Juxtaposition

Are you left brained or right brained?____________

Definition: Simply stated, juxtaposition means placing things side-by-side. In art this usually is done with the intention of bringing out a specific quality or creating an effect, particularly when two contrasting or opposing elements are used. The viewer's attention is drawn to the similarities or differences between the elements.

Pronunciation: jucks-ta-pose, jucks-ta-pos-i-shun

Also Known As: collocation, juxtaposing, juxtapose

source: From Helen South's Drawing/Sketching Glossary

Juxtaposition from doctors eyes charts - with dollar sign

Exercise:-


Step 1:

Step 2: Choose 3 pairs of number....

23, 10, 02


Step 3:

Step 4:

22 - lightning, rock

10 - flower, head

02 - fly, rock

Exercise 1:

1. lightning & rock - I saw lightning at the top of the rock.

2. flower & head - She put a beautiful flower on her head.

3. fly & rock - The fly was flying from that rock.

Exercise 2:

1.

lightning + rock

2.

flower + head

3.

fly + rock

Exercise 3:

lightning rock



flower head




fly rock

1. LOVE (chili)

• Love is hot like a chili that can make us be more passionate after take the chili.

2. LIFE (candle)

• Candle give the light, like giving us the life. Candle can burn ourself if we not use it properly.

3. PAIN (ice cream)

• sometimes coldness of an ice cream will cause a pain, cold does not necessarily mean give us pleasure or comfort...but after the pain, those feeling will back to us.
  

4. MAN (mortar & pestle)

• Man is a hard like a pestle..why? Because they had a feeling but always hide their feeling. Same like pestle, there is no changed after we use the pestle so many times.