compare and analyze(art history)

Similarly , Goya 's Don Sebastian is painted using shades of brown , orange , white , and gold with contrasts provided by strokes of blue , black , and gray . However there is a remarkable difference in the way the colors are applied . The colors in Don Sebastian appear to be more harmonious and blend fluidly into each other . This gives the portrait a more realistic appearance , as opposed to the more abstract Ambroise Vollard wherein Cezanne has used the colors to depict planes and shapes in the portrait

Cezanne , in response to the lack of structure

in Impressionist works devised a method of using color to create planes and geometrical shapes in his paintings . In Ambroise Vollard , broad strokes of peach , yellow orange and brown create a background for the subject while the subject himself is rendered through quick , geometric strokes of olive , white and gold

The spatial illusion created by Cezanne 's brush strokes is in contrast to that of Goya , whose Don Sebastian provides a rather licated sense of dimension . In Don Sebastian , the subject is placed against a flat background which appears , through a liquid wash of white that outlines the subject , to have no depth . On the other hand , the viewer can see that the subject in Ambroise Vollard is sitting near the corner of a room because Cezanne has created a complex illusion of spaces and edges . This is accomplished through the use of straight dark lines that run parallel to and opposite each other at angles to depict two walls that form an L-shape . Dark lines also show that the walls are separated into two colors : peach and orange for the upper half and dark brown for the bottom half . The wall behind Vollard is further emphasized through the continuation of the horizontal line into a surface behind...