The Present

Hi everyone, my name is Isabella! Today, we're going to be detectives and explore a painting called The Present. It was painted a long, long time ago in 1838 by an artist named Asher B. Durand. nn Let's pretend we're going on an adventure into this picture. What's the first thing you see? nn ... nn That's right, a tower! But look closely, is it a brand new tower? nn ... nn Nope! It's old and crumbling. It's like the tower has been standing there for ages, watching time go by. The artist used dark colors for the tower and bright colors for the sunset behind it. Why do you think he did that? nn ... nn Maybe to show how even though things get old, nature is always beautiful and new every day! nn Now, let's move our magnifying glasses to the front of the painting. What do you see there?