The Night Cafe Symbolism
Instead of filling the room with artificial light, the room is lit softly by the sun passing through the white floral print curtains creating a very comfortable, relaxing atmosphere for the diners. Caillebotte also uses the lush darkness of the wooden table to create the shadow of the window openings as well as allowing the natural light to pass through the various glass objects and beverages on the table. He balances the dark wood furnitures and clothing of the diners/servant with the red floral carpeting, off-white ceramics, fresh fruits, and the white and gold clock adorning the far …show more content…
Rather than sitting the viewer on the outskirts of the room like Van Gogh, Caillebotte offers them a seat at the table. The use of cropping effectively welcomes the viewer into the painting while also allowing the artist to utilize the space more with various minor items on the table. Rather than the implied shapes and objects in Van Gogh’s painting, Caillebotte uses an arrangement of elaborately painted smaller objects, illustrates them in great detail and places them throughout the foreground as well as the right side of the background. Caillebotte also uses a hanging wall clock the balance the roundness and whiteness of the plate set for the viewer of the