The painting tells the story of Beauty and the Beast in one image. It reminds me that love comes in all shapes and sizes and that you shouldn’t judge a person by their appearances. Not everyone is who you think they are at first glance. I love…
The piece that spoke to me most was “Duck, Duck, Noose” by Gary Simmons. The artist draws parallels to both the randomness of the acts of violence targeted at African Americans by members of the Ku Klux Klan from post-Civil War Construction through present, as well as pointing out racism is a cultural trait learned in early childhood. One of the most valuable social rights we have is the right to feel safe from violence whether it is in our home or walking down the street. When I look at this piece of art it brings to mind the full history of African-American culture. The heritage of these people began, not as voluntary citizens looking for a new land, but rather as victims of violence having been kidnapped from their homes and forced into…
In A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers, the audience can see how insecure Dave is about having to take the role of a parent for his little brother, Toph. Throughout the book Dave is constantly thinking about how everyone thinks that Dave shouldn’t be taking care of Christopher or he is an unfit parent. Dave wants to give the very best to Toph but most of the time that isn’t possible. For example, when they were looking for houses people were rejecting them saying the two weren’t the best fit or didn’t think they could pay. One landlord who was sceptical was unsure about Dave’s lack of job and their age. Dave responded “We can pay. We have money. We could pay the year’s rent all at once if you want” (76., which made the…
The paintings “The Lifeline” by Winslow Homer and “Prairie on Fire” by Charles Deas are two paintings that really struck out to me as similar. I think Homer’s painting, “The Lifeline”, is a very dramatic painting because of how the lady is just laying there passed out while this brave man is swinging across dangerous waves and rocks to get them to safety. Its very different from looking at in class because you can actually see the texture and brush strokes the artist used. When standing in front of a painting, it almost feels like your there watching this happen. You can see all the different details from the small brush strokes to the large ones, and the effect of light almost makes them look like they are glistening. I selected Charles Deas painting to compare to Homer’s painting because in both paintings a woman is passed out and is…
Opposingly, he uses the following strong, empathetic phrases “...clinging to unrealistic hope...”, “...harboring some unrealistic religious beliefs…” and :...end the useless charade…”. Clearly, Keith shows a bias towards patients still on life support, or receiving treatment for their illness; it’s projected in his writing. He wants “...to help the families see reality…” about the treatment benefits.Striking hard he hints that this puts strain on other families.…
is located in Balmy alley in San Francisco. The mural depicts a fantasy version of San Francisco,…
The first painting I came across that I instantly feel in love with was Yves Tanguy’s Neither Legends nor Figures 1930 oil on canvas. The teal blues and parts of grey drew me in, the unique shapes and floating objects made me wonder what she was trying to capture but overall it was the blues of the sky that had me intrigued.…
Carissa Barbo, I thought that your example for fine art was a brilliant choice. This is an image that definitely portrays what the artist was feeling. I feel that this picture truly meets…
As I walked around with a copy of this piece in my school bag for a week or so, I often thought about what I could possibly say about this painting/artist. Also during this time, I shared this painting with a couple of people, and asked them what they thought of the piece without telling them what it depicted. One individual stated, “They look sad about something.” Another individual stated, “The people appeared shame for some reason.” Then I informed them what the piece was and they wanted to look at it again, they were quite impressed with the work after they realized what it was about.…
"Offering Truth" was painted by Kendra Runnells. This painting has a lot of life lessons and meaning. The colors in the painting give off a sad and dark feel, but one can see another person giving instead of receiving and it also shows that it is sometimes better to stand alone than to go along with the crowd.…
