Sunrise in Tumanyan 1952

Martiros Sarian's "Sunrise in Tumanyan" is a landscape painting evoking an emotional response through its visual structure. The composition, largely organized around broad, horizontal bands of color, creates a sense of depth and distance. The painting's structure can be seen as a semiotic system, with different colors and shapes acting as signs. For instance, the warm hues of the sky suggest optimism and the cool tones of the mountains contribute to a feeling of serenity. Sarian uses brushstrokes to challenge fixed meanings of landscape painting. His rough application of paint disrupts traditional perspective, replacing it with a surface that emphasizes the materiality of the painting itself. Ultimately, this landscape's formal qualities function beyond aesthetics. It is an invitation to see the world not as it is, but as it feels, acknowledging that art's meaning is always in flux, shaped by our perceptions.