In an article in the New York times, these two paintings are briefly described. One is said to be cast in a honeyed light, while natual light is absent in the other. Which do think is which? I didn’t put in an “Other” choice, because the poll as such has a factual answer. The article is here if you’d like to read it after voting.
Ten years I’ve been here and I still screwed this up. Can a mod create the poll with the options “Left” and “Right”, and the question “Which has the honeyed light?”
Pardon the bump, but I fixed it myself. Please vote!
The painting on the right is cast in a honeyed light. If you read the accompanying article, it’s obvious.
But not so obvious if you haven’t read the article. I voted left.
I presume the writer means “honeyed” as in “having a soothing, soft or pleasing appearance” rather than “golden-colored”. Big difference.
I dunno, I got it from the rich honey colors of the fruit and the flecks in the tall blue cylinder.
I guess I missunderstood, I thought from the OP that Matisse painted the pictures to be viewed in a particular light. The left picture would be softened if cast in a a softer light but still be arresting wheras the right would would be dimmed by the softer light.
I went more on the “lack of natural light” part of the description. “Honeyed light” turned out to be a lot less yellow than I was expecting, but the colours are richer, so maybe that counts.