Art Comparison
After looking at "Interlude" by Katherine Bartel, I noticed many different objects. The main things that were noticeable from the first look were two blue chairs on the floor full of wheat growing out of it. Between the two chairs sat a white table with an open drawer. There was an apron on the back of the right chair. On the table there was a jar of jam, tray with biscuits, big bowl in the middle of the table with towel on top of it. The table itself stood against a white wall with a window right above it. There was a TV set planted inside the window. The window had a white window shade and white curtains pulled to the sides. There was a grass trim by the ceiling and white candles on the windowsill. Inside the open drawer there was an old cookbook and the big bowl was filled with sugar. This work of art was life-size scale. The grass and all of the objects represented naturalism. Because everything was mostly white, the objects created idealism. The style was very plain. The table, window sill, and others created horizontal lines; while the wheat, curtains, legs of chairs and table, created vertical lines. The actual tex
artwork had many different colors, blacks, blues, reds, it would not produce this feeling at all. Bartel's piece was composed to show the peacefulness in the country. The candles, the sounds, wheat growing out of the floor created really peaceful, spiritual feeling. Also the white colors relaxed the eyes and produced a peaceful sensation. If the I think Bartel was very successful on producing of what she wanted to show the viewers. All of the colors and things included in this piece symbolized peacefulness and that is what Bartel wanted to show. The meaning was pretty clear from the first look at the artwork, even after examining it even closer, it really became more clear. This picture is of real people so it has naturalism and idealism. The lines on the wall, table post, and both people sitting upright create the vertical lines for this picture, while the table top and the chair seats created the horizontals. The plaid clothes that the man and the woman are wearing make up the main pattern for this pictures. The colors are mostly cool because of all the blues and the shadows. The repetition of lines is on the
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Katherine Bartel, Coca Cola, Duane Hanson, woman reading newspaper, reading newspaper, , sitting table, duane hanson, white color, people sitting, vertical lines, american lifestyle, woman reading, repetition lines, inside window,
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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