Three Creepy Children

The name of the painting I chose is called The Westwood Children by Joshua Johnson, and what we have here seems to be a particularly eerie looking painting, and Im not beneficial talking about the late(prenominal) shuttle. In the picture there are triad small girls wearing the same exact outfit and all triad of them have on black boots. They all are place flowers, but the oldest one has an entire bouquet in her hand. rest next to them is a black bob, and the dog has a bird in its mouth.

When I first looked at this painting, it immediately gave complete sort of a horror movie type shakiness as it looked like it belonged on the cover of a Halloween DVD. What with the three creepy girls staring right at you, they look as if they have just murdered somebody. Now maybe Im being a little to over striking but I would like to think that by just glancing at this painting that it would easily put that sort of distrustfulness in anyone, not to mention the dog with a stone-dead bird in its mouth, the overall feeling I could not help but get was scary.

But later on further examination of the painting I came to the conclusion that the three girls were probably taking an annual family photograph.



Their mother is most probable the one taking the picture and she was probably the one who dressed-up them exactly alike in the matching outfits in prep for the photo. While taking the photograph, I am assuming that the dog just happened to walk by with his snack at the vilify time.

In John Bergers Ways of Seeing he says that our perception of a painting can be altogether different from the painters intentions. This statement could be really true; my perception could be so far remote from what the painter intended of his work, that he would laugh hysterically at me. But I doubt that everyone would view this painting in the same way. Also, Berger says that The relation between what we see and what we know is neer settled. And when I think of that statement, [It] makes me feel that I pass on never really know the...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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