In the book‚ The Great Gatsby it becomes apparent that Dr. Eckelberg symbolizes God and oversees events that occur. The characters in the novel refer to "the eyes of Dr. Eckelberg" often. Doctor T.J. Eckleburg symbolizes three things‚ he symbolizes the corruption of society‚ the eyes also act as a God‚ and he implies carelessness and mistreatment. "The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic-their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face but‚ instead‚ from a pair of enormous
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Painting Styles Essay Your Name Art 101 Instructor’s Name Date Painting Styles Essay Neoclassical art was created in Greece and Rome. Neoclassical art has little emotion and came after the period with Rococo art and Baroque art. The classical elements of neoclassical art were used in England to vivid ideas and express courage. Neoclassical art fascinated many viewers and offered them new ways of seeing and doing art. There were some very famous people who used this type of art. Two of the
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The Golden Age of Painting Renaissance was a period of great cultural change throughout Europe leading to the foundation of the modern world. Scholars rediscovered Greek and Roman texts and began to teach Latin literature which triggered a new way of thinking‚ and eventually leading to an intellectual movement called humanism. In this transitional period‚ there was a great revival of classical Greek and Roman culture‚ art and architecture. Painting was one of the most varied forms of art of
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Japanese Ink Paintings: Descriptions‚ Distinctions and Culture Introduction All cultures throughout time and history have the important role of art playing out the identity of the culture and the experience of that moment in time. Impressionism‚ surrealism and realism‚ among numerous other types of art forms have all played a role in history along with its significant artists behind the art. Looking at Japan‚ who was greatly influenced by art from China and its significant ink paintings of its past
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was to choose two paintings that stood out from the rest. Since I would normally not purchase art‚ this was something that was new to me. Skimming through the different web sites‚ reviewing tons and tons of different talented artists work pieces made me realize how much talented people surround us! The two paintings I chose are quite different from each other in the styles alone. They stood apart from the rest for many different reasons that I will explain. The first painting that I came across
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Impressionism affected the whole of Europe and became the start of Western modern painting. Impressionist is most attention on the light‚ and they mixed the scientific concepts into painting‚ it is a transformation and innovation of traditional concept. In addition‚ the impressionist paintings are also focus on the artist’s own spirit and thought expresses. In this journal‚ I am going to discuss how important of light in the painting‚ and how William Brymner and Maurice Cullen use the light into their artwork
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In Thuli Gamedze’s “He ‘Sees Black People’. So Where Am I?” I found myself asking many questions‚ for example‚ who is he? Who am I? Am I black? What is black? Are black people his to be seen? Most importantly I started questioning my being and how I exist within the realm of ‘blackness’. This is where I discovered my inner passion and what would be the central theme of all my works‚ and especially those within Surplus/Scarcity. Olivier Valsecchi’s “Time of War” revealed the beauty within simplicity
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The Harbor of La Rochelle is a 50.5 x 71.8 cm oil on canvas painted by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot in 1851. In this painting‚ the artist depicted a picturesque scene of the everyday life in a placid harbor city in a sunny warm day. Corot was the leading painter of the Barbizon school of France in the mid-nineteenth century. He is a pivotal figure in landscape painting. His work simultaneously references the Neo-Classical tradition and anticipates the plein-air innovations of Impressionism. The
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Description: Koger’s skyscape painting imitates the Aurora Borealis with the narration of a fantasy story. The soothing gradient of the dark blue starry sky to the pink-white clouds elicits a tranquil atmosphere and strongly contrasts with the Northern Lights‚ represented by asymmetrical groups of bright colours (yellow‚ green and pink). Furthermore‚ there’re two ‘camouflaging’ human faces located in this artwork; one face is on the top right-hand corner and the other face is on the middle left
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evolution of his works. Regardless the Double Grounded Paintings Young started to do since the 1990s‚ or recent works like Safety Zone and The Macau Days‚ most of the works included the idea of multiculturalism. His works developed from representing biculturalism in some of his Double Grounded Paintings‚ consists of painting series like Transcultural Works (1993-2006)‚ The Persian Paintings (2003-2004)‚ to symbolizing multiculturalism in recent paintings‚ The Macau Days (2012) and Safety Zone (2010-2012)
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