Office Art Memorandum Analysis

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Office Art Memorandum Humanities 112 March 3, 2014 Office Art Memorandum I choose paintings according to the needs of a healthcare organization setting and some of the styles most influential from the 19th century impressionists and post impressionists. I’ve identified some key elements important to the overall design of the organization including creating a facility that encourages the healing process for patients, positively reflects the care given and restorative imagery to promote lower levels of stress. The impressionism paintings have a variety of styles to choose from being a time when artists were breaking free from traditions and rules. The styles I’ve closely matched to our organizational goals are those of natural elements,…show more content…
The Gulf of Marseilles Seen from L’Estaque, 1885, is another fascinating outdoor scene and projects the view of the gulf from the top of a fishing village. The earth tones of blue, brown and green are clear as if the sun and the sky was making it appear this way. The scene is inviting and refreshing as if you were actually there which calls for its placement to be in patient waiting areas and consultation rooms. The second painting from Cezanne is the Mont Sainte-Victoire and the Viaduct of the Arc River Valley, 1882-85 and will be placed in entry ways and hallways for it’s way of introducing industrial elements. This work has a modern architectural detail added to the natural landscape. It appears spacious covering a wide area of land with a geometric facet. The last art piece I’ve chosen for the organization is the Wheat Field with Cypresses, 1889 painted by Vincent Van Gogh. Perhaps this is a little more playful then the others but it still retains the nature aspects and will be placed in the patient care and pediatric department area. The landscape includes a wheat field, bushes, two tall cypress trees and some poppies near the bottom and front of the painting. Whats wonderful is that this was the view Vincent Van Gogh had as a patient at the St. Remy mental asylum around May of 1889, (Metropolitan,…show more content…
This style was originally controversial and opposing artists thought of impressionists as not skilled with incomplete works. However, the pursuance of being in the exact moment, light was skillfully placed to give radiance from the sun and reflections were realistic enough to give you the time of day the scenery took place. This can explain why it was more effective for artists to capture their subjects in the great outdoors. The incompleteness was rather helpful in achieving an instant vision and was done by using primary colors without blending. In order for this style to be clarified artists used short brush strokes, dotting and smearing techniques. This was achieved in the paintings I’ve chosen, making them each historically significant. The post-impressionism transitions these styles by adding more emotion to the naturalism. It’s a movement in broad terms that covers many artists and styles. The post-impressionist paintings I’ve selected were closer to the impressionist style and created by founding artists of this new movement. The hospital setting can keep the same theme with slight variations rather than contrasting images, (Sayre, H. M.,

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