Art Analysis Of The Painting 'Relax'

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Relax

Relax is a poster that is set on the beach. In the background of the painting you see a body of ocean that looks to be in a bay. There are five palm trees in the poster that looks to be swaying into the wind. Hooked onto two of the palm trees is a hammock. Below the hammock where the palm trees are embedded into the ground is sand, as if you are on a beach. The poster is in black and white. Below the painting on the poster is the saying “The poor long for riches. The rich long for heaven, But the wise desire tranquility.” There are no clouds in the sky so even though it is in black and white it seems to be a clear and sunny day. In the right corner of the painting on the poster there is a pier that is going out into the ocean. On the pier there is a light post hanging over …show more content…

On the shore line behind the sand where it meets the water there are big rocks. Above the saying in big bold letters is the word “Relax.”

There is two visual elements that stick out to me are the colors of the poster and the way that the lines a shaped in the painting. There is only two colors in the painting which is black and white. The obvious ways that the colors are used is the white color is for the lighter things in painting and the black is used for the darker objects. For example the white color is used for the sand. Also it is used for the hammock that is tied to two of the palm trees. The sky in the background is white as well along with the ocean which has dark shade mixed into it to show the waves. Another white object in the painting is the lamp post which is hanging over the pier and the wood that the pier is made out of. The black color is used for the palm trees and the palm leaves that hang on them. The rocks that the water meets before it gets to the sand are also the color black. The other side of the bay

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