{"id":545,"date":"2011-09-22T16:05:40","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T16:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=545"},"modified":"2011-09-22T16:15:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T16:15:01","slug":"shape-motifs-and-integration-diebenkorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=545","title":{"rendered":"Diebenkorn (Shape Motifs and Integration)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_546\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1966-Large-Still-Life-64-x-70-in-900-x-826.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-546\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-546\" title=\"1966 - Large Still Life 64 x 70 in    900 x 826\" src=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1966-Large-Still-Life-64-x-70-in-900-x-826.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1966-Large-Still-Life-64-x-70-in-900-x-826.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1966-Large-Still-Life-64-x-70-in-900-x-826-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/1966-Large-Still-Life-64-x-70-in-900-x-826-326x300.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Diebenkorn - Large Still Life - 1966 - 164 x 178 cm - 64 x 70 in - oil on canvas<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This painting has a great example of integration.\u00a0 Diebenkorn provides a very sensitive integration, where the vertical line on the table connects to the circle in the blue area.\u00a0 Note how the circle also integrates with a white rectangle on the table.\u00a0 I&#8217;m delighted with how he guides me through the composition.<\/p>\n<p>This brings us to shape motifs, which I feel Diebenkorn had mastered.\u00a0 The primary motif of this composition is the rectangle supported by circular sub motifs.\u00a0 By using three rectangles he quickly engages the whole area with the viewer.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t see them you will feel them for we take in shapes before subject matter.<\/p>\n<p>He integrates the circles in the blue rectangle beautifully, with the shapes of the cup&#8217;s top and it&#8217;s shadow.<\/p>\n<p>I love the pull in this painting, which is the ink bottle.\u00a0 I feel it&#8217;s just right.\u00a0 The viewer is pulled to the lower part of the painting then returns to the focal area.\u00a0 I say the area, for he has left for us to decide if the cup, the circle, or the red dot, is the focus.\u00a0 This level of sophistication is what we artists should strive for.<\/p>\n<p>Remember there are no rules or formula other than knowledge and level of consideration as Diebenkorn has conveyed beautifully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This painting has a great example of integration.\u00a0 Diebenkorn provides a very sensitive integration, where the vertical line on the table connects to the circle in the blue area.\u00a0 Note how the circle also integrates with a white rectangle on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=545\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,10,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=545"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}