Many have grappled with the compelling question of what it means to be modern in art; Charles Baudelaire coined the term modernity associated with art. Baudelaire did not simply address the obvious and state that modernity is the “ephemeral‚ the fugitive‚ the contingent‚” that is to say‚ that modernity is simply the contemporary.1 He also stated that for art to be modern one had to capture what is contemporary and in such a way that it would be framed as history. One has to move away from past art
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Sawyer Auer LIBLR 123 Take home exam #1 October 23‚2012 Tieck; Eckbert the Fair Tiek’s “fairy tale” of Eckbert the fair strays from the classical conception of style given to modern fairy tales. Fairy tales are often associated with several defining characteristics; extra-ordinary circumstances‚ “happy endings” and a moral to be learned. While Tieck’s tale does obey two of these three guidelines‚ he does so in a negative manor going the opposite way of twentieth century thought. Tiek’s
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stories reflect 19th century Europe very well‚ and capture the modernity of that time period. When examining their stories‚ there is an interesting connection that can be made with 19th century painting as well. There are two quotes (one from Baudelaire and one from Courbet) that accurately describe what paintings were like. But how does this connect with Chopin and Maupassant’s stories? When the reader
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love has always been associated with flowers‚ women‚ and sex. Baudelaire distorts this image by descriptions such as‚ "Her legs spread out like a lecherous whore … Her stinking and festering womb" (Baudelaire 5). This woman is a symbol of love gone awry which is an emotional landmine for the readers because very few people have not experienced a relationship gone bad. Romanticism relies of touching the emotions of its readers. Baudelaire relies on appealing to the carnal side of humanity in order to
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The Miserable Mill starts with Violet‚ Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire traveling on a train heading for Paltryville‚ the place where the children will stay to their new home‚ the Lucky Smells Lumber mill. When they arrived at the location‚ the children know that they will have to work at the mill‚ but as fragment of the agreement‚ their new custodian‚ Sir ‚they called it Sir because his name was so long that nobody pronounces it right‚ will try to keep Count Olaf‚ their nemesis‚ away. They encounter Sir’s
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abuse‚ suicide and homosexuality. Adapted in 2006 by Steven Sater‚ the play became a rock musical with some of the interior dialogue transposed into song. In "Spring Awakening‚" Sater alluded to some of the most important writers such as Homer‚ Baudelaire‚ Racine and Shakespeare. By referring to some of history’s greatest writers‚ Sater cleverly reinforced the main themes of his play. Foremost‚ Shakespeare writer to be mentioned in this play. When Wendla told her mother that she wanted to know
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Madame Bovary is the portrait of a woman trapped in an unsatisfactory marriage in a prosaic bourgeois town. Her attempts to escape the monotony of her life through adulterous liaisons with other men are ultimately thwarted by the reality that the men she has chosen are shallow and self-centered and that she has overstretched herself financially. In despair‚ Emma resolves her predicament by taking her own life. What should we make of this rather slight story‚ initially based on the life of a real
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Charles Baudelaire in his salon review describes about transitional fashion rules. Fashion is ever evolving; it can never ever be passive. Baudelaire claim to “all fashions were legitimately charming in their day” from “all fashions are charming” is a call of a cautious critic. The efficacious character of such a generic statement might get distasteful from a certain viewpoint‚ and hence this quick transition to fashion being charming and embryonic. Fashion has a dual nature and stands the test of
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To a Passer-By The street about me roared with a deafening sound. Tall‚ slender‚ in heavy mourning‚ majestic grief‚ A woman passed‚ with a glittering hand Raising‚ swinging the hem and flounces of her skirt; Agile and graceful‚ her leg was like a statue’s. Tense as in a delirium‚ I drank From her eyes‚ pale sky where tempests germinate‚ The sweetness that enthralls and the pleasure that kills. A lightning flash... then night! Fleeting beauty By whose glance I was suddenly reborn‚ Will I see
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Fate and Destiny exist as two separate events‚ “a set of predetermined events within your life that you take an active course in shaping” (Kumar) defines destiny‚ while “the preordained course of your life that will occur because of or in spite of your actions” (Kumar) define fate. Unlike destiny fate does not change‚ it will occur. Fate remains a driving force of nature‚ a natural and unstoppable occurring event that will take place. The book I am Mordred: A Tale from Camelot by Nancy Springer takes
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