The painting is rather different due to the time period. The image is rather abstract and uses symbolization which is not expected during this this specific era. I would not expect for a figure to be drawn with objects on their body. For instance, Expectations can influence someone's reactions to something. Many people were shocked and offended by Manet's Olympia due to the fact that they had certain expectations of what a painting should have been at the time. The way that we see things and people at first glance can greatly affect how we further view something or someone as stated by Adam Seif. The painting style uses both light and heavy brush strokes, the shade of dark towards the background and light in the foreground. The figure does not really show a sense of emotion, I would probably say the figure is content, they are smiling and looking toward the audience. The fruits, could possibly symbolize mischief or happiness. For example, the visual elements of this picture complement its intended objective because the shapes are what shows the viewer what the picture is all about. The shapes allow the viewer to visualize the three biased standpoints and the pure truth in the middle. This is what the picture is all about. The shapes, as stated by Brandon Boyle …show more content…
The image looks almost mystical and abstract due to the colors and how the artist chose to put the spectrum of colors above the head and below the torso. The piece is also represented with a giant chandelier on the figures head and fruit wrapped around the waist with colors sparkling out of them. The painting is rather interesting due to the dark contrast of the inside and walls as opposed to the actual figure and what they have on. As stated by Natali Andres, the gaze grabs the audience's attention which is why her eyes are at the center of the
Wayne, transforms this painting into a three dimensional abstract piece of art. The focal point of the painting are the figures that look like letters and numbers that are in the front of the piece of art. This is where your eyes expend more time, also sometimes forgiving the background. The way the artist is trying to present this piece is showing happiness, excitement, and dreams. Happiness because he transmits with the bright colours. After probably 15 minutes on front of the painting I can feel that the artist tries to show his happiness, but in serene calm. The excitement that he presents with the letters, numbers and figures is a signal that he feels anxious about what the future is going to bring. Also in the way that the colors in the background are present he is showing that no matter how dark our day can be always will be light to
It offers and understanding that women were held at a different standard then than they are now. This figurine shows that women had a larger mid-section but was because they either needed the body fat for long, cold winters or the better idea was because it showed they were fertile and they were able to produce babies and keep the legacy going on. It also provides a better image of what the men and women had to go through in order to survive, like the long hard winters, the needing to hunt for food and could mean sometimes not having food. Venus of Willendorf was not considered an obese women, “where features of fatness and fertility would have been highly desirable”, (PBS, 2006). I can use this article because it explains the whole point about a women’s image. Women were not looked at how skinny and “good looking” they were in a pair of jeans. Women, in this time, were looked at as if they can be fertile or not. Being able to have children was a huge thing in this time since it was one of the point of living, to have a
The focal point of being the mother and appear to be true to size. In comparison, the apple, the trees and landscape in the in the distance are all represented to be true to size based on this perspective. The women being bare foot along with the child who is naked provides unity to painting as they are part of the natural landscape. All of this, gives the viewer the impression that this is a realistic picture.
When looking at the painting it gives us a glimpse of the past. It looks almost like a photograph. The fine detail from the building on the right with the statue on top. The citizens walking around.
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.
... study for the overall concept they appear rather as abstract patterns. The shadows of the figures were very carefully modeled. The light- dark contrasts of the shadows make them seem actually real. The spatial quality is only established through the relations between the sizes of the objects. The painting is not based on a geometrical, box like space. The perspective centre is on the right, despite the fact that the composition is laid in rows parallel to the picture frame. At the same time a paradoxical foreshortening from right to left is evident. The girl fishing with the orange dress and her mother are on the same level, that is, actually at equal distance. In its spatial contruction, the painting is also a successful construction, the groups of people sitting in the shade, and who should really be seen from above, are all shown directly from the side. The ideal eye level would actually be on different horizontal lines; first at head height of the standing figures, then of those seated. Seurats methods of combing observations which he collected over two years, corresponds, in its self invented techniques, to a modern lifelike painting rather than an academic history painting.
