In this assignment, I have chosen to analyze the two art pieces that I liked the most. The first is Hay Making, by Jules Bastien-Lepage, and the second is Thanatopsis, by Asher Brown Durand. Both pieces are take place in nature, and it is because of this that I enjoy them more so than others. To me being out in nature is
Christian Thompson’s series Australian Graffiti involves staged images of the artist wearing Australian flora as a headdress. Thompson has arranged the flowers and leaves into intricate headbands that partially or fully cover his eyes from the viewer. ‘I carry the flowers with me like the most quintessential Australian symbol, a return to a more pagan and traditional symbiosis between man and the natural world. Perhaps the flowers are an extension of this visceral response to my surroundings. Sometimes when I am talking with people I visualise clusters of Warratahs or Banksias protruding from their shoulders or coming out of their mouths, it is with that degree that they are present in my everyday life’.
Beauty from Brutality No single person is free from the toil of this world, or the hardships associated with it. This comes as brutality towards the ill-fated. These people cope with brutality in order to function. To cope with brutality, many find beauty to be their escape from pain by finding distractions from this brutality.
We live in a society that has increasingly demoralizes love, depicting it as cruel, superficial and full of complications. Nowadays it is easy for people to claim that they are in love, even when their actions say otherwise, and it is just as easy to claim that they are not when they indeed are. Real love is difficult to find and keeping it alive is even harder, especially when one must overcome their own anxieties and uncertainties to embrace its presence. This is the main theme depicted in Russell Banks’ short story “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story,” as well as in Richard Bausch’s “The Fireman’s Wife.” These narratives, although similar in some ways, are completely different types of love stories.
Painting is like keeping a diary on canvas. Art expresses ones feelings in ways words cannot. This is true for protagonist Melinda Sordino in the Laurie Halse Anderson novel about teenage rape, Speak. Anderson uses trees, mainly Melinda’s paintings and sculptures of trees, to chronicle Melinda’s growth in the novel. Instead of Melinda saying exactly how she felt all the time in the book, Anderson uses Melinda’s paintings to keep a diary of her emotions.
Alex Arevalo Was World War 1 Civilized? Warning: Due to the nature of this essay, graphic content is ahead. World War 1 Was supposed to be a civilized battle, but was it really civilized? With advancments in technology and medical equipment, it was supposed to be the most advanced war, and people thought it would be more civilized, killing people quickly, instead of brutally torturing them with weapons until death (not that killing people is civilized).
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, is a fiction novel of historic proportions. This novel focuses mainly on a boy named Henry Lee, who grew up surrounded by prejudice in an international district, even within his own family. He was a first-generation American. Along with Henry, we meet a Japanese girl named Keiko. This book tells us these two friend’s story.
Through various divisions within the piece, ‘Metamorphosis of Narcissus’ retells the story of Narcissus’s tragic fate. In the ancient Greek myth, Narcissus was a very handsome, yet selfish young man who broke the hearts of many lovers, especially the many nymphs who inhabited the area. For this, the gods decided to punish him by allowing him to see his gorgeous unattainable reflection in a nearby pool. He instantly fell in love with it, but upon realising he could not interact with it, he died from frustration. Relenting, the gods immortalised Narcissus as the narcissus flower (daffodil) so he could forever spread his beauty throughout the world.
Many people who go into nature always see it as something beautiful and aesthetic, but they never see the other side to nature. Humankind’s connection with nature isn’t a real one. They always look at the bright side of nature but are blind to the true dark side of nature. JB MacKinnon’s article “False Idyll” (2012), reveals that nature is not just flowers in a field but can also be the survival of the fittest. He backs up his claim by talking about nature through anecdotes and expert’s research.
An initial reaction to this artwork is a feeling of mourn with an explosion of emotions. At first, the artwork serves as a symbol of sorrow, despair, and melancholy. The title of the work adds a dry, bland sense to the meaning behind the drawing. Through observing the drawing more strenuously, the work becomes more of a symbol of war and a cry for help. The despair and troublesome times that the working class went through during war is characterized in this artwork.
Most people would expect the artists painting to be monopolized by one perspective of nature. However, the artist incorporates both the violent and beautiful sides of nature. The artist explained how “the long-necked lily-flower which, deep in both worlds, can be still as as a painting” (Hughes 22-24). The artist proves how the even if beauty is surrounded by negativity, nature 's beauty will not be consumed by its violence. Most people would also expect the artist to put an emphasis on nature 's violence, especially after the repeated mention of the violent parts of nature.
The Best Poems Ever By Cindy Christmas No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of the author. The Best Poems Ever All Rights Reserved. Copyright: © 2015 Cindy Christmas ISBN#: 978-1-329-67658-9 http://www.lulu.com Printed in the United States of America Ageing What Is Beauty? Violent World End Violence Skin Unforgettable
Despite the fact that having her life seen as great physical and (brain related/soul related) enduring, this anguish was went into more detail and indicated (by utilizing a physical article to speak to a thought or feeling) by the craftsman utilizing brilliant hues to effectively manage torment. Frida had in the craftsmanship her real solace, changing and making her difficult circular segment like way in a work which has mirrored her own particular sentiments about her
Their adventures lead them into situations, most troublesome, involving people like Old Misery. Greene’s work includes themes of beauty in destruction, the effects of a war on generations, and the rebellion of young teens, showing the connections and effects of progressive ideas and passing time. As Peter P. Clarke explores the parallels between Greene’s “The Destructors” and an essay by Mikhail Bakunin explaining anarchism, a number of connections emerge. The essay, “Reaction in Germany,” shows that moving forward is tied to the destruction of not only physical things but the ideology of the people. The themes of rebellion and beautiful destruction can be traced back to what seems to be the case throughout history - things that are destructive now may be harmless and beautiful at the end.
Love as a theme of the poems actually took a very important place in the collection. These love poems often contain different emotions. There are poems expressing the author fall in love with someone or poems expressing painful feelings about missing someone else. One interesting thing I noticed is that the
