{"id":627,"date":"2011-10-05T18:27:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T18:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=627"},"modified":"2011-10-13T19:44:22","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T19:44:22","slug":"pulls-and-pauses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donfarrell.net\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"Van Gogh – (Pulls, Harmony and Integration)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vincent van Gogh - The Street Menders - 1889 - 71 x 93 cm - 28 x 37 in - oil on canvas<\/p><\/div>\n

Van Gogh’s considerations for the viewer are absolutely superb.\u00a0 He orchestrates your eye movement across the composition beautifully.<\/p>\n

Lets begin with a question.\u00a0 Why is the lower portion of the tree at the right a darker value the the rest of the tree?\u00a0 The answer is Van Gogh has provided a pull for the focus.\u00a0 In other words when you look at the primary figure you eye wants move to the dark trunk because it is in harmony with the figure.<\/p>\n

The two dark figures are also pulls and provide a second pause in the harmony of the three dak values.<\/p>\n

Another harmony is three red notes.\u00a0 The window, the red beside the dark tree trunk and the worker’s hat.<\/p>\n

I love how Van Gogh used doorways and the red window to integrate the figures.\u00a0 Can you feel the vertical connections?<\/p>\n

There is an integration which excited me which I hope you will appreciate.\u00a0 There is a angled black line in the tree to the right of the two workers at the centre of the painting (see detail below)<\/p>\n

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The Street Menders - detail<\/p><\/div>\n

The line is in harmony with the right side of the figure at the left.\u00a0 This excites me because I can feel Van Gogh assessing the composition.\u00a0 And I think this is a exceptional integration.<\/p>\n

The title is interesting because the street workers are barely noticeable.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because Van Gogh did not want information to disrupt his chosen harmony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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