Subject: a traditional theme--a young girl's first communion--but it is really a painting to show off what all the young artist, Picasso, can do. The young girl is dressed completely in white to show how well Picasso can depict whites on white. The lighting is candlelight, to show how well he can handle darkness and illumination. Materials are rendered distinctly to show how well he can simulate textures. The model for the bearded man in the painting was none other than the artist's father, who most likely set the theme and style, which are highly conventional. A competent job considering the artist was only 15 years old.
Style: optical reality--rendering materials, light, and figures as accurately as possible. Academic sense of finish to the polished surface. Mimetic in approach, with no deliberate distortions.
Context: an example of Picasso as a child prodigy. Competent, but not ground breaking. Picasso has not been to Paris yet, nor is he aware of the avant-garde.
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well come to commnet my topic :D
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