The depiction of the painting and the article are quite similar. One of the reasons is because when Martha Corey was accused for being a witch by other three women, she had to stand on trial. In this painting, it is shown that a woman is kneeling in front of the judges while women around her seem to be enraged and in pain. As it was said on the article, “when Martha shifted her feet the girls did also, when Martha bit her lip the girls were compelled to it their own lips, crying out in pain.” Women acted and accused as not to be put on trial, or to be executed in some cases. It was also said that girls were pressured into revealing the person behind all this problems. This made things complicated since this work was reasoned by the community…
In chapter three, the title tells it all. At a young age we are conditioned to police ourselves with the ideas of masculinity and femininity. Social institutions such as school subtly change how we view ourselves and makes us fit into the norms of society. A relatable example that was used to show the norms of society and how hard people try to fit them, is the body shapes of women. Each culture and time has their different standards for how people should look and act. In 1947 Marilyn Monroe was a beauty icon but if she was compared to someone thought to be beautiful today her figure would seem too full. Many girls have self-esteem issues today because they cannot perfectly…
He is perhaps challenging the viewer to see more that physical beauty but rather an internal need to be desired regardless of our outer shell or weathered state. He used detail and traditional symbolism of beauty in the clothing, headdress, the red rose, the seductive corset, and the lifted chin and soft eyes. Perhaps the timeless review and contemplation of intent was in fact Massys true intent of this piece, as it has withstood the test of time as a historically famous work of art. The initial dislike for the woman drew me in. The complexity of the painting made be find aesthetic beauty, and the content itself keeps me perplexing on the possibilities of intent. It is truly a respectable and intriguing display of art and…
Feminism refers to the belief that male and female deserve equality in all opportunities, treatment, respect, and social rights. The film Mirrormask talked about the protagonists, Helena is in a family of circus entertainers. Others wishes run off real life and join circus but she often wishes she could run off and join real life because she feels like a child being forced into her father’s dream by her over-powering mother. Loopy dreams wakes her up and bring her into the mirror world, which a world based on the drawing Helena had done on her bedroom wall. Helena is struggle between virtual and reality because she sees herself sleeping in a window but until she sees the “bad self”, Anti- Helena, through the window. Helena’s psychic journey…
Lawrence used bright, warm colors to draw your eyes attention and guide you thru the painting. His use of the colors red and orange guides your eye from the top to the bottom of the portrait. The artist used repetition in forms with the clothing and background and also used many random and inconsistent colors within the painting. Lawrence used repetition of shape, color and regular pattern to create to create a rhythm in the painting. The entire painting is mostly flat and lack texture except for the irons which are two dimensional. The artist used geometric shapes throughout the painting. There is asymmetrical balance to the painting created by background colors and the use of the three women in the middle of the painting. The emphasis of the painting is the three women ironing…
In the Victorian era, women and men were assigned different gender roles. The notion of gender roles entailed that man may go outside the home and subject himself to mistakes, while women must tend to the household and stand as an example of exceptional morality. According to John Ruskin, a man is “the doer, the creator, the discoverer, the defender. His intellect is for…war, and for conquest.” However a woman’s “intellect is not for invention or creation but for sweet ordering, arrangement, and decision. She sees the qualities of things, their claims, and their places” (Ruskin). A man is free to adventure and subject himself to mistakes and questionable morals, while a woman must stay at home and provide a peaceful and morally sound shelter. Ruskin claims that despite expecting women must remain enclosed in the household, that they possess a different kind of power than men. A woman is “incorruptibly good” and “infallibly wise.” She is free to judge the man’s morality as she is never at fault. Ruskin asserts this assumption by saying that as a woman “rules, all must be right, or nothing is.” He claims that women are…
A pair of heels symbolizes a part of the nightlife Frances enjoyed that arthritis had taken from her; partying and being active was no longer an option. Shoes such as heels were no longer a possibility, as arthritis had contorted her feet to the point that they could no longer even fit into a pair. The inclusion of symbolism opening the viewer to her personal losses effectively spreads the message of hopelessness and sadness the painting was made to portray. Another One of the personal struggles that Frances faced when dealing with arthritis was her inability to use a typewriter normally. To be able to write down her thoughts or to write letters to her friends and family she had to push the keys of the typewriter with a pencil, which was included to represent her difficulty to communicate. Painting was one of the easiest and most effective ways for her to communicate, and the inclusion of her hardships to do so through the pencil make the message of this illustration more powerful, as the reader understands the importance of Frances’ paintings as a means of communication. I believe that the inclusion of personal items in painting is an effective to symbolically display a message, and Frances’ placement of a pencil clearly communicated her distress when it comes to her…
