{"id":425,"date":"2011-09-15T02:30:14","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T02:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=425"},"modified":"2011-09-21T22:19:48","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T22:19:48","slug":"bonnard-shape-motifs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=425","title":{"rendered":"Bonnard (Shape Motifs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_426\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/The-Red-Checkered-Tablecloth-32-x-33-in-850-x-823.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-426\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-426 \" title=\"The Red-Checkered Tablecloth  32 x 33 in (850 x 823)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/The-Red-Checkered-Tablecloth-32-x-33-in-850-x-823.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/The-Red-Checkered-Tablecloth-32-x-33-in-850-x-823.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/The-Red-Checkered-Tablecloth-32-x-33-in-850-x-823-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/The-Red-Checkered-Tablecloth-32-x-33-in-850-x-823-309x300.jpg 309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pierre Bonnard - The Red Tablecloth -1910 - 81 x 84 cm - 32 x 33 in - oil on canvas<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pierre Bonnard&#8217;s sophisticated use of ovals is superb in this painting.<\/p>\n<p>I will begin with the primary oval, the table.\u00a0 When taking in the table, Bonnard brings us to the oval plate at the bottom right.\u00a0 The placement of the other articles along the bottom of the painting is wonderful. \u00a0 They form in essence a partial oval, which begins with the plate and continues up the dog&#8217;s back leading us to the woman head, <em>another oval<\/em>.\u00a0 The other three items form another oval when connected to the articles along the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>The objects are beautifully and rhythmically integrated into the composition with ovals, which may be felt more than seen.<\/p>\n<p>Can you sense the harmony?<\/p>\n<p>I will continue with more wonderful considerations in the next post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pierre Bonnard&#8217;s sophisticated use of ovals is superb in this painting. I will begin with the primary oval, the table.\u00a0 When taking in the table, Bonnard brings us to the oval plate at the bottom right.\u00a0 The placement of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=425\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}