Mother and Child - Mary Cassat Madame X - Pierre Gautreau Shiva at Whistle Creek - Sally Mann

Mary Cassat put more emphasis and detail in the child's face putting more pink and skin tone in her face and lips. It seems like she did this to show that in the relationship between and a mother and child, the child is most important and the mother is always there to serve and take care of the child. she used cooler colors for the background and warmer colors for the woman and child creating depth. In Madame X Gautreau used the cold white to emphasise the woman, but keeps the painting warm with browns and maroons. These colors are usually related to elegance and inferiority. Mann's photo is very dark and cold. she makes the effect having water and making the photo black and white. its sad and creepy. it makes you wonder what happened to the girl.

All these pictures portray something about the people in them. Whether it is the stay they are in or what title they posses