Art Analysis #10: Dance by Alphonse Mucha by sequentialscott, journal
Art Analysis #10: Dance by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
This analysis copyright Scott M. McDaniel, 2009.
The Image
I ended up last week by saying I'd do a Maxfield Parrish piece this time, but I lied horribly. The Parrish piece I'd picked is Daybreak, one of his most popular and well known. It's based on the principles of Dynamic Symmetry. I need some more time to work through that, so I'll do it three weeks from now. Instead, I'm going to do Dance by Alphonse Mucha. It's part of a series of four panneaux based on the muses (some of them, anyway). Aside from Dance, there are (from left to right) Poetry, Music, and Painting. This Art Nouveau style may have come before th
Some journal entries you should read about this mess:
DisAgreement 1: The Devil in Details
http://justthorne.deviantart.com/journal/7807494/
DisAgreement 2: The Missing Loophole
http://justthorne.deviantart.com/journal/7809422/
DisAgreement 3: Draw Your Own Conclusions
http://justthorne.deviantart.com/journal/7812683/
Some journal entries you should read about this mess:
DisAgreement 1: The Devil in Details
http://justthorne.deviantart.com/journal/7807494/
DisAgreement 2: The Missing Loophole
http://justthorne.deviantart.com/journal/7809422/
DisAgreement 3: Draw Your Own Conclusions
http://justthorne.deviantart.com/journal/7812683/
AND THEN...
Hope, maybe?
An Unusual Promise
http://justthorne.deviantart.com/journal/7851318/
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If this doesn't clear up VERY soon, I'm outta here. Sorry guys, I like dA a lot, but if the people up top want to be shitheads, then it's not worth it. There are other art communities out there.