The grandiose proportion of the power lines to the houses at the bottom work to helps to connect the two pieces, both of which are completely different in the their composition, into one solidified painting. Without the implied line from the houses to the sky that the power lines create, the top and bottom halves of the painting do not seem to coincide with each other, but could rather stand alone as two separate paintings; one painting done in a naturalist form, and the other in a much more abstract
They both seeks freedom from the traditional art’s narrative and description of the literal visual world. Trying to free painting from the limitation of representational association, Wright focus on the juxtaposition and reverberation of pure primary and secondary
The last but not the least, Hopper incorporates formal elements like value, space and lines to display the double act of looking in Morning Sun. “ The model for the painting was Hopper’s wife Josephine. She was to be become Hopper’s only female model after their marriage in the mid-20s. At the time those drawings were made, she was 69 years old” (Theophanidis, 2014). As capturing the main character in the painting, a young girl with hair in a bun sits at the middle of the bed in a bare room.
The light change in the artwork from dark to light, displays a feeling from relaxation to adventurous and excitement. The male figure I the piece has a calm mood to him and wears a straw hat while reading a newspaper that demonstrates a sense of modernism. According to the Museum of Fine Arts of Houston (MFAH) Web site, “Capturing the specific light effects of midday, Gustave Caillebotte contrasts the cool colors of shade with the dazzling, flattening effects of direct sunlight” (2014, para. 1) Caillebotte creates a diagonal line that moves from the lower left
The experience of eating at Whataburger, a flawless fast food restaurant that expands its range on hamburgers and many other types of sandwiches, is an experience of delight tasting and overall joy. The welcoming of entering inside the building is very courteous, the service of the employees is very respectful, and the food is very intriguing. This business is one of the top rated fast food restaurants due to their overall experience in owning a fast food joint. Whataburger was found in 1950, by two men named Harmon Dobson and Paul Burton.
In his essay “Coming into language” Jimmy Baca uses the image of light as a controlling metaphor to express his creativity as a writer. Many times in writing light is seen as a symbol of re-birth, to represent cleansing, and also to represent a revelation. The image of light is often associated with the visionary world of creative genius. This essay will highlight the different ways Baca uses light to express his creativity, and how language helped to steer him in the right direction, away from the darkness. Growing up and throughout his life Jimmy Baca had always faced hardships.
In chapter fourteen of A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki, the author elaborates how all nations contributed to political and economic climate during the 20th century. As World War II escalated in Europe and Asia, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a speech to Congress on January 6, 1941, stating that we support those who struggle to gain human rights and that our nation has the destiny to have people gain freedom everywhere. Eleven months later on December 7, 1941, Japan dropped a bomb on Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt took the initiative of the Kellog-Briand Act, resulting in the United States entering World War II. This changed the United States relations with Mexicans, Africans, Japanese, Chinese, Jewish, and Native Americans.
The Architectural Fantasy by Hubert Robert is an oil painting created in 1802. For an architectural painting, is displays much emotion through the use of color, line, and light. The painting does not utilize a multitude of colors but still is able to provide an exciting scene. Although it does not appear to be that large in the gallery, the work would actually be prominent if it were a standalone piece. The artist’s use of perspective, light, and color give the overall composition a balanced look.
He highlights the concerns and identity of the cultures that have influenced him into creating his pieces of art. With In his artwork Home Décor Algebra
This is significant to Birch’s view of the American Dream as many people only see what the dream has to offer. In addition to this, the pale color of the sky along with the white hue of the lighthouse convey a sense of simplicity, creating this illusion that a person can easily achieve their goals as long as they put in the work. This illusion, however, is broken by the bottom half of the painting, as it represents the harsher, more realistic view of the American Dream that Birch believed in. While the upper half of the painting suggested this sense of straightforwardness with the bright sky and the pristine lighthouse, the bottom half juxtaposes this with a small ship approaching dark waves and rocks. Just like in, “Shipwreck, 1829,” the
Edward Hopper’s painting, House by the Railroad, portrays an abandoned, Victorian-styled mansion built adjacent to a railroad. Hopper depicts the lonely state of the house by emphasizing the shading of the house, colors, architectural design, and placement. In the poem, Edward Hirsch emphasizes the houses’s “emotions” through the usage of personification, diction and metaphors. Hirsch’s personification of the house provides us insight on how the house is feeling. For instance, he describes the physical appearance of the house by using words like “strange, gawky house”(142) and “faded cafeteria windows”(143).
We all continue to live in a world surrounded by varyng forms of art, music, painting, literature, and all these are results of creative human activity in which materials are formed to show an idea or a thought of communication. I believe arts are meant to aid in understanding our past, describe the present and predict the future. “The Weather Project” by Olafur Eliasson managed to create an interesting presentation of the weather. The exposition seems to initiate an impressive tension between the city and nature. The room is encircled in natural elements sun, mist, light and by introducing these natural elements Ellison seems to persuade viewers to entirely appear themselve in the space and the exhibition.
He employs kinesthetic and organic images in “swollen legs, moving with fear” (5). He is trying to depict the feelings of the Jews in the ghetto before the raid. They were always afraid of being captured. Their life was controlled by other people and this is one of the reasons why they now suffer from complex trauma. Furthermore, he uses an auditory image in “The shouts of the Raiders, enjoying the hunt” (8).
The contrast of light and dark, the vivid display of colourisation, and the hard-fought emotion portrayed in this piece forces the viewer to have thoughts of rebellion and discontent against societal
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.
