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Glow of Hope, alternately titled "''Woman With the Lamp''", is a painting by S.L. Haldankar. The work was painted 1945–46 and is currently stored in the ''Sri Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery'' at the Jaganmohan Palace in Mysore, India. The painting is currently on display on the second floor of the museum, in an enclave with a curtained window. The enclave is normally darkened, which highlights the subtlety of the glowing brass lamp in the piece. When the light is turned on, the painting reveals remarkably subtle shades of pink and lavender in the woman's sari. Opening the enclave's curtain leads to yet another distinct view of the painting, the natural light exposing even more subtle gradations and details. The painting shows an Indian woman holding a lighted lamp in one hand, the other hand covering the light of the lamp from the front. The woman is in a simple and traditional Indian saree. The effect of the painting is heightened by the shadow of the woman in the back. The painting is housed in a special room at the Sri Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery. It is displayed in an enclave with a curtained window. The enclave is normally darkened, which highlights the subtlety of the glowing lamp in the painting. One can see in the dark the hand which is covering the candle — which is the only thing that is giving out light — is glowing very bright red, seems that it is authentic ;her hand really seems to be glowing due to the lamp's light. The women who is holding the covered lamp is Gita Haldankar (now Smt. Gita Krishnakant Uplekar), the third daughter of the artist. She currently lives in Kolhapur City of Maharashtra State. She is 93 years of age. She had four daughters and one son (Meena Shertukade, Lali Akojwar, Jyoti Shah, (Sandhya) Sonali Punatar, and Rajprakash Uplekar). The young woman had to stay in the perpetual position for three hours continuously. Furthermore, he made this portrait with watercolours. He used this as his medium because he wanted to show the world that he can make a painting without a single mistake, unlike the oil paint which can be corrected using white paint. The painting is mimetic in approach, with no deliberate distortions. ==Composition== The portrait has the sense of depth; when it is seen from a perspective. It does not seem to be a “window of infinity”, we can notice that from the shadow of the damsel captured by the artist. One can say it has a “shallow” picture space but it is not totally flat, it has the sense of realism. The focal point of the picture, which the most important part of the painting, is the hand which has the bright reddish glow, given out by the brass lamp covered by the hand. This happens to be the central focus line in the painting. There are no geometric shapes, no patterns are seen in the painting but there is a sense of balance, the objects are arranged symmetrically. The shape of the picture is vertically elongated. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glow of Hope」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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