I knew this was going to be a hard painting to compare to one of the assigned topics but I absolutely loved it! It’s called Red Poppy by Georgia O’Keeffe and was painted in 1927. When I was thinking about how I would relate this to one of the topics I realized the answer was right in front of me! I loved this painting, so bright and dynamic, but simple. I could spend hours looking at it. This was during the Great Depression, and Georgia O’Keeffe was living in New Mexico, on the edge of the devastating effects of the dust bowl. Georgia O’Keeffe was unique in that she recieved recognition while she was still alive. I think this is because it was such a dark time, and when people saw this big, beautiful, bright paintings it lifted a part of them up. It was literally a ray of light in a time of dark.
Early Modern
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