I chose the painting called “In Bed, the Kiss.” In this painting it is clear that neither the man nor the woman have their shirts on. Because of this it makes it obvious that the couple is doing more than just kissing. The purpose of this painting is to show two people either in love or maybe in lust. The audience would be young adults on up. Younger children would not really understand this type of painting. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec also may have painted this picture because he could have been thinking of his girlfriend or wife at the time he decided to paint it. I also noticed while looking for a picture to analyze that Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec had several paintings of men and women in bed together. He also had a lot of paintings of social events where people were dancing and enjoying themselves. By looking at these other paintings, I also came to the conclusion that Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec liked to paint pictures of how people lived back in the 1800’s. I believe that his stance on painting this picture was the honest fact that people do sleep around. Whether this couple in bed is married or not, people back in the 1800’s slept with each other as do many people today. By using shades of darker blues and grays for the bed sheets, someone could also conclude that this couple is sleeping together at night. Going back to the paintings of the social events, this could be an after result of one of the paintings with the couples dancing and having fun.Tuesday, October 12, 2010
"In Bed, the Kiss"
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
I chose the painting called “In Bed, the Kiss.” In this painting it is clear that neither the man nor the woman have their shirts on. Because of this it makes it obvious that the couple is doing more than just kissing. The purpose of this painting is to show two people either in love or maybe in lust. The audience would be young adults on up. Younger children would not really understand this type of painting. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec also may have painted this picture because he could have been thinking of his girlfriend or wife at the time he decided to paint it. I also noticed while looking for a picture to analyze that Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec had several paintings of men and women in bed together. He also had a lot of paintings of social events where people were dancing and enjoying themselves. By looking at these other paintings, I also came to the conclusion that Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec liked to paint pictures of how people lived back in the 1800’s. I believe that his stance on painting this picture was the honest fact that people do sleep around. Whether this couple in bed is married or not, people back in the 1800’s slept with each other as do many people today. By using shades of darker blues and grays for the bed sheets, someone could also conclude that this couple is sleeping together at night. Going back to the paintings of the social events, this could be an after result of one of the paintings with the couples dancing and having fun.
I chose the painting called “In Bed, the Kiss.” In this painting it is clear that neither the man nor the woman have their shirts on. Because of this it makes it obvious that the couple is doing more than just kissing. The purpose of this painting is to show two people either in love or maybe in lust. The audience would be young adults on up. Younger children would not really understand this type of painting. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec also may have painted this picture because he could have been thinking of his girlfriend or wife at the time he decided to paint it. I also noticed while looking for a picture to analyze that Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec had several paintings of men and women in bed together. He also had a lot of paintings of social events where people were dancing and enjoying themselves. By looking at these other paintings, I also came to the conclusion that Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec liked to paint pictures of how people lived back in the 1800’s. I believe that his stance on painting this picture was the honest fact that people do sleep around. Whether this couple in bed is married or not, people back in the 1800’s slept with each other as do many people today. By using shades of darker blues and grays for the bed sheets, someone could also conclude that this couple is sleeping together at night. Going back to the paintings of the social events, this could be an after result of one of the paintings with the couples dancing and having fun.
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you've done a great job with your description and interpretation of "in bed, the kiss." it would help if you'd upload the painting to accompany your text.
ReplyDeleteI feel like I was able to picture what the picture really was before I even actually got a chance to look at the painting. Great job, you pulled me right in to what you were talking about.
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