Gertrude Stein By Pablo Picasso And The Toilet Of Venus

This formal art analysis will compare and contrast the line, color, light, and composition of Gertrude Stein by Pablo Picasso and â€Å"The Toilet Of Venus by Francois Boucher. The formal qualities of these paintings provide a classically orientated approach to the individual subject, which provide similar methods of composition and line. However, Picasso tends to chose earthy color tones in contrast to the brightly colored image provided by Boucher of Madame de Pompadour. More so, Boucher provides a much more lighted environment for his subject, which is dissimilar to the muted light of Gertrude stein in an interior setting. In essence, a comparison and contrast to the line, color, composition, and lighting will be formally analyzed in†¦show more content†¦This painting provides an extreme high level of lighting, which was utilizes whites that give off the impression of a heavenly glow. The subject’s skin almost seems to radiate light in Boucher’s style of r ealism, which goes in on contrast to Picasso’s use of extremely muted light on the face of his subject. More so, Picasso tends to present Gertrude Stein in a room with very low lighting, which expands upon the dim nature of this painting. These paintings define the differing nature of lighting in the classical mode, which tends to show the differing styles of application that each painter utilized in differing historical periods. The use of extremely highly it settings was a common practice for Boucher in the 18th century, which defines the contrasting elements of muted light of modernism that Picasso utilizes in his portrait of Gertrude Stein. The use of color in Boucher’s painting is much more intense, in contrast to Picasso’s use of earth tones. Boucher utilizes aquamarine, pinks, whites, and golden colors (on the furniture), which defines the overt of bright coloration in the rococo style. The overt use of flesh tones is also complimented by the use of pink and white to accentuate the classically nature of this piece. In contrast to this bright range of colors, Picasso chooses to use the browns , blacks, and some coloration in the couch that Gertrude Stein is