Hudson River School · 1862
A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove)
A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove) (1862) by Sanford Robinson Gifford. Its palette is led by silver (#dbdfdf, 39%) and grey (#868480, 15%), with accents of dark golden olive, gold and pale gold. Overall the canvas is light, muted and warm.
Color reading
White, brown and gray cover more than four-fifths of the canvas. Its most vivid color, pale gold #D9C17F, takes up just 4% of it.
Palette
- #dbdfdf MG 206 silver 39.1% of canvas
- #868480 MG 215 grey 14.7% of canvas
- #9d9b99 MG 208 pigeon grey 14.6% of canvas
- #4f4830 MG 194 dark golden olive 10.7% of canvas
- #9a8244 MG 039 gold 8.6% of canvas
- #23231f MG 222 charcoal 8.1% of canvas
- #d9c17f MG 036 pale gold 4.2% of canvas
Color families
White 30%, Brown 27%, Gray 26%, Yellow 7%, Black 6%
Measurements
Composition
56% of the visual weight is in the left half, 81% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 78% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 20% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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