S- poverty and family. there is a mother and her three children on a street corner selling flowers in the rain.
N- the artist (narrator) shows the people in the painting as looking unhappy and tired, mainly because of their situation. the bright flowers show, however, that the artist believes that even in poverty, there are a few bright things in life. (more on that later)
A- the audience would be anyone who sees the painting, but mainly the upper class, as they are the most likely to be patrons of the arts.
P- based on the audience and the subject matter, maybe the painter was meaning to make poverty more visible and understood in high society.
2 elements:
- color- the mostly neutral color palette and the way that the people blend into the background contrasts with the bight flowers that the girl is holding. this contrast could have been used to illustrate that the poor do have some things in common with most people: they enjoy and value the small sparks of color in life, and that their life isn't always bad.
- spacing- the way that the girl is stepping forward, away from the rest of her family could represent how she has responsibility and independence to sell flowers and to help support her family.
No comments:
Post a Comment