Analysis Of Fay Godwin Haworth Parsonage And Top Withens
Fay Godwin “Haworth Parsonage and Top Withens”. This is a famous photographer who worked with writers. This picture was took in Yorshire. There is a strong literary connection because the house was Brontë’s sisters house. This dramatic because of the composition and it has a low angle view (= contre plongée). The house is on the top of the hill. The aim of the photographer is to personify the house.
Definition of landscape
Gradual mystery over nature
“landscape is a natural scene mediated by culture” (Mitchell 5) → publish a collection of essay = gradually nature codify as landscape. People started looking at landscape with conception. Landscape is a sort of interaction between nature and culture. Side looking at at something to do with social …show more content…
This portrait is a way to assert his authority. Actually, it’s a copy of an older painting. The painter became the king’s painter (political position / risky business). It’s a nearly lifeside painting and a full life portrait. This a low angle view. The viewer is place in a submissive position. The vertical format is very traditional. The view allowed to see what’s around the king.
Casper David Friedrich: Wanderer above a Sea of Fog (1818) – oil on canvas, …show more content…
This painting is a portrait and also a landscape. The man is turning his back on us. Way for the painter = looking at a landscape is subjectivity.
Thomas Gainsborough: Mr and Mrs Andrews (1748) – oil on canvas, 69,8x119,4ccm
This both a landscape and a double portrait painting. This is a landscape of the East of England. Gainsborough is famous for painting the South-East of England. Landed-gentry (landowner but live in the countryside). On the side, we can see that the harvest have just been done. This is a picture of the countryside as an object of conception : agricultural landscape, the man has been hunting, woman sit.
Thomas Cole, The Garden of Eden (1828) – oil on canvas, 79,8x134cm
This is a prelapserian landscape. This painting is idealistic and this is a reference to the first book of the Bible: The Book of Genesis). The landscape is seen as paradise. There is the naked figure of Adam and animals. All this took place before the Fall of Man. This painting implies the vision of viewer who looks down on Eden. It’s a high angle view, somewhere elevated. The viewer has a Godlike position who is surveying its own creation.
Conclusion:
A modern form of articles
Aesthetic appreciation of landscape – secular
Definition of landscape
Gradual mystery over nature
“landscape is a natural scene mediated by culture” (Mitchell 5) → publish a collection of essay = gradually nature codify as landscape. People started looking at landscape with conception. Landscape is a sort of interaction between nature and culture. Side looking at at something to do with social …show more content…
This portrait is a way to assert his authority. Actually, it’s a copy of an older painting. The painter became the king’s painter (political position / risky business). It’s a nearly lifeside painting and a full life portrait. This a low angle view. The viewer is place in a submissive position. The vertical format is very traditional. The view allowed to see what’s around the king.
Casper David Friedrich: Wanderer above a Sea of Fog (1818) – oil on canvas, …show more content…
This painting is a portrait and also a landscape. The man is turning his back on us. Way for the painter = looking at a landscape is subjectivity.
Thomas Gainsborough: Mr and Mrs Andrews (1748) – oil on canvas, 69,8x119,4ccm
This both a landscape and a double portrait painting. This is a landscape of the East of England. Gainsborough is famous for painting the South-East of England. Landed-gentry (landowner but live in the countryside). On the side, we can see that the harvest have just been done. This is a picture of the countryside as an object of conception : agricultural landscape, the man has been hunting, woman sit.
Thomas Cole, The Garden of Eden (1828) – oil on canvas, 79,8x134cm
This is a prelapserian landscape. This painting is idealistic and this is a reference to the first book of the Bible: The Book of Genesis). The landscape is seen as paradise. There is the naked figure of Adam and animals. All this took place before the Fall of Man. This painting implies the vision of viewer who looks down on Eden. It’s a high angle view, somewhere elevated. The viewer has a Godlike position who is surveying its own creation.
Conclusion:
A modern form of articles
Aesthetic appreciation of landscape – secular