Light From San Marco Analysis

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The artwork is entitled Light from San Marco, painted by Charles Iarrobino. Charles Iarrobino creates very representational artwork. In this series of paintings, Charles purposefully used a very limited color palette in his tribute “to celebrate color and the effects of light”. Iarrobino painted this artwork with oil paints onto a 20x16 linen. The subject matter in this painting is a quaint crowded cafe or dining area. There is a window at the front of the cafe, with a bright light shining through from the street, suggesting that the time of day is noon. Through the window the viewer can only see the buildings on the other side of the street and various outlines of people in the crowded street outside. The people occupying the space inside …show more content…
The people are seated in such a way that they form rows. These rows are wider closer to the viewer and they narrow out as towards the center of the window. This is one element that drawers the eye towards the bright window. The work is asymmetrical, because the mass of people sitting on the left does not resemble to the mass of people on the right. Even if the artist had painted the work from a slightly different angle, the symmetry still would not exist. At first glance it may seem that the artist was simply trying to capture the busy morning in a coffee shop. However it may be, that the artist had a personal connection to the cafe, such as a favorite place to go, or maybe he has come here with someone special before. Charles Iarrobino’s work was personally enjoyed from beginning to end. While he mostly uses large and bold brush strokes, the viewer is still able to find small details throughout the painting that gives each object, and or person, some character. For example, the details on the faces and clothes of the people in the shop are very accurate and as the viewer's eye continues “outside the cafe” the items become less detailed. He does a very good job in balancing his color palette in such a way that the paintings contain light and shadows in a natural formed
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