Talking about a painting

1) The painting is from 1768, it is by Joseph   Wright of Derby, the title is The experiment with an air pump.

2) The style of  the painting is realist and figurative. The technique used is oil on canvas.

3) We can see a glass bowl in the middle, there is a dead bird in the bowl. There is a family around a table and around a scientist. The scientist is making an experiment. A young couple are looking at each other. There are three children, one is frightened, one is interested and one is opening the window.

There is a woman who is afraid, she is crying. Next to her, a man is explaining.

The family is quite rich because they have very good clothes. There are three generations, the children, the parents and the grandparents.

4) There is a big contrast between the very dark background of this painting and the people in the centre. The source of the light is behind a glass bowl in the middle, at the bottom. This light illuminates the different people.

5) The light in the painting represents scientific knowledge which enlightens people.

6) The emotions in this painting are sadness and seriousness, sadness for the dead bird, and seriousness for the scientific experiment.

7)I think this painting is very realist because it is like a photo.

According to me, this painting is usefull because it shows a historical period.

I like this painting because there are a lot of emotions.

I don't like this painting because it is cruel and the bird is killed.