“Cold” Photograph Observation

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2) This photo is of the sculpture Winter or La Frileuse by Jean-Antoine Houdon. It’s bronze counterpart is currently being displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art which is where I first saw it.

3) THEME: Cold

4) DESCRIPTION: This photo portrays a coldness but not in the usual sense. Although the title of the statue is Winter you do not immediately feel that from the statue itself. It is though the lighting that the a cold solidarity is brought forth. The lack of lighting in the background frames the statue with a dark distance. While the light hitting the statue, which appears to be two front diagonals, allows just the right amount of soft shadows to give it depth and a chilling stillness.

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