Fauvism & Expressionism · 1917
Seated Nude
Seated Nude (1917) by Amedeo Modigliani. Its palette is led by light orange (#c18f6c, 30%) and very dark reddish brown (#2b1913, 25%), with accents of grey and pale sand. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.
Color reading
Brown and orange cover more than two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, light orange #C18F6C, takes up 30% of it.
Palette
- #c18f6c MG 029 light orange 29.8% of canvas
- #2b1913 MG 157 very dark reddish brown 24.6% of canvas
- #2e2d2c MG 211 dark slate 19.4% of canvas
- #735b39 MG 184 umber 15.0% of canvas
- #717874 MG 215 grey 8.6% of canvas
- #c5b9a4 MG 180 pale sand 2.5% of canvas
Color families
Brown 48%, Orange 22%, Gray 15%, Black 14%, Blue 0%
Measurements
Composition
53% of the visual weight is in the left half, 64% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.44 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 38% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 27% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
Details
Share
Download the pin · Save to Pinterest
More by Amedeo Modigliani
- Female Nude, 1916
- Nu couché, c. 1917
- Alice, 1918