Monday, August 31, 2009

Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt 1906






















Data

Method of Analysis

Interpretive Leaps

Self-Portrait in a Striped T-shirt 1906
Oil on Canvas
Henri Matisse

Make the implicit explicit

Looks very solemn. He is not showing any emotion. In a way he is a little intimidating.

Artists likes to use all sorts of different colors. Known for very fluid strokes.

Locate pattern of the same or similar detail; make what is implicit in pattern of details explicit

Seems very quiet and seems like a man who keeps to himself. Seems like the focal point is at his eye.

Likes to use contrasting colors. Uses the green on his face to contrast the red on his shirt.

Locate organized contrast; make what is implicit in the contrast explicit

Has the blue in the back of his head, outlining it. Uses brighter colors around the face, bringing your attention to his eyes.

Was at one point labeled as a "Fauve" meaning wild beast.

Anomalies; make what is implicit in the anomalies explicit

In this painting he just looks solemn and intimidating a little bit the way he is looking at you.


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