Vase of Flowers 

Odilon Redon created this 'Vase of Flowers' with pastels. The composition, a vibrant explosion of color, radiates an ethereal quality. Notice how Redon arranges the flowers in a dense, almost chaotic manner, yet he still maintains a sense of balance. Redon destabilizes traditional still life by rejecting precise representation. Instead he gives us an ambiguous space where forms seem to emerge from a dream. The flowers are not sharply defined but rather suggested through a haze of pastel strokes. The colors, vivid and unconventional, create a sense of unease. The vase itself is secondary to the flowers, almost disappearing into the background, which challenges the conventional still life structure. It's as if the artwork wants to highlight the subjective experience and emotional resonance over objective reality. This piece, therefore, becomes a symbol of the shift towards abstraction and the expression of inner states in art.