Activity #5
The Bathers
The theme that best describes The Bathers would be the Here and Now. In this composition Tahitian inhabitants bathe themselves in the natural waters of an unindustrialized landscape. There is no appearance of city life - just the tranquility of nature - as vegetation flourishes all around. Contour lines that are used to define the female figures also assist in creating boundaries to which the river touches the Earth yet flows gently enough (through the use of diagonal lines) for one to stand.
Trees sprout upward as a marker of time (the tree in the rear appears older and has less intensity - the color is much duller than that of the tree towards the front). The nude figures spring forward in the design as their value (or darkness in color) is a striking contrast to the sea of which they bathe and grass of which they sit and stand.
Color plays a significant role in this design. The use of color assists in emphasizing the relaxed atmosphere as a split composition of warm and cool colors is utilized for the sea and the land respectively. The sea created as the cool colors of whites, blues, purples, and greens gently flow into the scene from highest right corner of this design and trail off into the landscape where the warm tones of reds, yellows, and oranges are represented. The use lighter hues (shades) that represent softer colors encourage unity or visual harmony within the work.
Fatata te Miti (By the Sea)
Daily life is also portrayed within this composition and is attributed directly to the theme of Here and Now. Similar Tahitian figures presented actively participating in recreational activities (swimming and fishing) while enjoying the natural resources that are visually abundant (as there are no unoccupied areas). The subordination or ability to create less visual areas within this design – with the dark greens and blues of the forest - is vital in emphasizing (or bringing into focus) the figures and how their weight (lightness of color against the darker background) creates a natural element of visual unity.
The women are depicted enjoying the warm tropical weather - although there is no appearance of sun - the bright pink and purple sands that create the shoreline in additional to the vivid appearance of fully bloomed orange and red blossoms lead one to believe that the sun nourishes this land quite frequently. The woman sparsely covered by a sarong of complementary colors (blue with orange triangles) plunge into the inviting sea as a fisherman with an ready spear (diagonally placed to demonstrate action) has a uncovered brown chest that contracts with the bright red of the cloth surrounding his waist. Color plays a most important role in this work as the dominant color relationship is directly associated with the intense and vivid colors symbolic of a tropical paradise and a split composition – both warm (oranges and reds) in addition to cool (blues).
The Bathers
The theme that best describes The Bathers would be the Here and Now. In this composition Tahitian inhabitants bathe themselves in the natural waters of an unindustrialized landscape. There is no appearance of city life - just the tranquility of nature - as vegetation flourishes all around. Contour lines that are used to define the female figures also assist in creating boundaries to which the river touches the Earth yet flows gently enough (through the use of diagonal lines) for one to stand.
Trees sprout upward as a marker of time (the tree in the rear appears older and has less intensity - the color is much duller than that of the tree towards the front). The nude figures spring forward in the design as their value (or darkness in color) is a striking contrast to the sea of which they bathe and grass of which they sit and stand.
Color plays a significant role in this design. The use of color assists in emphasizing the relaxed atmosphere as a split composition of warm and cool colors is utilized for the sea and the land respectively. The sea created as the cool colors of whites, blues, purples, and greens gently flow into the scene from highest right corner of this design and trail off into the landscape where the warm tones of reds, yellows, and oranges are represented. The use lighter hues (shades) that represent softer colors encourage unity or visual harmony within the work.
Fatata te Miti (By the Sea)
Daily life is also portrayed within this composition and is attributed directly to the theme of Here and Now. Similar Tahitian figures presented actively participating in recreational activities (swimming and fishing) while enjoying the natural resources that are visually abundant (as there are no unoccupied areas). The subordination or ability to create less visual areas within this design – with the dark greens and blues of the forest - is vital in emphasizing (or bringing into focus) the figures and how their weight (lightness of color against the darker background) creates a natural element of visual unity.
The women are depicted enjoying the warm tropical weather - although there is no appearance of sun - the bright pink and purple sands that create the shoreline in additional to the vivid appearance of fully bloomed orange and red blossoms lead one to believe that the sun nourishes this land quite frequently. The woman sparsely covered by a sarong of complementary colors (blue with orange triangles) plunge into the inviting sea as a fisherman with an ready spear (diagonally placed to demonstrate action) has a uncovered brown chest that contracts with the bright red of the cloth surrounding his waist. Color plays a most important role in this work as the dominant color relationship is directly associated with the intense and vivid colors symbolic of a tropical paradise and a split composition – both warm (oranges and reds) in addition to cool (blues).
posted by Kenchasa Swann at 4:48 PM
1 Comments:
These essays are pretty good! Especially the part about the "Trees sprout upward as a marker of time...." Nice!
Keep in mind that many of the things seen in Gauguin's are pure fantasy. For example, the brighly colored fabrics that the indiginous people wear are designed and produced in France! and the artist is trying to portray an idyllic life that did not exist! These people worked very hard to survive and died young. Gauguin was painting like a tourist a vacationer.
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