The Mystery and Melancholy of the Street was completed in 1914 by Giorgio de Chirico. It is oil on canvas. We talked about this image in class. I think it is very interesting. The girl in the foreground, playing, is not actually real, she is just shadow. The shadow coming from the square is quite scary. The evening sun has cast the shadow in a very long way. The colors also create an ominous feeling. Yellow is a color of fear and the color of the sky is not entirely normal, for when are skies green? As the title says, the entire painting is quite mysterious.
Monday, December 6, 2010
De Chirico The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street
The Mystery and Melancholy of the Street was completed in 1914 by Giorgio de Chirico. It is oil on canvas. We talked about this image in class. I think it is very interesting. The girl in the foreground, playing, is not actually real, she is just shadow. The shadow coming from the square is quite scary. The evening sun has cast the shadow in a very long way. The colors also create an ominous feeling. Yellow is a color of fear and the color of the sky is not entirely normal, for when are skies green? As the title says, the entire painting is quite mysterious.
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