Analysis Of The City By Robert Birdwell

A View Of The City

This composition stands out among other works by Robert Birdwell of this period in its fiery colors and absence of recognizable elements. This piece have bright colors that grab the attention of the viewers eye. It looks like it could be many different things all inside of one painting like one big galaxy universe. For Example, it has blue looking buildings sitting next to a lake house depending on what angle you look at the picture by. The painting is based off the city of Knoxville and it describes the emotion throughout the city. The piece have many different elements of art and the three I chose were color,line, and shape.

Color is one of the most important things in this picture, because if this was a plain black and white piece no one would find it interesting. This picture has all of the primary colors in it that's what makes it a strong piece. Also there's a lot of black in the picture as well the black is important to because it symbolizes the sadness. In each corner of the picture there's a different image so this pictures can tell many stories. Its looks like a very happy painting that went bad like the artist had a change of mind in the middle of the painting. …show more content…
Most of the squares are big and a few are small. The big ones look like windows that you would see just by driving through the city. The other squares are a little smaller and they have different things and different colors inside of each one. The circles are extremely small and very colorful. The stars symbolize stars in the