The first art element that I feel is one of the most important to the artist pertaining to this painting is the use of line. There is an undefined, invisible vertical line that goes from left to right where the mountains meet the
The final picture symbolizes what happens right before the book ends. There
It shows her transition into happiness and recognising the blessings in her life. This book is cyclic; it begins and finishes with the girl in her bedroom with a negative view on how the day begins and ends. But then there is a tonal shift on page 23 when she says, “But suddenly there it is right in front of you bright and vivid quietly waiting”. The use of symbolism is used through a bright red leaf. The leaf is a constant motif throughout the book representing her blessings and the good things in her life, but she hadn’t taken the time to notice it.
The pastor Antonio Aquino during one of his sermons once said: “Do not be fooled by its size, a small rock, thrown by a young boy defeated the giant.” In the same fashion, when looking at the history of slavery in America, one should not underestimate how significant was the participation of the smallest state in The United States of America. In the book, the Dark Work written by Christy Clark-Pujara, she addresses the paramount effect and influence of Rhode Island in the economy of America through the means of slavery and trading. In other words, she contextualizes Rhode Island’s slavery by focusing it what was important to the white masters, the profit. Furthermore, she approaches the subject by effectively utilizing primary and secondary
The bird-shaped pods had burst and the puffs were spilling out, flying off. I cracked a pod from the stem and blew into the silk-lined hollow, sending the remaining puffs sailing, a snowy shower rising, vanishing into the clouds” (Spinelli 143). The theme of the novel is there is always light in the darkness . This was demonstrated when Misha and Janina experienced seeing a milkweed plant in the ghetto. The milkweed symbolizes hope or the light in the dark and depressing ghetto that they were forced to live in.
In the opening passage, I adore how the author made the setting a more peaceful scenario to take away all the darkness that occurred in the previous two chapters. An example would be, “I started appreciating Mother Nature, what she’d done with the world.” (Monk Kidd 57). This passage reminded me of my grandmother because she loves and admires nature. Nature’s creations leave her in awe just like Lily.
The boldest lines are in the frame and they are used to separate the scenes. The painting itself is very flat; however the artist manages to use overlap in order to create a sense of depth within the painting. In the upper-right painting, the author overlaps the soldiers watching David cut off Goliath’s head. Also, in the lower paintings, the artist overlaps the people watching David present Goliath’s head to the king. In the upper-left painting, the artist makes a distinct height and body mass difference between David and Goliath.
A Book from the Sky is an installation piece that feature over 400 hand-printed books, propped open on special wooden mounts, evenly spaced and aligned on the ground. Little space exists between the books on the ground. Each book contains a specially designed pseudo-Chinese calligraphic mark. These words are completely illegible in Chinese but use familiar strokes frustrating the audience. The wall is covered with these prints reminiscent of landscapes, the ceiling has three scrolls, which are also reminiscent of billowing clouds, and the books on the floor are reminiscent of waves.
She was quite extraordinarily pretty, pink and white, with large pale-blue eyes, and sparse little golden curls all over her head and neck, through which her pink skin could be seen.” (354). After knowing what the characters look like, this leads to the theme and symbols in the
On December 21, 2012, Los Angeles Times published “Let There Be Dark” adapted from Paul Bogard. In this article, Paul persuades his audience that darkness should be preserved by using evidence, reasoning and persuasive elements. Paul uses the natural environment as evidence to persuade his readers that darkness should be preserved. For example, Bogard states in paragraph 4 “The rest of the world depends on darkness as well, including nocturnal and crepuscular species of birds, insects, mammals, fish and reptiles.” This is convincing evidence because he explains the importance of darkness in the everyday lives of many different species in the world and the absence of this darkness would lead to an unstable ecosystem.
Sharon M. Draper is the author of this book, Darkness Before Dawn. The physical setting of this story is at Keisha’s school, Hazelwood High, in Atlanta, GA. The temporal setting is Keisha Montgomery’s senior year in high school. The author manipulates times by introducing the suicide of her ex-boyfriend, Andy Jackson, and goes back to where he was still alive. The setting is critical to the story, because the setting provided the framework for what is going on, and gives readers info to set mood.
It’s almost as if someone is observing the sunset, revelling in the sense of smallness that comes from being eclipsed by the heavens above (in Japanese, this sensation is known as “yūgen”) (“Yūgen”). The clouds will continue to drift, the globe will turn, but for just that moment, one can bathe in insignificance & anonymity, and revel in the mountain’s awe. To those on the East Coast, the scene may seem reminiscent of post-Hurricane-Sandy landscapes and the eerie calm that remains after destruction. Taking inspiration from this disaster-esque allusion, I then began to examine the foreground of the painting, noticing the swift motion of the rocks, brush, and branches. Despite the apparent destruction (the fallen tree branch, the tumbling rocks), the forefront is fluid and blurred; the unfocused nature instills paradoxal peace into the painting.
For instance, there is an understanding of the woman’s feelings as she describes “a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside down” and the pattern looking at her “as if it knew what a vicious influence it had” (Gilman 437). The personification is symbolic in displaying how the woman felt as she was stuck in the lonely room with allowance of her husband and Jennie, their child’s nanny, keeping their eyes on her with the dependence of her healing. Additionally, the woman specifies that behind the yellow wallpaper she can see “a strange, provoking, formless sort of figure, that seems to sulk about behind that silly and conspicuous front design” (Gilman 438). As the appearance of the wallpaper is personified, the author taps into the hidden meaning that the woman’s sickness is taunting her as she is attempting to heal. In the end, readers are given the most significant piece of personification in the statement, “and then when the sun came and that awful pattern began to laugh at me, I declared that I would finish it today!”
On of the greatest examples of imagery that Alice Walker uses is the one that compares light and darkness. At the beguining of the story the author mentions delicate and calm setting of a farm. In creating this imagery the reader is able to understand that all the positive and upbeat words are associated with the farm setting. Myop’s light-hearted innocence is also shown when “watching the tiny white bubbles disrupt the thin black scale”. The effective description provides credibility to the environment, and makes the later events all the more shocking,
One angle is also bearing the symbols of the crucifixion like the lance Christ was stabbed with and the crown of thorns. The top part of the painting as a very calming and gentle tone to it. Both panels show Jesus but they look like two different people. On the left he 's lifeless, has no clothes on and seems weak. The middle ground between heave and hell is small.
