Subject: poverty, and poor families
Narrator (artist): likely poor (artists didn't often prosper this time) and grew up in a poor community/family
Audience: rich art-buyers, general public, upper class
Purpose: to make the viewer stop and think about the impoverished people they probably see every day and overlook, and also to show that the people in poverty need their help
By just looking at the despairing faces of the family and the dreary atmosphere around them, you can tell the artist is meaning to portray poverty in a negative light. The artist's vision about poverty is that it's overlooked too often, and that people should pay more attention to the families that, for example, are selling flowers on the side of the street. By using position, the artist has made the girl with the flowers looks like she's advancing towards the viewer, almost as if she is requesting, or offering an opportunity to the viewer to help them. By using color and shading, the artist has made the mother, little boy, and baby blend in with the background, emphasizing how easily ignored the poor population is.
Narrator (artist): likely poor (artists didn't often prosper this time) and grew up in a poor community/family
Audience: rich art-buyers, general public, upper class
Purpose: to make the viewer stop and think about the impoverished people they probably see every day and overlook, and also to show that the people in poverty need their help
By just looking at the despairing faces of the family and the dreary atmosphere around them, you can tell the artist is meaning to portray poverty in a negative light. The artist's vision about poverty is that it's overlooked too often, and that people should pay more attention to the families that, for example, are selling flowers on the side of the street. By using position, the artist has made the girl with the flowers looks like she's advancing towards the viewer, almost as if she is requesting, or offering an opportunity to the viewer to help them. By using color and shading, the artist has made the mother, little boy, and baby blend in with the background, emphasizing how easily ignored the poor population is.
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