This incredible piece of artwork depicts a young couple in the woods lovingly gazing at each other ever …show more content…
There is a visible path off to the right side of the painting that suggests that is where the couple came from. The boulder that the girl is sitting on looks rough and covered with weeds. There is a tenderness and lifelike quality in the trees behind them. The trees are full and green making it look around springtime. Even the bouquet of flowers that the young man is holding are a pretty pink, red, and white. It is not an overwhelming amount of green, though. It is almost needed to balance out her stark white dress. The young man’s dark clothing and the path behind him help to balance out the picture as well. Such detail was put into just the background of the picture, which is amazing.
Another thing that is really impressive is the 3D perspective of the painting. It literally looks like someone took a picture of this scene. The light coming from the left of the painting creates shadows that make it so much more realistic. Her arms come across as real flesh and blood arms versus a flat stick figure-like picture. It’s almost as if everything in this painting except the couple is being looked at through a hazy lens and the people are real living, breathing