Pondo Woman Flashcards
Style of work
Expressionistic:
Expressive exaggeration of female features
Portray feeling through colour expressionistic emphasis on brushstrokes
Subject matter
Portrait of an indigenous black woman in her traditional dress as she sat and thinks.
Stereotypical rendition
She looks down & creates a barrier between her and viewer which obscures her personality which is typical of a woman
Focus
Woman:
Placed centrally
Meaning /message
Portray Africa’s exotic strangeness by showing the culture of the woman
Composition
Dominated by woman
Expressive exaggeration of features
Surrounded by dark foliage with jungle like environment
Proportion
Inaccurate anatomy :faulted hands
Colour
Strong & harsh
Warm reds, yellows brown
Cool colours in background
Contrasts
Evokes emotion
Space
Crowded with little open spaces for viewers to escape in
Brushwork
Lively, conveys joy of life(spontaneous)
Loose
Expressionistic
Line
Defined dark outlines
Visible loose brushwork
Why it was simplified
Capture essence of a subject
Detail was of lesser importance
Medium
Oil painting
