In “Spring in San Diego” Everett spent a fair amount of time on the woman’s face. It really seems as if Everett was extremely focus on the foreground and made sure that was the focus of the painting. But in “Cotton Pickers of East Texas” it seems as if Everett spent little to no time on the faces of the cotton pickers. Everett really took time to draw the background as well in this drawing; it gives you a sense that the background is just as important and the foreground in the drawing. Everett also uses directional focus in both drawings, but in different ways.
The most significant objects in the story, which Dee wanted to have, are the two hand sewn quilts that were created by Grandma and Aunt Dee. These quilts are full of history; contain pieces of dresses worn by Grandma Dee and a piece of Dee’s Great Grandfather’s Civil War uniform. The quilts had already been promised to Maggie for when she married John Thomas, but Dee feels the quilts should be hers. Dee saw the quilts as objects to be shown off and kept in perfect condition, while Maggie had an emotional connection to the quilts that would last even without them. “‘She can have them, Mama,’ she said, like somebody used to never winning anything, or having anything reserved for her.
Monet and Van Gogh chose the subject of sunflowers for two of their most famous still life paintings and even though both depict the same type of flower, their painting styles are completely different. Van Gogh was considered to be more post-impressionist than Monet. Van Gogh was also considered to be an expressionist. Van Gogh moved to France and rented a house and began panting seaside landscapes, portraits and the Sunflower series. His paintings reveal his emotions and sensations and are expressionist in nature.
She was ten and nothing existed for her but her song, the stick clutched in her dark brown hand, and the tat-de-ta-ta-ta of accompaniment," (Walker 22) provides example of one of the many times that Walker speaks of Myop's oblivion. Another symbol of innocence is the flowers that Myop so happily picks. Flowers tend to be a universal symbol for joy and life and Myop gravitates toward these life signs as a way of ignoring the cold fact that life is not always joyous. She is
Her word choices “remembered” and “were in love,” Waniek emphasizes a sentimental memory. Waniek’s diction allows the reader to relive the memory through the speaker’s perspective. The speaker describes how she remembered "play[ing] in its folds and be chieftains and princesses" (11-12). She uses these lines to demonstrate how the quilt represented her youthful and energetic days with her sister. Through the descriptive use of colors, Waniek creates a vivid picture of the quilt: “Six Van Dyke brown, squares, two white, and one square yellow of Meema’s cheek” (lines 15-17).
Because of the scale of this painting it shows the beauty of flowers and gives it more of a intensity. Georgia O’Keeffe really enjoyed painting flowers and understood that people only glance at flowers and never really observes its elegance. Her lovely representation of two ordinary flowers generated widespread admiration and was considered as one of her most memorable works. She had a love her
These are all things that we associate with the spring season. The poem has great word choice and uses very descriptive words such as “red buds”, “beautiful orange twilight” and “jade powder”. These are all phrases that paint vivid pictures in the reader’s mind. For example, using the word jade is much more descriptive than just saying green. The excellent word choice of this poem also contributes to the amazing imagery that the author uses.
Her technique at that time was very time consuming. The technique she would do for a weave sew in is first sew the hair on a netting, then braid the hair into cornrows, and then from there sew the netting to the hair. Her invention is still being used till this day; professional stylists have perfected her craft. Today stylists have multiple techniques with sewing in hair. Perfecting the craft Mrs. Jenkins created; stylists have made the sew-in an easier process.
There were new words that I didn’t even recall ever encountering in the book, for example, bucolic, sound sculptures, soumac, and photorealism. The term bucolic which means “of or characteristics of the countryside or its people; rustic.” A sound sculptures is a sculpture that produces a tome or percussive action. This form is known as contemporary or avante garde in art and music. The term Soumac is a weaving technique that produces flat patterned surface which is used in making oriental rugs. The term photorealism is a portrait that was painted and a great deal of detail that it resembles the photo.
The quote may also be a vision of what life should be like, beautiful and simple but the vision really is the exact opposite. The snail is described in more detail than any of the people creating the effect that humanity is insignificant, when compared to the beauty of nature. Kew Gardens describes the complexity of human relationships and human thought and humans are not as great and mighty as they think they are. In the beginning of the book, Woolf depicts a garden scene. "The figures of these men and women straggled past the flower-bed with a curiously irregular movement not unlike that of the white and blue butterflies who crossed the turf in zigzag flights from bed to bed,"(Woolf 28-29).