Art Analyisis Of JOAN OF ARC By
Jules Bastien Lepage Essay, Research Paper
? Joan of Arc, ? was painted by the Gallic realist
artist Jules Bastien-Lepage in 1879. ? After the
state of Lorraine was lost to Germany following
the Franco-Prussian War in 1821, The Frenchmen saw
in Joan of Arc a new and powerful symbol. In
1875, Bastien-Lepage, a indigen of Lorraine began
to do surveies for a image of her. In the
present picture, exhibited in the Salon of 1880,
Joan is shown having her disclosure in her
parents garden. Behind her are Saints Michael,
Margaret, and Catherine. ( Caption next to
picture in The Metropolitan ) ?
Jules Bastien-Lepage creates a realistic
atmosphere, including a supernatural,
religious-like presence within his picture. Oil
on canvas was used to make the realistic quality
of the work. By closely analyzing the creative person? s
technique, it is clear that he uses delicate coppice
shots in a true to life mode. The colourss, and
usage of visible radiation seem to be painted in a superimposed
manner to give the landscape a sense of deepness.
The background of the picture is a garden which
include leaf and coppice that surrounds the
primary focal point of the picture, Joan of Arc. The
creative person put a great attempt into the inside informations of the
scene. Bastien-Lepage uses a distinguishable realistic
quality in his picture which is seeable in each
single foliage and subdivision. Assorted chromaticities of Earth
tones, green and brown being the most apparent, are
blended together in the garden scene.
In the foreground of the picture is Joan of Arc.
She is painted with a apparently thicker pigment
technique. This makes her a more easy seeable
facet in the picture, and catches the looker-ons
oculus. Joan is dressed in a long brown skirt and
blue-grey shirt with white underneath which is
the typical vesture manner of the nineteenth century.
The vesture is pain
ted to demo its wear and tear.
Her characteristics and her figure are rather realistic.
She seems to hold a composure, but troubled look
on her face, as though she is deep in idea.
Overall she is painted in a really elaborate mode.
A less seeable, yet still present and of import
facet of the picture are the three figures
positioned behind Joan, and in forepart of the house.
The figures are slightly crystalline, and ghostly.
Their presence adds a religious and or spiritual
experiencing to the scene. These three figures
presence blends into the scenery. Al three have
auras above their caputs, and calm expressions on
their faces.
The saint on the right is dressed in what looks
to be armor. He looks weather, and as if he is
standing guard or traveling into conflict. The center
saint is a praying angel. She is in a frock with
a gauzy, white presence around her. This
whiteness gives her an ethereal quality which
Bastien-Lepage has painted rather efficaciously, and
adds to the religious feeling of the scene. Her
presence in the picture seems to stand for
celibacy and virtuousness. The last figure looks like a
immature miss or kid, who is kneeling with her face
hidden in her custodies about as if she is disquieted.
Possibly Bastien-Lepage painted these three saints
non merely to exemplify Joan having her visions,
but to exemplify the courage, spiritual yet
childly figure that she was.
Behind Joan of Arc, in the background of the
image is a house. Bastien-Lepage painted the
house so that the masonry is seeable. The house
seems to be little in size, field, and quaint.
Surrounding the house is shrubbery, trees, and
more of the garden which is seen throughout the
picture.
This picture of Joan of Arc is really
important. Bastien-Lepage is able to efficaciously
depict Joan as the true heroine that she was.
