A Different Perspective on the Same Object

The Bloomsbury Group played a major role in the development of modernist painting in Britain. The work of artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant proved to be one of the key influences on twentieth-century British art and design. Vanessa often painted with Grant, and several of their paintings depict a different perspective on the same subject. The two paintings that I will focus on today are “Still Life on Corner of a Mantelpiece” by Vanessa Bell and “The Mantelpiece” by Duncan Grant.

A Different Perspective on the same object:

*Difference in angles
*Difference in aesthetic and color
*Symbolism of pyramid




BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bell, Vanessa. Still Life on Cornor of a Mantelpiece. The Omega Workshop, 33 Fitzroy Square.

Grant, Duncan. The Mantelpiece. The Omega Workshop, 33 Fitzroy Square.

New World Encyclopedia. Duncan Grant. 2 April 2008. 13 September 2009 .

Reed, Christopher and Nancy E. Green. A Room of Their Own: The Bloomsbury Artists in American Collections. 13th September 2009 .