Rainy Season in the Tropics Essay

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The darkest spots in the painting are of the tropical forest, and they are also the least detailed. This was interesting because the mountains are almost photographic in their portrayal -- one can see the individual crags, peaks, and even rock shapes but the forest and the waterfall are just hinted at with swatches of color (green or white).

The overall impression of the painting is one of calmness and serenity -- we do not feel that nature is violent, foreboding, or even difficult. One could also say that the juxtaposition of the tropics and the mountains are part of the message because the only thing really tying the two together is the rainbow. And even though the rainbow touches both parts of the two biomes, the glow of the rainbow only hits the center of the painting, flowing downward from the sky and into the waterfall. We are not even really aware of the emerging blue sky unless we purposefully move our gaze upward. Perhaps, too, the abundance of vegetation in the tropics and the complete lack of vegetation in the mountain biome are meant to imply that nature is connected even through physically it would not appear so. Still, one must ask -- where is the light coming from the lights up the travelers in the right side. An argument could be made that that light is an extension of the right side of the rainbow, flowing down through the forest; but that light doesn't extend as far on the left side with the mountains.

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We clearly have a rainy day; there is mist or rain in the very center of the painting -- done so that it appears to be flowing away from the viewer and into the distance. It also appears that due to the title, Rainy Season in the Tropics, Church was not counting on the audience being to geographically accurate -- and perhaps on purpose wanted to portray a world that he saw but was not really a real….....

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