-Seems to follow Raphael’s typical subject matter of the beautiful world of nature. CHARACTERS -Three characters in this piece are the Virgin Mary, Baby Jesus and St. John -St. John is depicted presenting Jesus with a crucifix shaped stick foreshadowing the death of Jesus years after. -He also gazes up toward Jesus instead of standing to his height in respect for his holiness -Although this hierarchy is only subtle because Mary’s arm reaches out to St. John to include him in the composition. -The Virgin Mary stares longingly at the crucifix shape with a concentrated expression as if in thought, her position is also rather dramatic. -Mary is once again wearing her traditional clothing of a red under garment and blue over cloak and skirt.
Lucas’ vision of this painting defined his interests in the human body. The painting displayed humanism, realism, and complimented the artwork by flattering Venus in a beautiful necklace completed with stones or a heavy velvet hat. Also, accentuating her figure with her almond-shaped eyes. Lucas proposed the lighting in the frame of artwork to draw the eye to the painting instead of keeping away attraction of nudity. He displayed winged Cupid holding a bee hive he stole as a source of pain with the dark, blackened background behind him, along with the tree he took the hive
Kahlo is slightly off to the left side and her eyes are not directly looking at the viewer. “ My painting carries with it a message of pain” Kahlo is distancing herself from the pain by placing emphasis on the monkey, cat and hummingbird. Her damaged body is not what defines her, but her heritage and values. Kahlo uses native and religious symbols to represent her life and culture. She references Christ and her Catholic upbringing through the sharp lines of the thorns around her neck.
Elizabeth Gardner Bouguereau's Daphnis and Chloe is an American oil painting based on a Greek love story. While a single painting can not necessarily tell the entire romance, this piece of art portrays much of the legend well through its subject and content. And even beyond what is first noticed about the painting, there are many minute details of form and composition that bring this work of art together beautifully, telling the legend of Daphnis and Chloe in a single painting through excellent craftsmanship in the use of her medium of oil paints. The very first thing that catches the eye of any viewer of Daphnis and Chloe is Chloe herself. She is seated only slightly off-center, but due to the high-key color of her dress and skin, is the dominant part of the painting.
Georgia O’Keeffe Georgia O’Keefe paints wispy curved shapes and her use of thin paint and clear colours evokes feelings of mystical silence. Her work is very different to certain aspects of Anna Keay’s work- abstract shapes based on line, colour, light and dark masses, repetition, and some symmetry. It is however smooth and soft like Renoir when he paints his people but hers is no way near as detailed. ‘Red Poppy’ Oil on canvas, 1927 This painting gives a profound impact, mainly because we never look at something so insignificant in such great detail, as it is a large and vivid, persimmon-red shape which shows an extreme close-up of a poppy. I think the original of this piece is supposed to be smaller, but the viewer still sees the flower in a huge perspective because the angle and position from which the painting was created makes the viewer feel like they are very close to the painting anyway.
The authour wants the reader’s attention to be first drawn to the red tree, so the red tree is presented in bright colours where as the surrounding backing is presented in dark and dull colours. Body language is another technique used by the authour, the girl is continuously presented with her head down this technique is used to represent sadness and disappointment it gives the reader the sense that the girl does not belong at this point of time. A visual metaphor is also used, the red tree has lost its leaves, they are scattered throughout the pages of the picture book, and this is used to represent a lack or shortening of time. Symbolism is one of the main techniques used as the picture book does not consist of any words. In this text powerful images, with few words, are used to express the young girls state of being.
“Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” is one of Pablo Picasso’s most famous artworks; it is credited as the beginning of cubism. This oil on canvas painting is almost square at 243.9cm x 233.7cm, and depicts five nude women in still form. “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” is semi-abstract, for the women are unrealistic but still recognisable. The women in this paining are (as many women who pose for art are) prostitutes. This explains the artworks title, which translates to "The Young Women of Avignon”.
Robert Ades English 1B Professor Scott 9/21/12 A Work for Artifice For the interpreting poetry essay, the poem which stood out the most is “A Work of Artifice,” by Marge Piercy because of her use of metaphors and imagery on how society can influence and control the population’s behavior, mainly woman. In this poem by Piercy, there is no specific speaker because the poem is told in a third person omniscient point of view. However, it is obvious that Piercy is this omniscient narrator and much of her literature is about the oppression of women. In her poem, she uses the bonsai tree as a metaphor for women. Using terms regarding to gardening, she tells the story of how society stunts the natural growth of the female population by stereotyping them while they are young.
She unwittingly contradicts the image of the utterly devout Christian nun by being shallow and superficial. The central characteristic of the Prioress is that she is “seemly” (6), meaning that she shallowly conforms to the societally acceptable ideas of status. While she does seem kind, elegant and pious, it is because she is expected to be and because she wants to be perceived well. She appears to be sympathetic and soft-hearted, but in her tale, shows her true colors; she is biased and lacks sympathy. The touchstone line for her character is; “She used to weep if she but saw a mouse/ Caught in a trap, if it were dead or bleeding.
The detailed use of descriptive language in the quote compares Mrs. Flower’s dark, and delicate skin to that of a ripe, and fragile plum. This use of language lends such a vivid sensation of sight. Maya Angelou’s eloquent memory of how Mrs. Flower’s home smelled gives an excellent perception of the sense of smell. Maya Angelou depicts the moment she enters Mrs. Flower’s home for the first time in the quote “The odors in the house surprised me. Somehow I had never connected Mrs.