The artwork I have selected to analyze is Golconda painted by the Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte. Golconda is a painting painted on an oil canvas with the dimensions of 31 1/2 × 39 1/2 in. (80 × 100.3 cm). Golconda depicts of similar men dressed in dark black trench coats who accessorize it with bowler hats. The unusually placed men are floating weightlessly horizontally and vertically on an invisible ground that keeps them aligned. The first element used in Golconda is color which creates an impact on the mood of the painting. The sky is a tinted blue with the rooftop of the buildings being a dark red shade. The colors in the painting have a low level of saturation which initiates the feeling of isolation. I believe Magritte painted with unsaturated colors to make the overcoated men the focal point. Despite
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The principle scale is shown through the men in this art piece. There is a difference in size between the various men. For example, the men that are in the foreground are larger in than the rest of the men in the background that are smaller. Rene Magritte painted the closer men larger in scale to emphasize the direction they were directing. Also, the scale was used to create depth as the men in the background seem furthest away from the viewer. In the painting Golconda, there are several men in the foreground, middle ground, and background, but as they are placed further, their importance and details fade away with them. The artwork is the perfect size in person since everything is easily noticed.
Furthermore, a principle that is noticed in Golconda is emphasis. Emphasis refers to the place in an artwork where your eye first lands. In this intense, the numerous of floating men are emphasized. Rene Magritte intrigues us the viewer by placing the men as floating. The painting overall makes us take into consideration his method of surrealism and to determine if the painting is real or
The principle scale is shown through the men in this art piece. There is a difference in size between the various men. For example, the men that are in the foreground are larger in than the rest of the men in the background that are smaller. Rene Magritte painted the closer men larger in scale to emphasize the direction they were directing. Also, the scale was used to create depth as the men in the background seem furthest away from the viewer. In the painting Golconda, there are several men in the foreground, middle ground, and background, but as they are placed further, their importance and details fade away with them. The artwork is the perfect size in person since everything is easily noticed.
Furthermore, a principle that is noticed in Golconda is emphasis. Emphasis refers to the place in an artwork where your eye first lands. In this intense, the numerous of floating men are emphasized. Rene Magritte intrigues us the viewer by placing the men as floating. The painting overall makes us take into consideration his method of surrealism and to determine if the painting is real or