The article, Triple-Self Portrait, illustrated by Charles Rosen and Henri Zerner is a descriptive process of a self-painting constructed by Norman Rockwell. The portrait is claimed to be a clever and witty comment on the artist’s own art. The artist has three pictures into one.
The three pictures that are tacked on the top left on the canvas, the black-and-white drawing of
Rockwell’s face, and the picture that represents him working from the back. Is it realism or something that can be called a fact of a make-believe? Rockwell depicts his passion for painting by capturing the process of him painting. The striking feature of the “realism” is the blank eyes in the mirror created by the lenses of Rockwell’s glasses. Notice on the canvas that …show more content…
Was Rockwell’s painting based off of cultural or historical reasons? Tacked on the upper right corner is to be found Durer, Rembrandt, Van
Gogh, and Picasso’s paintings, this helps Rockwell attempt to create himself in part through the likeness of history, or was this a way to compare and contrast their skills and accomplishments.
Noticing the three photos on the left corner of the canvas, the pictures are small illustrations of the bigger black-and-white painting on the canvas. The black-and-white drawing illustrates
Rockwell in his younger days, portraying to how he rather see himself, than how he actually looks; providing a little less tense. While being captured in the process of painting his make-
Jones2 believe portrait, Rockwell lets the audience see his make-believe portrait and the real him.
Rockwell’s blank eyes in the mirror indicates that he does not want to believe the replication that he sees of himself, which he found to be a little harsh. He wants to present himself with less flaws as possible. That is why the black-and-white canvas shows Rockwell with his eyes wide open. The paintings of the various artist’s helps Rockwell compare his skills to theirs, in a sort
The three pictures that are tacked on the top left on the canvas, the black-and-white drawing of
Rockwell’s face, and the picture that represents him working from the back. Is it realism or something that can be called a fact of a make-believe? Rockwell depicts his passion for painting by capturing the process of him painting. The striking feature of the “realism” is the blank eyes in the mirror created by the lenses of Rockwell’s glasses. Notice on the canvas that …show more content…
Was Rockwell’s painting based off of cultural or historical reasons? Tacked on the upper right corner is to be found Durer, Rembrandt, Van
Gogh, and Picasso’s paintings, this helps Rockwell attempt to create himself in part through the likeness of history, or was this a way to compare and contrast their skills and accomplishments.
Noticing the three photos on the left corner of the canvas, the pictures are small illustrations of the bigger black-and-white painting on the canvas. The black-and-white drawing illustrates
Rockwell in his younger days, portraying to how he rather see himself, than how he actually looks; providing a little less tense. While being captured in the process of painting his make-
Jones2 believe portrait, Rockwell lets the audience see his make-believe portrait and the real him.
Rockwell’s blank eyes in the mirror indicates that he does not want to believe the replication that he sees of himself, which he found to be a little harsh. He wants to present himself with less flaws as possible. That is why the black-and-white canvas shows Rockwell with his eyes wide open. The paintings of the various artist’s helps Rockwell compare his skills to theirs, in a sort