Madame X
The work of art I will be describing will be “Madame X”, by John Singer Sargent, was done in 1884, on an oil canvas, page 59. I will be describing the work of art as it appears in our text. The painting is of a lady standing with her hand gripping the edge of a small circular table, slightly above her knees, set on her right side. The picture was done in many different shades of black, grays, and white. The back round appears to be a room with nothing on the wall or floor. The wall is a dark shade of gray and then gradually lightens as it meets with the floor. Where the floor meets with the wall the floor appears to be a dark shade of gray and then gradually lightens as it moves forward to where the lady is standing and to where the painting is cut off as it’s base. The painting is extremely vivid and almost looks like a photograph, it is extremely detailed and realistic. The lady is standing with her hand on the table as I described above, with her hand of the small table to her right, she has her head turned to her left as if she is looking at something or is simply “camera shy”. She appears to be what we commonly refer to as “white” or Caucasian, she has her hair done up in some kind of elegant braid, and she is weari . . .
The painting ends on each side cutting off almost half his arms. ng some kind of elegant gown or dress. My personal opinion is in favor of the first painting, I like how the artist made it look so life like and the attention to detail he paid. The most significant difference are the two different styles used, the first painting appears to be a photograph, the second painting looks like a painting. The man has his arms crossed around his chest and the picture cuts off slight below his chest. The painting appears kind a “blurry” and doesn’t have small well-defined lines and shading like paintings that look similar to photographs. The man appears to have almost a scowl on his face, he has black hair, a goatee and appears to have light skin. Her hair appears to be black, she has petite facial features and is fairly attractive. They both appear to be famous, well known and respected artists from around the same time period. His eyes do not appear to be to clear, nor does almost any other feature. Her breasts appear to be fairly large, she has a small waste and the dress “poofs” out a bit around her “back side”, excentuating her hour-glass figure, the dress then flows down to the ground, hiding her feet by the shadowing. The only similarities I noticed were that they both are done in shades of black and white, and are of light skinned people. This painting appears in different shades of black, grays, and white. The most significant similarity are the colors used and concept of painting people using shades of black, gray and white. The painting is of a man in a white robe with a hood, the man has a large black cross around his neck, the cross appears to be on a thick black ribbon.
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