The Annunciation

          The picture I chose is Andy Warhol's version of Leonardo Da Vinci's painting called The Annunciation. I was a bit confused as to what was happening in the photo so I looked up the original and I could see the comparison. (Both pictures are below). In Andy Warhol's picture you can see the contour lines within the painting. They are even black lines and the same evenness when it comes to the details on certain things. The contour lines and colors of the picture are even giving a 3-D effect even though the painting is 2-D.

            The foreground of the painting would be the space with the hands out stretched to each other on each opposite side of the picture. The middle ground would be the trees, the stone wall, and the platform connected to that wall. The background would consist of the mountains and the smaller, barely noticeable, trees. The overlapping of these 'grounds' created the concept that were there seeing what's in front of us but also far away by making the background small as if we are really further away. This is where relative size also comes in because that would be the actually size of the trees and mountains if we were standing within the perspective of where the painting took place. The light source of the painting is coming from the background of the picture due to the way the objects are being shadowed. Due to the way the painting was remade the colors used in this painting is more one toned than the colors actually being shown darker or lighter. The value isn't really changing.

            The vanishing point of this painting would be that huge mountain in the background layer. You can notice how its within the middle of the painting and everything points back to it. Using the liner perspective, the building on the side, including the platform extending from this building, is pointing back towards the mountain also. Now that I actually know the terminology for describing art, this intrigues me because I haven't used some of these techniques. I think I'm actually going to start trying to. :)

Andy Warhol's depiction of The Annunciation

Leonardo Da Vinci's original The Annunciation