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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 116863, member: 33&quot;]Pair #6</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Painting A</b> -- Not much time to write but wanted to say at least a little. A lot has been said about Painting A, and I agree with what has been said. It is strong, the light/ dark contrast is interesting. One thing that just struck me is that it also looks like a farm house, with silos to the left. (I can&#039;t account for the smokestacks in this scenario, though.) Thinking of it as a farmhouse, the back lighting could be the sunrise. Most of the smoke could just as well be fog rising from the ground. This dichotomy (agricultural/industrial) leads to thoughts of changes in the American landscape and economy throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Painting B</b> -- Industry has taken over... the pastoral landscape has died and turned brown and murky. There is no more farmhouse. The sky is polluted. Yet, we are seeing this from a distance, with water and land between the viewer and the main focus of the picture. Whether this was to show the landscape devastation a little better, with focus on devastation, or whether it shows a remoteness and detachment from the activities being depicted, I don&#039;t know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and... I like both of them but find the second one a little more dreary. Still some interesting things in it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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