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Catulle Mendes At The Piano

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Ding! Up on the third floor on 1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028 is the MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art). I was here because of my New York spring break trip with my orchestra group. As we passed splashed paint sculptures, vibrant black & white drawings, and tiny photos within a picture. I stopped and and found my painting that I was drawn towards to. Why was I drawn toward this? Because on an orchestra trip I was looking for a remarkable art painting that represented any type of musical aspect. I found out that Daughters of Catulle Mendes at the piano (1888) by, Pierre Auguste Renoir. As I took a picture on my phone I noticed the girls eyes in this picture and their musical abilities. Such as the women was at the piano, were another little girl was looking at the piano girl. Maybe was admiring her musical talent.
In addition, The middle girl was holding a violin. However, all the girls eyes filled with sorrow and a sad-like feel. Another thing I noticed was the girls all wore blue dresses which could symbolically mean something. An aspect that struck my attention was the oldest women in the drawing had huge volume and portpotional hair to all the other girls in the photo. I wanted to know if the artist was trying to represent by painting that. However, the main reason that …show more content…
This is shown in the hair accessories in the wife’s hair and little girls hair. The sheer contrasts opposed to the two sisters who contain crisp colors of white. The tone color of blue that is in this painting shows the apparent maturity above the two sisters dressed in white. The color white ca signifies birth, freshness, and innocence. The light blue tone shows the peace and serenity overall. The royal blue contains the authority and intelligence the girls have. The time period showed the color blue was more associated with femininity than pink as blue was indicative of the goddess Venus and the

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