IMAGE ESSAY NUMBER ONE: Contrast
Sculpture
by
Dan Heller
This sculpture is a very good example of contrast in a piece of art work. The way that the light plays on the stone creates these beautiful shadows and high lights. These contrasting shapes make the viewer’s eye scope around the sculpture with not just one focal point. I find this sculpture to be very flowing and doesn’t cause you to feel jolted when you look at it. The fact that there are dark shadows and light highlights makes it almost seem as if the person is real and in mourning. If the sculpture were to be, say, a relief, I don’t believe you would get the same effect that it does now. The light and darks playing on the sculpture really brings a round look to it. I really like the fact that this is a grave marker and not just a piece off a building or wall. This person must have really meant something special to receive such a beautiful grave marker.
