concentrated: Rossetti’s engagement with discursive regulation of female sexuality in Lost and Found‚ and the typology and striking sensuality of Rossetti’s paintings. Linda Nochlin’s essay examines Rossetti’s painting Found from three major angles: through Victorian erotic regulation of sexuality‚ in comparison with William Holman Hunt’s painting The Awakening Conscience‚ and through the lens of Rossetti’s personal biography. Nochlin proposes that Found prescribes to the contemporary artistic conventions
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Cave paintings were the first forms of art. These paintings first appeared around 31‚000 years ago. The oldest one known is in the El Castillo cave in Spain. This is not a very well-known cave‚ even though I think it should be. The Chauvet‚ Altamira‚ and Lascaux are the most common caves. Cave art is very interesting and has created multiple theories. The first theory of the purpose of this new outburst was just a way to be decorative. I don’t think that is the sole reason for
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Description An expressionist figure painting of a nude woman using oil paint on linen Head leaning back and sitting comfortably in her arm-chair‚ the woman’s left arm is slung over her chest and her right arm supporting her leaning into the armrest. She has her right leg relaxed and her foot gently touching the floor. Her left leg is folded up‚ pushing hard against the edge of the seat. There are no recognizable objects other than the woman and the arm-chair. The artist uses a primary color scheme
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For this painting Johannes Vermeer used charcoal‚ chalk‚ tempera‚ white lead‚ red and yellow ochre‚ vermillion and oil paints in various tones most of which he grinded up himself daily. No one knows how Johannes Vermeer made the initial drawing for this painting but it is thought that preliminary drawing on the canvas was to act as a guide during the painting and also intended to fix the significant contours of the composition. Once the initial outline drawing was finished he began the underpainting
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Surviving Paintings of Baroque Period *Works Cited Not Included Baroque style conveyed the dynamic spirit of the entire age. Derived from the Portuguese word barocco‚ which describes the irregularly shaped pearls commonly featured in the ornamental European decoration. Asymmetric compositions‚ strong contrast of light‚ dark‚ and bold illusion effects characterize baroque style. This style originated from Italy and came to dominate artistic production in the years between 16th and middle of 17th
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After reading “A defense of Abortion” by Judith Jarvis Thomson and what he had to say with his violinist analogy involving the kidney replacement. I agree with what he has to say on not only abortion itself but‚ whether or not a fetus should have the right to the women’s body. I don’t think that the fetus should be given the right to use the women’s body because what if she does not what to have a baby and ends up getting pregnant anyway. Also‚ each time a woman engages in sexual intercourse‚ she
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Judith Beveridge is known for using a number of themes in her poems that hold strong meaning and relate to today’s society in some way such as the value of life and the inequality between men and women. She also has some reoccurring themes she likes to use such as animals and the personification of objects and animals. In her poem‚ Fox in a Tree Stump‚ the central theme dictated is man’s cruelty to animals. She depicts this theme with harsh imagery surrounding the young girl and the fox. One example
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Pattachitra is a well-known traditional cloth painting in India‚ mostly from Orissa and West Bengal. The paintings are done by artists who are known as chitrakaras. These paintings are also inspired by Jaggannath and the Vaishnava cult‚ and they represent stories of Hindu deities. Pattachitra use to be a form of art that was dying by the early 50s of the last century since the kings did not condescend the artists nor did the public buy the paintings anymore. However‚ this all changed when an American
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The theories on what the role of gender does in society are countless in number‚ but Judith Butlers is widely known for the aspect of how gender and performativity coincide with one another. In her theory she talks about how the role of gender is defined by what society wants it to be and not what a person is actually. Butler also talks about how these roles are recurring in society because of the performativity aspect of gender. These roles are what Butler wants to break away from and she goes as
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Army. Included in the belonging that were to be sent back to Idaho was an original painting depicting a Native American on a white horse in typical old west scene by Bill Gollings that was gifted to Taylor. Due to the fact that Abel was trying to leave the house as quickly as possible and trying to make sure everything went to its rightful place confusion arose. Because of this confusion the box containing the painting was accidentally picked up with the donated items that were being sent to the Salvation
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