The Pinch of Poverty
(Painting)
Subject-
Poverty; affected families
Narrator-
(No narrator)
Bias; cares about poverty
Audience-
Middle to Upper classes which either ignore, glaze over, or don't know about poverty
Purpose-
To expose the world, specifically the wealthier parts of it, to poverty and its affects.
2 Artistic Choices:
-The brighter colors of the flowers and the baby wrap contrast sharply with the rest of the painting, which has much duller colors, which I think is used to draw attention to this presumably impoverished family, and how it should be noticed.
-The positioning of the girl in the foreground, who is stepping forward and away from the rest of the family, shows how much independence many children in poverty must show to support their family, further exposing the affects of poverty.
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