Art Criticism Research Paper Gustav Klimt‚ The Kiss‚ Oil and gold leaf on canvas‚ 1907-1908 The Kiss‚ painted by Gustav Klimt‚ is probably his most recognized work. He began working on the painting in 1907. In The Kiss‚ there is a couple embracing each other. The man is covered in neutral colored rectangles‚ and the woman is wearing brightly colored circles and flowers in her hair. There are many lines in the image considering all of the rectangles the man is wearing. They are colored in various
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John Pizer’s criticism of Donald Barthelme’s Snow White talks about the origin story of Snow White and how this modern adaptation completely skews the classic tale. The concept of the “anti-fairy tale” is brought up as Pizer compares Barthelme’s tale to those that preceded his. Barthelme is derives influence from multiple sources which focus on the disenchantment of the iconic Disney princess. From these influences‚ a new and much more jaded version of Snow White appears in which the traditional
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Testament text. Among the many‚ Vernon K. Robbins who coined the term “Socio- Rhetoric criticism” is an extraordinary figure in the field of New Testament criticism. His work is considered to be one of most the significant arts to approach the New Testament text. This approach to the New Testament text is inclusive of literary‚ narrative‚ rhetorical‚ inter-textual‚ socio-scientific‚ cultural and ideological criticism together. Socio-rhetorical interpretation has become a multi-dimensional approach to
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Stopes’ reading on the subject prompted her first book ’Married Love’‚ which was published in 1918. The book was condemned by churches‚ the medical establishment and the press but was very popular‚ selling 2‚000 copies within a fortnight. Thousands of women wrote to ask her advice. Marie Stopes became famous overnight‚ and used the publicity to advance her cause. Stope’s first book Married Love published in 1918 was condemned by churches‚ the medical establishment and the press. However‚ the book
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two-headed dragon‚ with great success also comes great criticism. To be successful‚ a person should be able to take one with another‚ take the criticism in stride and use it. J.K. Rowling‚ the world renowned author of the Harry Potter series‚ does just that with criticism like “…written for people whose imaginative lives are confined to TV cartoons‚” (Byatt) and also being called “derivative and clichéd” (Del Negro). Not only does she not let the criticism she has received affect her‚ but she uses it as
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Nicole Golden Ms. Fallon English IV Honors January 29‚ 2012 Frailty; thy name is woman. Hamlet‚ one of Shakespeare’s most well noted plays‚ is also one of his most popular among critics. Shakespeare’s portrayal of characters‚ especially women‚ has evoked much arousal in the feminist category. Ophelia‚ Hamlet’s love interest‚ is characterized with a lack of will‚ an unexplained background‚ a “feminine death”‚ and as a sign of sexuality‚ is a negatively portrayed female character in this
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Prompt 1 Two criticisms of utilitarianism influence Mill towards rule-utilitarianism. The first criticism involves objectors viewing this philosophy as encouraging society to do what is expedient for the moment (22). The second objection proposes “that there is not time‚ previous to action‚ for calculating and weighing the effects of any line of conduct on the general happiness” (23). Mill argues both of these objections by taking rule-utilitarianism into consideration. Rule- utilitarianism states
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Dream." Literature/Film Quarterly 34.1 (2006): 71-78. Rpt. in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Vol. 210. Detroit: Gale‚ 2009. Literature Resource Center. Web. 28 May 2013. In Marilyn Roberts’ criticism of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby she compares the main character Jay Gatsby to another main character of another novel and movie‚ Tony Guarino of Scarface. Marilyn Roberts states in her criticism that the writers of Scarface used Jay Gatsby as a model to represent the rise of their own
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Beowulf: Cultural Criticism The epic poem “Beowulf” is a representation of how mankind has adopted a hypocritical mindset that allows themselves to kill and commit evil‚ while at the same time persecuting other groups for doing the same. Throughout the text itself‚ the Danes are known as a warrior race that controls and conquers other nations through violence and destruction‚ but they tell themselves that it is for the greater good and god has given them the right to do so. Though this is a fictional
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1.Sometimes your ego can make it hard for you to receive criticism of your own solutions. Do you think some personality types are naturally better at receiving criticism than are others? What strategies can you use to be more receptive of criticism of your own ideas and solutions? The ego does make it hard for some of us to handle criticism especially when you believe that your education and experience gives you the right (so to speak) for you solutions not to be questioned. Regardless of age
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