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Activity #5 WRITE ABOUT IT!

In Romare Bearden’s, 1967, Tomorrow I May Be Far the purpose of this painting is for the artist to show a reflection of his childhood in North Carolina. Color plays a significant role in this piece. The yellow, green and maroon colored tiles on the house help to give the house its definition and texture. Use of the magazine cut outs for the faces of the man in front of the house and the woman in the window help serve as a focal point for this picture. The dominant color relationship operating within this piece of art work would be blue and white colors; which are used on the man sitting on the porch, the pail beside him and the woman walking in the background. The blue and white colors used on these items help to provide some intensity in this painting.

In John Sloan’s The City from Greenwich Village painted in 1922 the purpose of this painting is for the artist to portray his view of Greenwich Village. The use of yellows underneath the tracks in between the buildings helps to give that city street some light. Lighter colors such as pale pink and yellow along with the plum used for the sky help to define the city skyline this is how color plays a significant role in this painting. The dominant color black is used in the roofs on the buildings and train on the elevated tracks help to give the portrait of this city definition.