheltering
Blue light to show a cold, dark and uncomfortable feel accompanied with low artificial yellow light
Lines on lines creating a small, cramped space and atmosphere

Interior at the Balcony, 1919 by Pierre Bonnard

Sun in an Empty Room, 1963 by Edward Hopper

Interior Nr. III, 2010 by Luc Tuymans

Orange and brown tones
Image almost bulges out of the canvas due to the use of a wide-angle lens in the original photograph

Destruction by Graham Sutherland

A contrast of dark black and explosion of yellow orange light creates an explosive atmosphere
The destruction can almost be heard through the detailed painting

Submarine, 1944 by Barnett Freedman

Yellow artificial light in centre moving to low darkness at side constricts the idea of space in the piece
A large form of details completely sets the scene and its busy atmosphere

History Week 7-Atmospheres