Comparing+and+contracting+two+pieces+of+art

** MARINOS SAVVA ** ** SECOND TEAM  ** Salvador Dali, the Spanish painter of the Swans and The persistence of Memory were created with oil on canvas, the first one on 1937 and the second one in 1931. However the paintings are made from the same painter, they have lots of similarities and differences. The first painting contains three swans whose reflection on the lake depicts three elephants, a man who looks like to Dali, clouds on the sky, and a boat. The other painting portrays a soft melting pocket watch, a fleshy creature, golden sea cliffs, swarms of ants and flies and a table in the background. The swan locates the subject near a lake; in contrast the persistence of memory locates the subject near Catalonia coast where Dali lived. In the first painting there are only organic shapes, but the other painting presence organic and geometric shapes (clocks, table). Furthermore, by analyzing the two pieces of art it can be seen that there is more space in the persistence of memory, whereas there is less empty space in the Swan. Also, the two paintings have the same value of colors, but in the first one the cliffs are painted with a dark brown; in contrast the other painting the cliffs are painted with light brown. Furthermore, we can see that the intensity of colors in the first painting occurs on the swans, whereas the intensity of colors in the second painting occurs on the cliffs. And last difference between those paintings is about lines, where we can see that both have horizontal, vertical, diagonal and curved, but, the second painting has more straight lines than the first one. However, these paintings have more similarities than differences. Both of them have smooth texture, except on the cliffs which is rough. Also they have warm and cool colors, the warm for the land and cool for the sky, the sea or lake. Similarly they have positive background, and for the principles of art present in the two works are the same, such as balance which can see through the repetition of same shapes, their proportion because of the relationship of the size of objects, harmony, because of using similar elements throughout the work and unity because all the parts equal a whole. Clearly, two pieces of art from the same painter have lots of differences and similarities.
 * Comparing and contracting two pieces of art **