The Lovers is not a typical Picasso painting. It’s painted in the neoclassical style which became …show more content…
In a different tone Giorgio de Chirico used more washed or toned out colors for his neoclassical works compared to Picasso one example being his Song of Love painting compared with Picasso’s The Lovers, Giorgio’s Song of Life makes more use of shadows and darker colors, and while there is some elements that stick out like the statues porcelain head most of it just blends in. Another example of the Picasso’s contemporaries artwork during the neoclassical period would be André Derain’s The Girl Cutting Apple; although this painting came during the final years of the Neoclassical art period viewers can see some similarities between Derain’s Neoclassical artwork and Picasso’s Neoclassical artwork. Both use the brighter colors to highlight the humans in the painting and both use darker colors to provide depth to the painting, both share the soft outline which helps the main focus of the painting stick out, but integrate flawlessly with the background just like something would in real life. In contrast with The Lover’s, Girl Cutting Apple has less brighter colors to work with and a lack of the themes that the