Berth Morisot was a French paintmaker and painter, who was associated with impressionism. Born into a family of a government official who was supportive of the arts she was able to openly practice her passion to paint. Through her painting The Basket Chair, she demonstrates her remarkable style of rough to light brush strokes that create a sense of realism in this piece. She was one of the few female painters of her time. The subject matter of her piece is not as interesting as that of Gustave Caillebotte’s
The portrait was painted on wood panel and in gothic like form. Nonetheless, this masterpiece is representation of time, the complexity of the painting and the
Speaker: The speaker of the article is Marc Sternberg, a former principal and the current director for the K-12 education for the Walter Family Foundation. He is a credible source because he has worked in the education system before and has turned a school with a 34% graduation rate to an 86% graduation rate due to him hiring exceptional teachers. Occasion: Marc Sternberg is addressing this topic because of the mayor’s recent decision to employ bad teachers. This is revealed in the beginning of the article. He is frustrated because he is a former principal and knows the effect of an exceptional teacher on the students.
One afternoon Edna brought her sketching materials onto the porch in La Grand Isle, and Robert sat down beside her as she began to sketch. Chopin tells the reader Robert’s actions, “During this oblivious attention he once rested his head against Mrs. Pontellier’s arm. As gently she repulsed him. Once again he repeated the offence. ”(13).
Le Morte d’Arthur and “Lancelot” tell a story about the same character, Lancelot, however they differ greatly because of the time period they were written in. One example of this is seen in comparing Lancelot’s story in Le Morte d’Arthur, written by Thomas Malory and “Lancelot” written by Edwin Arlington Robinson. Le Morte d’Arthur was written by Thomas Malory around 1485 and is one of the first publications that explains the Arthurian character Lancelot. Malory describes how Lancelot is the greatest knight in Camelot, but he also tells of Lancelot’s darker side, his affair with Queen Guinevere. Throughout the book Lancelot is displayed as the perfect knight.
She began at the Vermeer house, afraid to speak; Griet’s desire for kinship with Johannes, however, pressured her into altering a still life and ultimately gave her courage. “‘There needs to be some disorder in the scene, to contrast with her tranquility,”’ Griet says, to which Vermeer replies, ‘“I had not thought I would learn something from a maid,”’ (pgs. 135 - 136) Griet 's decision to rearrange the composition of the piece shows how her confidence has improved; she was able to be assertive and make the change, as well as to defend her decision when confronted by Vermeer. Johannes shows humbleness in his response to Griet; admitting he learned from her and he has some degree of respect for her artistic judgment.
The Renaissance was a long and distinct period of history which went through both a rebirth in cultural and intellectual revival. This revival swept many parts of Europe from the end of the 13th century and encouraged arts and literature to flourish. The movement was necessary in order to transform Europe towards a reawakening. As a result of these considerable changes, portraiture played a great significance at the time of the Renaissance. Nonetheless, different regions of Europe were enforced to experience countless unfamiliar changes two of which were the most significant primary renaissances.
The two pieces of art I will discuss is Edouard Manet’s ‘Olympia’ and Mary Cassatt 's ‘Woman in Black at the Opera’. Manet’s Olympia was not critically accepted, the reaction to his painting was negative, only four critics out of sixty were favorably disposed to Olympia. Olympia was a derivative of Titian 's Venus. In 1863 the critics and the viewers didn’t know how to take Olympia, “they were unable to cope with so many novel factors and so they were unable to categorize the picture and so were unable to analyze it or understand it in any context” (Laurence, 2012). Nowadays we are more open minded and are able to see the painting in a different light.
She wears a very exquisite and extravagant ball gown, decorated with laces, bows and feathers. In her right hand is a pink colored rose. She is the center of the portrait, her face turned away from the painter. From outside the world of the painting, there is a ray of sunlight that comes shining down on her. The contrast of light and dark show space and depth, the foreground where Marie Antoinette stands is lighter and where the background is left with a gloomy and dark texture.
Manet’s Olympia defied traditional art conventions in depicting the female body. The salon displayed traditional nudes for the pleasure of the, primarily male, viewer. Under the male gaze, the woman’s bare body became an erotic object—an object from which he may craft an erotic fantasy, characterized by male domination.
In the painting, a group of about ten to fifteen individuals can be seen socializing and drinking. People appear to be having a good time with one man all the way to the left of the painting, is tilting his chair back and laughing as if someone had told him a funny joke. In the middle of the painting, a man is seen whose chair is lying on the ground with him on top of it as if he fell. There is a large pot with alcohol in the middle of the table where people are filling their cups with alcohol. The main element of satire in this painting deals with its portrayal of drunks.
Overview and Analysis of Three Personality Assessments Defining and assessing an individual’s personality is a difficult task. According to Cohen, Swerdlik, and Struman (2013) personality is “an individual’s unique constellation of psychological traits that is relatively stable over time.” An individual’s personality contains several components including: attitudes, values, interests, acculturation, and several other factors. A personality test may be recommended for a wide range of reason from assessing competency to determining if an individual has the necessary attributes for a job. The purpose of this paper is to describe the construct, validity, and reliability of three unique personality assessments: the Eyesnck Personality Questionnaire-Revised,
M.H. Abrams’s The Mirror and the Lamp: romantic theories and the critical traditions is one of the most influential books in the field of western criticism. It was published in the year of 1953. The title of the book refers to the two contradictory metaphors used to portray the artist – one comparing the artist to a mirror which reflects nature as it is or perfected whereas the other compares the artist to a lamp that illuminates the object under consideration. Professor Abrams in his book illustrates the transition of the perspective of the theorists on the artist from one to the other and the ramifications of the latter in aesthetics, poetics and practical criticism. The essay “Orientation of critical theories” is the first chapter of this book.
The characters are waiting in ‘vain’ for Godot(Sternlicht 51). They are like other human beings who continue to wait, to hope that what they want in life will come to them someday. They never mind how long they will wait. They try to keep some communication with the others or maintain people with whom their lives are linked. Beckett thinks that “the modern artist” is like someone in a trap because there is nothing to express but the main artist’s work, paradoxically, is to express.
Early in the novel, the reader gets the impression that the painting is pervaded by the longing for the youth that one has lost as well as the frightening deficiency of human life. In chapter eight this painting is described as: “the most magical of mirrors.” (Wilde 98). The portrait works
