Art Analysis of The Luncheon of the Boating Party vs A Sunday on La Gra

The Luncheon of the Boating society by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is a pick full of rich colors that glint both the time period and the artists impressionist movement. This slice not only conveys a leisurely gathering of people, but excessively expresses the changing French social structure of the time due to the industrial revolution. To portray these themes Renoir uses, shape, space, color and texture. Shape is seen in the modeled figures and bottles, and space is created by overlapping of the bodies, but it does not give a realistic prank of depth. Color is most evident in the ikon by the fertile blue and green contrasted by the vibrant red and greens do it very rich in colour. Texture is also evident in the clothing which was emphasized by the artists impressionist brushstroke style. Renoir also used principals of design to make his composition more effective care balance, movement, repetition and unity. A symmetrical balance is evident because most of the subjects in the painting are on the right side. Movement is achieved in this painting by the gesture and expression of the subjects as well as the mantlepiece on the table and the gazebo cover. Repetition can be seen in the curves of the gazebo cover, the stripes and the posts in the railing. All these elements and principals of design unify this piece and make it very pleasing to the eye. Renoir reflects the theme is this painting because the impressionist style was new to the art field, just as the advances fr...