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Submitted
by Maggie Tucker - See Art Criticism Template
Exam in paragraph form (this student supplied
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Edward
Hopper photo Tables
for Ladies
One
of the most amazing pieces of artwork today is called Tables for
Ladies. This piece was done by Edward Hopper in 1030(s).
This painting is an oil painting (oil on canvas) and has the dimensions
122 x 153 cm. I think that this piece is art as expression. I have come to
this conclusion because when you look at the people and the overall mood
of the restaurant you can see a lot of expression. The expressions can
help you figure out what the meaning behind the painting is. In the
painting it shows people at a restaurant. Some of the people are eating
and others are working at the restaurant. The scene takes place near the
very beginning of spring in the evening.
Hopper belonged to the art movement known as Regionalism (American
Realism). This made his artwork look realistic. Hopper has seen many
lonely (deserted) places before and these places have influenced his
artwork. If you look in the picture it shows the daily life of people at a
restaurant in the 1930's. As you can see, the restaurant looks very
deserted since there are very few patrons.
Hopper
has shown rules of perspective in his painting. He has achieved so by
making lines come from a vanishing point. He used them on the tables and
the fruit. Both are going in a straight line in one direction.
In
my opinion, the meaning behind this painting is that women (in the time
period in which the painting takes place) have many things going on in
there lives. These things may be good or bad, but women live a normal life
as
possible. Whatever is going on in their
lives (good or bad) they are always accepted in one way or another (tables
represent society).
I think that the artist succeeded on what he was trying to
accomplish by using the specific emotions and expressions. Yet, Hopper
could have put more people in the painting to make the meaning more clear.
Edward Hopper's Tables for Ladies has inspired many people.
This
painting will continue to do so for a very long time. (Note:
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