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ROMANTICISM THE ANALYSIS OF A PAINTING BY DELACROIX

“WOMAN WITH A PARROT” Vividness & Emotion

Throughout different eras, continuously flowing, one era is

a young age, and was the creator of a technique that impacted the following eras.

built on the revolution or revolt against to the previous. The

All works of Delacroix

Romanticism Era, 1800 to 1850,

consist of a play with bright

is nothing but that against the

colors and vividness. His

beliefs and values of the

intense subject matter, full of

Neoclassical

emotion

Era. Writers

and

and painters

embracin

of this era

g the

valued

exotic is

emotion,

demonstr

imagination,

ated in

and freedom

his 1827

while

piece

rejecting the rational. The era

“Woman with a Parrot”. The

consisted of the embrace of the

image is composed of a nude

exotic, escape from reality and

female lounging on a chair

the industrial revolution. One

lounge. The delicate looking

of the leaders of this emotion-

woman is complete nude with

based period was the French

the exception of her accerories;

painter Eugene Delacroix (1798-

such as her gold necklaces and

1863). Throughout all of

hair pieces. She rests on top of

Delacroix’s breath taking

drapery or what could appear

paintings strong traits of

to be her ball gown that was

Romanticism are portrayed.

just taken off. Towards the left

The artist embraced his talent at [Pick the date] [Edition 1, Volume 1]

“The more an object is polished or brilliant, the less you see its own color and the more it becomes a mirror reflecting the color of its surroundings.”

- Delacroix

THE ANALYSIS OF A PAINTING BY DELACROIX

hand side flows more drapery,

the woman automatically due

texture creates a further

and the background is of couch

to her pale skin in contrast to

demonstration of realism as

of some sort. At first

the darkness. As well the

well as demonstrates the extent

admiration the eye is drawn to

natural lighting coming in from

of Delacroix’s talent to be the

the woman’s calm face glancing

the upper-right side creates

leader of the Romanticism

at the ground beside her. The

shadows throughout the piece,

Movement. Lastly, Color plays

eye then moves down her

which adds a sensual feeling to

a role in demonstrating the

porislen skin, down to her

the painting. Considering the

movement as well to differ this

extended arm to notice the little

fact that it is in the middle of

painting from the other

parrot at the bottom of the

the day and the viewer is

painting, “Woman with a

painting, then up the curtains

seeing a nude woman. At first

Parrot”, painted by the Realist

to the background. The work

glance, the image gives a calm

Gaustave Courbet, who did not

demonstrates strong unity and

mood to the viewer, but once

use bright colors. The bright

balance considering that the

that has set it, one cannot help

colors of the setting in the

eye of an observer drifts

but feel concerned for the

background of the female nude

throughout the image and does

female. Taking into account

frame the body so that the eye

not stay focused on one piece of

that it appears to be the middle

is focused on the woman,

the subject matter. Delacroix’s

of the afternoon and she lays

instead of the setting. The deep

image as well contains unity is

there, glancing towards the

blue and orange-red

the use of colors. The peachy

flow in front of her is

complement one another and

red-orange and deep ocean

unsettling. It does not seem

create a contrast throughout the

blue are opposites on the color

right with an admirer and

painting. Romanticism was

wheel which demonstrates

leaves them with uncertainty.

about the liberation from the

contrast and harmony.

Space, both positive and

rational and to embrace

Furthermore, the use of the

negative, play into effect of a

fantasy, therefore the addition

highlight color of the yellow-

painting. In this case, the

of the color demonstrates the

gold throughout the image

placement of the largest subject

difference in movements.

adds balance. The play of light

matter in the center of the

and dark contrast add a further

painting furthers the focus onto

detail of realism and sets a

the woman and then down to

revolt against the rational and

certain emotion. In the

the parrot. Texture plays a role

structure, it was about

background, the contrast

in the effectiveness of the

embracing emotion along with

between the two walls, an off

image. With the use of optical

freedom. Artists of this

white and black create a

effect of colors, Delacroix

movement, like Delacroix, used

contrast that is effective but

creates a see-through illusion of

colors, intense subject matter,

goes unnoticed. This play of

the fabric resting on the

historical and contemporary

dark and light focus the eye to

woman’s head. The use of

events along with more

Romanticism began as a

THE ANALYSIS OF A PAINTING BY DELACROIX

expressive techniques in

emotionless and hurt in a way.

appealing to the eye due to the

regards to creating. The

Along with violence there is a

use of hues and shades in color

painting “Woman with a

sense of some sexual emotion.

along with how the eye of the

Parrot� suggests subjects of

This is due to the fact that she is

admirer drifts throughout the

violence considering that the

lying naked on what could

painting.

woman is nude and the regard

appear to be her gown.

on her face. It seems

Personally, I find the piece

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Written by Jessica Eve Shetler