The Shop Girl Rhetorical Analysis Essay
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Tutorial 12/ T.A Ingrid Mida
Professor Malcolm Thurlby
3rd November, 2014
Formal Analysis: The Shop Girl by James Tissot
In “The Shop Girl”, 1883-1885 measuring 146.1 x 101, James Tissot depicts young maidens standing inside a workshop peddling ribbons and dresses. The essence of definition in this painting is well captured in Tissot’s unique sensibilities of his dramatic and emotive dynamism of the scene, as well as vivid imagery in a part of an exhibit titled “Quinze tableau sur la femme à Paris” (fifteen paintings on the woman of Paris). (Stirton)
Displayed at the Art Gallery of Ontario, “The Shop Girl” entices in and welcomes visitors into a magasin de nouveauté, to seatings in a boutique where custom trimmings are for sale. Considering the modest size of the AGO, the painting further reinforces the impression of having ventured into a small, chic shop in a corner with exquisitely designed fashion accoutrements with the uncanny life-sized scale of the saleswomen; and highlighting the vital relationship between fashion and art during the pivotal years. (Whitmore)
Tissot’s distinctive style of application of dry pigments …show more content…
Whereas, the black-clad girl opening the shop’s door onto a lively Paris street is the focal point of the work. In the interior, a hushed serenity, and stillness is achieved through the muted value of light and the gentle shadows on the shop girl’s face. Consequently, Tissot’s traces on the young lady with soft, suave lines define curvatures of each muscle in long, unbroken brushstrokes to convey stability and fluidity, decipherable of the Parisian streets outside. Although wearing an unilluminating perplexed black dress, we are able to pinpoint where the waistline of the young lady adjoins her thighs and knees through her corset, as we are able to supplement Tissot’s sensual rendering of the woman
Tutorial 12/ T.A Ingrid Mida
Professor Malcolm Thurlby
3rd November, 2014
Formal Analysis: The Shop Girl by James Tissot
In “The Shop Girl”, 1883-1885 measuring 146.1 x 101, James Tissot depicts young maidens standing inside a workshop peddling ribbons and dresses. The essence of definition in this painting is well captured in Tissot’s unique sensibilities of his dramatic and emotive dynamism of the scene, as well as vivid imagery in a part of an exhibit titled “Quinze tableau sur la femme à Paris” (fifteen paintings on the woman of Paris). (Stirton)
Displayed at the Art Gallery of Ontario, “The Shop Girl” entices in and welcomes visitors into a magasin de nouveauté, to seatings in a boutique where custom trimmings are for sale. Considering the modest size of the AGO, the painting further reinforces the impression of having ventured into a small, chic shop in a corner with exquisitely designed fashion accoutrements with the uncanny life-sized scale of the saleswomen; and highlighting the vital relationship between fashion and art during the pivotal years. (Whitmore)
Tissot’s distinctive style of application of dry pigments …show more content…
Whereas, the black-clad girl opening the shop’s door onto a lively Paris street is the focal point of the work. In the interior, a hushed serenity, and stillness is achieved through the muted value of light and the gentle shadows on the shop girl’s face. Consequently, Tissot’s traces on the young lady with soft, suave lines define curvatures of each muscle in long, unbroken brushstrokes to convey stability and fluidity, decipherable of the Parisian streets outside. Although wearing an unilluminating perplexed black dress, we are able to pinpoint where the waistline of the young lady adjoins her thighs and knees through her corset, as we are able to supplement Tissot’s sensual rendering of the woman