Museum visit: Jean Honore Fragonard
Hello everyone! I hope you guys are in the mood for some more art today because we'll be talking about my favorite painting in the El Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Spain. The See-Saw Jean Honore Fragonard 1750-1752 The See-Saw is an oil piece painted by Jean Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) from 1750 to 1752. This painting clearly follows the Rococo style of art that manifested around the time Fragonard was born. In this painting, he has a perspective view from below on the children playing at the see-saw, and the focus is especially on the girl in the dress. Looking from below makes the girl elevated to represent the cheery mood this painting is meant to give off. At the museum, this piece of art stood out to me the most, as it gives a sense of comfort and a hopeful tone as the painting has written underneath it "In The See-Saw the movements and gestures as well as the colour and manner of applying it create an image filled with life"(El Museo Nacion...