Analysis Of Shearing The Sheep

Improved Essays
• Rectangular painting, divided into top third roof and lower thirds is ground, the floor board.
• Scene is set in daytime, in a building with brown pillars that has sheep with the wools being shaved.
• The colours of the floor board and the sheep are consistently pale browns with their skin and shaved wool cream in colour; the rooftop of the building is dark, predominantly browns, with black lines between it for the right side of the roof top, and dark grey rectangular on the left side.
• The building is divided into 3 parts, the left side where the rams are kept, the center pillars, and the right side where the shearing take place. There are 9 visible center pillars align starting from left side of the painting towards the center of the painting
…show more content…
3 of the men in a group on the left side of the shed. Then, there are 16 other people on the right side of the shed.
• On the right, 5 of them are shearing the rams, 2 are carrying a wool, 1 is carrying a ram, 1 is sweeping or mopping the floor, 2 are squatting, 1 is drinking water, 1 is standing on the rightmost, 1 is sitting in the dark background, 2 are standing facing each other in between the right and left side of the shed.
• A group of men at the back, left side of the shed, there is a man’s figure in blue clothes, a man leaning on the wall, next to him, a man standing wearing a
…show more content…
By virtue of proximity to the viewer, the man in the center of the painting wearing the red-white stripes shirt, he is painted with the lightest colour compared to other man in the painting and the largest man depicted, hence, he is assumed the utmost prominence. He is also wearing a white trousers that seems stained by brown colour. It could be seen that there is a smoke pipe on his right side. He has a beard and veins on his hand has been highlighted with a lighter colour than his hand. He is also shown holding a tool beneath the wool of the sheared ram. His foot is covered by the wool.
• The figure right behind him, is wearing a brown shirt which the majority of shirt colour worn by the figures depicted in the painting; he is also holding a cutting tool on his hand beneath the wool and wearing a strap on his leg. The boy on the left of the painting is wearing a blue shirt with bare foot. While the man carrying a ram shown wearing a brown shirt, black shoes and have a beard. A man squatting on the right of the painting is portrayed wearing a safari hat, blue shirt, vest jacket, white pants and

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    “South Street, New York” Walker Evans’s photos’ are able to portray and capture the hardship of the people in the Great Depression. For example, one of his images shows these three men that could be homeless or perhaps looking for a job, this is because of how the men are situated in front of a dilapidated building. The fellow that is sleeping in front of the locked doors looks to be very lackadaisical, maybe because he is a customer just that desperate to wait all night to be the first one there at the doors when they do decide to open. The photo might also symbolize how the hard working man had to go out and do his job or at least find a job in this dreary time period.…

    • 273 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Auguste Rodin is perhaps best known for his iconic bronze sculpture The Thinker. Amongst his other works is another bronze piece titled The Vulcan’s Forge, cast in 1905. The rectangular relief sculpture features a group of five ancient Roman men smithing at a forge. The group is transfixed on their tiring task to the point that they have no connection to the world around them, nor do they have notable purpose; they are slaves to their work. Additionally, the juxtaposition of archaic subject matter in a modern piece leads me to believe Rodin is opposed to classical hypermasculinity and the traditional idea that hard work is done by men.…

    • 1285 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Pompeii Research Paper

    • 1841 Words
    • 8 Pages

    The House of the Vettii offers the world a view into an intriguing period of life in ancient Pompeii. By analyzing themes such as punishment and divine dominion over mortals, within six Greek mythology based panel paintings in the House of the Vettii’s better insights into relations between the sexes is gained. Even in the male dominated society of the first century BC punishment is more about power than gender because it was imposed by both male and female. Pompeii is a small to medium-sized town on the southwest coast of Italy which is famous for being buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. The House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii is a Roman house located in Regio VI in the northwest corner of the part of town and to the…

    • 1841 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Pale Horse Analysis

    • 1411 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Based in Tampa bay, Florida a self-taught illustrator, Chris Parks is visual artist and the creator of the moniker, Pale Horse. Parks’ works are deeply detailed illustrations that intertwine high-levels of graphic designing and striking bold, colorful characteristics. Chris Parks, who also goes by the name Pale Horse, recently created a range of artwork. In the following artworks each has its own characteristic and can seem different from one another; the artwork in all has an overall theme which is taking real word issue; like the balance of power, and portraying the government officials as power hungry animals. It can be related to a food chain and citizens are the prey, Pale Horse uses animals in his artwork as the subject to help open…

    • 1411 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    William Christenberry’s painting called Tenant House (1996) is now displaying in his solo exhibition --“ Laying-by Time” in MICA’s Decker Gallery in the Fox Building. This work is 35 3/4"x51 1/4" and painted by oil stick on plywood. A big tenant house almost occupides the whole space of the painting. The whole rectangle plywood was painted with thin as well as various mixed and impure colors. The roof is generally painted dark black…

