Analyzing Arthur Byron Phillips Ethel Long

The painting is a large painting it is almost five feet tall and four feet wide. It is an oil painting on traditional canvass. The color choice is very dark and gloomy. It serves the purpose of putting the viewer in a somber mood. From the first glance you can tell that this is a sad setting. To some viewers Ida might bring a feeling of

The daughter has a dreamy expression on her face as she stares contentedly off into the distance. The mother has a kind, gentle expression on her face while she focuses on making her daughter’s hair pretty. The left half of the painting has a mirror that reflects the mother, daughter, a window and cabinet.

I selected this painting because the colour contrast of the pink dress against the dark background caught my eye. I also found the expression of the young woman to be interesting.

One of the aspects I believe unifies this painting is, as I talked about above, the continuation of the blue of the woman’s clothing continuing up into her hair, which gives the piece a sense of wholeness and relativity. There is also balance in this piece, for while the woman’s head is offset, this is balanced out by the elongation of her shoulder and arm in the right side of the image. Variety is also achieved in this piece through the use of a variation of hues and a lot of tonal difference. Emphasis is placed upon the hair with the use of an unnatural hair colour, as well as the face where light colours are used to highlight and pull the attention. Space is not so much of an active principle in this piece, but is still present nonetheless. Beryl is placed in the middle of the painting, with her taking up roughly 50% of the space, and the rest taken up by background.

It is an oil painting of a very pale woman with long wavy red hair with her head slightly tilted back. From her chest down she looks like a corpse in the process of decaying. She has on a black blouse, with a grey skirt, and her favorite pair of shoes. The first thought that came to my mind when I saw this was, “Man, she looks dead”. Turns out that she was dead. Evergood’s mother had died of cancer in 1927 shortly after her son had started the painting of her. He had only completed her face and her long red hair before she passed. It took him nineteen years to complete it, and when he did he added the shoes she was wearing at the time he started it. He did very well of capturing the pain she was in. It is all in the way she would hold her hands over the enduring pain she was having and the emotion in her eyes. The impressionism of this art piece was done

The artwork is a realistic portrait of a women. It is abstracted with asymmetrical balance with exotic and vibrant colors. As if the women is sitting in the corner with two

Looking at the top of the face, viewers can see one large eye and a tiny bit of the other eye. The eye is mostly black, filled with a little white in the center to make it clear to viewers that this is an eye. Moving down the face is a good-sized nose that is yellow and black for viewers to see it is a nose, along with a mouth that is mostly dark and difficult to distinguish. Near the eye and mouth are pink colored, flower petal shapes. This is the only bright color that is on this side of the painting, other than the yellow face, the small amount of white, and the black shadows on the face. Also, near the eye, are small, yellow dots that seem to be coming out of the other eye. This side of the painting is quite simple compared to the other side considering it lacks color. This part of the piece reminds me of a girl who goes everyday without expressing who she truly is. The face in this painting looks sad and straight-faced as if something is wrong. The face is much different from what is portrayed to left of the face. This image makes me think that this girl has so much inside her, but is not able to express herself because she may be afraid to do so. The yellow, small dots that are coming from her eye make me think that this is the only way she is expressing herself, and that only a tiny bit of her personality comes out when she is near others. Where the yellow dots go back

The woman is surrounded by two men who seem to be yearning for her attention. At the time this painting was created, a lot of scandal was built up behind it; in the painting, the man in front of the woman seems to be getting a view up her skirt, while her supposed husband stands behind her, pulling the swing. This painting is extremely synonymous with the Rococo era due to the carefree, leisurely nature of the woman on the swing. As well as the scene of luxury and beauty being shown is very typical of the Rococo

The thing that was most prominent in this piece was the range of colours used. Firstly, almost all the colours highly contrast with each other. The first thing that immediately popped out to me was the little boy in the picture. His outfit was a bright red while the rest of the piece was muted earth tones. It makes the boy the focal point and helped me find what I feel is the meaning of the peace. Secondly, the muted earth tones work very well with piece. No colours stand out in particular, which I think was the goal with this piece. The piece is comprised of mossy, almost sickly looking greens and dark chocolate brown, giving off the vibe that maybe the painting was really old, even went it was first revealed. Thirdly, all the colours in the picture feel very cold and distant. The red is almost too bright, and isn’t a warm, easy on the eyes type of red. The greens, grays and browns feel cold and damp, and bring no comfort into the piece. The colour of the child skin himself is very pale, the whole painting not with a hint of warmth or comfort in any part of the piece. The colours of Don Manuel Osorio Manrique De

While I do still find this old woman to be unattractive, I have found upon further research that the painting was likely done as satire. The old woman is wearing a piece of clothing that highlight her breasts, has on a large head dress from her youth, and is holding a red flower. All of which implies she is trying to emulate her youth as well as attract a suitor. This, and the fact that the professor of surgery at University College London has proposed that she may have suffered from

Concerning color, there is a stark contrast between the figure on the painting and the background. More specifically, the figure of the woman is predominantly delineated in white color, especially pale, ashen white, as far her apparel and facial complexion are concerned, while there are also various hues of grey, with respect to her hair and accessory feather. These white and grey shades are vividly contrasted with the prevailing red and crimson hues of the background (viz. the drape, armchair, and table). Moreover, one can detect colors of dark green (jewelry), some beige on the left (pillar), and darker or lighter shades of blue on the right side of the canvas (sky), which all in concert and in addition to the subtle purple hue forming the sun or moon exude a certain dramatic sentiment. Also, there is brown, which often easily segues into gold (viz. books and attire details respectively). The main contrast of colors between white and red would be interpreted as serving the purpose of rendering the figure of the woman, and especially her face, the focal point of the work, despite, paradoxically enough, the lush red shades at the background. Bearing that in mind, the significance of the woman’s face will be enlarged upon later, when discussing aspects of her identity.

The art and beauty in this painting is exemplified through the eyes of Boucher. It starts with a beautiful couple taking a rest after picking up some followers. Their clothing looks very elegant and colorful which shows that they are aristocrats. The man’s eyes are gazing at a shepherdess who gathered her own flowers. Their eyes are locked despite the man having his own woman right in front of him. The light brushstrokes of the dresses, flowers, and trees

She is wearing a dress that puddles out encompassing most of the space and has a crown of flowers on her head. The colors the artists used are very bright and happy; he paints the flowers orange, yellow, and pink making me think of springtime. Frieseke painted the woman very peaceful, looking down into her basket of flowers. Flowers are also at the

At first glance, this painting look worn down because the colors seem dull. The painting has thirteen men seated around a wooden table, with a white checkered tablecloth, eating a meal. There is a woman kneeling on the floor, made up of square tiles, reaching for a fancy ceramic piece. Most of the men have facial hair a serious look on their face and also have many wrinkles. The room, that the men are all seated in, is just big enough for each one of them to be seated around the table. You can see the two men on each shorter side of the table are sitting up against black brick walls. The walls are just a little taller than the men seated at the table. Above the wall are six alternating red and grey columns. You can only see the base and

I see: The scene presents a young maid dressed in white comming outside a large white building. The background is dominated by white walls with brick texture and two windows (one opened). The characteristics of this artwork is incredible contrast between black and white, the shadows are strong and blacks (inside the building) are deep. The lines are straight and shading is strong and directional. The subject matters the most. The dominant colours used are whites and blacks. Light saturation is very strong but is balanced with dark areas. The predominant mood is feeling of anticipation. The girls looks far away, her chin raised and eyes looking, waiting.