Analysis As one of the shortest of Poe’s stories‚ "The Oval Portrait" consists of a brief one-paragraph story framed within a larger vignette whose main purpose is to establish the romantic Gothic mood in which the story occurs. The setting and basis of the plot are shrouded in mystery; the narrator does not explain how or where he is wounded‚ and with his servant‚ he enters an abandoned‚ decaying chateau that offers no more answers than the narrator. The dark gloom of a deserted house is a classic
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Moving images are so pervasive in our lives today that it is hard to imagine a time when people did without them. They’ve become an essential element in the way we communicate‚ the way we think. I dare say they even permeate our dreams. They’ve certainly influenced every other art form in some way. The reproduction of image‚ along with the reproduction of sound‚ has radically changed the world. If we stop for a moment and recognize that less than two centuries ago - an infinitesimal span in comparison
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grainy. 4. The color makes you focus on the people in his painting. Perception Key (p.91) 1. Color is the most dominant over line in the five Impressionist paintings. The line does not seem to be important to the painter. 2. Pierre-Auguste Renoir Luncheon of the Boating Party seems to rely on diagonal lines and objects. 3. Claude Monet’s Impression Sunrise is the most symmetrical. Edouard Manet A Bar at the Folies-Berge`re is asymmetrical. Asymmetrical paintings draw me in because
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the pieces of iconography are a focal point while being well balanced in the picture. Some of these formal elements are carried over in Impressionist pieces while some are highly different. For example‚ The Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir speaks of the Impressionist era. Impressionist’s paintings spoke of moments in time‚ the fun‚ the pleasures‚ care-free impressions or memories of a person’s life through an artist’s vantage point. The technique of painting was quite different
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inspiring artist in the town of Le Havre. After briefly serving in the military‚ Monet returned to Paris and continued to explore different forms of art‚ as well as‚ developing friendships with painters including Édouard Manet‚ Frédéric Bazille‚ and Auguste Renoir. After marrying his wife‚ Camille in 1870‚ the two were constantly traveling until they settled in Argenteuil‚ where Monet produced his most famous and well-known works (Claude). Unlike in Monet’s previous works of smooth blended surfaces‚
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Edgar Allan Poe’s fictional detective C. Auguste Dupin is a complex character and one who often walks the line between lawful and criminal investigative practices. However shadowy and manipulative‚ Dupin’s prowess to frame a narrative and skills of detection are unmatched. In the article “Poe’s Dupin and the Power of Detection” Peter Thoms examines the narrative formula of detective fiction that Poe develops in the stories of Dupin and its connection to the audience. Thoms presents evidence of
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ressionism monet The work of Monet (1840-1926) and Renoir (1841–1919) epitomized the visual characteristics of Impressionism. Discuss this statement making detailed reference to one painting by each artist. Illustrate your answer. Impressionism was the name given to one of the most important movements in art history. It was the first of modern movements. Its aim was to achieve ever greater naturalism by a detailed study of tone and colour and‚ by an exact rendering of the way light falls on different
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Edgar Allen Poe’s: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story‚ "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"‚ a classic detective story is played out in a seedy Paris suburb. The story begins as the narrator meets Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin‚ a poor but well-read young man. As they become close friends‚ they live together in seclusion‚ departing only briefly each evening to take introspective strolls along the dark Paris streets. Soon both the reader and the narrator begin to see Dupin’s
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it after four years and returned to Paris in 1861. From 1862‚ he studied at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts within the atelier of Swiss artist Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre‚ where he became acquainted with Frédéric Bazille‚ Claude Monet‚ and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Together they would paint landscapes en plein air rather than in the studio‚ in order to realistically capture the transient effects of sunlight. This approach‚ innovative at the time‚ resulted in paintings more colorful and more broadly painted
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Claude Monet Mieka Scott Advanced Topics in Foreign Language Mrs. Roos 1/31/14 “Skills come and go… Art is always the same: a transposition of nature that requests as much will as sensitivity.” This quote by Claude Monet displays one of his many opinions on the craft. He believed that an artist had to have a painting in his head before starting‚ and was sure of the way he was going to execute it. Other than that‚ however‚ there was not much to understand. All else that art required
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