Single Subject  

 Single Subject  

 Single Subject  

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• One subject/shape is shown with a very simplified background or filling the entire piece

An artist might choose to present a single subject in order to invite the viewer to contemplate the subject/shape without any distractions. The piece thereby welcomes prolonged study or even adulation. Such an approach announces to the viewer that the artist considers the single subject/shape to be worthy of focused attention.

Featured: The Fife Player by Édouard Manet.

 Single Subject  

 Single Subject  

 Single Subject