Palouse Pattern #17 is the name of this artwork. This piece of art was located on the fourth floor of the VC building. This photograph was taken by Robert Weingarten. Weingarten was born in Brooklyn and was a graduate of Baruch College. The Palouse is actually a region in the Northwest by Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. What made this picture interesting was the landscape. The main components of this work are hills, farmland, and contrast of colors. The colors of nature and the hills in the background are what seem to be repeated the most and are also the binary oppositions in this photograph. 

The genre of this artwork is nature and the intended audience is probably for people who like nature or are familiar with the Palouse region. I think the purpose of the artwork is to capture the beauty of the Palouse region as well as to commend Weingarten as a graduate of Baruch. Lastly, the piece of artwork made me think about life. I saw the yellow wheat fields as life when you’re younger and how it’s a breeze. Behind the wheat fields are the rolling green hills which symbolizes how difficult life gets later on and it shows up out of nowhere.