Wednesday, January 11, 2012

"Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper

Elements:
Setting
Characters
Action
Use of Colors
Perspective

Observations:
Setting: Phillies bar, urban town, empty bar, late at night, shadow of the moon, empty streets, no life
Characters: business attire, three customers and a bartender, little energy, little interaction, exhausted
Action: Sedentary, Lethargic, intrapersonal, slow bartender
Use of Colors: dark, shadows, plain, dull, dramatic, shining of the moon
Perspective: outsider, looking in through glass windows from distance, corner of a block, emphasizes emptiness

Claim:
In "Nighthawks" painted by Edward Hopper, an outsider looking into the empty bar with ominous apathy, lethargic complacency, and dramatic coldness of the night, portray the dark, lonely mood of the lifeless customers in the peak of the night.

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