...Natalio Lopez Dr. Sandra Zalman Renaissance to Modern Art 9/14/2014 Lamentation Comparison If I hadn’t known what region Quentin Matsys painting had come from, I would still able to pick up on some aspects of the painting that hinted towards its origin. When looking at the people in the painting, I could see they were dressed in contemporary clothing immediately signaling to me that this painting was northern. Upon further observation of the painting I noticed that the artist focused on the small details that helped to show the realism. In the left bottom corner of the painting, I noticed that the woman’s hair was detailed enough to show that her hair was light and thin enough to see through clearly but still able to clearly see each hair strand was painted in great detail. The wounds on Jesus’s hands and feet helped point to the small details that describe the story of Jesus after his crucifixion. The way the painter positioned everybody helped to show perspective. The scene of Jesus being taken down from his crucifix with the thieves still in background up the hill helps depict the story. The background contained more details like individual clouds and the distant structure that helps to focus more on the realism of the story. The painting was drawn on a wooden panel with oils that allowed the artist to be more detailed with each brush stroke. The characteristics of the painting resemble characteristics that are common among northern...
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...A common theme I discovered that was used by the classic English Romantic poets was a need to express one’s feelings for nature in a way that would encapsulate the reader to make the experiences their own. This kind of writing allowed Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Oliver, and William Wordsworth to write moving poems that allowed them to convey their feelings of adoration to nature onto paper for others to “feel” as they read the inspiring pieces of work they had written. In some poems there’s a common sense of calm and relaxation that the writer is feeling, but will translate to the audience through word cues and usage of the vocabulary in the poem. Another link I found commonly among some of the poems is the personification of nature in some way whether through talking to it, or describing its features as if it were a person. This anthropomorphism allows for another level of description and possibly a deeper connection between the writer and nature itself. As I mentioned, there are descriptions of gentle and soft themes and word pictures throughout these poems that is brought about by the word usage that provide an atmosphere for the reader to feel. In Tintern Abbey, Wordsworth uses words such as “murmur” and “deep seclusion,” “I hear These waters, rolling from their mountain springs With a soft inland murmur. – Once again Do I behold these steep and lofty cliffs, That on a wild secluded scene impress Thoughts of more deep seclusion; and connect The landscape with the quiet of the...
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...During the course of this class we have learned about several different types of art, through different periods of time in history. The one that stands out to me the most is Abstract Expressionism. Abstract Expressionism is an artistic movement of the mid-20th century compromising diverse styles and techniques and emphasizing especially an artist’s liberty to convey attitudes and emotions through nontraditional and usually nonrepresentational means. The artist that I believe have a very large influence in this time period is Jackson Pollock, Norman Lewis, and Heather Frankenthaler. I believe they helped in making large contributions to this movement in art at the time. First I would like to start off with Norman Lewis and his piece “Twilight Sounds (1957)”. Norman was an African American painter who was very well associated with abstract expressionism. In this piece it has many colors and lines to give the viewer eyes into the city. He depicts it as being very busy and diverse. At the time of this painting there were large amounts of poverty and issues with social class. It was created around the time of World War II era. He saw all of these things occurring in the urban areas due to social classes being defined a lot more. This piece fits into to the time period due to the message the artist is trying to convey to the audience, and the colors draw you into the organized chaos. As well as there are no specific pictures or symbols to make you understand what is exactly in the...
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...Innocence by Francesco Benitez 24x18 inches Encaustic on wood Francesco Benitez is a contemporary artist from New Mexico. One of his famous portraits, “Innocence”, is a contemporary portrait that was created by Francesco Benitez. There is not much information recorded about the piece, therefore it is difficult to infer what the portrait is about. Benitez started his first encaustic piece in the fall in 2005, so he is fairly new to the encaustic medium. He was inspired by the ancient fayum portraits in Egypt and soon strived to work with encaustic. Since Benitez speaks highly of these ancient funerary portraits, it can be inferred that he created his portraits were emulated from them. Flag by Jasper Johns Interestingly, Jasper Johns was initially inspired to paint the American flag from a dream that he had. The newspaper articles that are in the background of the flag point to the historical significance of the piece. Abstract expressionism was the dominant American art form during the 1950s. This type of art was known for its many color and gesture strokes to present an emotional picture. The meaning of Jasper John’s “Flag” is deeply challenging and has many different meanings. The array of drips and other aspects of abstraction indicates Johns’ love for mid-century American painting. Johns informed the public that he chose encaustic because it allowed him to be “more efficient and deliberate in his gestures.” Because the pigmented wax dried fairly quickly, it allowed...
