Philadelphia Museum Of Art: The Four Seasons By Leon Frederic

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“The Four Seasons” by Leon Frederic was the most stood out painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. “The Four Seasons” is named appropriately to describe the meaning after the oil paintings. When I look at these oil paintings I see or think about the different seasons we have in a year, and the change it brings to the nature. This particular art piece by Leon Frederic seems to be about the different seasons and what makes each of them different. “The Four Seasons” shows the different seasons by the color used in the backgrounds, different types of nature used, and also the different expressions shown on the girls face.
I feel the different seasons when looking at each of the paintings in “The Four Seasons”. The first painting reminds me …show more content…

Frederic uses actual lines in the oil paintings of the four seasons. The actual lines are visible when looking at all the different nature and the girls. Frederic also uses diagonal lines to show motion and action. The Diagonal lines are shown through the girls movements in each of the paintings. Organic forms are used to create the nature, and girls created by using the geometric forms. Frederic uses value through out the oil painting to describe the different seasons. For example in the first painting of the spring, Frederic used low contrast and low key values, and in the last painting of winter Frederic used high contrast and low key values. In “The Four Seasons”, all …show more content…

The time period of 1890s was called the “Gilded age” (Sutton). One of the most important contribution to art world was created in 1890s, and it was the American Arts and Crafts Movements (Sutton). Architecture was becoming larger and was noticed by the public, for example the 17th story Manhattan Life Insurance building was built in the New York City (Sutton). During 1892, the business and economy were booming, and different types of organizations were created for the workingman, such as United Mine Workers, and the American Railway Union (Sutton). Education was getting higher, and more people started sending their kids to big universities (Sutton). Science and technology

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