In the background a peaceful morning has been painted contrasting with the unrealistic foreground. This has been done purposefully to create a dreamlike state, that is surrealism. The viewers eye is then led to see a strange horse like shape in the centre on the painting with a ‘saddle’ on it. This is a self portrait of Dali showing his nose, chin and eyelashes where the ‘saddle’ is actually a clock. The message that Dali is trying to express from this self portrait is that time is slipping away from him hence the use of the clock on his face.
“Composers of distinctively visual texts use techniques that allow the audience to ‘see’ with their eyes as well as with their minds.” Through the use of techniques, a composer is able to create distinctively visual images when describing setting and characters, which help us to understand and form meaning of what the composer is trying to convey in their texts. The use of techniques to create distinctively visual images, which help us to convey an understanding and form a meaning, is evident in the play “The shoe horn sonata” by John Misto and the film “Paradise Road” by Bruce Beresford. Bruce Beresford’s film and John Misto’s play incorporates an array of dramatic techniques, both visual and auditory, to bring to life the extraordinary
Point of view is the key factor in how a composer manipulates and positions an audience to respond in particular ways. Discuss this statement with reference to your two texts. Point of view is used by an author to manipulate the reader by positioning them into the complex illusion of the novel that they have created. ‘1984’ by George Orwell and ‘The Lovely Bones’ by Alice Sebold feature contrasting points of view, which elicit a different response from the audience. Both authors have successfully used literary techniques, such as narration and use of themes, to strengthen the message their novel is trying to convey and consequently engage and enthrall the reader.
When the Prince pursued him to the corner of the seventh room, he died because of the Red Death, and so did other people. The most important elements that make “The Masque of the Red Death” an interesting story is the symbolism, the horrific tone, and the meaningful theme. Tone is the mood, the atmosphere of a story. In “The Masque of the Red Death”, tone is the base that makes the meaning of the story. It’s dark, horrific, and grave.
Explain briefly why your admiration increases and – in more detail – discuss how the writer achieves this. In your answer you must refer closely to the text and at least two of: characterisation, these, key incidents, structure or any other appropriate feature. In ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch is a character whom the reader grows to admire as he plot unfolds. The writer draws our attention to the elements of Atticus’s personality which are admirable us with use of characterisation, and key incidents. By analysing these techniques used in the novel, we can increase our appreciation of Atticus and the novel as a whole.
* “The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth”, allegory being hanged from the poplar trees, which are known because of their tallness. * Repetition of blood in “blood on leaves and blood at the root”. * “Here is fruit for the crows to plunk”, fruit is a metaphor of dead bodies of African American that were hanged from the trees and the scavengers were feeding on them. * “Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh, then the sudden smell of burning flesh.” Has contrast between two lines. * “For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, for the sun to rot, for leaves to drop.” Allegory the passing of the time, and the different the seasons.
Formal Analysis of Art ART 101 June 16, 20013 Theresa Biagiarelli Formal Analysis of Art One of the most fundamental elements of art is line. (Sayre, 2010) The way Vincent van Gogh uses line that is free and loose to create a sense of disorder in his paintings is his signature that is easily identified in his works of art. In The Starry Night van Gogh shows his reflection towards life and death in the way the town and the heavens seem to connect by the steeple of the church and the cypress tree. He expressed his confusion and through the use of out of control lines. It is almost as if he is crying out in anguish.
At first, the image is one of stillness, harmony, yet there is an edge of suspense as the language evokes a world dominated by dark colors, water, sorrow and sleep. "The grain of his wrists/is like bog oak" begins a list like description of the exhibit, for this victim is not a victim but a work of art. There is no commentary on these images, human feeling and empathy are noticeably absent, leaving just an attempt to accurately define the beautiful horror the viewer seems to see. The body has been established as art, and the viewer describes it as such. There is less myth-making, the terror here, unlike Tollund Man, comes as the peaceful image of sleep is turned into a fearful picture of violent death.
Authors often use vivid descriptions and sensory enriched words to attract one of the five major senses (hearing, touch, taste, smell and sight) to convey an action, image or event; the lure of the imagery is what keeps the reader attuned. The sensory enriched technique of imagery also arouses the reader’s emotion creating a deeper connection between the world of the reader and the literary work. Threatening images, unnerving scenes, evil and death will prompt the reader to become attuned since these images provoke unsetting emotions. In Hamlet, Shakespeare uses imagery
In both poems ‘Where I Come From by Elizabeth Brewster’ and ‘Summer Farm by Norman MacCaig’, the author makes a dominant connection between the natural world and mankind by addressing the importance of digging down to your roots, finding your own identity through it and also focusing on how nature alters to fit with your emotional state. In ‘Where I Come From by Elizabeth Brewster’, it concentrates on idea that wherever you come from, you carry a sense of that place in your mind. By trying to convey this message and create the effect of a nostalgic poem, the author had used many techniques such as sibilance, similes, alliteration and metaphors. On the other hand, in ‘Summer Farm by Norman MacCaig’, the author’s central idea is to get across the message that the natural world is created according to the emotions of man. The author tries to put across his thoughts through using techniques such as juxtaposition, introspective perception, recursion, rhyme, assonance and alliteration.