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YOUR NAME: Fares Albahairi
FULL CLASS NAME AND SECTION: Art 2140
Themes in Visual Culture

INSTRUCTOR’S NAME: Marsha Pippenger

FULL NAME OF MUSEUM OR GALLERY YOU VISITED: The Art Institute of Chicago
DATE OF YOUR VISIT: 10/27/2013
WAS ADMISSION CHARGED, NO
ATTITUDE OF STAFF: They are helpful the guy that helped me he was really funny.

TITLE OF ARTWORK YOU CHOSE (if not titled, say Untitled and use italics): Paris Street: Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte.

ARTIST’S NAME (if name not indicated, say so): Gustave Caillebotte
MEDIA USED BY THE ARTIST: Oil on canvas

ART IS TWO OR THREE DIMENSIONAL: two dimensional
COLOR PALETTE: manly gray, black, but he included some yellow, red and green but not to much
FULL AND CAREFUL DESCRIPTION OF ARTWORK:
He was trying to describe the modern day I think in Paris. I admire the way he organized the icons, the apartments and the people on the painting. The rain effect of the ground was really good he made the day like it was a foggy day.

NAME TWO ELEMENTS OF DESIGN EVIDENT IN WORK: space, value and scale.
NAME TWO PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN EVIDENT IN WORK: Balance and focal point.

YOUR OVERALL CAREFUL AND CRITICAL JUDGMENT OF THE WORK: admired the epic scale of this painting.

OVERALL EXPERIENCE, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, DESCRIBE: Negative, I can see the rain on the ground. And most of them had umbrellas but I could not notice the rain but only on the ground.

WHAT YOU MOST ENJOYED ABOUT YOUR VISIT: they people they looked like they were so sad and not enjoying the day. admired the epic scale of this painting and the one point perspective.

SKETCH OF ARTWORK INCLUDED ON SEPARATE SHEET: yes.

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