Memory of Persistance
The painting The Persistence of Memory was painted by Salvador Dali in 1931. The painting is painted with oils and the detail is very crisp and clear.
The paintings represents the meaning of softness and hardness in the way the clocks in the painting are melting. Taking something that is hard in context and manipulating it into something that represents a different texture or feeling. The lines throughout the painting are a mixture of everything that is going on. There are straight lines creating the hard motions of surfaces, curved lines making up the clocks, wavy lines representing the melting of the clocks, and lines making up the scene. The lighting in the painting is very direct in what it is illuminating, whether it be the horizon or a detail that is needing to be addressed.