The Eyes Of The Law
Elizabeth Layton like Marc Chagall’s is considered as one of the greatest and most influential artist of all time. Known for his powerful and mesmerizing depiction of nature and its elements, Layton achieved fame by portraying the raw beauty and majesty of natural wonders in her work, The Eyes of the Law”. While Marc Chagall is well-known for his technical and creative brilliant in photography, which has inspired many professional and amateur photographers during his time and succeeding generations. As Marc Chagall an accomplishments, Layton dominant photographic legacy is his vivid and enduring visualization of the American wilderness and its natural beauty.
Central Theme of Elizabeth Layton and Her Artwork
To understand the artistic inspiration behind Elizabeth Layton, one needs to comprehend his life circumstances. The deformity of the art work is due to possible symptoms of dyslexia; and shyness. Despite his environment, his artistic inclinations still shown as he learned to play the piano proficiently and later on, photography. Hence, fundamentally, the central theme of his visual art is the portrayal the intense beauty in nature as if this beauty is the ultimate perfection of life itself.
Elizabeth Layton masterpieces: Form and Content
Artistic Elements
It is significant to point out that most, if not all, of Elizabeth Layton’ photographs were done in black and white. These basic colors were intended to highlight simplicity in the natural imagery, thereby heightening the sense of drama and meaning in Layton’s subjects. Essentially, by using black and white film, he preserves the integrity and purity of the objects seen in his photographs. Consequently, the use of black and white, and also shades of gray, as the dominant colors heighten the other key artistic elements in his photographs namely line, shape, texture, and value. By limiting the colors to black, white and gray, the lines and shape of the tree and rocks are more defined, and the textures more pronounced. With the black and white shades, the photograph magnifies the weariness, the feeling of melancholy and heaviness. If colored film were used, the mood will definitely be altered to one more positive, cheerful.
Another key attribute that can be found in Layton’s artwork is the strong blend of harmony, perspective, and movement. Indeed, many of his works illustrate the raw, magnificent beauty of nature in all its physical glory. This suggests a prudent use of space and form, thus resulting in an overall coherent, beautiful picture. Without a doubt, technique definitely played a huge part in this case as Layton was known to be a master of the “highly complex ‘zone system’ of controlling and relating exposure and development, enabling photographers to creatively visualize an image and produce a photograph that matched and expressed that visualization. She was, therefore, a highly technical yet very creative artist.
It is a good example of the perfect blend of harmony and perspective in Elizabeth Layton’ works. But the important thing to note is that Layton wanted her viewers to deeply feel the impact of her visuals.
Elizabeth Layton’ profound appreciation at the beauty of nature greatly influenced her to become an ardent environmental protection advocate. Ultimately, by depicting the purity and grandeur of the natural environment through his works, her has greatly influenced many people to value America’s rich natural heritage.
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