Harriet Tubman Series Number Four Analysis
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Description
Jacob Lawrence's Harriet Tubman series number four is a joyful painting. This painting shows four dark figures jubilantly frolicking and playing. Jacob Lawrence's painting is obviously about four black people enjoying a sunny day on the African plains. The aesthetic value is educational and historical. If you were to see this picture in the 1940s it would be a reminder of a free and happier time. This picture also teaches you black people can get back to being carefree with their lives.
Subject matter
The subject matter is a group portrait of four. The four figures in the painting are outdoors and they are dressed in traditional clothes that you would wear in the summertime. The outdoor setting shows a warm day and a light blue sky. The outdoor setting signifies warmth, beauty, and freedom. The four people jubilantly tumbling and jumping is a great sign of much needed joy. During the end of the depression with a hopeless time to black people this painting was a sign of hope.
Medium The medium that Jacob Lawrence utilized was casein tempera paint on gessoed hardboard. Casein is a milk based paint and tempera is an egg based paint. Egg tempera paint is simply made from artist quality finely ground dry pigments, egg yolk and water. In the first instance, the egg medium should be …show more content…
Jacob Lawrence created this artwork in 1930's Harlem New York which was the center of Black art and artist's at the time. This art was not only created for a group of the population that were only two generations from slavery, but for the masses. Black people were still treated horribly with Jacob Lawrence's art was always unapologetically black and not watered down. This art was made to show that the ancestors of the many people that Harriet Tubman freed will overcome the hardships of the world and will be joyful in the
Description
Jacob Lawrence's Harriet Tubman series number four is a joyful painting. This painting shows four dark figures jubilantly frolicking and playing. Jacob Lawrence's painting is obviously about four black people enjoying a sunny day on the African plains. The aesthetic value is educational and historical. If you were to see this picture in the 1940s it would be a reminder of a free and happier time. This picture also teaches you black people can get back to being carefree with their lives.
Subject matter
The subject matter is a group portrait of four. The four figures in the painting are outdoors and they are dressed in traditional clothes that you would wear in the summertime. The outdoor setting shows a warm day and a light blue sky. The outdoor setting signifies warmth, beauty, and freedom. The four people jubilantly tumbling and jumping is a great sign of much needed joy. During the end of the depression with a hopeless time to black people this painting was a sign of hope.
Medium The medium that Jacob Lawrence utilized was casein tempera paint on gessoed hardboard. Casein is a milk based paint and tempera is an egg based paint. Egg tempera paint is simply made from artist quality finely ground dry pigments, egg yolk and water. In the first instance, the egg medium should be …show more content…
Jacob Lawrence created this artwork in 1930's Harlem New York which was the center of Black art and artist's at the time. This art was not only created for a group of the population that were only two generations from slavery, but for the masses. Black people were still treated horribly with Jacob Lawrence's art was always unapologetically black and not watered down. This art was made to show that the ancestors of the many people that Harriet Tubman freed will overcome the hardships of the world and will be joyful in the