Zen's

Emphasis can be seen in this art piece, there is only dancers and nothing else in the center of this art piece shows great emphasis on the dancer, and the simplicity of this piece.

Movement are also shown as the figure of the dancers in the center are more discrete and larger, and the dancers at the sides are more faded and smaller in size. This presents foreground and background which allows my eyes to move from the center to the two sides, producing a line sights.

Repetition. The abundant of dancers and overlapping of different gestures shows repetition in the art piece, as it makes the painting more active.

It is also balanced as dancers are in a triangular form in the center of the piece.

Contrasting colors are used to bring out the dancers from the background, where dancers are bright, mainly in white, and the back ground are dull, mainly in black. It also has some warm colors, which shows the enthusiasm and passion of the dancers. The glimpse of yellow is like the spot light shining onto the dancers while they are performing, giving more excitement to the piece.

Therefore, I feel the passion and enthusiasm towards dance. The dancers are different in their gestures, yet uniform in their goals. from the piece. Perhaps, the artist was trying to express the greatness about dance and how spotlighted dancers were in his time.

I can see balance as the painting is eventful in every corner. The emphasis is on the front where two men are about to move their stall while seeing the police(maybe) coming. It also allows the movement of eyes from the foreground to the background buy decreasing the size of the object as it goes backwards.  This panting also shows a variety of event happening by showing different gestures of the people. The artist also uses warm color to bring out the close relationship between these people in the painting.

I feel that the painting is eventful, as many things are happening in both foreground and background. It has warmth because even though the people in the paining looks frightened and running away, but they are not alone. The artist might want to show the unit-ability of life when he painted this as people does not have a protected environment to start their business and earn a living.

Comparing the 2 piece

First piece is abstract and the second piece is real.

How the 2 paintings are expressed differently?

In the First piece, dancers are expressed in aggressive strokes of brushes making a dancing gesture, without the details of the dancers such as facial expression and clothing. While, in the second piece, the characters are expressed in realistic and detailed drawing, allowing the viewers to feel the characters through their expression and gestures.

Both paintings use the same medium, oil paint, but the style of painting are totally different as the first uses aggressive paint stokes and the second uses paint to bring out really humans and objects.