Man With Cane Essay

Color with No Bounds In the Master Piece “Man With Cane” by Fernand Leger, the color flourishes the painting in rigid shapes to create an abstract figure. Different tones varying around the art work give the colors a more mature and distinguished look. The lightly added grey hue helped the yellow stand as a rich and dull setting for the tints to offer a brighter saturation in the colors. The hue constancy in the blue is throughout the Master piece. This gives the viewer a sense of balance in the artwork and does not overwhelm them with chromatic inconsistencies. The rich and pure colors are what make this art piece stand out from its monotone background. At Crate&Barrel, a contemporary furniture and home ware store, the featured item was an array of colors blended into a bed. The assortment of complimentary colors within the bed flowed smoothly with the rough texture of the shaded maroon and burnt orange portrait in the background. The scattered color against the
white sheets gives this setting a brighter saturation, which draws the viewer’s attention. The art world is comprised of the most talented individuals in the world that see life in a different perspective.
Their world of color sees no bounds and they experience every moment as it were one of their Master pieces. Every interaction an individual makes, not just artist, could lead to a spark of creativity and pave way to a new form of art. Each person has the ability to create their own sense of individuality based on what they perceive and create a unique piece of art. This goes hand in hand with how one experiences their own life and what they choose to see. Viewing this Master piece by Leger has opened a new sense I have never experienced. With the knowledge obtained throughout Visual Merchandising, I have a greater respect and knowledge on works of art and can really enjoy viewing them the way they are meant to be. A better understanding of the proper color terms, along with works of art, helped me better understand the way to view these portraits and appreciate the art in its raw
form. In the Master piece “Man With Cane”, Leger uses a variety of colors that flow smoothly alongside the display I captured at Crate&Barrel. The running patterns give a sense of direction towards the center of each piece. The rough, jagged edges of the shelves in the Crate&Barrel display coincide with the pieces found in Legers art work. The white and grey background displayed in Legers’ work can also be seen in the comfortable sight of the white linens of the bed accompanied by the complimentary colors found in “Man With Cane”. The Master piece can show similar shapes that show various influences that can be compared. The tubing and rigged shapes towards the bottom can be compared to the shelves and drawers on either side of the bed in the display. The repetition of square shapes and similar angles gives these two a constant which helps the viewer identify when looking at each display. On the other hand, much can be seen as different as the underlying background of the display is a rich wood brown, where as the Master piece is a white and grey background. This color distinction is a huge difference and can obstruct the viewers from observing the similarities. All in all I believe that these two pieces have great similarities to each other and have influenced a new way of creating art in all ways and forms. The colors and forms of use have expanded and will keep doing so as the artistic world thrives and collides with everyday life to create and bring forth a new creative form of art.