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Trapper In The Wilderness Analysis

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Often times in the course of an average life, one feels invincible as if they are the center of the universe, and that nothing is too big or fearsome that they cannot handle. They make themselves uniquely special in their minds and try to elevate themselves above others when the honest truth is that they are small, helpless, and meaningless really in the perspective of the entire universe. In the painting Trapper in the Wilderness by Sydney Laurence, the insignificance of the trapper is portrayed in his size compared to the rest of the space used in the painting and the distribution of emphasis, additionally. The trapper appears unimportant in the painting because he literally takes up little to no space in the work compared to how the forest, mountains, and snowy earth take up most of the surrounding areas. He is so miniscule that a harried appraiser of the painting could swiftly pass their eyes over the picture and fail to notice him. He appears so vulnerable and …show more content…

The foreground is taken up with snow-covered ground spread out across the painting. Thetrapper is placed in the middleground along with the darkened forest, and the pale, imposing mountains fill the background. As he is in the middleground the trapper is farther away and swathed in darker colors which further hide him from being boldly exposedto predators and prey alike and also the viewer. He even seems to blend in with the woods behind him. If the trapper had been placed in the foreground and had been painted brightly, he would not appear as small and unimportant as he does now. If he was in the background, one might as well call the painting The Wildernessbecause the trapper would most likely be lost in the statuesque mountains for good. The way emphasis is distributed among the areas of the painting helps contribute to diminishing the significance of the

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