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| Amethyst by Alphonse Mucha unknown date |
The artwork I chose to closely analyze is named Amethyst,
and it was created by Alphonse Mucha. This piece is a 2 dimensional form of art
as it is a color lithograph intended for printmaking. In the foreground of the
picture there are flowers and slightly behind the flowers is a female staring
ahead towards the viewer. In the background, more specifically behind her head,
there is an almost abstract circular shape with more inorganic shapes within the
circle. Mucha creates the image in a predominantly warm color story using
various dark hues of red throughout the lithograph. The constant use of dark
red hues, or the conscious decision to keep the image in variations of the same
color makes the image appear monochromatic in some aspects. In some areas of
the piece Mucha uses some slight shades of green (particularly in the stems of
the flowers) that seem to have hints of yellow and red to continue with the
warm color story.
The style of this image is Representational. The female
within the artwork appears anatomically correct, all of the proportions of her
body as well as the flowers in front of her seem very accurate. There are also
elements of a Non-Representational style. In the background of the image is a
large circle containing, almost a pattern of inorganic shapes, possibly
lettering but this part of the image is not based on any “real” subject matter
and does not resemble anything found in “real” life. I believe when trying to categorize
this piece of art into what type of image it is there are lot of factors that
can
be taken into consideration. Even though the image does contain some
elements of nature, in specific regard to the flowers, the main subject within
the piece is the female so it would not be categorized as a Landscape piece. I
think the most appropriate type of image this would piece would fall under
would be Portrait, the main subject is the female in the picture anything else
placed in the image is done so to compliment her.
Yes, portrait for sure. A great choice to show how an artist uses a limited range of color- here I would say more analagous (colors that are next to each other on the color wheel) than monochromatic.
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