A Street Scene
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A Street Scene is a painting by British artist L. S. Lowry that depicts everyday urban life with his characteristic industrial landscapes and stylized “matchstick” figures.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting
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work of art → |
| artForm |
oil painting
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| associatedWith |
Northern England
NERFINISHED
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industrial towns → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| creator |
L. S. Lowry
NERFINISHED
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| creatorNationality |
British
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| depicts |
buildings
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industrial landscape → pedestrians → people walking → social interaction on the street → street → urban life → working-class environment → |
| features |
crowded street
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matchstick figures → muted color palette → simplified architecture → stylized figures → |
| genre |
cityscape painting
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genre painting → |
| hasArtisticStyle |
industrial landscape style
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modern art → naïve art → |
| hasComposition |
crowd-dominated foreground
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rows of buildings in background → |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
industrialization in Britain
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| hasPerspective |
street-level view
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| hasTheme |
industrial society
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ordinary people in everyday settings → urbanization → |
| hasVisualCharacteristic |
emphasis on crowd patterns
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flat spatial treatment → limited detail in faces → simplified geometric forms in buildings → |
| inspiredBy |
streets of industrial towns in Northern England
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| languageOfTitle |
English
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| medium |
oil paint
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| movement |
Modernism
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| partOf |
L. S. Lowry’s body of work
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| subjectMatter |
everyday life
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urban working class → |
| title |
A Street Scene
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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L. S. Lowry
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notableWork |
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A Street Scene
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title |