Objective Critique

Objective Critique:

In this work by Picasso you can clearly see the suffering he wanted to put out there. In the center of the image, the viewer's attention is grabbed by the sharp white with blue trimmed angles that jet off in various directions showing clenched teeth and hands grasping at a handkerchief.  Here he seems to use the element of Shape to lend itself to the principle of emphasis, and pushes the idea of sorrow to the viewer.

The facial form features are gaunt and the eyes are almost dead like depictions of what we would think them to be. The elements of value and color is a stark contrast that shows the differences drastically to the warmer tones of the surrounding areas and background.  

We do find a sense of the balance in the sense that the knuckles and lower part of the hand on the right side round out as does the hair on the left.  With his lines and shapes, It almost appears that the left side of her head is a cascading waterfall that starts at the blossoming flower at the top of her head and leads us down to the bottom of the painting giving this piece some very real movement across the canvas.