family portrait

“Two Family Portraits: The Peales and the Bellellis.” You’ll read it and then complete a 300-4o0 word blog post that analyzes the methods Canaday uses visual rhetoric terminology to analyze the two paintings. Then, you’ll make your own observations on the two paintings and agree/disagree with Canaday’s conclusions.

canaday analyzes the pictures based on a lot of color, line, and balance.
The peales seem like a happy familiy because most of the family membors are touching and the colors are warm: brown, red, yellow, etc. canaday also takes note of a "connection" between the family membors because of the fruit laying accross teh table and teh connecting eyes of the man drawing the portrait of his mother and her grandchild. Canaday also takes note of the slight awkwardness present in the Peales family portrait. The Arm of the grandmother is a "rubber arm" because it continues on too long and the hands of a sister are too large. This shows the difference between American and British painting, according to Canaday.
Teh Bellellis, on teh other hand, is a huge contrast to the peales family portrait. The only physical touch present in teh painting is between teh one daughter and the mother. This, according to Canaday, is to show how they are much closer whereas the girl in between parents seems to be caught in teh middle. Since the father is in exile we cannot see his face ad it seems that the author was more favorable to thefather because of this. the mother seems very austere in posture. the colors in this painting are cool colors like blue, and gray and black.
I definitely agree with Canaday's conclusions. he didn't become an art critic for nothing. I tink he does an excelent job of paying close attention to detial and drawing the analysis part of the paintings. it is like an essay where you set up the quote/painting then put it there, then have to analyze what that means. I think he does a good job of this and a clear example of that is through teh fruit drawn accross the table of teh peales painting. I much prefered that painting myself and the connectison he draws are well done