Morandi:
Morandi's choice of color is very neutral. He has used more natural tones, like raw and burnt sienna, and raw umber. He has also used some white, making the paint less vibrant and colorful. Although Van Gogh's "Irises" painting has a plain off white bacground that is similar to Morandi, he still has warm and cool blues that make up the iris flowers. in terms of subject matter, Morandi uses man made objects. that is very opposite from Van Gogh, who uses a lot more palnts and flowers.
Morandi's choice of color is very neutral. He has used more natural tones, like raw and burnt sienna, and raw umber. He has also used some white, making the paint less vibrant and colorful. Although Van Gogh's "Irises" painting has a plain off white bacground that is similar to Morandi, he still has warm and cool blues that make up the iris flowers. in terms of subject matter, Morandi uses man made objects. that is very opposite from Van Gogh, who uses a lot more palnts and flowers.
Van Gogh:Van Gogh seems to like at least some bright color, that pops out with a more natural colors. for example, the blue of the irises against a white background. even if Van Gogh has a more nuetral color in any part of his paintings, he usually also has bright, rich warm and cool colors as well. In the "sunflowers" painting, Van Gogh uses oranges and yellow. He stayed in that color range, however the different ranges of the yellows (rust, cadmuim and even a yellow-green for stems) make up fot the non existing blues, reds, and violets.
3 comments:
what impact do the warm colors Van Gogh uses for the sunflowers have on the painting? What is the message he is trying to portray about the flowers? What message is Morandi trying to convey in his painting of the bottles?
i can see exactly what you are talking about with the colors in the painitng .. good observation!
Do you think there are any compliments between the paintings, any similarities or styles that reflect eachother?
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