I like the mood of this picture since the first time I came across it. The transparent deep blue behind the woman seems so mysterious. The upward slight flight of the woman like an angle on contrary to the downward falling of petals gives me feeling of strength inside the soul. The woman is flying but not subjectively. It seems that she is being raised. The flowers in full bloom, the dropping petals, and the naked woman, all in all, are in movement. And I like that soft and charming movement…
John La Farge, Thomas Wright, Juliette Hanson, 1901-2, Spring, Gallery 110, American Art, first floor, viewed Mar 26th 2007, http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/71981.html
2 comments:
This is a paint, right?
The use of hot colors like a light yellow in woman's body and an orange in a bloomed flower make them become attractive parts of the whole piece. For me, two things are related and present the beginning of new life...
it's really "Spring" :) and it's the force of the artist that did raise the woman :) You can't simply make an object in a paint move objectively unless you're a master like these ones!
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