REFLECTION

I learned about the intensity of portrayal through simple geometric shapes. Being able to make people feel through the bare essentials of image, the geometric shape, has to be Malevich's greatest accomplishment. The "Woman Torso" is initially shocking , but speaks beyond the shapes and the subject there; it becomes more about how the flat shapes create an illusion of  layering and how the layers of white are individual and represent the infinite change in women over the years.

Because of the clarity of digital images, the differences in the white layers are much more obvious than the original image. The texture of the base and the careful brush strokes are also lost through digital recreation, which is really disappointing when one wants to analyze the artist's emotions and motives through the strokes. However I was still able to capture the separation of the halves and isolation of the figure in the image. 

SOURCES 

Alice Joyce, Actress. Digital image. Bain News Service, 1926. Web. <http://www.shmoop.com/1920s/photo-bob.html>.  

  "Bonhams." : Kazimir Malevich, 1878-1935 Female Torso 21 X 15.5 Cm. (8 1/4 X 6 1/8 In.). Bonhams, n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2015. <http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/13453/lot/78/>.  

Casimir Malevich. Digital image. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Casimir_Malevich_photo.jpg>. 

"Kazimir Malevich Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works." The Art Story. The Art Story Foundation, n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2015. <http://www.theartstory.org/artist-malevich-kasimir.htm>. 

Malevich, Kazimir. Woman Torso. Digital image. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kazimir_Malevich_-_Woman_Torso.jpg>.