Their clothing is bright, unlike that of Joseph and the couple. Gabriel’s wings are glowing with a yellow color outlined in dark brown. You can also see that Mary’s bible is being held with a white cloth. All of these details put emphasis on Mary and Gabriel and make them stand out greatly! This artwork is also very symmetrical with the panels and lines. It is separated into panels, mainly focusing on the central panel. The left and right-hand panels balance one another out because of the actions of the people. The entering of the couple to the left is balanced out by Joseph’s carpentry work to the right. The central panel is balanced because a table is placed in the middle to separate Gabriel from Mary. These two figures equal out one another out by color, size, and…
In approximately 1669-1670, during the Dutch Golden Age, Johannes Vermeer completed his painting The Lacemaker in the baroque style. The artist Johannes Vermeer creates a sense of calm and solidarity in his work, The Lacemaker, by portraying the figure in a dreamy fashion, using dull colors, and by making the figure seem intent on her work and distant. The woman making lace in the work is portrayed in a dream like fashion. This is created by the slightly fuzzy edges of the shapes in the work. However, this dream like sense is further brought forward by the way in which she is portrayed.…
1. How does the engraving tell a different story from the above description of the…
In the Artwork The Light of Coincidences, Rene Magritte utilizes space, balance, and high contrast to expose a quiet and eerie feel of the two-dimensional composition. Magritte, a Belgian artist, created this oil painting in the year 1933 . It is currently located in the James H. and Lillian Clark Galleries of Twentieth Century Art at the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas. The work is small in scale, roughly two feet on each side with a gold distressed frame, and is made up of just three objects. Taking up most of the left side of the composition is a wooden framed painting of a classical female sculpture with the arms, legs and head missing.…
What caught my eye first were Madonna’s and the angel’s gowns. They shined as if a light in front of the painting was making them shimmer. The coloring of the skin on all the subjects looked precise and the rosy tones on the cheeks and eyelids gave off a warm feeling, which added to the overall adoring nature of the painting. Standing back one would never notice the small intricate details Francia painted but up close they become apparent. Francia went as far as painting the creases and lines within the palm and fingers of the baby Christ giving the subject a sense of realness. Up close one can see the small embellishments on Madonna’s gown and cloak. Around the neck of the gown and edges of the cloak there is an intricate white pattern. The hair on the angels looks like each and every strand was painted separately. Francia even painted the light bouncing off the hair and the crease of the flower crown creates on the angel’s hair on the right. As was common in the time period, Madonna has a halo above her head painted in a bright gold to bring emphasis to it. The baby Christ also has a (what is perceived to be a) slight halo that represents his holiness along with his mother. Francia painted a transparent veil under Madonna’s clothes and even painted creases into the veil where it bunches on her chest, the talent apparent in the painting amazes…
Understanding the contexts in Shadows in the Mirror is really important as it deeply influences the reader interpretation of the novel. This book is about a life at an all boys wealthy private school, seen from the perspective of a boy named David Pollifrone. Three different types of contexts are going to be discussed further in this essay, these include the historical context, cultural context, and personal context.…
‘My Bed’ by Tracey Emin is a installation piece created in 1998 and is an incredibly open piece about herself and her emotions at the time of creation, it was created to show her thoughts and feelings but also how they effected the way she lived. ‘Branded’ is an oil painting by Jenny Saville created in 1992 to portray society judgement about larger women. Lastly, ‘Study for a self portrait’ is a triptych painting created in 1980 by Francis Bacon. It conveys his thoughts on his own image and shows the audience how he has aged. ‘My Bed’ by Tracey Emin was created for a Japanese Art Show in 1998 when Emin didn’t have anything prepared.…
The themes of this short story include jealousy, obsession with narcissism and the emergence of another identity. In this short story, jealousy is displayed when Monica has the narrator choose between the real her and the Monica in the mirror. In the story, “Once, she said, “You know, sometimes I think you like me better there”—she pointed to a mirror—“than here”—she pointed to herself. She said it teasingly, with a little laugh, but in her look was an anxious question.” The Monica in the mirror was described in this excerpt: “a fresh Monica, a vibrant Monica, a Monica with a glow of pleasure in her face. She was dressed in clothes that no longer seemed a little drab, a little elderly, but were handsomely understated, seductively restrained.” The real Monica is depicted in the excerpt “Not for a moment did the mirror make her look young, or beautiful, for she was not young and she was not beautiful. But it was as if some inner constriction had dissolved, some sense of her drifting gradually into unhappiness.” Jealousy is what drove the…