3 pages essay

Fantin-Latour, Flower Still-Life, 1865 Modersohn-Becker, Flower Still-Life, 1906-7

THINK-PIECE 1: These two still-lifes show natural objects in a domestic setting. Compare and contrast the different approaches taken by the artists in exploring and interpreting the subject, including the different ways in which color, light, space and composition are treated . Also try to characterize the changing relationship between the natural and the human world, and between the viewer and the subject matter. If you wish you also might explain which painting you like better, and why. (700-1000 words, due Jan. 13)