BMA Visit

Still Life With Lemons
Georges Braque
1928

This painting was very intriguing to me and was my favorite to look and think about. It is formatted using the golden triangle. In this painting, there is a smudge in the middle of it, looking as if someone swiped their finger across the painting. It looks as if it is accidental, but if you look closer then you can see that it was intentional. It made me wonder why that was there. It also made me look closer into the painting. The painting has scratched that look like grapes in them, but they are not their own separate color. Also, I spent a lot of time thinking and looking at the object on the bottom right of the painting, wondering what exactly it is.







The Shaded Stream at Le Puits Noir
Gustave Courbet
1860

 This painting was interesting to me because it was so dark and hard to see. You had to really look closely to see what was in the picture. This painting is split into "L's". There is a stream in the middle of the painting and it shows the reflection of the earth around it. There seem to be  cliffs, and in-between those cliffs there is a very dark cave. The dark cave is where my eyes first look. It makes you wonder what is in the cave and why it is so dark, along with the rest of the painting. The painting's dark, earthy colors make the painting seem scary and real, but it is also very pretty to look at.

Mont Saeinte-Victoire Seen from the Bibemus Quarry
Paul Cezanne
1897

This painting is split into horizontal thirds. The bottom layer of the painting is where the trees are and where the roots of the trees are, then the second layer is the next layer of cliffs. The next layer is the layer of the mountain and the sky. The mountain is very high and far away, while the trees are very close to the front of the painting. This painting shows the lowest point of the earth, the tree roots and the dirt, and it climbs up very high to the top the mountains, where the colors are grey and blues. The paint strokes are very thick and distinct, which makes the painting more powerful.