This painting 'Paris Street: A Rainy Day' was created in 1877 by Gustave Caillebotte. Caillebotte has painted these compositions very much the same as a composition you would see in a landscape photograph. In a photograph its easier to pick out the foreground, middleground and the background, however Caillebotte has done this for us in his painting by placing a lampost just behind the couple which helps seperate the foreground from the middle and then he paints the horizon line just after the three men holding umbrellas crossing over which helps to seperate the middle from the background. Another thing that is seen in this painting that would be seen in a photograph is the depth of field. The focus in this image has been kept on the people holding the umbrellas just after the couple in the front who are somewhat a little blurry. Beyond the men that have been kept in focus then slowly start to blur as you go into the background painting the image as if looking through the camera lens. The perspectives in this image have also been painted just as it would be captured in a photograph allowing the viewer to feel involved in the painting allowing them to feel as if they are or were there and they them selves have taken this photo.
- http://www.artyfactory.com/perspective_drawing/perspective_11.htm
- http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/AA_Impressionist/pages/IMP_4.shtml
- http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.chicagomag.com/images/2007/April%25202007/411_parisstreet_0.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/April-2007/The-Annotated-Paris-Street-Rainy-Day/&usg=__bze9dqDmDJyHHdunDBuAjEApgqs=&h=386&w=500&sz=122&hl=en&start=7&sig2=x92GJbEbB9JKQ0SY9wqCMA&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=xmTjK0H8jUfo9M:&tbnh=100&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dparis%2Bstreet%2Ba%2Brainy%2Bday%2Bcomposition%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1G1SMSN_ENUK374%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=s4f6S9XaEsWe_gaygIXDCg
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