Pierina Venturo ARH2051 – Journal assignment 2 Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait (1434) Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife (1434) by Jan van Eyck is a small oil painting on oak panel of two people holding hands and standing side by side. At the back there is a mirror showing the painters and the two people’s reflections. Its detailed illuminated background and combined medieval symbolism and modern realism, make this piece interesting. There are diverse methods to interpret an artwork. In this case, Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait by Erwin Panofski, used an iconographic analysis and The Painter’s Workshop by W.G.
That may be partly because he specialized in the relatively modest medium of watercolor. But more important, unlike, Georgia O'Keeffe, he was not a strong image maker. But it is his sophisticated play with abstraction and the process of painting rather than imaginative vision or emotional resonance that distinguishes his art. Examining Marin’s paintings shows the amazing imaginative range and technical spontaneity that Marin brought to etchings, oils, and especially watercolors — which comprise 80% of his known works. Marin’s highly individual style was a combination from the precedents of Paul Cézanne, German Expressionism, and early Cubism.
Victor mentions the “sublime shapes of the mountains” in the chapter before the creature kills Elizabeth on their wedding night. This chapter is interesting structurally because it uses sublime settings to restore a sense of ease to Victor, before the next chapter shatters his false sense of security. However, while the use of sublime settings is sometimes used positively to reflect the beauty and power of nature as well as Victor’s mood, it is also used by Shelley to highlight Victor’s isolation – another example of how it is impossible to say whether places or characters are more important because they both co-operate in Gothic literature. Shelley uses the sea in particular as a place that reflects Victor’s anguish, isolation and nature as a tormented Gothic protagonist. At one point Victor states, “I looked upon the sea; it was to be my grave”.
I guess this was Miners way of expressing how other cultures look and think of Americans. Miner uses many different phrases and symbols to represent basic everyday items or actions. Such as when he uses the word “shrine” to represent a private rooms in a house, in this case the bathroom. He implies that Naciremas wake up every morning and uses the shrine room as a secret area to expose their true self’s and uses these “potions”
In comparing Cimabue’s Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets and Giotto’s Madonna Enthroned, the artists’ main idea of painting Mary enthroned is same, however the form used for the subject matter differs. The most important thing to note is that both artists paint with a Gothic and Byzantine style with their characteristics of a gold background and noticeable halos. When contrasting these two pieces of art, the main difference is the placement of the figures in each painting. In Cimabue’s painting, the angels are depicted around the throne with each row at different levels. This causes the angels to appear as if they are stacked on top of one another, unlike Giotto’s painting.
Instead, they placed more emphasis on the “structure, content, and formal order” ("Impressionism & post-impressionism,"). They liked to use unnatural colors and use geometric shapes, unlike the Impressionist’s use of soft lines and natural colors. Also, instead of painting outdoors to capture the moment, Post-Impressionist painted in a studio, and their paintings were based on the emotion and concept of the artist (Emelda, 2011). Like the Impressionists, however, they believed the originality of the painting was important. Like many artists of the 1880’s, the Post-Impressionist wanted to portray “emotion and intellect as well as the visual imagery” ("Post impressionist,").
The Merchant provides us with this view, suggesting that no other state of matrimony is “worth a bene”. He paints a positive picture of having wife and what qualities they can bring into a relationship, within marriage a man can “Liveth a lyf blisful and ordinaat.” He also conveys the idea that under the bond of marriage, man and woman can be faithful to each other and support each other through the difficulties in life. “Who is so trewe, and eek so entenif/ To kepe him, sik and hool, as is his make?” This rhetorical question given by the Merchant, reiterates vows performed during a tradition Christian wedding ceremony; a man and woman will support each other in sickness and in health whether rich or poor. The Merchant suggests therefore that marriage is a spiritual connection and to have a wife is to have ‘paradis’. However it can be seen that the Merchant is in fact being ironic when listing the benefits of marriage.
In contrast to the novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley, the movie had background music to each scene that set either an anticipant, nervous, worried, happy, or excited mood for the viewer. For example, before the monster would kill someone, the music in the film would go from pleasant to fast paced and terrifying. This music very adequately portrayed the horror genre of the story Frankenstein. The novel, although I am sure was meant to be terrifying, did not as effectively convey the emotions of terror that the screen play adaption was successful in doing. However, it must be taken into consideration that it was probably a very scary story years ago, but today horror stories are much more terrifying and intense than Frankenstein
The Norse had a difficult time, due to the climate. Extremely cold winters, with barely any sunshine and a great rise of temperature during the summer time. This affected the shade of the adventures and myths about the gods. The Greek gods were seen as more cheerful compared to the Norse gods that were slightly gloomy and darker. Many Greek Myths were love stories, such as Venus and Adonis, Cupid and Psyche, though most of these stories didn't end well, if you read them they are much more light and slightly fluffy in contrast to the Norse myths that were mostly about battle and ended with violent deaths like the story of beowulf.
And then, I will further my research by examining how the masterpiece has been reproduced under different contexts. Fig 1. Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa (1503) The meanings are produced through a complex social relationship that involves at least two elements besides the image itself and its producer: (1) how viewers interpret or experience the image and (2) the context in which an image is seen. (Sturken & Cartwright, 2001, p45) According to Diane Shipley DeCillis, the owner of Southfield gallery, Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the history of art and continues to inspire reproduction, parody, scientific theory, and more. Thus, I think Mona Lisa is the most suitable artwork for me to mediate different meanings produced since the Renaissance until the postmodern world.