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Visual Analysis Of The Family By Romare Bearden

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Romare Bearden’s painting The Family portrays a scene of a family who are in a negative situation. They are being visited by two unwelcome guest late at night this can be seen from the body language given by the father and mother as it implies that the topic is a negative one. The family is caught in a scene at the moment of the meeting going hostile. The family is painted with a somber tone with solid colors giving leaving the painting with a feeling of anticipation that something is going to happen. The Family gives a bleak view into a moment of a family being threatened which the colors and body language leave a lasting feeling of unease will the symbolism of the objects paint a picture of what happen before this moment.
Through the symbolic meaning of the items as well what can be drawn from the visual aspect we can tell what happen the moments before. The mirror on the wall has two figures who are clad in shadow in it they are not the mother and father; will the frame of the mirror …show more content…

The left corner wall is muted purple giving off a mysterious feeling to it. The back left wall has a feeling of hope in the pinkness of it as there is always hope however far but it is dimmed in the face of adversity. The back wall is a mixture of blue and grey with a shadow covering part of it giving an uneasy feeling. The right wall is grey representative of the stoicism of the mother and father towards the protectiveness of the child. The table is sun washed wood drained of most color with the shadow in the corner of the father and mother. The father is covered in a dark blue he is shrouded in despair. The mother gives off warmth due to her red dress. The greyness of the baby is apparent in the mother left hand and the father’s right hand giving an idea of protection and purity. The colors deliver a feeling of uncertainty with the dullness of the walls to the despair of the parents and the shadows through the

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