Georg Friedrich Kersting's Man Reading A Descriptive Analysis
The centre of the composition shows a man reading at a desk. The subject appears well clothed and groomed, likely of middle to upper class. His pose, one of intense concentration. Hand on brow, as he reads a thick document.
The atmosphere of concentration is reinforced by the lack of clutter and very plain drab décor of the room. The reader seems almost entombed by the light green colour, which surrounds him on the walls, window, desk, box and lamp. Even a small open picture frame, the only item offering any distraction in the room is the same colour. This colour possibly being a symbol of knowledge, insight and meditation, (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/151058/conflicting_symbolism_of_the_color.html) quite fitting in this instance. This gives the illusion of the reader being enclosed in his own world of study.
The only light source in the composition is a lamp slightly left of centre on the desk, made up of 3 candles and a dark opaque shade. It casts sharp shadows across the austere room, putting the right side of the composition in darkness and effectively out of focus due to very narrow tonal range. This coupled with the covered window shutting out all worldly distractions serves to draw us again to the thought of the reader being in a moment of complete concentration and isolation from his surroundings.
Our spectators viewpoint puts us in the left of the room on the picture plane, in front of the subject. The lines of the furniture, carpet, shadows etc draw our angle of vision left of centre and slightly down to the light emitting from the lamp, the focal centre of the composition. The emphasis feels to be on the atmosphere rather than detail of the scene. We are seeing how the subject studies rather than what he is studying.
Reviews of: "Georg Friedrich Kersting's Man Reading A Descriptive Analysis"
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Obviously, this essay is describing something, but the author does not give us any information as to what they are describing. Otherwise, it is very well written.
This does not have enough detail. Needs more information.
This analysis has some good points made in it. However, it is way too short. You should aim towards 1000 words at least. In addition. better sentence structure and more complex diction is required in this essay.
Good writing style, but a little short. Could have "dressed" it up a little
this is a pretty good paper
try to use a stronger argument as this will capture the reader and you will get more marks
also, try not to use apostrophes in essays
Need to give th audience more information about the subject. The paragraphs seem to not flow smoothly.
This is well written but needs more information. Where is the rest of this paper??
This essay has good information, however besides being too short, it uses too many personal pronouns
I agree this essay leaves me hanging, the description is good but what are you describing? This leaves the reader hanging, it starts out good but needs more.
Needs more content in the essay. It seems like it just ends. Maybe another source would benefit the essay by it's lack of length, something to give so we could read more about the atmosphere and perception.
good start, but needs more substance.
It just randomly cuts of. I would like to see more...
Needs more details and way too short. Please add more to it!!
After giving this essay a good deal of thought, I realized that it is a description of a painting. But there is no indication of when the painting was executed, the style, the school, or the specific medium used. There is also nothing about the artist or why he is memorable.
In short, this essay does not give enough material to be a genuinely informative piece.
This description appears to be an average level because the language used is not very complex and there is a lack of terminology used. "Vectors" can be used instead of "lines".
I think it is a useful essay, however I agree this essay does not give enough information and a bit short. should give a lot more interesting stuff~!
I agree it is too short to be an essay
very good descriptions!
maybe make it a bit longer and introduce the artist and painting and your point of writing this piece of writing. Also a conclusion is needed. But otherwise it's really good!
This essay has some good points but not in a lot of detail. It has only bones and no meat in it. Putting more details will help. At least 750 words is needed for a good piece of work
Its pretty good but just needs to be longer, and more info on what your describing
This analysis has some good points, but it is too short, need more information.. dude!!
Thanks
.....its just missing out...need to maybe expand on ur body and argument...but ur ideas are okay
Relatively descriptive... kind of hard to follow
I think that the wording and detail in this essay are good, especially in light of its short size. However, it is hard to gather what is the purpose of the essay, or even what is the exact topic of discussion. You can get the name of the described work from the title, but it really should have at least started with something like "In so-and-so's painting, 'xyz' we find..."
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