How Did Andre Derain Use Extreme Color In The Houses Of Parliament From Westminster Bridge
Andre Derain's The Houses of Parliament from Westminster Bridge, 1906 is a direct contrast from the original series painted by Monet. While Monet tended to use soft colors that would represent things that would be seen outside such as a purple sun during sunset or a bright orange, yellow, and red spot where the sun would be, Derain broke against the natural mold and used extreme color when extreme color was not always meant to be. In this painting specifically, we can see a green sky, a bright tall, red, building, and a small, yellow building next to it. There is nothing naturalistic about this painting. In this painting, there is no obvious connection to temperature behind these colors. Red is almost always associated with being hot,
yellow is associated with being warm, but there is no other evidence in these buildings to relate them to the temperatures that correlate with their colors. This is not the case, however; in The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834, 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner. In this painting, we can see a white building, fire that begins as red and floats up into the blue sky as yellow, and white tufts of clouds or smoke filling the sky. Here, the use of color emphasizes the heat from the fire that is burning the houses. Here, the colors make sense because the fire would be hottest at the source of the fire, or right at the building, and that is where the paint is red. As the fire moves up and into the sky, it would become yellow because it would decrease in heat and intensity. The yellow portrays that. With both of these paintings we see two extremely unique uses of the same two colors; one realistic and one idealistic. This can be physically seen with color as well. If looking at a fire, the flame that burns the hottest is blue, the hot part is red, and the warm part is an orangey/yellow, just like in the second painting.
yellow is associated with being warm, but there is no other evidence in these buildings to relate them to the temperatures that correlate with their colors. This is not the case, however; in The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834, 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner. In this painting, we can see a white building, fire that begins as red and floats up into the blue sky as yellow, and white tufts of clouds or smoke filling the sky. Here, the use of color emphasizes the heat from the fire that is burning the houses. Here, the colors make sense because the fire would be hottest at the source of the fire, or right at the building, and that is where the paint is red. As the fire moves up and into the sky, it would become yellow because it would decrease in heat and intensity. The yellow portrays that. With both of these paintings we see two extremely unique uses of the same two colors; one realistic and one idealistic. This can be physically seen with color as well. If looking at a fire, the flame that burns the hottest is blue, the hot part is red, and the warm part is an orangey/yellow, just like in the second painting.