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...Wordsworth’s Poetry William Wordsworth ← Analysis → Wordsworth’s monumental poetic legacy rests on a large number of important poems, varying in length and weight from the short, simple lyrics of the 1790s to the vast expanses of The Prelude, thirteen books long in its 1808 edition. But the themes that run through Wordsworth’s poetry, and the language and imagery he uses to embody those themes, remain remarkably consistent throughout the Wordsworth canon, adhering largely to the tenets Wordsworth set out for himself in the 1802 preface to Lyrical Ballads. Here, Wordsworth argues that poetry should be written in the natural language of common speech, rather than in the lofty and elaborate dictions that were then considered “poetic.” He argues that poetry should offer access to the emotions contained in memory. And he argues that the first principle of poetry should be pleasure, that the chief duty of poetry is to provide pleasure through a rhythmic and beautiful expression of feeling—for all human sympathy, he claims, is based on a subtle pleasure principle that is “the naked and native dignity of man.” Recovering “the naked and native dignity of man” makes up a significant part of Wordsworth’s poetic project, and he follows his own advice from the 1802 preface. Wordsworth’s style remains plain-spoken and easy to understand even today, though the rhythms and idioms of common English have changed from those of the early nineteenth century. Many of Wordsworth’s poems (including...
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...Anecdote for Fathers" taken from Wordsworth's hugely influential "Lyrical Ballads" is a touching rendition of the relationship between father and son. It is a beautiful, simple and uplifting poem representative of the style used throughout Wordsworth's famous collection of poems first published in 1798. The poem features at its heart a conversation from father to son during a walk one day in the glorious Lake District. It immediately opens in a touching and sentimental manner: I have a boy of five years old, His face is fair and fresh to see; His limbs are cast in beauties mould, And dearly he loves me. The simpleness in these lines is immediately apparent. The form and structure of the piece, the light and jovial use of rhyme easily conveys the emotion of gentle and honest love. In the next few lines of the poem he mentions the "dry walk" and the fact that his house is coming into view, which not only sets the scene but is of significance later in the poem. The subtitle for the poem "showing how the art of lying may be taught" starts to become significant in the next verse which is to become one of the main talking points in the poem. The narrator starts to look back over the house which the family used to live in a year ago, or as he says "A long, long year before" and he thinks about the happiness that they had there. He dwells upon their current home and asks his boy Edward which home he prefers, "My little boy, which like you more?" He looks back at his father and...
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...Tiffany Tyler World Culture I Strayer University Assignment 3 December 08, 2011 The NC Art Museum The North Carolina Museum is very awesome I was very amazed by what I begin to see while entering in the museum. This museum has a lot of painting all from 1947 on up until now. It is not one painting that you can walk pass and keep walking by. You will have to stop and take a look and read up on what this painting is and how it got to this museum. The paintings are from all type of painters from every culture. Egyptian, Europe, Italian, and contemporary art is all over this museum. The Museum is actively building the collection with recent acquisitions, including a gift from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation of 30 works by Auguste Rodin, making the NCMA the leading repository of this artist’s work in the southeastern United States. A promised gift of mid- to late-20th-century art from the collection of Jim and Mary Patton includes works by Jackie Ferrara, Adolph Gottlieb, Ellsworth Kelly, Per Kirkeby, David Park, and Sean Scully. Other new works include pieces by artists El Anatsui, Roxy Paine, Jaume Plensa, and Ursula von Rydingsvard. The 164-acre Museum Park is home to more than a dozen monumental works of art, with artists actively involved in the restoration of the Park’s landscape and the integration of art into its natural systems. This is an African painting called the Night Flight Dread and Delight ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...Baroque I decided to my paper on painting by Jan Both and sculpting by Francis Bird. I had seen their paintings and sculptors places and wanted to know more about the artist. So I decided I would do my paper on those artists. It was quite interesting the stuff I learned about the artists. I decided to pick the Baroque it looked interesting so it looked further into it and it was quite interesting. The first person I picked was Jan Both he was an interesting fellow. He did scenery paintings that were a reflection of Dutch ltalianite paintings. Mr. Both loved to get close to nature the closer he got the better he is paintings became. The Dutch italianite paintings were a new movement to bring better light into the paintings. A description of Jan Both paintings were all landscape paintings, but to me his paintings looked to be Western. I looked at all of his paintings and they all seemed to have a western look. The painting had the horses, standing rocks and sand in all the paintings. These painting can be seen in art museums around the world. You can even buy these painting if you like but I am sure they are EXCESPENSIVE! So I doubt that I will ever buy any but it would be a nice investment. The picture that I picked from Jan Both is called Sunny Skies. I picked it because it was a beautiful with the background and the horses. It is an oil painting with a wonderful texture of trees and animals. The line formed he used was dark deep lines the materials he used on this painting...
