This piece of art is located on the 12th floor of the Newman Vertical Campus. What makes this piece interesting is the blend of neutral colors with white being the only sharp color in the center of the art piece. Below the art is the word “DELAUNAY” in a very particular font with an orange background. The repetition seen in the art is the neutral hues of blue and gray used to show an image in the center of the art: what looks to be a timer with white being the color on top and black on the bottom, which caught my eye. 

The historical context of the painting is significant and a little mysterious. The word Delaunay is actually the artist of the piece Robert Delaunay, who lived from 1885-1941 in France. I couldn’t find a picture of this art online, but what I did find was his most famous painting Sun and Moon. The theme of simultaneous contrasts is seen the clearest. He shows the coexistence of contrasting entities, the sun and moon. In our painting the top being white and bottom being black with the rest of the colors being neutral grays and blues, it could symbolize his famous paintings and show us simultaneous contrasts. 

The genre of the painting is simply to show the coexistence of two contrasting entities, the sun and moon, or in our painting the white circle and black circle surrounded in neutral colors. This piece of art does remind me of the school. It has the same font as the Macualay Honors College from which I received a pamphlet in the mail last year which was very interesting that I remembered that. I think this was done purposely and the intended audience is the students at college highlighting the diversity of the school where many contrasting people can coexist like the sun and moon.