Utamaro was well known and very famous for his wood block prints. Many of his designs consisted of Geisha or women in general. It is believed that he was born to the owner of a tea house, which means he would have been exposed at a very young age to the ways of the Geisha. He became very popular in France, especially among the impressionists artists for his ability to paint partial views, with light and shades. This poem is about a young geisha who is preparing herself for her nightly outing.
The first painting mentioned, “Girl with a Pearl Earring” by Johannes Vermeer, the speaker made a research on the painting. There was a doubt about the conflicted look on the face of the girl in the painting. There is an intimate look on her face. There were suggestions that she was the daughter or the painter. However, she points out that she was actually the lovely servant of the painter which there is an intimate relationship between both of them.
She reigned from 12 July 1543 – 28 January 1547. Catherine was intelligent and sensible. She persuaded Henry to be nice to her daughters, Elizabeth and Mary. She was there when Henry became ill and she looked after him. Henry died before Catherine died and when he died, she married someone else.
His daughter seems very important to and loved by her father because of how he explains her room. In the first line of this poem the speaker says, “In her room at the prow of the house.” This could be interpreted that the daughter is of importance in her household, or her room is at the front of the house, or maybe she is the center of her father’s life at all times. Later the speaker says, “I wish her a lucky passage.” This is projecting his love for his daughter as she goes on her voyage, her journey through life. A extended metaphor of a captain loving his ship is used for the speaker's love for his daughter in this
Chacon, Melissa Professor Folland Art History 72 11 December 2011 "View of the Yosemite" Thomas Hill (1829- 1908) was one of the most influential painters of the 19th century. He produced many fine paintings of California and is most known for the beauty of the American mountain scenery. In 1853, he studied portraiture and every day, genre- scene painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. According to the National Museum of Wildlife Art, during the summer of 1854, Hill visited the White Mountains in New Hampshire, where he met and painted with several artists associated with the Hudson River School. The school was known for their romantic depictions of the American landscape.
But we owe it to her to remember that story. "Poppies", landscape of the Scottish countryside, oil on canvas by Victoria Ka'iulani Cleghorn, 1890. A letter written to her Father from Great Harrowden Hall, near Wellingborough, indicates that she painted this for her 'Auntie Liliu', Princess Liliuokalani. Crown Princess Victoria Ka‘iulani is Hawaii's Most Beloved Hawaii/Scot "Every one admired her attitude; they could not do otherwise. Her dignity, her pathetic resignation, her silent sorrow, appealed to all.
To love someone, one must let that person be who they truly are and love will come natural. “Janie mounted the stairs with her lamp. The light in her hand was like a spark of sun-stuff washing her face in fire” (Chp.20). Hurston Symbolizes the lamp as light hope and despair in a new journey for Janie who has finally found herself on the path to a happier life. Tea Cake has demonstrated throughout the novel that he is a gentlemen, loving a woman for who she truly is.
John Goldwire Ms. Jennifer Santi Literature 1b 10 September 2011 A Rose for Emily In A Rose for Emily, William Faulkner utilizes diction to portray the house as Miss Emily. The main character Miss Emily Grierson once had the best house in the neighborhood, and she was known as a mentor like figure, giving china painting lessons, and her father giving money to the town back when he was alive made Miss Emily and himself well known, and liked in the town. As years went on she became an outcast and an eyesore to the neighborhood, along with her house. In the opening paragraph Faulkner describes what Miss Emily Grierson’s impact on the neighborhood and the people in it. “…our whole town went to her funeral: them men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument-“.
This reflects Bonnard’s great sensory pleasure with colorful scenes. Yellow curtains draped on the right half of the window. Maria Boursin, his wife and longtime companion is seated at a round table that contains dishes and a fruit bowl. The figure standing on the left was most likely a maid or attendant. What thrills me the most about this painting is that his wife was in her fifties yet she appeared ageless, almost like her beauty never faded to him.
History has unveiled the years of sacrifices woman before my time had to endure to help young woman like myself to stand up for what we believe in today. Rose Bonheur a famous woman artist in France in the nineteenth century learning all her skills of painting from her father who was a drawling teacher and landscaper. Many men in the 1800’s were known to be very educated in art unlike women. Women seeking professional careers in the arts were restricted in their opportunities to receive an artistic education. This excluded them from receiving free training at the state-sponsored École des Beaux-Arts until 1897.