this piece is called "still life" and its by Giorgio Morandi. i chose this piece because it seemed to combine various elements of art that we have been studying. you can see in the top corners there are vertical lines of varying shades.
now that i look closer to the background i can see that there are different shapes within all the shading. they look like flowers to me, not sure though, its difficult to tell. there are even more shapes or designs in the shading closer to the bottom of the piece. very interesting idea. i wonder why morandi did this.
i especially think the contrast between the top part of the piece and the bottom part is interesting. it goes from light to dark which i think is cool. he does this as well with the two taller bottles in front of the basket. one is lighter than the other. i also find it interesting that he chose a tall and hourglass shaped bottle and have it next to another tall, but wider based bottle that is lighter in shade. then next to the basket theres a short bottle with a wide base. http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A4079&page_number=4&template_id=1&sort_order=1
I notice that the background behind the objects and the (table) supporting them are given life and pattern. Through the use of the movement of the lines, shading techniques, and sketchiness. Seems to me that the actual objects were less important to this artist than the background based on the lack of definition in the objects themselves and how they almost blend into the background and each other.
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