I chose to research a piece of artwork titled "Confirmación de Bolívar" by Tito Salas. I came across this piece in component B while researching Simon Bolivar. I was stuck by this painting because of its simplicity and importance in the life of Simon Bolivar. This illustration connects to my study of humanities because it represents a part of history, both religiously and culturally. The day of confirmation is a great moment in the Catholic faith and different cultures celebrate the day in unique ways. Latin cultures tend to have large gatherings for an individual's confirmation into Catholisism.
In Tito Salas's painitng I see Simon Bolivar receiving confirmation at a local church in Caracas, Venezuela. It almost appears as if the crowd surrounding Bolivar know that he will be a special person in the years to come. They are very engaged in this event. The subject of the work is Bolivar's confirmation and acceptance as a life long memeber of the Catholic religion. Bolivar is in deep concentration or perhaps praying.
The artwork is made of oil or pastles. Cool and neutral tones comprise muh of the painting and a warm red color can be seen on the child in the lower right half of the painting. It is balanced from left to right and uses thin lines, both horizontal and diagonal. The artists mainly uses oval and square shapes. Their is rough texture on the walls and taberancle and smooth on Bolivar. Both rough and smooth textures comprise the rest of the painitng particularly some of the women's dresses and the other's clothing.
This piece of artwork is a represention of the confirmation of Simon Bolivar. It is fairly obvious this is what is being depicted in the painting, due to the crowd surrounding Bolivar and the priest bearing over him. Everyone is starring at Bolivar leading the viewer to believe it is a momumentous moment.
I was lead to this artwork because it has a lot of emotion in it. Despite this being a somewhat emotional moment, every face in the painting has a distinct expression, which contributes to the overall emotion. I feel that Tito Salas tried hard to depict each individuals personality. Even though Bolivar is the focal point of the painting, many others have a lot to say about his confirmation. I feel this way because of the detail in this piece. The women in the black dresses in the front of the crowd on the right have expressions on their faces as if they know Bolivar is a special person.
While examing this paitning and other paitnings by Tito Salas I noticed he mainly crafted only significant events in Bolivar's life. He constructed paintings such as, Bolivar's wedding, and many of his famous battles. Why did Salas find it neccessary to only paint Bolivar in these moments? Why didn't he do more paintings of Bolivar's everyday life? How many battles was Bolivar engaged in during his career?
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