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Tupa's painting Bent Tower above with the photograph San Buenaventura
by Terry Ruscin to the right. Notice that Tupa's focus seems to be on the
interior of the Mission. He has chosen to leave out most of
the Mission's walls so that the viewer can see through them
to the interior space. Was Tupa more concerned with what happened
inside the Mission than with the look and feeling of the exterior
of the Mission and the Mission grounds?
Clearly Ruscin was interested in the setting or exterior environment in which the Mission is found. He has captured the Mission chapel and bell tower, but he also shows Mission San Buenaventura squarely situated between two sentry-like street lights and neighboring manicured gardens. Perhaps Ruscin was most interested in the solidity of the Mission itself. This is in contrast to the airy, almost floating, quality of Father Tupa's depiction of the same building |
Notice the symbols or shapes that Tupa has incorporated on the side of the bell tower. What do you think they mean? Terry Ruscin's photograph shows a view that is similar to Tupa's painting of Mission San Buenaventura. In Ruscins's photograph we see a view of the Mission from across a city street. In the foreground of the photograph is a fountain; however the fountain does not appear to be a part of the Mission grounds. Notice the compositions the two artists have used while painting and photographing the same building. Tupa's composition is very circular; the main architectural elements of the building seem to lean inward taking the viewer's eye through a spiral-like shape. Ruscins' photograph is by contrast highly symmetrical in its composition. Thus Ruscins' composition looks very balanced. His photograph of the Mission shows the building centered in the photograph and he places the main arched doorway in the central focal point of the photograph. |
First posted April, 2001.
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