1) How have artists throughout history used windows and doors in their work to show more than one space?
- Two different stories → One window/door could show one aspect while the other door could show another
- Lighting → Different moods
- Inside and outside → Nature
- Moods → Different lights create different moods
- Shapes and light → Geometric shapes
2) How can windows and doors work on an emotional or metaphorical level to communicate big ideas?
- Freedom
- Closed door/window could mean the blocking of freedom
- Someone opening a door or window could mean the want of freedom
- Open window/door could mean the ability to have freedom → More relaxed setting (Less tension)
- Safety
- Closed door/window might mean that someone is safe
- A closing of a door or window could mean that someone is trying to get free from the outside world or things that might harm them
- An open window or door could mean that someone or something is more susceptible to harm (Burglary, murder, stealing, ect.)
- Any of these can add emotion to the artwork by adding a story, tension, calming, or really any kind of emotion. This is what the artist is trying to do → Open up your emotions make the person who is looking at the artwork feel something weather it is dislike, controversy, or happiness.
- Controversy in the painting gets people talking
Starting The Project
Other artists images:
Dining Room in the Country, 1913
Pierre Bonnard
Wind From the Sea, 1947
Andrew Wyeth
Hallway 3, 2008
Gage Opdenbrouw
My images:
Suki, Dedham MA
Raindrops On Car Window, Duxbury MA
My Dad In Silhouette, Puerto Rico
