She is in front of a dark blue background, and the picture plane is level with the observer. Picasso has used large rough brush stokes to create the background using various shades of blue and green. He has used smaller, more accurate brush strokes for the girl. The painting is relatively dark with sharp contrasts created by the light source, which appears to be shining up from the bottom left hand corner of the painting. The effect is as though the girl radiates light; the highlights are picked up on the side of her face, her shoulder, her breast and the folds and creases of her dress.
Although he briefly trained as a Naval Surgeon, Ferguson soon realised that his ambition was painting and he spent some time travelling in Spain, Morocco and France to develop his artistic knowledge and experience. The first painting I am going to discuss is 'The Pink Parasol' which is a portrait painted in 1908 of a fellow artist and friend Bertha Case, when they were both in Paris. In this painting Ferguson adopted much stronger colours than in his other paintings and like Matisse used green paint to represent shadows in the face. He emphasised pattern by merging the pink parasol with the background of his picture by blending it with the cold colours. The painting is of a woman peering over her shoulder, she is wearing a hat with a pink bow and is also wearing a scarf, in the background there is a pink parasol around strong blocks of cold colours.
In the photograph the women has her toe nails painted in the colour red. The females’ right leg seems to be stepping further then the left leg. At the bottom of her heels there seem to be a tone of darkness coming up, right until it fades away with the normal skin colour. The background is just plain white with no patterns or colours added; therefore only under her heel, there is a little, light round shadow. From the females’ knee down, there is a dark tone blending as its going down to the ankle.
Now we see the passion beneath Addonizio's words. She isn't interested in wearing this dress casually and strong emotions lies beneath those words. "I want it flimsy and cheap" (line 2). A red dress is bold and sexy , a red dress stands out. A red dress is more than just a dress, it says something.
A red vein links the two Frida’s together. At the age of six Frida got polio, which resulted in losing her right leg. Lonely and in pain, Frida made up an imaginary friend. The linking vein as well as the clasped hands suggests that Frida has re-created her imaginary friend in the form of herself. This imaginary friend being the only one to know how it felt to go through so much pain.
This somewhat shallow use of (the illusion of) space allows her to pop out of the background, as she is pulled towards a viewer and thus becomes the focal point. As the background rises towards the horizon, there is a row of clouds that separate the landscape from the sky, which creates the middle-ground in this composition. This horizontal line adds to the flatness of the background as it mimics or echoes other lines for example in the landscape elements and in the contour of the shape of the woman, etc. and directs our eyes back to the woman. These lines thus create an eccentric rhythm throughout the painting.
In the beginning of the story Hemingway describes the scenery. “The girl was looking off at the line of hills. They were white in the sun and the country was brown and dry.” (Booth & J. Mays, 2010). The line of hills is symbolic because it is said to represent a pregnant woman’s belly. The country setting was brown and dry, meaning it was dead, not alive like her fetus would be if she were to go through with the procedure.
Mr. Monet, what is your definition of “pure impressionism”. “The concept of pure impressionism is basically the art of painting plein air which is just a fancy way to say ‘outdoor landscape painting’. This type of painting began during the Romantics period but truly became popular during my time as a painter (Encyclopedia of Irish and World Art). Also, the use of black paint is strictly not done (New World Encyclopedia).” Who or what most influenced your painting? “My mentor and greatest influence was Eugène Boudin, who was a genius landscape painter.
There is also some evidence of foreshortening, which is a way of showing perspective by making an object appear to recede or protrude towards or away from the viewer, in the way she is positioned. Her left shoulder is turned slightly towards us, making it appear as though she is leaning vaguely towards us. The hand that is holding the stylus is slightly larger than what it should be, which gives it perspective and makes it appear to be closer to us than the rest of her body
A Pastoral Landscape by Claude Lorrain is an oil on copper painting that was created in 1650. The dimensions of the painting are 15 ½ x 21 inches. This painting is a wooded pasture with dark trees and a light sky. There is a man and a woman in the lower right corner of the painting talking while the cattle graze around them. In the top left corner of the painting you can see a castle sitting quietly and peacefully in the distance.