Activity #5

The two artworks I chose for my Online Museum Visit represents two entirely different themes. Jasper Johns' lithograph “0 through 9” created in 1960 represents an art and art theme. While Joseph Mallord William Turner oil on canvas painting the “Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight” in 1835 represents art in nature theme.

Johns’ “0 through 9” lithograph represents an art and art theme, where the purpose of the artwork serves to give visual pleasure. (76) In this piece, Johns’ uses lines to create shapes and movement which serves to emphasis the numbers “0 through 9”. His lines are diagonal which implies action.

Turner’s painting “Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight” represents the theme “art and nature”. He depicts the environment from his point of view. This is seen by his use of the colors orange and white to create the frames used to provide light to assist in the transfer of coal from one ship to another. Nature is represented by the illusion of moonlight breaking through the clouds to illuminate the sky and water. He creates this effect using the colors blue and white to create the lighting and darkening effect of the sky. This value serves to emphasis the sky a focus point.