1. Coincidentia Oppositorum: The Layering of Contrasts in Paint
... . The standing servant on the right side of Women of Algiers in Their Apartment serves to define the seated women in terms of their lightness, which also contrasts with the veiling shadows of dusk and deep recesses of darkness in the apartment. These contrasts in light and dark can be further elaborated upon by examining them in terms of the rhythms of color and patterns in each work. The abundance of patterns in the detailed visual descriptions of the ... women in both works serves to create a slow, melodic rhythm which reiterates the lazy time of day where either the hot sun beats down...
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