Analyze That!!!(X2)

I am absolutely in love with this image for some reason. The first thing you notice is obviously the focal point, being the woman’s face; she looks so angelic and tranquil. I believe the artist used warm hues to outline the face and other areas of the body as seen in the lower left half of the image. With the use of warm hues you have a better sense of the contour lines found throughout the image. It seems the artist wants you to have a sense of nudity about the woman, almost as if she is an angel and needs nothing to hide herself behind! Also the use of expressive lines seems to be very apparent in the space and area around the woman, the area which seems to be transparent looks almost like angel wings. The artist’s lines are gestured and loose, as if they were trying to convey true emotion. The positioning of the woman’s body seems to be that she is sitting on a stool or cloud. With a white face seems to be more of an arbitrary color, providing us with the idea that she is a fantasy or something that is innately untouchable. If you look closely you can see that it seems her hair is slightly covering her hair and it is “swaying” in a breeze of some sort, giving you a sense of motion, like maybe she is flying in the air!!! The use of light was obvious when it seems to be reflected off of her face, there is a huge contrast between the light and dark areas of the image. It honestly reminded me of the painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and the Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes. Just the way the light is shown, granted there are no distinct shadows, except for those that are shown on the face to provide more of a feeling about mass and shape of the woman/object! There is also I think a sense of the technique of light modeling called chiaroscuro, just the way her face is so much lighter and it slowly fades as you reach her arm darker and darker!