Paul Cezanne uses lots of shadows and highlights in this painting. He uses highlights and mid tones in the fruit and varies the brush strokes on the pears to show the smoothness and bring out its round shape. My eyes are brought straight to the pears because of their warm bright hues of orange. Cezanne effectively uses contrast and shadows and value in the tapestry because it is clear to see all the folds and curves in the cloth it' s as if you could just put your fingers on the cloth and feel its softness and the folds. The side of the painting that contains the tapestry is dark in comparison to the fruit on the white cloth. it creates interest. The vases and jars look smooth and glassy. He mixes up the edges on one of the vases to give it a bumpy criss-cross feeling and pattern that you could touch.
3 comments:
his painting is truely full of light. The use of highlights has made the lightsource stong and brought depth to the subjects. The curves of the fruit and cloth on the table have been defined well by showing the effect of the sunlight.
I really like your use of vocab and details in your response and I agree with your opinion on the use of contrast and brush strokes.
i think/ agree that light plays a huge role in the illusion of texture. i love that this painting displays many different types of textures
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