NYC Trip writing assignment

 Young Woman Drawing Marie-Denise Villers 1801

Blue Mountain Horses 1984 Rudy Autio 

The two pieces of art that I chose to compare and contrast from the Metropolitan Museum are the Blue Mountain Horses and the Young Woman Drawing. It is clear that they are very different in styles. The Young Woman Drawing is a very realistic portrait while the other has an aspect of abstraction. In the Blue Mountain Horses, the images are very simplified while the Young Woman Drawing includes so much detail. Another great difference between the two is the use of space and depth. The Young Woman Drawing creates a sense of space in the painting while the Blue Mountain Horses has a crowded, smushed feeling.The colors, however, in both works are very similar. They both use a similar palette containing tones of white, yellow, blue and red. By observing the colors, it is also seen that the colors are dulled down by a mixture of their complementary colors.