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George Washington Crossing the Delaware
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How many details are painted in the color red? Find the shirt,
pants, sleeves, cuffs, scarves, and cape all painted bright red.
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Leutze surrounds the central boat group with the color red. This keeps our
attention on the primary subjects: Washington and the flag. Notice that there
are no red areas in the background or in the other boats to distract our eyes
from the foreground activity. Compare this use of red to its use in these two
paintings below.
Click on the images
 
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