essay on juan luna picnic on normandy
This essay shows my interpretation on Juan Luna’s painting, “Picnic in Normandy”. I made this essay for my ArtStudies2 class. Ermmm… the painting is at the Vargas Museum, University of the Philippines – Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. If you have time to visit our university, drop by at the Vargas Museum coz there are lots of things to appreciate there. :)
The painting entitled, Picnic in Normandy, is the painting that caught my attention when I visited the Vargas Museum. It is an oil painting on canvas made by Juan Nocivio Luna. From its name, the painting depicts women and men having a picnic at a certain place in Normandy.
Light colours were used in the painting to accentuate the beauty of the place – a place surrounded with flowers. Ideally, the painting is colorful so there is an emphasis on the changing qualities of light on colour and texture of the images. Visible brush strokes and unusual visual angles are used on the painting. The painting is not that detailed. The flowers can be seen at a momentary glance, but when I looked at them closer, I noticed that the flowers were just flecks and dabs of colour. Same is true with the other images on the painting. It seems like Luna emphasizes more on the overall effect of the painting rather than on the details. In addition to this, Luna did not use dark colours probably because he tries to convey a fresh and light image of a landscape. Maybe, he wants his audience to feel fresh and feel relaxed as they look at the painting. At first glance, I was really captured by the painting. Its beauty and freshness really delighted me. Feeling all this boils down to the realization that I responded on the painting in the sensory level.
There was this one lady in the painting who was holding a bouquet of flowers. She was looking over the horizon, as if she could see more beyond that. I felt that the woman was thinking of her future, probably of her married life because of the bouquet of flowers she is holding. Who
The painting entitled, Picnic in Normandy, is the painting that caught my attention when I visited the Vargas Museum. It is an oil painting on canvas made by Juan Nocivio Luna. From its name, the painting depicts women and men having a picnic at a certain place in Normandy.
Light colours were used in the painting to accentuate the beauty of the place – a place surrounded with flowers. Ideally, the painting is colorful so there is an emphasis on the changing qualities of light on colour and texture of the images. Visible brush strokes and unusual visual angles are used on the painting. The painting is not that detailed. The flowers can be seen at a momentary glance, but when I looked at them closer, I noticed that the flowers were just flecks and dabs of colour. Same is true with the other images on the painting. It seems like Luna emphasizes more on the overall effect of the painting rather than on the details. In addition to this, Luna did not use dark colours probably because he tries to convey a fresh and light image of a landscape. Maybe, he wants his audience to feel fresh and feel relaxed as they look at the painting. At first glance, I was really captured by the painting. Its beauty and freshness really delighted me. Feeling all this boils down to the realization that I responded on the painting in the sensory level.
There was this one lady in the painting who was holding a bouquet of flowers. She was looking over the horizon, as if she could see more beyond that. I felt that the woman was thinking of her future, probably of her married life because of the bouquet of flowers she is holding. Who