89. Romeo and Juliet

• Posted in: 2D, Collage, Couple, Diorama, Framed, Painting on Wood, People, Wood, wooden drawers

Title: Romeo and Juliet (working title)
Date: None
Subject: Scene with man and woman
Measurements: 14 1/8” W x 1 2/3” D x 20 5/8” H
Materials and Techniques: Wooden frame, two small wooden cabinet doors, cutout of woman and man from reproduction postcards and/or art books, green paint
Description: The upper-register of this scene is comprised of the image of a woman, Juliet (Venus and Cupid, 1531, Lucas Cranach the Elder, German, Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar, Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels)  looking through the space between two flanking wooden doors that represent the garden wall from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In this space, the image of a bed (The Bedroom, 1888, Vincent van Gogh, Dutch, Netherlands 1853-1890 France, Van Gogh Museum) establishes the setting of Juliet’s bedroom. The lower-register of the scene is painted green, representing a landscape (the Capulet’s garden). In the right lower corner is the image of the statue of a man, who represents Romeo.
Signed: None