ghout the painting. It seems to blend the whole setting together. I then noticed that Joan’s arm was stretched out in the air and I couldn’t tell whether she was holding on to something or lifting her hand to whatever was speaking to her. It can also be that she is just grabbing on to a branch, I’m still not sure. The colors that Jules uses also play a big part in the effect created by the painting. He uses mainly earth tones. This helps to blend and hold the painting together. It also does a good job of setting the mood for this painting. You automatically now that this is not a joyful or even an anger-filled one. The mood that is set is one of calmness and tranquillity; suspense and fear.The lighting in the painting is also interesting because you can’t tell exactly where the source is. It seems to be coming from everywhere and nowhere at the same time. When you look into the background you can clearly see the light in the sky, but Joan is standing under a tree and her face still has a good amount of light on it that doesn’t go with the darkness of the trees and bushes around her. This helps to give the painting a supernatural atmosphere that goes great with the theme. Joan is depicted as an average woman. She is not shown as a mighty warrior or a holy saint. She almost looks like your average peasant. Her clothes do not make her look as a person of importance whatsoever. The front of the house also seems to have a mist of fog that gives it a scary aspect as to let you know that something strange is going on. All of the weird aspects finally started to make sense when I finally noticed that there are three beings floating in the air in front of the house to the left. These beings are almost hidden in the trees. They seem to almost just appear out of the wall of the house and the tree branches.I think that the best part of this painting is the image of Joan of Arc. She is done very beautifully. She seems a...
