Dominance and Contrast in 2D Art Works

David Stoupakis, The Kindly Ones

I think this painting has both of the features that we are looking for, which are contrast and dominance. Firstly, I think this is a contrast painting because I understand that in my research contrast in design concepts is having opposite colors in it. In this painting girl’s dress is all white and her hair and the bird is all black so this makes the painting contrast. I think this painting has also dominancy in it because when you look at the painting the bird gets all the attention. It is caused by its opposite color to majority of the painting and its big size to girl’s head and body.

Van Gogh, Café Terrace at Night

I also believe that this painting has both of the dominancy and contrast features. Firstly, I think Café Terrace dominates the whole painting because of its color, size and the angle that we see it. Because of that all background stays very weak against Café Terrace and it also caused from contrasty in the painting. The light in the café and the dark in the city gives contrast to the painting which caused by yellow and dark blue colors.