Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, Justice Fulminating the Vices

The brushstrokes he used in the painting seem to dramatize the scene. Depth and texture are created with his brushstrokes. The night sky is painted with swift, overlapping paint strokes. He also used curving strokes that created a dynamic swirling motion. The swirling sky moves the eyes of the viewer around the painting; allowing the viewer to see the emotions he is trying to portray.

Pink, red, yellow, blue, and white and a few black brush strokes were used. I enjoy looking at pastel colors because the different hues of the lighter colors I believe are pretty. The rare brush strokes of white and black gave variety to the painting. The color black especially, because majority of the painting was used in pastel acrylics. All of these colors combined can be called analogous because they are all on the color wheel.

Impressionists, both in art and poetry, portrayed great images of their subjects by using their styles or techniques. They often captured scenes with vivid color, with great light effects, and with motion (Sporre 525). The impressionist painters tried to view their subjects not as what they really were, but as different areas of color, shapes and light. They commonly used quick, free brush strokes of non-detailed spots of color. This method created a lively appearance (Sporre 527).

As this is looked at more closely, the blending with other issues causes the person to reconsider whether this is a good thing or bad. The impressionist technique of this painting by placing wet paint on wet paint creates this running of colors that evokes thoughts of incompleteness and blurring of lines literally and figuratively. Monet’s Waterloo Bridge evokes deeper thoughts about the blurring of images and running together of figures causing thoughts beneath the surface to rise above and give a significant and important meaning to this amazing work of art.

He uses not only thick and thin lines, but also ones that are curving. That adds interest value to the painting. You have the lines that make her hair to appear to be flowing, and the lines he places on the face are able to capture the exact emotion of the woman in a uniquely abstract way. Something else that fascinates me about his line work, are the hands. When you first look at the painting they seem to blend into her face, but as you go deeper you see them.

The use of reds and oranges overwhelmed me to the point where I was trying to focus on other colors in the painting. I think that is a point of the painting. I think Van Gogh wanted the viewer to look around. I also think that Van Gogh wanted to use these particular colors to create depth. The use of reds and oranges dominate the foreground with the frame of the bed, the bed sheet and the chair in the lower left corner.

The servant holding up the decapitated head of John the Ba... ... middle of paper ... ... the use of colors and shades in a more subtle way than Manfredi does with his balance of stark dark/light contrast. Both painters achieve convincing detail. Reni focuses detail where it matters most, for instance in the draping and shading of Salome’s dress, in order to achieve emphasis on key elements within the composition, whereas Manfredi details down to even the heavily shadowed foot of Venus. A sense of normalization takes place in two different ways within the story of the paintings. Manfredi’s gods seem not unlike any another quarreling folks in unrest and Reni’s Salome and friends have on everyday facial expressions despite what is before them.

There is a basic question of lightness and darkness. Will the painting have high contrast or will you use understated passages of light and dark? Are the colors vibrant or subdued? Will the paint choices be analogous, complementary, limited palette, monochromatic or a full range of hues? A conscientious decision of all these factors will help the artist formulate a color plan for his painting.

Some of the figures however, such as the brightest two women and a man are cast in brighter colors such as blue and pink. This use of color with figures is similar to Watteau's Pilgrimage to Cythera. Watteau cast the rest of the painting using a technique called tenebrism, which uses intense contrasts between light and dark areas. The use of contrast in La Perspective is similar to Caravaggio's Night Watch, since the light shines on the center of the composition. This brings drama to the intimate setting with the use of oil paints.

I see a strong figure-ground relationship between the paint splatters and the color stained background. I think the artist did this for a certain effect on the painting. The color used in this work is the most effective element. The artist uses a mix of primary and secondary colors, but no vis... ... middle of paper ... ...he paint splatters, however, seem to intentionally unbalance the rest of the canvas with its concentration at the top. This allows the eye not to focus on just one spot.