What is a triple self-portrait? The reader inquiring about this subject should refer to Charles Rosen's and Henri Zerner's passage, Triple Self-Portrait. Written in 1960, it is a passage about somewhat clever self-portrait painted by a man painting a self-portrait of the reflection of himself , Rockwell, in the mirror. Although this incredibly dull passage is small in size, it is packed with interesting topics somewhat. Interesting, right?…
1. Name the two finalists for the commission of the north doors of the Baptistry of Florence and briefly describe their styles:…
“Some of the most fascinating portraits are those that offer the viewer an emotional or psychological insight into their subject”…
In the novel The Chrysalids written by John Wyndham, the character of Joseph Strorm has a major impact on the plot of the book. Joseph is religious, abusive, and uncompassionate. These characteristics most definitely help the reader understand the community of Waknuk and give them an idea of how serious deviants are taken. Joseph appears in the novel numerous times, and demonstrates these three traits.…
Some sculptures of the human form release a certain presence, feeling or emotion that they are more than just objects. Ron Mueck represents this concept or idea throughout his realistic sculptures. Ron Mueck is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in the United Kingdom. Formally a model-maker and puppeteer for children’s television and film, Mueck has been creating fine art sculptures of the human form since 1996. Using many materials such as; resin, fibreglass, silicone and even real hair particles. Mueck contrasts hyper realistic likeliness of human beings, whilst playing with scale. Mueck often constructs his pieces from a mould and makes them hollow so these huge and sometimes small projects are easy accessible and transferable. The detailed sculptures are captivating when viewed up close, as they may be many times larger or smaller than expected. The audience’s reaction and response to Muecks work is unbelievable because these life-like sculptures look so real, like they could just come alive at any moment. Muecks sculptures show an expression, creating different characters who are frozen in time, portraying different meanings, emotions and reactions. This sense of life within the sculptures gives the audience the idea that they could be more than just objects.…
Portrait of a young man was painted by Andrea Del Sarto (Andrea d' Agnolo) from Italy, Florence. It was actually done between the years of 1485-1530. The accession number assigned to this portrait is 1982.60.9. In addition to my prior knowledge of my class and the significant amount of time, I invested analyzing every single detail of this portrait of the young man helped me to reach the climax of the concept of this portrait. The idea Agnolo depicts on this specific painting through the representation of the young man reflects on the concept of mannerisms and the way it is rooted in reality. Notwithstanding, Andrea was able to achieve mannerism in this portrait by creating unbalanced details of the way he presented the young man on the portrait.…
Astrid Agerskov Pedersen - 3.b - Skive Gymnasium og HF! Engelsk A - Aflevering 1 (fiction) - The Oval Portrait…
Passage: Page 248: "-You made me confess the fears that I have " Page 249: "Cranly did not answer."…
It is clear from the title of the novel “Portrait of a artist as a young man” that it is a journey of a man to become an artist but still there is some confusion and uncertainty so ultimately it is a search for a true identity. The hero of the novel somehow believes that the good destiny is waiting for him but he faces many difficulties to find that where this exist. It was the time of revolution and when he think of the society a question regarding value of Irish national identity in the country always come in his mind. “When a man is born...there are nets flung at it to hold it back from flight. You talk to me of nationality, language, religion. I shall try to fly by those nets.”(Portrait of an artist as a young man) In “Ulysses” there is also national identity problem with the protagonist Leopold Bloom, his position is very uncertain in the novel as a Irish Hungarian Jew. Because of his multi-faced identity and especially due to his jewishness he was considered as an outsider. Dubliner his fellow also doubts that is he even an Irish. There is a scene when citizen through empty tin of biscuits on Bloom then he say to them “Mendelssohn was a…
The novel under consideration was written by William Somerset Maugham in 1925. The author is a famous British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.…
Motivation is what gives us the driving force in our lives. It’s what makes us human as we naturally have a primal instinct to succeed. Without it, we would have no desire to achieve and no goals to set in life. The anti-force of motivation is discouragement. It is fueled by fear, frustration, failure, and fatigue. Bernard Malamud’s character George Stoyonovich, in “A Summer’s Reading”, is a teenager lacking motivation and direction in life because of the various elements of discouragement working against him. Malamud shows his qualities through the introduction of the change-maker, Mr.Cattanzera. It’s through him and his subtle guidance George experiences a lesson of life.…
Truly successful author’s have the ability to convey their point without actually saying it to portray a certain situation by describing it in various ways. In the excerpt of the novel “A Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man” James Joyce does just this. Through his use of stylistic elements such as selection of diction, imagery, and syntax, Joyce explains the development of the protagonist’s stream of consciousness.…
One of the most notable features of James Joyce 's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is the use of Stephen as the main character, as well as a sort of literary device. Joyce, whose life so acutely resembles Stephen 's, gives the character the surname "Dedalus," after the fabulous artificer of Greek mythology. As Stephen tires of his "borrowed" Irish culture, he starts to compare himself to the original Daedalus, who built wings for himself to escape the prison of King Minos of Crete. Like Daedalus, Stephen eventually decides that he must create a new soul that will allow him to rise above the miseries of his life, develop an identity, and pursue his destiny as an artist.…
Get up, go to work, go home, go to bed, rinse and repeat. Many people are familiar with this situation, this loop. The concept of stagnation is not a new feeling amongst most people. Stagnation is the feeling of one’s life running on repeat, be it family, work or something different. When it's the same stuff day in, day out, hating it until you finally lie dead and buried in the ground. This 'all too much known' road through your life is almost impossible to escape. "Stolpestad" is a short story written by William Lychack, and it deals with the concept of stagnation. The story is named after the main character, a policeman named Stolpestad. Stolpestad is called in to finish off an injured dog for a little boy and his mother. Later in the evening the boy's father and the boy himself shows up at his doorstep, informing him that the dog isn't dead, and that they had to call in a vet to get it done.…
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce, first serialised in the magazine The Egoist from 1914 to 1915, and published first in book format in 1916 by B. W. Huebsch, New York. The first British edition was published by the Egoist Press in February 1917. The story describes the formative years of the life of Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion to the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology, Daedalus.…