Roy Lichtenstein Stepping Out

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Stepping Out is an art created by Roy Lichtenstein in 1978, 1900 A.D. It was a painting made out of oil and magna on a canvas with a dimension of 86 ¾ x 70 1/8 inches. The painting is portraying two people; a man and a woman with different styles when it comes to their outside appearances, but with the combination of shape and color they had both compliment each other and fill what they are lack of. The types of elements that dominating in this piece are the lines and colors. The lines are used to trace the outer part of the character and it was present on the inside as well. The lines are everywhere; on the lips, eyes, nose, clothes of both characters and it emphasized even more on the necktie and inner clothes of the man. Lines

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