The first thing my eyes notices about this painting is about the two women in the painting, one is of a woman on the left who is on a stretcher and who is wounded and the other is a woman on the right who is beautifully clothed
It is a very interesting painting as this painting basically teaches us about the pain and anguish Frida had gone trough in her life and she very well mentions it on her paintings where on one side she is clothed and is under the calm moon and on the other she is suffering under the scorching sun and is bed ridden and is filled with so much of pain.
A lot of emotions are expressed in this painting, if you see both the ladies clearly one half is a lady suffering with wounds on her back and is under the scorching sun and the other is of a beautiful woman who is well dressed under the moonlight who is calm and confident about her self.
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After viewing this painting there is I can confidently say that Frida Kahlo had made this painting to teach about her very own life as to how she suffered during a surgery and was bed ridden and how much she wanted to return to a normal life where she could stand on her own two feet.
This painting gives a deep knowledge about the painting as it is very old painting if you notice from the type of dress she is
My initial thought about this painting is that it seems to be incorrect. The reflection in the mirror shows that the lady is looking in the direction of the man standing in front of her. If the lady is looking at the man their reflections should not be off to the side. The second observation is the lady is sad or disappointed and is looking past the man standing in front of her. My last observation is there are three sections from left to right; bottles and the audience, the lady, and the reflections of the lady and man. The most interesting concept about this artwork is how the reflections seem to be inaccurate. If the bottles and the reflections of the lady and the man standing in front of her are at an angle, then why are the vertical lines perpendicular to each other?
The composition of this painting forces the eye to the woman, and specifically to her face. Although the white wedding dress is large and takes up most of the woman’s figure, the white contrasts with her face and dark hair, forcing the viewer to look more closely into the woman’s face. She smokes a cigarette and rests her chin on her hands. She does not appear to be a very young woman and her eyes are cast down and seem sad. In general, her face appears to show a sense of disillusionment with life and specifically with her own life. Although this is apparently her wedding day, she does not seem to be happy.
First, the size of the painting drew me in before all. It measures at 339.1 by 199.5 cm, surrounded by a large golden frame. The size alone is enough to bring in any person passing by. Once getting close, the really wonder happened. The story told by the painting
Frida was an amazing artist and courageous women. Through all the heartaches and tragedies she went through during her life, she managed to stay strong and follow her dreams of being a well know artist and painter. She was a beautiful and incredible artist with such creativity and heart. To see such raw emotion come from someone who went through hell and back, she remained true to herself. I wish I had half the passion she did for life.
In Manet’s painting Olympia the viewer is faced with two women, one white and one black. The black woman is hunched over and handing flowers to the white woman who looks to be of upper class origin but could also be lower class. This woman is reclined on a bed and propped up by some pillows with a black cat standing at the end of the bed looking at the viewer as well. She, like her cat, looks out at the viewer with indifference that both shocks and pulls in the viewer. While the black woman is dressed, the white woman is nude and wears only shoes, bracelets, a flower in her hair, and a ribbon necklace. The colors in this painting reflect the white woman’s personality as well, cold and unfeeling.
...retation of the painting some aspects were surprising to how dark and heavy hearted she could speak, she took an interesting perspective. However in her interpretative poem she found a perspective of the painting that connected with her. As she used every stroke of darkness painted into the canvas an opportunity to have it symbolize this darkness and evil that resides in the world. It told her story and her experience of a starry night. Similarly Van Gogh had used every stroke of light painted into the canvas to be a symbol of beauty, and a symbol of his fascination of the night sky and its illuminating lights. He uses swift movements of his brush to depict a sky that seem to be able to sweep the mind away from the frustrations of this world in to the dreamy night light. A single painting worth a million words tells many stories through every perspective.
...ion on her face as she gazes at her newborn son. She holds her stomach in agony (I assume this is because child birth is a painful and exhausting experience). The father gazes at his son lovingly as he coddles and embraces him. I empathize with this couple because I have experienced this moment with my parents. My dad once held me just as the father depicted in the painting; and my mother lay there exhausted, yet regarding of me, just as the mother in the painting.
