The Midnight Ride By Grant Wood Summary
PRE-LEARNING REFLECTION #12: WAR AND PEACE
PROMPT: Do humans live in a state of perpetual and inevitable war or is global peace a real possibility? Why?
To maintain complete honesty, humans always have and will continuously live in a state of perpetual and inevitable war. Peace has always been procured through fighting and conversation instead of avoiding confrontation and finding a definite resolution that appeases both sides. By investigating the human record, it is clearly evident that humans are not truly able to find total peace without causing hassle to themselves, or even not doing anything because of disinterest. However, it may also be reckoned that humans are also capable of good deeds. Though, in light of current events in the …show more content…
Additionally, it is noted that this piece illustrates something called “biomorphic vocabulary,” which is what Noguchi coined to “abstract the human figure into fragmented, bonelike elements.” Meaning, he practiced taking live objects and manipulating them in a such a way that is completely free, as it consists with surrealism. Next is the painting The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Grant Wood. He is depicting the story of how Paul Revere dashed through a colonial town on horseback to alert the locals that British troops were coming. Although, Wood embellished this factual tale by making the house extremely bright, “as if lit by electric light.” The way the painting is set gives it a bird eye’s view of the homes, church and surrounding environment; and is noted that the “high perspective [gives] the painting an otherworldly or dreamlike dimension.” Lastly, the example is Nude Standing by the Sea by Pablo Picasso, and it depicts a unique view of the female body. The body is built from different geometric shapes, each shape representing a feature of the body – i.e., rounded breasts, teeth as done by cones, and the small slit indicating genitals. I can see how the body’s flexibility, and overall feeling of harshness or “coldness.” This piece may have been a “reflection of [his] own anguished love life at the time.” Picasso wanted to show the
PROMPT: Do humans live in a state of perpetual and inevitable war or is global peace a real possibility? Why?
To maintain complete honesty, humans always have and will continuously live in a state of perpetual and inevitable war. Peace has always been procured through fighting and conversation instead of avoiding confrontation and finding a definite resolution that appeases both sides. By investigating the human record, it is clearly evident that humans are not truly able to find total peace without causing hassle to themselves, or even not doing anything because of disinterest. However, it may also be reckoned that humans are also capable of good deeds. Though, in light of current events in the …show more content…
Additionally, it is noted that this piece illustrates something called “biomorphic vocabulary,” which is what Noguchi coined to “abstract the human figure into fragmented, bonelike elements.” Meaning, he practiced taking live objects and manipulating them in a such a way that is completely free, as it consists with surrealism. Next is the painting The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Grant Wood. He is depicting the story of how Paul Revere dashed through a colonial town on horseback to alert the locals that British troops were coming. Although, Wood embellished this factual tale by making the house extremely bright, “as if lit by electric light.” The way the painting is set gives it a bird eye’s view of the homes, church and surrounding environment; and is noted that the “high perspective [gives] the painting an otherworldly or dreamlike dimension.” Lastly, the example is Nude Standing by the Sea by Pablo Picasso, and it depicts a unique view of the female body. The body is built from different geometric shapes, each shape representing a feature of the body – i.e., rounded breasts, teeth as done by cones, and the small slit indicating genitals. I can see how the body’s flexibility, and overall feeling of harshness or “coldness.” This piece may have been a “reflection of [his] own anguished love life at the time.” Picasso wanted to show the