Art Analysis: The Listening Room

The art piece that I chose to write about is called “The Listening Room” (La chambre d'écoute) . The painting was created in 1952 by Rene Magritte,and Rene belonged to the Surrealism Movement .The Surrealism Movement started in the early 1920s. I first saw the art piece at the Menil Art Museum .When I first saw the painting I instantly knew that it was a oil painting ,because of the way everything was put together. I chose to write about this artwork because of the apple is huge ,and green apples are one of my favorite fruits . I honestly think if it was a red apple I wouldn't like the painting and I wouldn't want to write about it,and even though I absolutely love strawberries if Rene was to replace the apple with a strawberry the painting …show more content…
Visual texture is shown because I can't physically touch the apple I can only imagine how it would it feel .I would imagine that the apple would feel soft but yet hard at the same time.Also the stem would feel rough and hard,but the floors looks soft as the apple but yet again feel hard .Mass is a volume that has or gives the illusion of having ,weight,density,and bulk (Gateways To Art ) . The apple in the oil painting has a illusion of weighing a 100 pounds depending on how you look at the painting .Meaning the apple is in a room ,and Rene wants people to imagine that their are in room with apple,but the apple is much bigger than their are. Value is shown in the painting because of the window that is apart of the painting ,because if it wasn't for the window the it would not “light” shining on half of the apple while the other half if dark . Rene wants the window being part of the reason this painting shows value. The element shape is part of the painting because it makes up the apple's figure, meaning the way the room’s size and shape helps shape the apple and emphasize how big the apple is. Color plays a huge part in this painting because without it you would not be able to determine what is what and how it all comes