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Yellow Roses in a Vase (Roses jaunes dans un vase)

Yellow rose is a oil on canvas painting, painted in 1882 by a French artist named Gustave Caillebotte. This painting was painted to reflect the lushness of the open petals as they drop, at the same time focusing the viewers attention to the full blown roses in the center.

The Rustic Rose by Olamide Israel

The rustic rose is a image of a roses amongst order flowers.

taken on January 6, 2013 using an Apple iPad 2.

ART ELEMENTS AND DESIGN PRINCIPLES

The image of the rose was fully blown to reflect the actual lines and natural patterns that draw attention to the rustic roses uniqueness without cutting out the image of the other flowers around the rose. The image radiates ambient light which helps to show the rusticity of the roses. The colors in this image is a mixture of natural colors and hue colors. The natural colors on the flowers in the background helps focus the viewers attention on the roses.

INTERPRETATION OF THEMES Rather than other titles that

came to my mind, I choose to name this image The Rustic Rose because the title reflects not only the image as whole but also the focus of the image. The Rustic in the title represents the visual texture of the image. The sharp contrast of the roses and varied fadedness of each rose represents an object of time past that is losing its strength/texture: at the point of death. While the little petals in the background represents the uprising of a new life.

INTERPRETATION OF THEMES By painting an image of roses

that are fully blown and roses whose petals are falling off in the same vase the painter is depicting life and death. The fully blown side of the vase which is the right side depicts life and new beginning along side the white marble table in which the vase is placed. While the left side of the vase represents death. This can also be associated with the dark background of the painting.

MEDIA AND TECHNIQUE, TIME PERIOD AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIION Gustave Caillebotte was

an impressionist painter who started painting at around the age of 11. from the time he started painting till when he died in 1894 he was known to have painted various still life oil on canvas painting such as Yellow Rose. The painting was painted in France in 1882 when Gustave was 34.

COMPARE AND CONTRASTYELLOW ROSE 1882 Oil on canvas painting by Gustave Caillebotte

THE RUSTIC ROSE 2013 Picture by Olamide Israel.

COMPARE AND CONRAST Both are a representation of roses and flowers in

general and they are art that communicates thoughts ideas and emotions.

Gustavo incorporated light and darkness into his painting through the painting of the light marble table and the dark background which helps to focus the viewers attention on the vase.

Rather than use light and darkness to focus the viewers attention on the roses, I snapped the picture of the roses at close proximity making the petals around the roses less visible.

REFRENCE Gustave Caillebotte. "Yellow Roses in a Vase (Roses Jaunes

Dans Un Vase)." Dallas Museum of Art - Collections. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Jan. 2013.

Lazzari, Margaret R., and Dona Schlesier. Exploring Art: A Global, Thematic Approach. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2008. Print.