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    The document provides an analysis of the painting "The Fruit Gatherer" by Fernando Amorsolo from 1950. It examines the visual elements, choice of medium, physical description, signifier-signified relationships, and contextual and evaluative aspects of the painting. The painting depicts a Filipina woman smiling awkwardly while holding a basket of fruits, representing the Philippines as a simple yet resource-rich nation with hidden beauty not immediately apparent. Light and shading are used to convey deeper meanings beyond the surface image.

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    The document provides an analysis of the painting "The Fruit Gatherer" by Fernando Amorsolo from 1950. It examines the visual elements, choice of medium, physical description, signifier-signified relationships, and contextual and evaluative aspects of the painting. The painting depicts a Filipina woman smiling awkwardly while holding a basket of fruits, representing the Philippines as a simple yet resource-rich nation with hidden beauty not immediately apparent. Light and shading are used to convey deeper meanings beyond the surface image.

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    The document provides an analysis of the painting "The Fruit Gatherer" by Fernando Amorsolo from 1950. It examines the visual elements, choice of medium, physical description, signifier-signified relationships, and contextual and evaluative aspects of the painting. The painting depicts a Filipina woman smiling awkwardly while holding a basket of fruits, representing the Philippines as a simple yet resource-rich nation with hidden beauty not immediately apparent. Light and shading are used to convey deeper meanings beyond the surface image.

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    3fruit Gatherer

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    The document provides an analysis of the painting "The Fruit Gatherer" by Fernando Amorsolo from 1950. It examines the visual elements, choice of medium, physical description, signifier-signified relationships, and contextual and evaluative aspects of the painting. The painting depicts a Filipina woman smiling awkwardly while holding a basket of fruits, representing the Philippines as a simple yet resource-rich nation with hidden beauty not immediately apparent. Light and shading are used to convey deeper meanings beyond the surface image.

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    The painting analyzes the visual elements, composition, symbolism, and deeper meanings in Fernando Amorsolo's 'The Fruit Gatherer'.

    The painting depicts an idealized Filipina woman smiling awkwardly as she sits resting with a basket of fruits and vegetables.

    The artist manipulates light differently on the left and right sides of the painting to emphasize the subject and create a sense of balance and depth.

    ARTS 1013: ART APPRECIATION

    APRIL 2020- Activity

    NAME: ANGELO A. VALDEZ SCHEDULE: TTH 3:00-4:30 SCORE:


    CODE: 058 Note: Submit file in pdf format only.

    Basic Information:
    THE FRUIT GATHERER by FERNANDO AMORSOLO
    Oil on Board, landscape (59x74cm)
    1950. The Vargas Museum, Philippines University of the Philippines

    BASIC SEMIOTIC PLANE

    Visual Elements

    Line: Curve and straight lines dominated the painting.

    Shape: The painting shows variety of irregular shapes and circular ones.

    Color: The dominant color is red and uses of green, yellow, etc. which supports the main warm color.

    Tone: The image’s tonal value is moderately balance. It exhibits warm value and high intensity.

    Pattern: Geometrical patterns were used to create the background and identify the lady’s clothes.

    Texture: The artwork shows a rough texture.

    Form: Highly realistic and overall harmonized to present the subject.


    Choice of Medium and Technique: Oil on Board/ Impressionism and realism.

    Physical Properties and marks of the work: Colors, lines and shapes gave the artwork physical attributes
    through using different warm palletes.

    DESCRIPTION

    WHEN: Amorsolo finished the artwork in 1950.

    WHAT TIME: The time conveyed through the painting must have been around sunset as the painting
    depicts it.

    WHAT: It is about Amorsolos ideal Filipina beauty.

    DESCRIPTION: The lady is smiling awkwardly to someone as she sits down to rest while holding a basket
    of fruits and vegetables.

    PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

    POSITION:
    -The painting is in a one point perspective in a landscape orientation
    -The lady, closest to the main lense when viewing the picture.
    -The lady is located in the middle of the painting as an equalizer to the whole story.
    -The empty space at the right portion of the painting give the subject more focus on the basket of fruit
    that she’s holding.

    ICONIC PLANE:
    SIGNIFIER-SIGNIFIED RELATIONSHIP
    -The lady’s awkward smile signifies that she’s being happy in the moment while having thoughts at the
    back of her mind.
    -The basket of fruit tells the place has a quantity of resources.
    -The lady’s clothes denotes a simple lifestyle.
    -The lady conveys the shape of the Philippines archipelago

    POSITION OF FIGURES
    -Subjects are cramped up in the left portion of the painting compared to the right side which appears to
    have more space.
    -The artist created balance by manipulating the light on the two side of the painting one which being
    dark (left) and one that uses light to emphasize more of the subject(lady).

    STYLE OF FIGURATION
    -The sequence of elements from its point of origin to the overall perspective shows a sense of urge to
    figure out more what’s the idea beneath this painting.
    -The three grounds from this painting mainly back, middle and foreground shows a spatial relationship
    to contain the elements from its realism.
    CONTEXTUAL PLANE

    -The gesture made by the lady in the painting represents the Philippine archipelago as a simple nation
    (clothes) that has abundant resources (basket of fruits and vegetables).
    -The shade represents being hidden yet being optimistic (smiling) in life.
    -The dramatic representation of colors despite being mixed with dark shade represents societal
    conjunction in life.
    -The lady’s eyes looking at the other side represents her attention to something else which could mean
    that she finds something else more interesting other than being fixated on the main lenses.

    EVALUATIVE PLANE
    -The essence of manipulating light gives more meaning to the painting and a deeper understanding as to
    what the painting really tells.
    -The painting depicts the purity of a Filipina beauty.
    -It also tells the notion of hidden beauty that not all things radiant in sight, some are just hidden which
    could only be realized if one decides to do so.

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