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Analyzing Walt Kuhn's 'Pine At Five O' Clock
This painting is created by Albert Bierstadt. This painting is part of the American Collection at the Zimmerli Art Museum located in New Brunswick. The piece of the artwork is call Buffalo Hunter. This oil painting is a representation of a native hunter trying to kill a bison with a traditional spear. This artwork is a form of fine art because it is an oil painting. The medium used to create this artwork was oil paint. The dull hue used for the background of the sky and grass field symbolize that hunting was not something that was done during bright sunny days but rather it was done during cloudy settings as well. The proportions of the artwork are quite amazing because the size of the horse and bison are quite similar. There are many visual meanings to this painting; one of the visual meanings is to represent that the bison beings killed by native hunters was the prime reason of the bison shortage that occurred during this time period. …show more content…
The medium used to construct this artwork is oil paint. This artwork shows a pine tree which seems to be in the forest or near many other trees. About half of the pine tree has less leaves than the other half of the pine tree. This must be what the name of the artwork is talking about which has something to do with the time “Five O’Clock”. The pine tree to the right of the centered pine tree seems to full compared to the center tree. The tree is asymmetrical due to the amount of leaves on one side as opposed to the leaves on the other side. Similar to the artwork Buffalo Hunter, the form of art is fine art because this is an oil painting on a canvas. I believe the content of this artwork relates to the growth of the tree in relation to time that has passed. And also similar to the painting Buffalo Hunter, this painting is two-dimensional because it is on a
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