The mood created in the mansion is one of abandonment in the first painting. This painting by Anselm Kiefer shows the slow deterioration of a hallway in a mansion. The glass seems broken and the brown wooden walls seem to be crumbling based on the varied texture. Kiefer uses continuation of the open doorways and vantange point to make the hallway look like it goes on forever. There is a broken glass chandelier made up of light and dark contrasting colors, on the floor; this shows that this place was once a luxurious wealthy place probably full of people, but it has lost its sheen and glamor now. No one appears to have lived there.
The second painting by Edward Hopper depicts the lady on the right hand side of the theater as being troubled or dismayed. Maybe she was waiting for someone and that person did not show up. She also seems to be in deep thought because of the gesture she makes with her hands; one holding the side of her face, the other hand propping up the first one. The warm bright colors of the red curtain, and the contrasting colors depict the essence of loneliness. The lamp sheds light on the woman's face highlighting her features and captures the emotion in her face. There is a sense of longing also. Plus, the place where she is standing is more illuminated than the rest of the theater. The rows of seats are dim. This creates contrast and puts more emphasis on the woman.
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good use of vocab from this fall (and from the last two years) to describe how the artists create the moods of the different places.
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