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...Academic essay on Annie Proulx's "Job Story" Choices are something we all make. Not necessarily important choices, but there will always be a time to make them. It's not always good choices, but they have to be made. There will always be consequences, whether it's bad or good. Throughout the story, Leeland Lee has to make a lot of choices. Where to live, where to work and when to work. All the different choices he made, put him in the position he is now. Leeland Lee is an awkward-looking young boy. His face is heavily boned, which he has gotten from his mom, his neck is quite thick and he has red-gold hair. His eyes are as pouchy as a middle-aged alcoholic. His nose is broad and lays close to his face. Lori Bovee is Leeland Lee's wife. She has an undistinguished oval face, and hair of medium length. Leeland Lee is the protagonist of the story, because he is the main character. I would say Leeland is a flat and static character as he is an endless optimist. He doesn't give up when it comes to finding a new job, and despite his wife dying he still gets a job at Unique Eats. The reason he is a static character is because he doesn't change at all. After getting several different jobs he doesn't change anything, after his mom and wife dies he doesn't change one single thing except the fact he isn't listening to the radio anymore, but since that have been an important factor of the story all along, it can also show a lot about how he has changed. The story starts November...
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...Essay on “Job History” written by Annie Proulx In the short story “Job History” written by Annie Proulx, we follow Leeland Lee from the time of his birth, until he is about fifty years old. In the short story we follow Leeland through his harsh life, with ups and downs, in the form of thoughts, feelings, incidents, etc. Leeland is born in a ranch in Wyoming, and lives there with his wife Lori. Leeland does not look particularly good, in fact he is a very unattractive man; (page 91, line 12)“Leeland’s face shows heavy bones from his mother’s side. His neck is thick and his red-gold hair plastered down in bangs. Even as a child his eyes are as pouchy as those of a middle-age alcoholic, the brows rod-straight above wandering out-of-line eyes. His nose lies broad and close to his face, his mouth seems to have been cut with a single chisel blow into easy flesh” And in the top of that, we see how Leeland through his life, tries to find a successful career, but fails consistently. He moves various times from place to place, too seek occupation and good business. But it is hard when you’re a high school dropout, without a career. Leeland have to changes his job constantly, because of his lack of luck, and since he can’t get along white his bosses. He is never able to stay at one job or place for long, which lead to problems in the family. He has a hard time supporting his wife, and their children financially. Throughout the story the author, Annie Proulx manages...
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...An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal[->0] point of view[->1]. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism[->2], political manifestos[->3], learned arguments[->4], observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an article[->5] and a short story[->6]. Almost all modern essays are written in prose[->7], but works in verse[->8] have been dubbed essays (e.g. Alexander Pope[->9]'s An Essay on Criticism[->10] and An Essay on Man[->11]). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke[->12]'s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding[->13] and Thomas Malthus[->14]'s An Essay on the Principle of Population[->15] are counterexamples. In some countries (e.g., the United States and Canada), essays have become a major part of formal education[->16]. Secondary students are taught structured essay formats to improve their writing skills, and admission essays[->17] are often used by universities[->18] in selecting applicants and, in the humanities and social sciences, as a way of assessing the performance of students during final exams. The concept of an "essay" has been extended to other mediums beyond writing. A film essay is a movie that often incorporates documentary film making styles and which focuses more on the evolution of a theme or an idea. A photographic essay[->19] is an attempt to cover a topic...
