The Estate By Francesca Woodman Analysis

This artwork above called “The Estate” by Francesca Woodman has many meanings. There is geometrical shapes like octagons on the floor, and a square door in the background that gives a vintage feeling to the viewer. There is a female sitting on a chair looking at another female, jumping naked into the air. The female who is sitting down looks bored with her life, and that she holding back something. And trying to stay calm because of the way she holding her hands together and the way she has her feet together shows that she trying to be proper.
This artwork is very different from others because Francesca is trying to show a dark side of an female mind because the female who is sitting down looks bored, and angry that she is not free like the female jumping into the air. And wants to be her, but cannot be her, that why she holds back and tries to be well mannered or even acted like a
There is a dark brown door to resembles an entrance to change or a new life, or even shutting the door on the life she really wants. What I find interesting is on the left side there is no scratches on the wall, but on the right side there is scratches on the bottom of the wall. Which could show that the female who is sitting down is just living in the past until death where on the left side because the female is living free, she living her life the way she wants to.
There is double frames around the door and four rectangles inside the door frame which could show life struggles or desires that she cannot have. The photograph is in black and white to help show the vintage era the two females are in; and to make it more dramatic. The left side is more of a positive space, where the female sitting at the chair is a negative space. Maybe the female at the chair wants to have a carefree life, like the female on the left side, but chosed to hold back her personality because of culture or family