Henri Cartier Bresson, Aquila Abruzzi, Italy 1951
Directional lines play an important role in this piece, every line leads an an object or person. These lines lead your eyes to a focus of what is happening, where people are going, and where things are placed. Our eyes followed most readily were diagonal lines I noticed.
Thomas Eakins, The Biglin Brothers Racing, 1873-1874
This piece here is stabilized by the long, calm horizontal of the distant shore and it's boat house. The two boats that appear in the back are the gentlest of the diagonals. Of the more noticeable diagonals that can be found are the men's arms and oars, you can see the power of their rowing.
The similarities between the two is that each piece of work is a snap shot of life and it's activities people chose to participate in. The difference between the two is that the directional lines differ from what the artist is trying to show is somewhat harsh and strong in the Aquila Abruzzo piece because of the colors. The lines appear to be black and solid yet the ambience is white. There are so many lines in this piece that your eyes don't know where to begin to look. Yet in Eakin's piece the lines that show the subject are placed right before, it isn't complicated like Bresson's.
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