Analyze That!

I absolutely loved this picture! It is so beautiful I had to do this blog entry on it. So beginning with line...there is definitely contour lines with the girl and the beach and mountains in the background. They appear to curve away from us, giving the painting depth. There is an implied line on the ground and coming up the girl's dress, with her left arm making the definition of the line. There is also a line that the waves from the beach makes getting more dramatic as the eyes draw closer to the girl. As for space...the painting is a two-dimensional image giving three-dimensional qualities. The objects in the left of the picture, including the mountains and part of the beach and water, are smaller in scale than the part of the beach on the right and the girl in the front. According to picture plane, the girl is overlapping in front of the beach, making her look closer to us than the beach. There is frontal recession, with the girl being the focal point on one-point perspective. The recession seems to be diagonal, because the girl is set off to the side and not the middle. Onto analyzing light and color! First of all, there is definitely aerial perspective because there is a blue hue in the background, including the sky, water, mountains, and even the sandy part of the beach. There is definitely use of chiaroscuro. In one example, there is a shadow to the left of the girl. It is supposed to be the shadow of the girl because the light is shining onto her from the right. There maybe even be some modeling, shown in the curvature on the left of the girl's dress, and some on her red sweater or blanket. There is a highlight on the right side of her dress, again modeling the light coming in from the right. The girl's dress is white and her sweater or blanket is red. Although, the artist did purple and pink colors outlining the red material against the white dress, perhaps to transition from two totally different colors a little easier. The intensity of red is very bright and is a primary color, thus is eye-catching. In a way, the illusion of the sun makes the painting seem warm and inviting. Although, the blues and purples make the image seem cooler and less warm. Also adding to the "coast-like weather" is the illusion of the wind, which seems to be blowing the girl's dress towards the right.