James van Eyck. Arnolfini Double Portrait: Art Analysis Jan Van Eyck. Arnolfini Double Portrait. (1434) Oil on wood‚ 33 X 22 ½” The National Gallery‚ London Jan van Eyck lived his life as a “valet de chambre”‚ which is basically a court painter. Van Eyck worked for John of Bavaria until 1425‚ which is coincidentally when John of Bavaria died. Then he went to work for Duke Philip the Good of Burgandy as a “valet de chambre” as well. Jan van Eyck was a well paid court employee
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Giovanni and the Wife of Bath appear to have very different ideas regarding the confidentiality of their relationships in their early stages. The Wife confides all her secrets in her best friend Alisoun‚ telling her audience “She knew myn herte‚ and eek my privetee… To hire biwreyed I my conseil al”‚ which instantly highlights the ease with which the Wife discusses issues close to her “herte”. Giovanni‚ however‚ prefers to speak to Annabella alone in the comfort of isolation‚ without the listening
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I have no knowledge of art‚ I can look at “Arnolfini and His Bride” by Jan Van Eyck‚ and construct personal knowledge of my perceived beauty and value of the piece using sense perception and emotion. Since my perspective‚ background‚ and artistic preferences are unique to myself‚ and‚ as a result‚ I will not assign the same value to a piece as anyone else‚ uniformities in personal artistic knowledge need not exist. When I look at the Arnolfini Portrait‚ I am struck by how the oil paint on the panel
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In the painting “Double Portrait” by Jan Van Eyck‚ iconography has been used to decipher many of the different possible meanings that the artworks displays. The couple are thought to be Giovanni di Arrigo Arnolfini‚ who was a rich merchant‚ and his wife Giovanna Cenami. Both of the people are from very prominent families. The first theory states that the painting depicts a secret marriage whereas the painting served as a type of certification of the couple. In this theory‚ the bride is seen to be
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While observing a portrait the audience should be attentive to the three major aspects which are; the size‚ the medium‚ and the condition of the portrait. The portrait Mrs. Robert Shurlock (Henrietta Ann Jane Russell‚ 1775–1849) and Her Daughter Ann size is a half-length portrait‚ the medium is Pastel on paper‚ laid down on canvas‚ and the condition of the painting is fine and sound. The figure of the portrait contains a lot of information. This is a double portrait. The gender of the sitters in
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and jealous. His wife is a flirt and definitely lacks the attention (the right kind of attention) she should receive from her husband. She’s a trophy‚ and he treats her as such. They had a short engagement (they married the night they met)‚ and Curly’s wife‚ from the little we really know about her married Curly for little more than to get away from her mother. Curly and his wife have a very unstable marriage‚ lacking in communication‚ love and respect. Curly believes that his wife is a possession
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Pat Murphy: His Vegetable wife The power of the harasser‚ the abuser‚ the rapist depends above all on the silence of women. Ursula K. Le Guin His Vegetable Wife is a short science fiction story‚ written in late eighties by Pat Murphy. It describes a relationship between male human and female plant‚ which is sort of a human too‚ or some of us would say‚ she is some kind of alien creature. At the beginning the story is relatively realistic; the man has planted the seed and is waiting for the results
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is particularly important in the study of religious and allegorical painting. For example‚ the Cross has always been a symbol of Christianity in religion. Nonetheless‚ a good example of an artwork in terms of its iconography is Arnolfini Portrait. The Arnolfini Portrait is an oil painting on oak panel dated 1434 by the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck. One can apply a variety of iconographic interpretations
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Fernando de Medina Confesses to Killing His Wife In the introduction of this chapter‚ we learn that on November 28th‚ 1595 Gaspar de Peralta‚ a judge for the Royal Audiencia of Charcas‚ answered a call from his next-door neighbor’s house. Once he entered the house‚ he found a domestic horror scene. Having entered the bedroom‚ Peralta found his chief scribe and the secretary of the audiencia (Fernando de Medina) standing over the bloody bodies of his wife and her lover‚ Beatriz Gonzalez. Fernando
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Charles Chestnutt’s "The Wife of His Youth‚" Mr. Ryder is forced to make a decision about two women that he loves. As a member of the Blue Veins Society‚ Mr. Ryder has a very high social status in his community and the people look up to him. Liza Jane‚ an old slave is determined to find her old husband who is Mr. Ryder. Unaware that she has found her husband and that he has found someone else‚ Liza Jane causes Mr. Ryder to loose his pride in order to rekindle the love from his youth. Mr. Ryder’s qualities
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