The scream painting by Edvard Munch is one of the most known pieces of artworks. In the scream we can see a genderless person with a horrified face, and with his mouth wide open, and with his hands on the sides of his face. The artist uses intense colors. Such as, red, orange, dark blue, brown, and black. The figure in the painting seems to me that he is uncertain and scared of something, and he has the look of terror, or fear. The scream it is thought of as the first expressionist painting. The Web Museum (2002) defines expressionist as a “Movement in fine arts that emphasized the expression of inner experience rather than solely realistic portrayal, seeking to depict not objective reality, but the subjective emotions and responses than objects and events arouse in the artist,” also in this painting you can see the sunset, and a sea, or river. Munch wrote an impressive and developer diary in 1892 which is associate with the creation of the scream. “I was walking around the road with two friends. The sun was setting I felt a breath of melancholy-suddenly the sky turned blood red. I stopped, looking out across the flaming clouds that hug like blood and a sword over the blue-black fjord and town. My friends walked on-I stood there, trembling with fear. And, I sensed a great, infinite scream pass through nature”(Munch 1892). Edvard Munch suffered from depression and his illness was also his source of inspiration. “My fear of life is necessary to me, as is my illness”, he once wrote. Nowadays the painting of the scream is the most known of our time. “Edvard Munch is one of the twentieth century´s greatest printmakers, and his work particularly The Scream and Madonna-have made their way into the popular culture of our times”. (www.yale.edu, 2002). I think Edvard´s sunset is completely different from the idea that we have of a sunset. “What would otherwise be a beautiful sunset it transformed into an expression of pure dread, of…
It’s amazing how many ways one person can express themselves. It’s equally amazing when that expression is put into a form of art. Art truly changes the world around us and can open our minds to how we view things, it might also make us feel some type of emotion or way about a subject. Art can be inspiring and beautiful, but just as much depressing and dark, it’s always interesting to see both elements in one piece of art. One art that expresses dark elements is “The Scream” by Edvard Munch, although most wouldn’t call “The Scream” beautiful, the “Nymphs and Satyr” by Adolphe Bouguereau is a stunning art piece that uniquely shows an element of dark beauty. Whereas “The Scream” and “Nymphs and Satyr” are similar as they are from the 19th century…
Romare Bearden, Prevalence of Ritual, Tidings, 1967 had a bright mind about the African American culture. Bearden took a little from his background and what he was seeing in his time or that was around him to use in his paintings. In this piece he was using an angel to send a message to the woman as letting her know that things will get better. When I look at this piece I see there is church to go and pray ,or to say that a place that people can go to get a peace of mind .I believe that in this painting that the woman or young lady felt abandon because she is looking down and ashamed. Therefore there is a rose in the painting as well I believe that is symbolizes the young lady worth. It appears someone was giving her a rose to make her feel better. The angel that appears in the painting symbolizes comfort, patience, protection, understanding, and others. Bearden painting symbolizes that the African American struggles were not a joke. In those times it symbolizes that it was still racism going on with our culture. We were losing our jobs, because we had people fighting for our rights, girls that were at the age of twelve had to quit school because they had to help out in their homes. This painting symbolizes a lot of things that was going on in the early and late 1960’s. As I said once before that the angel was there for many reasons as in comfort for the struggle, protection from the pain and destruction, understanding that there will be better times, and jobs. Romare Bearden, Rocket to the Moon, 1971 to me is my favorite painting. It is really a collage fragments build a scene of quiet despair and stoic perservance. You can see in the painting that the rocket is headed to moon; however, while urban life below remains punctuated by a red stop-light. The definition of Stoic is an ancient Greek school of philosophy that asserted that happiness can only be…
The Son of Man is my favorite piece of art. The Son of Man is a Belgian surrealist painting. It was painted in 1964 by Rene Magritte. The painting was originally intended to be a self-portrait. The painting conveys a man in an overcoat wearing a bowler hat and standing in front of a short wall. Behind this short wall are a cloudy sky and the sea. You cannot see the face of the man, since it is largely obscured by a floating green apple. However, you can see the eyes of the man as they are peeking over the edge of the apple. If you are keen enough when looking at the painting, you will notice that the left arm seems to be bending backwards at the elbow. Magritte said that “the painting just shows us about humanity. He says that everything we see hides some other thing yet we still want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is always some sort of interest in what is hidden and what the visible does not show us. This brings about some sort of conflict between the visible that is present and the visible that is hidden.”…
Although one of our most common emotions we have as humans is sadness, it is also the…