Light in Art

In the art world, Light is a key component in creating a work of art. Although in everyday life some form of light it always around; sometimes in some places more than others. The utilization of light in art and life can symbolize many things. Light can be used to convey emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger etc to an audience. You can also use light to emphasize on certain things and you can use it to try and display the state of things. For instance one situation that I had where I experienced some form of light was in a Theater/ School play. Throughout the play the crew used lighting to direct the play and at a certain part in the play the stage went dark and a spotlight appeared on the main character and even though the other actors were on the stage the audiences attention was one the character with the spot light on them which helped emphasize the character and take away any distractions. Another situation where I experiences the utilization of light was when I was in an Art gallery the artist was trying to emphasize a character in the frame so he made the things around the character in the frame dark and mad ethe character very bright so that it would be able to catch ones attention. So in totality I feel that artist use light to emphasize on what they want the audience to notice.