The turmoil began early for this young woman. At age six, she was stricken with polio, which left her walking with a limp. From the beginning Kahlo did not intend to become an artist. She was attending school at The Preparatoria (Preparatory) to become a famous doctor (Frida Kahlo n.d.). It was on September 17, 1925 that the most pivotal moment in her life occurred. Kahlo was on her way home from school when she became involved in a tragic bus accident. She was discovered by her boyfriend at the time, Alejandro Gomez Avais. Her slender body had been pierced by a hand rail (Lucie-Smith 1999). Many, including doctors, thought she wouldn’t make it. She proved wrong after surviving various surgeries. For a year she was put in bed to recuperate. The accident left her with a broken back, broken pelvis, and a crushed leg. During her recuperation she taught herself she taught herself to paint by studying Italian Renaissance (Frida Kahlo n.d.). She began painting portraits of family members and still life from her bed.
Born in 1910, Frida was a woman that was not about preserving young beauty. She loved to acquaint herself with Mexico, where she was born. Being a great painter, she loved to paint pictures of herself. A quote by her is as follows “I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best”. In other words, she can paint and feel free, because she knows herself well and can paint the
This painting of four girls in an elegant room and doorway of what I presume to be their home, is a very posed, stagnant depiction. Three of the girls appear to be staring blankly at the painter, while one stands facing to the side, staring forward, away from the painter. None of the girls is engaged in the scene. It does not appear, however to be frozen in time, as no girl is actively acknowledging another, nor actively playing with their toys and dolls, as in the case of the girl sitting on the rug. Two of the girls stands in the darkened doorway, similarly dressed, with one a bit more stiffly posed than the other. In the front, a girl stands at attention behind and to the side of the child sitting on the floor. The curiosity I found with this painting is that for the most part they do not appear comfortable in their surroundings. The one noticeable dissent to that is that one girl in the doorway leans back against a large porcelain vase, probably a very expensive one, and so I would think that a child leaning against such a thing would cause great alarm to a parent for fear that it might be broken accidentally. Representing the child leaning against it leaves me to question whether she is simply very comfortable in her home, or perhaps upset or angry and responded by carelessly leaning against such a lavish piece of art. Theoretically, Sargent posed the girls himself, however I could not devise a reason for placing the girl facing off to the side the way she is.
Frida was operated on and confined to a bed for many months, and starts to painting. She would later paint one of her most famous paintin...
Frida Kahlo was a brilliant Mexican artist whose works of art reflect her life emotionally and physically hard. Better known for her self-portraits, the added depth and tone that Kahlo brought to her surrealist paintings gained her critical acclaim. A part of the Naive art period, Kahlo lacked formal schooling yet showed the technique on par with sophisticated artists. Kahlo was influenced by indigenous Mexican culture. This is depicted by her use of bright colors and symbolism within her works of art. Kahlo's life was marked by the physical challenges that created the emotional pain she felt as well. Being the most well known and largest painting of her repertoire, Frida Kahlo’s The Two Fridas encompassed all the style of Naive art. Connecting to her experiences and using symbolism allowed Kahlo to reveal vulnerability and emotion to the highest magnitude.
The artist’s relationship with Diego was constantly being reflected upon in her artwork and painted diary entries. “[I] suffered two accidents in [my] life, the streetcar accident and Diego Rivera,” (13). She loved the man, but he committed mistakes that made Kahlo uneasy about their relationship. He was an unfaithful man, turning to other women and leaving behind Kahlo. Diego admits: “’The more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her,’” (13). A relationship based on emotional strife and confusion, Frida turned to her artistic work and painted her emotional turmoil. Focusing on a specific painting, The Two Fridas, the audience can have a visual representation of the emotions Frida poured into her paintings. The painting represents two opposite aspects of Frida’s life—the right represents the side Diego respected and loved opposite to the left painting, which represents Diego’s abandonment and unfaithfulness. The representation of the heart symbolizes Frida’s pain. The woman on the right has a whole heart, while the woman on the left is experiencing a broken heart. From this single painting it becomes apparent that Frida was motivated emotionally to paint and bring out her artistic side. Many of her painting involve the idea or image of
...ause the look of curiosity of the girl extends beyond the frame. This gives the painting a sense of curiosity.
The painting depicts two figures, the one of a woman and of a man. The dominating central figure is the one of the woman. We see her profile as she looks to the left. Her hands are crossed in a graceful manner. She has blonde hair and her figure is lit by what seems to be natur...