ANALYSIS ‘The African Beggar’ Author: Raymond Tong The poem ‘The African Beggar’ by Raymond Tong explores the despondency of humanity’s existence and our complete helplessness when faced with the adversity of ourselves and others through the distinctively visual description of an African beggar and his experience as an outcast to society. In the first stanza of the poem‚ the heterodiegetic narrator (considered to be Tong)‚ introduces the beggar as a repulsive outcast. The description of the persona
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The trees coated in cold powdered water‚ and the ground was submerged in it. At least 2 feet deep‚ I could not give you the width if I had wanted to. This expansive terrain ran in all directions‚ and frozen white powdered water would lay like an infection for months to follow. I had a thick coat. It was safe to say that I was perfectly secure until weather conditions furthered. Luckily‚ the weather had been at a still for the last day or two. The sun beamed down upon the land with relevancy. I stopped
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had learned where the floor creaks the loudest and that the prayer hands plant shivers when no one is looking. Prior to those sleepless nights‚ I had considered myself an artist. Colorful dried paint decorated my clothing‚ my hands‚ occasionally my short cropped hair. I carried a small sketchpad with me at all times. Art class had been my respite‚ but I soon stopped showing up for even that. My mother would knock softly at my door on school
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The outside format of the painting is a horizontal rectangle. The painting is large and is about the size of a 55 inch flat TV screen. The work is realistic with some abstract elements in the painting. The artwork is realistic because the scene resembles the real world where there are sharks‚ boats‚ ships‚ flying fish‚ water‚ sugarcanes‚ ropes and a dark-colored man. But‚ the texture and colors of the water make it abstract and different from the common blue water in the real world because the
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Thomas Demand is a sculptor and photographer from Germany. He is known all around the world for his phenomenal and engaging political still life artworks. When he first started he focused on sculpture‚ using photography to document his paper-and-cardboard reconstructions. However‚ in 1993‚ photography and sculpture traded position in his artistic process; the photograph became the “end product‚” with the sculpture providing a means to that end. Demand’s following sculptures were made especially to
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“Distinctively visual texts use figurative language and other language devices to engage the responder and invite him/her to explore different places and experiences.” Discuss the construction of images in relation to two of the short stories‚ which you have studied‚ and one related text. Distinctively visual texts are often used by composers to evoke a reality through the use of figurative language and other language devices‚ as it allows them to create an image in their mind and transport them
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Asian art‚ although very different over the centuries‚ continues to represent the area’s rapidly changing culture and the world the artists are living in. “Chess Set” how do you note a piece of art?‚ an original Chaturanga set displayed at the Norton Simon Museum‚ is an interactive art piece carved from ivory and wood in the 19th century. Chaturanga is now known as chess and is a popular game played in modern society. Pieces are strategically moved in hopes of eliminating the king‚ therefore winning
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In this picture‚ a young woman is seen from the back investigating a round window. The young lady wears a splendid white dress‚ a shawl hung over her shoulders and a cap with a round overflow on her back. The young woman wears no shoes and is standing on her toes to look into the window. The young woman is standing before a designed plaster wall with paint chipping from its surface. Her body throws a different shadow on the wall‚ showing intense daylight. Her right hand vanishes into the dark as
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IN HIS WRITING‚ HENRY LAWSON EPITOMISES THE ORDINARY STRUGGLING AUSTRALIAN. DISCUSS! Henry Lawson the renowned Australian writer‚ master of short stories‚ concentrates his stories around epitomising the typical struggling Australian. The overriding theme in all Lawson’s stories is the theme of isolation amongst all bush dwellers. He provides many illustrations of mateship: the condition of being a companion; family: people living as householders and bush women also get a strong distinct mention
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The persistence of memory is an oil on canvas painting painted by one of the most famous surrealist painters of all time Salvador Dali. This masterpiece was painted in 1931 and like its’ title‚ it depicts time and its positive and negative aspects. The painting is 9.5 in × 13 in and is found in the museum of modern art in New York. Dali’s painting is one of the most unique and conveys the symbolism as well as the point Dali is trying to get across beautifully. The pocket watch painted as if it was
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