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...works which encourage the audience to reevaluate its perception of New York City, the definitive city, are Stella's Study for the Brooklyn Bridge and Edward Hopper's Manhattan Bridge. The spirit in which the artists view the city differs significantly. Stella's work presents the city as dynamic and energetic. The viewer stands at the end of the bridge, staring down its length, which narrows dramatically. The line, straight and bold, and color, electric blue and black, contribute to the powerful impact of the metropolitan bridge. Fast-paced and frightening in its resolute path, Stella's work represents...
...contrast, Hopper's Bridge attributes a desolate aura to New York City. The barren landscape, spotted with ware-houses and train tracks, is disrupted by a bridge cutting diagonally across the picture. Unlike Stella's work, this painting leaves an impression that is neither dynamic nor determined. The muted colors created by applying watercolor over graphite reinforce the dull emptiness of the industrial scenery...
...pieces perceive the city as a hopeful development. Canaletto reveals a romantic view of urbanity in his Imaginary View of Padua. A panorama of carefully distributed monuments reflects an idealized vision of the city. His pastoral image suggests a culture and refinement completely lacking both Stella's furor and Hopper's desolation...
...LATE PAINTINGS AND THEIR INFLUENCE, Cleveland Museum of Art. Often considered an isolated original, Homer is here seen as a figure of continuity. Fifteen of his views of the Maine coast are hung alongside 44 works by painters on whom he left his mark -- among them John Sloan, Edward Hopper and John Marin. Through...
...these are pipe dreams akin to Hopper's, and best left at the theater door. If you can overlook the title character, you will enjoy the two hours. And so will your...