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...We all know love. We have all loved in some kind of way. We love our parents, significant others and even our friends. But we can also love other things like animals or material things. But what is the difference between loving and liking? And is it better not to love and feel pain or to love and be hurt in the progress? Jonathan Franzen seeks to answer these questions in his essay “Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts”. The essay “Liking Is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts” is, as mentioned, written by Jonathan Franzen and published in The New York Times, May 28, 2011. Jonathan Franzen is born in 1959, and he is an acclaimed American novelist and essayist. The essay is based on the commencement speech he delivered at Kenyon College in Ohio, USA. “Our technology has become extremely adept in creating products that correspond to our fantasy ideal of an erotic relationship, in which the beloved object asks for nothing and gives everything, instantly. (…)” As Franzen claims in his essay, many people can feel like they love their technological object. It gives them a satisfaction, which human interaction maybe wouldn’t. Franzen however thinks, that people in general don’t love material things: they like them. There is a major difference between loving and liking – even though it might appear small. “Liking, in general, is commercial culture’s substitute for loving.” Products are made to be likeable, but if that concept in transferred to a person, you would instantly see...
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...Reaction – “Salvation” The nonfiction short essay “Salvation” written by Langston Hughes in 1940, presents a theme on the literal and often manipulated perception of children. Hughes narrates the essay as he recounts his disappointing attempt at salvation. Hughes aunt told him that when she was saved by Jesus she saw a light, and felt something happen within herself. As children will do, Hughes took her story literally and was heartbroken as he sat in front of the church and watched other children “saved” while he was not. He believed that Jesus must not want him because he did not see or feel anything. In the end, Hughes is forced to lie about accepting Jesus and in turn rejects the Christian faith all together. I related to Hughes story on many accounts. I am a mother of three young children who perceive everything in life literally, and as a young girl I was raised in a very religious environment. I could visualize and almost feel Hughes devastation as he sat at the front of the church crushed by the thoughts of God not wanting him. “Still I kept waiting to see Jesus” (Barnet, Cain, & Burto, 2011, pp. 351). One of the churches that my family attended for a short time during my childhood practiced speaking in tongs. I specifically remember feeling just like Hughes during a service when other children were speaking in unnatural languages perceived to be sent from God himself. I could not understand why I was not chosen to talk for God and intern was hurt and...
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...write an essay on drugs for this topic. Drugs are very harmful and keep the capability of dragging an individual towards death and destruction. People all over the world want to eradicate the adverse situation of drug addiction from this world and this is the reason why they are busy in writing essays on drugs. Essays on drugs are of many types such as war on drugs essay, essay on performance enhancing drugs in sports, essay on drug abuse, essay on illegal drugs, essay on drug addiction, essay on drug use, essay on drugs and alcohol and essay on drug testing, etc. The essays on drugs should be initiated by bringing in the information related to the topic of the essay on drug. You should know what drugs are. In an essay on drugs, you will have to write about drugs, their affects and the reasons due to which people use them, you have to include the information about why the drugs are so famous and how harmful are they. A persuasive essay on drugs will be one, which will be according to the topic of the essay on drugs. It should have a full-fledged introduction, which should introduce the topic completely. The introduction should also have a thesis statement that should be the main idea of the essay on drugs. A thesis statement should be based on the essay question to which your essay on drugs is an answer. A thesis statement of an essay on drugs can be one sentence or more than one sentence but it is suggested that it should be only one sentence. Essays on drug abuse or essays on drug...
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...Dog Food Fried, Flipped and Devoured Eating dog food may not be seen as the easiest thing to stomach because the smell, texture and by-products found within the mixture are thought of as awful and revolting. In Ann Hodgman’s “No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch”, although the title may suggest otherwise, different types of dog food are discussed. In this essay, Hodgman aims to inform her readers about the inequality in different types of dog food, as well as to entertain and amuse. Hodgman is writing to a broad audience, one of dog lovers and owners, as well as those that may be curious as to what is really in dog food, or more generally the packaging and processing of mass-produced food of any kind. Language, description and humor are techniques Hodgman skillfully uses to create a strong, convincing essay. Within this essay, Hodgman continually uses diction and syntax that a diverse audience can understand and relate to. In the beginning, the reader feels repulsed by what is written. However, through a light tone of voice and sentence structure, the levity of the experiences and feelings occurring throughout the experiment is conveyed. The personal anecdotes and thoughts make the tone feel less formal and much more story-like. In this way, Hodgman produces a piece that connects the information and readers Shortly after capturing interest through stating questions, Hodgman begins using large amounts of description. Each type of dog food is explained and illustrated so well that...
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