So I changed my subject for the Aesthetic project from the previous post. I was working on the Red Tree by Piet Mondrian. The piece was coming along nicely but then something hit me. It did not look no different from the original for me to criticize. It is a cleaner and more brighter than it's predecessor. I will post that image later this week.
The my second choice was this.
The Bathers: Paul Cezanne, 1894-1905, oil on canvas
Subjective
When I first looked at this, the question why came to mind. Why be so hurtful to the female form? I apologize to those who like this piece, but I don't care for this one. Paul Cezanne has created many pieces with better lines, shapes, and form before and after this work. Why be so lax on this one? I don't like the forms of the characters in this image. They are unproportionate and blobby to me. Some of the characters don't even have a distinctive gender. The unpronounced for-shorting of the limbs bothers me in the legs of the woman lying down. I would like to change the forms to a more natural look, to give them feminine characteristics and accurate portions. The colors also bothered me only because it doesn't have a correct sense for the time of day. The colors are dull, but it looks as if they are bathing during the day. I think the colors should be brighter and more vivid. This way it will give the piece a natural look. Finally, the piece looks too crowded. I feel the claustrophobia in this picture. I want to open it up and give the characters more space in between them. This way you can see more of their figure and appreciate the scene.
Objective
Paul Cezanne was an impressionist and used an abstract approach to paint simple forms of every piece. This painting has more of classical style for its time. The Cezanne's artwork uses shape, and color to help create the contrast and forms of the characters and environment. The emphasis in the female characters' colors separate them from the environment.
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