... form. Light also plays an important role in this painting designed by the smooth brushstrokes. Sargent used rectangular and square shapes throughout the painting. The Venetian Water Carriers contains balance and symmetry by showing the hinges off the door leaning one way and the woman carrying the bucket the other. In 1917 though, near the end of his career, after Sargent went through his phase of portraitures, he came up ... . Light and shadows, similar to the Venetian Water Carriers, were important aspects to the painting. Similarly, both paid a great deal of attention to detail and te...

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