Analyzing Itten’s Color Theory in Painting

This exposition focuses on the point about the seven shading contrast which is drawn by an extraordinary Swiss expressionist painter named Johannes Itten. Consequently, this paper would likewise render clear consideration in dissecting and surveying the utilization of shading in two distinct canvases which are made by two particular specialists, using the said seven shading contrast done by Johannes Itten. The paper clutches the reason for looking into the specific utilization of shading in the artistic creations of Leonardo Da Vinci (Virgin of the Rocks) and Jan van Eyck (The Arnolfini Portrait) by methods for using the shading hypothesis of Itten. The accompanying would be talked about: †¢ Understanding Leonardo Da Vinci’s Virgin of the Rocks †¢ Discussion on Jan van Eyk’s The Arnolfini Portrait †¢ The Virgin Rock and The Arnolfini Portrait At the finish of the paper, this would render positive data that would as needs be separate Leonardo Da Vinci’s (Virgin of the Rocks) and Jan van Eyck’s (The Arnolfini Portrait) as far as using hues in their artworks. Understanding Da Vinci’s The Virgin of the Rocks. Leonardo Da Vinci, as one of the incredible painters in the old history of painting, utilizes a methodology and procedure in utilizing shading for the â€Å"Virgin of the Rocks† as well as now and again alluded to as â€Å"Madonna of the Rocks† which delineates similar qualities of complexity between the light and dull.. Subsequently, as detectable and obvious in his work of art, Leonardo Da Vinci’s essential utilization of shading is set to give an image of aesthetic mix between the light and dim hues. Much the same as numerous extraordinary painters in his time, Da Vinci’s utilization of shading in his work of art is respected to be monochromatic, wherein he for the most part used different darker shades, grayer tones, and paler tints that render incredible detail recognizing the light and dark. In the said painting, Da Vinci’s utilization of light shading is explicitly arranged in giving clear subtleties of the face and position of the articles and the environmental factors that unmistakably uncovers the shade of light and dim hues in the stones. As such, Leonardo Da Vinci’s fundamental use of light and dim hues in the artistic creation is his own methodology in portraying the best possible introduction of the impacts of lighting in giving clearness and feeling to the visual. Along these lines, through this extensive perception, it tends to be said that Da Vinci’s utilization of shading in â€Å"Virgin of the Rocks† falls under the classification of â€Å"contrast of light and dark† and â€Å"contrast of saturation† in Itten’s seven shading contrasts as his artwork is predominantly made out of light and dim hues which are appropriately and quietly used to mean single delineation. Conversation on Jan van Eyk’s The Arnolfini Portrait according to the artistic creation and work of Jan van Eyck’s entitled â€Å"The Arnolfini Portrait,† which is additionally alluded to as â€Å"The Arnolfini Wedding† and â€Å"The Arnolfini Marriage,† the essential position and utilization of shading depicts a relative noteworthiness and incentive in arrangement of the composition. Not at all like Leonardo Da Vinci’s â€Å"Virgin on the Rocks,† where he primarily used light and dim hues, which came about to a monochromatic artwork, Jan van Eyck’s sythesis â€Å"The Arnolfini Portrait† is generally loaded up with splendid and sparkling hues, which convey a solitary objective of portraying the rich way of life of â€Å"Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini,† the man who is with his better half in the canvas. Jan van Eyck’s essential utilization of shading in the said painting is set to delineate life and draw an image of authenticity. Along these lines, van Eyck’s has utilized diverse brilliant hues to introduce and improve the precision of life and real picture and fine subtleties of the family room where Giovanni Arnolfini and his better half are standing. Likewise this, using brilliant and exuberant hues, Jan van Eyck can render unmistakable subtleties in the work of art, for example, the shadow of Giovanni Arnolfini and his better half and the shade of light that originates from the window. The utilization of brilliant hues additionally gives subtleties on the lighting and the beam of light originating all things considered, which goes through the window that thinks about the half piece of the ceiling fixture and through the essence of Giovanni Arnolfini and his better half. Accordingly, Jan van Eyck’s utilization of shading for this canvas is ordered as the difference of supplements. Virgin of the Rocks and The Arnolfini Portrait Through an exhaustive investigation and appraisal of the two works of art, it is said that there are apparent and noticeable similitudes and contrasts regarding the utilization of shading. According to the similitudes of the two artistic creations, it is obvious that both of the painters, Leonardo Da Vinci and Jan van Eyck, have used hues so that it underpins their objective of portraying authenticity and nearness of life in their articles in the artwork. Hence, the two craftsman and their compositions are likewise outfitted with the most appropriate hues in building up the nearness of lighting and additionally the wellspring of glow so as to additionally feature authenticity and life. As it were, it very well may be said that the works of art and gems of the two craftsmen vary from one another as far as their particular use of specific kinds of hues. In constrast to the artwork of Leonardo Da Vinci’s â€Å"Virgin of the Rocks,† Jan van Eyck has used generally brilliant and shining kind of hues to have the option to feature authenticity and improve the real image of life in Arnolfini’s affluent life and the magnificence of their parlor together with his significant other. Leonardo Da Vinci, then again, has essentially used a mix of light and dim hues to introduce life and give subtleties of lighting in his work of art, which render and draw the suitable feelings of the picture. At long last, it very well may be said that the old style artworks of Leonardo Da Vinci and Jan van Eyck, which are entitled â€Å"Virgin of the Rock† and â€Å"The Arnolfini Portrait† are indistinguishable so that these two craftsman have utilized hues to have the option to accomplish their principle imaginative objectives, which is that of portraying authenticity and placing more life into their works. Thus, the two works of art just contrast from one another regarding the specific hues that they use in its piece. As Leonarod Da Vinci has used a greater amount of the light and dull sorts of hues, Jan van Eyck has utilized for the most part brilliant and shiny blends of tints to improve the nature of his artwork and accommodate the vivacious highlights of his delineation on the life Giovanni Arnolfini. Work Cited Itten's Color Contrasts. Innovative Commons License. Seen 12 March 2009 ;http://www.worqx.com/shading/itten.htm;