Hudson River School · 1870
Tivoli
Tivoli (1870) by Sanford Robinson Gifford. Its palette is led by rich scarlet brown (#723b08, 26%) and light amber (#ba9967, 25%). Overall the canvas is mid-toned, vivid and warm.
Color reading
Brown covers about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, rich scarlet brown #9D6520, takes up 21% of it.
Palette
- #723b08 MG 162 rich scarlet brown 25.5% of canvas
- #ba9967 MG 033 light amber 24.6% of canvas
- #9d6520 MG 161 rich scarlet brown 21.4% of canvas
- #a98755 MG 182 golden umber 16.1% of canvas
- #511b09 MG 149 very dark rich sienna 12.4% of canvas
Color families
Brown 66%, Yellow 28%, Orange 6%
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Composition
52% of the visual weight is in the right half, 60% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.63 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 70% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 30% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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