Paul Mezanne Analysis

For the assessment of meaning and interpretation I chose to discuss about Paul Cezanne, Grand Bainuses, 1895-1906, oil on canvas, 52 x 81 inches, The Barnes Foundation, Marion, PA. I will be discussing what the painting portrays, the materials used for the painting, the form and context of the painting. I will also be discussing the coherence, correspondence, and completeness of the painting. The painting of Paul Cezanne subject matter portrays nudity, all the men and women in the oil painting are nude. I can tell the gender of the people in the painting by the breast’s. They are emphasized with more rounded chest area than the one man who is on his knee with short hair, and the woman’s have the longer hair. The man and women are not completely nude, as they have a small white cloth that covers their private area from the waist down. The nudity aspect of the painting can portray purity within themselves. Their is no discomfort with their body …show more content…
The reason why I recognize the painting to be impressionism it’s because of the tree that is bent back while the person is lying against it. Also, the clouds in the background gives that effect to the painting. Elements of design used for the oil paint are tones of browns, and blues, along with the green. Lots of neutral colors like white and off white for the skin color and to create the shadows with black. The texture of the painting looks to be smooth and flat, I don’t see any parts of the painting that can be rough. The spacing in the painting is overlapped as the subjects in the painting are very close to each other, and not far apart. The form of the painting is also flat with lines to separate the subjects in the painting from one another. The Principles of design for this painting would be symmetrical balance with equal weight throughout the painting. The proportions of the women’s breast are more rounded and larger than the