It resembles a French boudoir scene by its subtle use of line on the subject and her surroundings. The line is clearer on the woman’s nude body as there are definite outlines along her upper body, back, and lower body. Line is also visible because of the draping on the bed cover, which suggests movement. The curved line and harsher shadows on the left side of the cover are seen as making a shape that resembles the women’s derrière. The line that splits the painting in two quadrants begins at the edge of the women’s left elbow and ends at the tip of her left toes. Line makes an appearance in the background of the reflection in the slight bunching of material hanging behind her. The artist uses shadow to emphasize line on the women’s back and her bottom. The shadows are also noticeable along her arms, chest, and side, in her refection. The shadows are not distractingly dark, but
Every individual interprets a painting in his/ her own way and sometimes one could find more than one explanation for the same piece of art. As a non-professional my understanding of this painting indicates that it represents a medical experiment of a cow that in her turn is observing another painting of her own species. The cow is accompanied by a group of people who probably are scientists and doctors. Realism is well executed in the painting. To be more clear, on the right side one scientist is standing with pen and paper in his hand to take notes of the cow’s reactions to the painting. The doctors and the people standing by all wearing glasses, except that one person on the left who has a mop in his hand, possibly to clean after the cow
A lot of the paintings done around the 1800 and 1900’s were expected to sell to higher-class citizens that targeted more of a male audience. While Edward Manet’s, Olympia seems to do just that, it actually takes a different turn than what his predecessors, Titian and Giorgione to be exact, with the same pose are doing. There the models in the paintings are depicted as goddesses whereas with Olympia the model has become the goddess herself. What’s even more controversial is when Yasumasa Morimura makes his own Olympia and titles it Portrait (Futago), and puts his own body into the painting saying that he is now the goddess. These two paintings have many similarities overall, but the main issue that both are trying to get the viewer to see is the reality of this world where you don’t see in earlier reclining nude paintings.
The background of the painting is dark with hues of browns and reds. Light enters the painting from the left and can be seen on the tiled floor. The lighting helps to create the diagonal composition as it moves across the lower half of the painting. The contrast of light also creates space between the man and the woman fainting; symbolizing a disconnect between the two figures. The use of space is also interesting, Ahsauerus is alone and is enclosed in a corner, while Esther is being held by two other woman who are physically very close to her, not allowing any space between their clothes, suggesting a nurturing characteristic that is often stereotyped among
The work features three rectangular shapes placed on a tea-rose orange background. A large red square with a yellow stripe was placed at the top of the painting with an equally sized green rectangle and dark brown rectangle. These rectangular bands of color stretched across the canvas create a vibrant, yet calming emotion for the individual viewer. In the abstract expressionism movement, bands, such as those use by Rothko, were used to define color as a powerful tool for emotional communication. The lushness of the textured brush-strokes encapsulated my
...ause the look of curiosity of the girl extends beyond the frame. This gives the painting a sense of curiosity.
The painting is organized simply. The background of the painting is painted in an Impressionist style. The blurring of edges, however, starkly contrasts with the sharp and hard contours of the figure in the foreground. The female figure is very sharp and clear compared to the background. The background paint is thick compared to the thin lines used to paint the figures in the foreground. The thick paint adds to the reduction of detail for the background. The colors used to paint the foreground figures are vibrant, as opposed to the whitened colors of the Impressionist background. The painting is mostly comprised of cool colors but there is a range of dark and light colors. The light colors are predominantly in the background and the darker colors are in the foreground. The vivid color of the robe contrasts with the muted colors of the background, resulting in an emphasis of the robe color. This emphasis leads the viewer's gaze to the focal part of the painting: the figures in the foreground. The female and baby in the foreground take up most of the canvas. The background was not painted as the artist saw it, but rather the impression t...
Color is used to draw attention to important characters and objects in the painting. The red of Mary’s shirt emphasizes her place as the main figure. A bright, yellow cloud floating above the room symbolizes the joy of the angelic figures. De Zurbaran uses warm colors in the foreground. The room, used as the background for the scene, is painted in dark colors utilizing different hues of gray and brown.
The painting looks like the stars are rushing through the sky in formation and causing a natural light over the small town. The painting itself is a big to me considering the fact that I have a hard time drawing on regular loose leaf paper. I believe he chose a canvas of this size because he wanted to fully express what he imaged and needed room to get everything off his mind. I feel that this painting was based on what he felt after he was a night and the sky was filled with stars and the stars did something to him and made him feeling something. The energy that is expressed shown that the stars in the sky have a deeper meaning of some sort. As I stated before with the focus you can see that the tree is also going in that direction and has the same motion as the stars. I believe that a picture is worth a thousand so I can’t say the meaning of the painting because only the artist knows the meaning, but I and other consumers can state what we think and believe the painting says to us. in my eyes the painting expressed what he felt about that night and a deeper issue within him and I honestly think the landscape isn’t the main focal point but the movement of the strokes and his interpretation of the stars in the sky. The stars in the sky are everything to me and I know that by me repeating movement is annoying but that is