The Hamilton Club: The Federici Studio

Then there are also many psychological lines to be seen in the work. One such line is of the woman and the floor, where she is staring down towards it. Another is from the young child and the store clerk, showing a defiance between the two. Next, light and value are not very contrasting in this painting, with only the basic highlights and the shadows seen. It isn’t completely contrasting or contradicting since the colors blend well together with close to the same value ranges, dark colors seen throughout except for the people’s pale faces. There also seems to be a variety of light sources since the woman’s face along with the shop clerk and the young boy’s is lit up by what seems to be a light bulb since they’re much brighter and highlighted and then the men and women in the back aren’t really as bright, except for the ones who close to the open door, creating a blue tinge from the outside light. The shapes shown through the painting is shown to be either very round or very geometrical. There are organic shapes in things such as the umbrella or even the back of the chair, but mostly it is either straight lines and geometrical shapes. The volume shown in the painting is very much implied, correctly showing the

This painting is a portrait of an old woman who is sitting on a chair while facing to the left. She is wearing a yellow flower dress with a beige jacket while sitting in an empty room. Her beauty is illustrated by her curly, gray hair and also her wrinkled face, neck, and hands. These details is what makes her look real and pure. I like how detailed it is because it reminds me of my grandmothers.

This man in the painting expresses a natural form of well-being. The slanting nature of his back shows a man not so different from each and every man. His facial expressions give the idea of not perfect joy, nor contempt,but

It is a painting using the swirling turmoil of line to make up the piece. You can tell this is a painting by the different styles of line and color.

Directly above his head, yet still connected to his head is a semi-circle of an image of a woman holding a baby. It appears that the image is a memory, perhaps of his mother holding himself or his wife holding their child. The man is surely a representation of the artist and this is “his life”. He seems to be the focus of the painting and the overall theme appears to be memories layered throughout. Right above the original semi-circle is another semi-circle of four small, colorful squares. Each square is red, yellow, and blue in color reminding me of the artists’ Hispanic origins. Moving inward from the darker, gray and white outer portion of the painting seems to be a bookcase with three separate images. Each image is of a man painting on a canvas. These three separate images of a man painting throughout the artwork could be the artists’ memories of his father, or a significant man in his life. The grays, blacks, and white used show the artists’ darker memories, while the vibrant, beautiful colors symbolize the joyous ones. Similarly, the softer, warmer colors that the artist uses represent his love, appreciation, and admiration towards his father. Overall, the painting is a memory timeline that

In David’s painting there is a clarity and crispness that is similar to a photograph, yet his figures maintain a baby like softness. Gerard’s implied texture of the clothes and environment are softer than David’s giving the painting a more realistic appearance. David and Gerard both show in these paintings that they have a very good understanding of human anatomy and form. The figures in both painting have a good sense of underlying structure and weight.

After looking at the painting, it is possible to conclude that the artist is trying to portray a

The work is organized very well, the men and women are evenly distributed. The color to me is soft and light, it is made up of lights and darks that go well and transition together very well with no vibrant colors. The lines are smooth in some place and fuzzy in others. If you look at the women holding the dog on the table you can see how the lines are smudged away to create a fuzzy looking appearance. The shapes are natural there are no shapes that are not meant to be in the painting. The format overall is 3D, the artist makes the people look real by making the smudge go away from the person. The artist also used all the space in the painting the only space not used is in the back ground but the artist fills that with boats and the water in the distance. The author made the painting look scratchy but smooth by the smudges which gives the painting texture. The author uses unity in the painting there is nothing that is out of place everything looks the way it would if this event was happening now. There is an equal amount of balance in the painting nothing is too big or small and the items are proportioned throughout the image. The contrast in the painting is just right the men and women are wearing the opposite contrast but because they are evenly placed it balances out the painting. The first item I see when I look at the painting is table filled with wine

He pieces together autobiographical details by using a lot of symbolic figures. The painting represents Chagall’s life and memory, but by not showing too many details, it also invite viewers to create their own narratives. His technique draws the viewer to a dreamy world where only people who have their own unique dream or related experience will help them understand the meaning of certain messages or ideas. “It is not for me to explain to them. Works of art should speak for themselves” Chagall clarifies. He explains that that his art work should not

This painting displays tons of variety for example, the lines are not all the same. The lines from the clouds are not the same type of lines being utilized in the people’s clothing. The figures representing the people is a variety. The artist did not make everyone look exactly the same. There are some people that have long hair and others that don't. The skin complexion of each person varies from dark to light. There is also variety when it comes to everyone’s clothing. Everyone is not wearing exactly the same thing. The artist created the clothing different as well as the colors. In the horse’s harness we are able to see variety in both of the designs, which are significantly

Looking at the painting we can see the brushstrokes of swirls, curves, and dotted lines that makes it so thick, appealing, and beautiful. The painting shows the contrast of the colors.

Without the historical background related to the painting, I just glanced at this weird one thinking about what visual qualities make me select it as an obvious one. Some characters have only parts of bodies highlighted. Highlighted parts of bodies are distorted in agony; screaming faces of woman, dead head of a baby, crying horse's and bull's heads, hands have knife and lamp, broken leg, mouths are open, eyes are in another place. There are some things in the background; burning building and house, empty building. At first sight, I could see only light, white part of bodies instead hidden, black parts of character's bodies. Several

The historical context of this painting was during a time of mobile artist. Men could go out and paint as they saw things increasing the flaneur of people. This compares to women, who were confined to painting the domestic side of life. They were not allowed to leave the house freely like men unless they were accompanied. It brings together the rise of modernity in Paris during the impressionist time period.

Most of his drawings during that year are for him to learn how to draw lithograph, a drawing based on water and oil. The only thing that distinguishes between the earlier version and this art piece is in this picture it has colors which, the same old man with the same pose wears a strikingly blue color of attire with a brown pair of shoes while sitting on a bright wooden chair. The old man and the chair have a sheer color while the surrounding like the flame and the floor are vaguely painted. This allows the paintings to draw all of the energy and make it entirely focused on the old man’s sorrowful

The painting is still being interpreted differently, however one of the interpretations is that the portrait is painted to keep a memory of the wife since many wives died after giving birth at the time. The wife is thought to be pregnant and so a memory of the wife with her husband seemed to be necessary. The couples were of an upper middle class which were able to afford to pay the artist for a portrait and the details of the era were also described in the painting. The clothing, the furniture, religious figures that are present in the mirror for instance give an idea of the important details considered at that ear. Jan van Eyck in other words, used the portrait to describe the couples, to keep a memory of them, and described significant details of that era. He visualized how an upper class family usually is in terms of their houses and clothing. Moreover, the artist uses lightening and shades to emphasize more on the painting and to make it as real as