1. Coincidentia Oppositorum: The Layering of Contrasts in Paint
... viewed in terms of the artists" application of the contrasting elements of light and dark. Dorothea is a "bright, black spot" soaked and illuminated by the bright sunlight as she walks freely through the city. 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...
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