Space used in art

Giorgio De Chirico, a brilliant artist, truly undertood space and the importance and relevance it had to emotion. From looking at this particular peice I feel drawn towards the two little people off to the left side. Even though they take up such a small portion of the space their presence screams out to me, drawing my eyes towards them and firmly grasping my attention.I get a feeling of lonliness and isolation from these two, and I know that this is because of the space.



THE DUO
Another piece by Giorgio De Chirico. Despite the heart on one of the figure chests you can sense a form of intimacy between the two figures the duo, again not becuase of the heart, but because of the lack of space between the two. Girogio knew space, he knew how tro play with it and get the viewer to feel what he wanted the to feel without even having to use any facila expressions on the figures faces. All he had to do was use space properly and the rest fell into place.