Chabacs De Mars The Red Tower Analysis
For the subject of my final paper I have chosen Champs de Mars: The Red Tower by Robert Delaunay, 1911 (Figure 1). I was initially attracted to the piece because it reminded me of a stain glass window. Delaunay’s command of bold color in the center of the piece makes it seem as if light is streaming through the painting from behind the canvas. The stain glass affect is intensified by the stylization of the Eiffel Tower. I was interested in what properties of the painting caused me to view the painting in such away. Why the application of the colors made it seem as if the painting was being illuminated from behind?
In order to answer these questions I would like to research how the emergence of modern optical theory in the late nineteenth
In order to answer these questions I would like to research how the emergence of modern optical theory in the late nineteenth