    • 330 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Two Worshippers are Sumerian statues made out of black limestone. These ceremonial objects functioned as an act of worship to the gods. They are surrogate supplicants for the Sumerians so that they wouldn’t stay at the temple worshipping all day. They were generally placed in the Square Temple of Eshnunna.…

    • 480 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Source Analysis: Mughal-Era Painting Works of art from the Mughal period provide a first-hand account of what life was like back then. These masterpieces are important because they come directly from the Mughal time period, providing insight into how painters during the Mughal era thought. These paintings can provide political views, they can enhance our understanding of values and beliefs back then, and they can tell a story. The painting I will be analyzing is Bhima drinking the blood of Dushasana, taken from a page from the “Razm Nama” and painted by Abul Fazl. From a glance, the painting seems to depict a battle scene with two figures who look of nobility in the dead center of the painting which is the most prominent feature of the…

    • 1450 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In 1940, a few seventeen year-old boys accidentally discovered Lascaux in southwestern France. It wasn’t before long until archaeologists got their hands on these cave paintings, and starting dissecting any artifacts that were on the scene (Lascaux, New World Encyclopedia). These Paleolithic paintings demonstrated their explicit Stone Age artwork, current culture, and human development (Lascaux, New World Encyclopedia). But by 1979, the caves were closed to the public in order to preserve the paintings and decrease any more deterioration. Only certain archaeologists and researchers were allowed access to these caves for further examining (Bastian, 2009).…

    • 651 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    R Piece # 2 Analysis

    • 1468 Words
    • 6 Pages

    怀䢀埔r Piece #2 (1976) by Sol LeWitt, viewed at The University of Akron, at Collection of the Akron Art Museum, on September 16, 2014, is a great example of the artist’s work. Although his artwork ranges from wall drawings to these types of structures, and even sculptures, this object viewed at the museum represents the diverse works of art that were presented at his time period in an accordingly fashion. The theory that Sol LeWitt worked off of in the creation of his objects was, but is not limited to, the idea itself being the work of art. LeWitt had some beliefs that I believe is what made him earn his place in the history of art for his leading role in the Conceptual movement.…

    • 1468 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III, also known as Aloe Blacc, is a thirty-eight year old, African American musician who falls within the genres of soul, funk, contemporary R&B, and hip-hop music. Blacc began his solo career with the release of his first solo album Shine through in 2003. He signed with Stone Throw Records six years later. His next two albums, Good Things and Lift Your Spirit, are what launched Blacc to where his is currently in his music career in 2017. In his album Lift Your Spirit, there is a song titles “Wake Me Up” that was released in the year 2013.…

    • 1033 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    To his right are his friends and art lovers. We can spot Alfred Bruyas the art collector, Philosopher Proudhon, The critic Champfleury and Baudelaire is busy with a book. To his left, we can see a priest, a hunter who resembles Napoleon the third, unemployed worker and a beggar girl. We can describe them as everyday life. There are also symbols on the left bottom side that represent the traditional academic arts.…

    • 572 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Stereotypes Of Cleaning

    • 92 Words
    • 1 Pages

    in both of these pictures it shows 2 different things 1 picture is a women and her daughter cleaning in the second picture it shows men out working building a house not only in the 1st picture it shows a women and her child putting away dishes but it shows the little girl in the picture indicating that girls/women should start at a young age to do the typical stereotype of cleaning in the second picture it shows ONLY men building the house it does not show any women building the…

    • 92 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Line: During my observation of Three Cranes, lines that appear to be distinguishable would be the horizontal lines as well as the diagonal lines. The horizontal lines are noticeable since the image appears to be in layers, which involve layers of soil, grass, shade, and light. Furthermore, the image presents diagonal lines through the posture, position, and sight of each crane. The crane whose body is closest to the soil represents a wide diagonal line that appears to be increasing from right to left; the crane that is located to the right of the image represents a diagonal line that appears to be narrow and increases from right to left and aims towards the middle top portion of the image; the crane in the middle of the image is slightly standing…

    • 1857 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    This essay provides a semiotic analysis of two images, an illustration and an advertisement. The illustration is by Charles Stanley Renhardt called “Summer at the Cape of Good Hope- Afternoon Tea on the stoep” and it dates back to 1882. The advertisement is for “Frank Rippingille’s Patent Cooking Stoves” and it dates back to 1897. The semiotic analysis will be describing the denotative depictions of the two images and in turn will provide the connotative meanings base on Victorian Values.…

    • 1239 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Great Essays

    Sam Tung Uk Dwelling is a museum that is located in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. It is a Chinese building turned historical site. This paper will be describing the Sam Tung Uk Museum starting from the exterior to the interior of the building. From the outside representation of the structure, the exterior of the historical site is elongated with two sides of the museum particularly taller than the main middle part of the building.…

    • 1446 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays