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Choose an example of a visual art form (a painting, a photograph, a piece of sculpture) and evaluate it using aesthetic criteria. (400 – 500 words)

Choose an example of a visual art form (a painting, a photograph, a piece of sculpture) and evaluate it using aesthetic criteria. (400 – 500 words) Ewrab
"Girl with a pearl earring" is an oil painting painted by a Dutch Golden Age painter, Johannes Vermeer, in the early 1660s. Not only is it evaluated as one of his most well-known works, but it is also a chef-d'oeuvre in the world owing to many aesthetic criteria as follows. First of all, the composition of "Girl with a pearl earring is delightfully simple. However, whether by Vermeer's conscious design or not, a golden spiral overlaid onto this painting emphasizes how this seemingly simple portrait is also a complex geometric composition. The unusual posture of the young woman - whose head is turned over her shoulder to gaze at a painter positioned almost behind her - creates a line of tension that begins around her eyes and revolves over the top of her head, and down through her headscarf. The dark, empty background creates blocks of rectangular space that harken to the golden ratio as well. Furthermore, the pleasing colour scheme also contributes to the beauty of this painting. The colours range from very dark golden-brown to very soft, light blues. The subject of the work-a beautiful and seemingly young woman, with dark eyes and vibrantly red lips, wearing a gold and blue turban, a yellow ocher garment, and a white blouse-has been painted at a certain angle and in certain lighting to put emphasis on certain parts of her face and other objects in the scene. Her pale skin contrasts deeply with the dark, almost pitch-black background, and the shadows cast by the light source give her face an angular quality and invoke a mysterious sense of curiosity in the mind. Artists sometimes use a black background to enhance the feeling of a three-dimensional subject, and Vermeer did just that. If it were a white background, the girl would not stand out quite so much. Also, the use of blue and yellow, which is one of Vermeer’s key characteristics, on the subject brings serenity to this picture even though the rest of it is slightly disturbing. Last but not least, the painter had successfully expressed the glamour of "Girl with a pearl earring" by using the light element. Like many other paintings in the Baroque Age, the light was a tool used to create shadows and articulate features of the main subject. One of the most distinctive portions of this image is the girl’s face. The look she is giving is crucial to how one analyzes the message. However, it is not only the look; it is the brightness cast on her face. There is a very strong sense of light in this image. The source seems to be coming from the left as the angled side of her body is illuminated and the backside facing the opposite way is dark-almost black. The first thing that most viewers would notice about this painting would be the girl’s face because of the light on it. In a nutshell, it is no doubt to call "Girl with a pearl earring" a masterpiece because of the perfect combination of the three major aesthetic elements, which are composition, colour and light. I would recommend this to everyone, especially to those having an intense passion for art.
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is an oil
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painting
painted by a Dutch Golden Age painter, Johannes Vermeer, in the early 1660s. Not
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only
is it evaluated as one of his most well-known works,
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but
it is
also
a chef-d'oeuvre in the world owing to
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many
aesthetic criteria as follows.

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First of all
, the composition of
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"
Girl with a pearl
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earring
is
delightfully
simple.
However
, whether by Vermeer's conscious design or not, a golden spiral overlaid onto this
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painting
emphasizes how this
seemingly
simple portrait is
also
a complex geometric composition. The unusual posture of the young woman
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-
whose head
is turned
over her shoulder to gaze at a painter positioned almost behind her
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-
creates a line of tension that
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begins
around her eyes and revolves over the top of her head, and down through her headscarf. The
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dark
, empty
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background
creates blocks of rectangular space that
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harken
to the golden ratio
as well
.

Furthermore
, the pleasing
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colour
scheme
also
contributes to the beauty of this
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painting
. The
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colours
range from
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very
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dark
golden-brown to
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very
soft,
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light
blues. The
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subject
of the work-a
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beautiful
and
seemingly
young woman, with
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dark
eyes and
vibrantly
red lips, wearing a gold and blue turban, a yellow ocher garment, and a white blouse-has
been painted
at a certain angle and in certain lighting to put emphasis on certain parts of her
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face
and other objects in the scene. Her pale skin contrasts
deeply
with the
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dark
, almost pitch-black
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background
, and the shadows cast by the
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light
source give her
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face
an angular quality and invoke a mysterious sense of curiosity in the mind. Artists
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sometimes
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use
a black
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background
to enhance the feeling of a three-dimensional
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subject
, and Vermeer did
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just
that. If it were a white
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background
, the
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girl
would not stand out quite
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so
much.
Also
, the
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use
of blue and yellow, which is one of Vermeer’s key characteristics, on the
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subject
brings serenity to this picture
even though
the rest of it is
slightly
disturbing.

Last
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but
not least, the painter had
successfully
expressed the glamour of
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"
Girl with a pearl earring
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by using the
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light
element. Like
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many
other
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paintings
in the Baroque Age, the
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light
was a tool
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used
to create shadows and articulate features of the main
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subject
. One of the most distinctive portions of this image is the
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girl’s
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face
. The look she is giving is crucial to how one analyzes the message.
However
, it is not
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only
the look; it is the brightness cast on her
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face
. There is a
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very
strong sense of
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light
in this image. The source seems to be coming from the
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left
as the angled side of her body
is illuminated
and the backside facing the opposite way is dark-almost black. The
first
thing that most viewers would notice about this
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painting
would be the
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girl’s
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face
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because
of the
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light
on it.

In a nutshell, it is no doubt to call
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"
Girl with a pearl earring
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"
a masterpiece
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because
of the perfect combination of the three major aesthetic elements, which are composition,
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colour
and
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light
. I would recommend this to everyone,
especially
to those having an intense passion for art.
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IELTS essay Choose an example of a visual art form (a painting, a photograph, a piece of sculpture) and evaluate it using aesthetic criteria. (400 – 500 words)

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