Description: This photograph was taken by Fulvio Bonavia. It is explored at the Vanitas exhibition, Publics, Paris. Its dimensions are 25.6 by 14.4 inches. The photo is vanitas themed. We can see the skull, flowers, crow, book, dice, candle and the fruit.
The hues in this art piece are mostly dark and cool, from the flat background to the table and most of the objects. The bright colors are arranged in the diagonal from the upper left to the lower right. On the left there is a flowers bouquet in a metal vase. There is a small metal container with an open lid containing ink and a dark feather. In the middle of the photo, there is a skull on a closed book, a couple dice in front of the book and a big crow landing on the skull. In the back, there is a dead-candle and a glass. On the right, there is an hourglass, metal medal in pearl and half a pomegranate with some piled pomegranate seeds in front of it. Overlapping the objects representing what still life looks like.
Analysis: Every object in this photo is surrounded by a dark shade. This impact is caused by light. It is very clear that the light is coming from the upper left side. In the flowers arrangement, …show more content…
Artists use different objects to clarify the reality of the vanitas message. The art of death is a precautions and warnings that we shouldn’t be worried about richness, money and the things we own since we can’t take them with us after death. Bonavia is expressing a concept of life and death in the photo. His still life has depicted number of symbols that have meanings such as skull, flowers to emphasize the fact that life is short, and death is coming, and he added the crow to refer to that fact. Bonavia has used the elements in a nice way which created a successful piece. His choice of colors is calming yet depressing at the same time. And it added depth to the photo. He placed the skull facing the light as if the skull is looking to the future or the bright
The hues in this art piece are mostly dark and cool, from the flat background to the table and most of the objects. The bright colors are arranged in the diagonal from the upper left to the lower right. On the left there is a flowers bouquet in a metal vase. There is a small metal container with an open lid containing ink and a dark feather. In the middle of the photo, there is a skull on a closed book, a couple dice in front of the book and a big crow landing on the skull. In the back, there is a dead-candle and a glass. On the right, there is an hourglass, metal medal in pearl and half a pomegranate with some piled pomegranate seeds in front of it. Overlapping the objects representing what still life looks like.
Analysis: Every object in this photo is surrounded by a dark shade. This impact is caused by light. It is very clear that the light is coming from the upper left side. In the flowers arrangement, …show more content…
Artists use different objects to clarify the reality of the vanitas message. The art of death is a precautions and warnings that we shouldn’t be worried about richness, money and the things we own since we can’t take them with us after death. Bonavia is expressing a concept of life and death in the photo. His still life has depicted number of symbols that have meanings such as skull, flowers to emphasize the fact that life is short, and death is coming, and he added the crow to refer to that fact. Bonavia has used the elements in a nice way which created a successful piece. His choice of colors is calming yet depressing at the same time. And it added depth to the photo. He placed the skull facing the light as if the skull is looking to the future or the bright