In the painting of The Liberation of the Peon, by Diego Rivera sends a strong message on Mexicans heritage. This painting with a dimensions of 73” x 94 ¼” was painted in 1931, and its on display at Philadelphia Museum of Art. The focal point on this painting is the is a man on the ground that is naked and has scars all over his body by what seems to be repeated lashes. Not only this man looks like he was beaten almost to death but he was tie to a post while he was punish. There are four mans trying to help him one hold his head and giving him something to drink another man is cutting him lose from the post another one is covering his naked body with a red robe. There is another man holding the four horses and looking at everyone while
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For example in the background there is a village burning and the smoke and the fire have curvy lines. The curvy lines not only shows direction but color also and its red then turn to a dark gray until eventually black. Beyond the burning village we can see the mountains and their actual straight lines and implied curved line are thicker and they are more visible. The artist uses a dark yellowish color to describe these mountains as if it's late afternoon or early morning. The actual lines are all over this painting, they are used to set boundaries and outline objects, like the outlines from the robe and the wounded man. In the back of the wounded man, Diego use sharp, jagged line to describe the lashes inflicted on the victim. To describe the skin color Diego uses a light brown color and line created by an edge. The same technique was used to describe the horses with a dark brown and black coloring with line created by …show more content…
The similarities in this painting are the revolutionaries’ man and the horses “subjects”. Another unity used by the artists is the way he uses colors while they are different colors the touch the feel is the same. Variety can be viewed all over this painting color, subjects or even geometric shapes. For example, in subjects we have man, horses, the village and maintains. Another example is the color in the painting the artists mix black with yellow for maintains this way yellow is more visible.
Balance – In the painting of The liberation of the Peon, the balance is uneven the right size feels more heavier. The three horses and the three mans feels more to the right of the picture while in the left size there one horse and man and another thing is in the right size we can see the background “village and mountains” while in the right size because of the balance we cant see the whole
For example in the background there is a village burning and the smoke and the fire have curvy lines. The curvy lines not only shows direction but color also and its red then turn to a dark gray until eventually black. Beyond the burning village we can see the mountains and their actual straight lines and implied curved line are thicker and they are more visible. The artist uses a dark yellowish color to describe these mountains as if it's late afternoon or early morning. The actual lines are all over this painting, they are used to set boundaries and outline objects, like the outlines from the robe and the wounded man. In the back of the wounded man, Diego use sharp, jagged line to describe the lashes inflicted on the victim. To describe the skin color Diego uses a light brown color and line created by an edge. The same technique was used to describe the horses with a dark brown and black coloring with line created by …show more content…
The similarities in this painting are the revolutionaries’ man and the horses “subjects”. Another unity used by the artists is the way he uses colors while they are different colors the touch the feel is the same. Variety can be viewed all over this painting color, subjects or even geometric shapes. For example, in subjects we have man, horses, the village and maintains. Another example is the color in the painting the artists mix black with yellow for maintains this way yellow is more visible.
Balance – In the painting of The liberation of the Peon, the balance is uneven the right size feels more heavier. The three horses and the three mans feels more to the right of the picture while in the left size there one horse and man and another thing is in the right size we can see the background “village and mountains” while in the right size because of the balance we cant see the whole