ANALYSIS OF AN ART OBJECT Giotto’s “Kiss of Judas” 1306 Arena chapel Padua The Scrovegni Chapel is an unpretentious building that was built out of pink brick and was commissioned by Enrico Degli Scrovegni as a family chapel (Roberts‚ 1998). It tried to bring out how the ancient Roman arena looked like. The arena chapel is found in Italy at a place known as Padua‚ Veneto. Its interior wall is decorated all over by a sequential series of fresco painting that illustrates the life of the Virgin Mary
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"The Kiss" by Anton Chekhov After reading Anton Chekhov’s “The Kiss”‚ it is apparent that several elements of fiction were incorporated into his story. The story included interesting characters‚ a descriptive setting that effectively reflects the mood of what is going on‚ sufficient amount of irony. And a well developed plot and structure. Out of all of these components that help to build a successful fictional story‚ the element that was most effective was the element of plot. The plot
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simple as does he like me or as complicated as what will this mean for the rest of my relationships‚ but in the end a kiss is never as simple as two pairs of lips touching. In some cases‚ the kisses between two characters are forbidden and exciting. The story behind what lead to the kiss and what happens after gets lost in that specific moment in which time seems to stand still. In The Kiss‚ created in the year of 1859‚ by Francesco Hayez‚ is an oil on canvas painting that depicts a young man and woman
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In Manuel Puig’s novel Kiss of the Spider Woman‚ Molina and Valentin use fantasy as a way of escapism. Firstly‚ Molina uses the films he tells in the cell to escape his unfavorable and lonely life by creating a preferred reality through the fantasy he creates in them. Secondly‚ the setting of the cell itself provides Molina with a sanctuary from the outside world‚ allowing him to escape from the gender roles in which he is confined in and fantasize about taking on the feminine role with Valentin
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Kiss of the Spider Woman Reflective Statement Through every oral I am able to learn something new about Puig’s novel. This time‚ it was my own that had me discovering a facet of the book I had not yet unearthed. During one of Molina’s many breaks from telling the panther woman story‚ Valentin voiced the opinion that “...It’s just like an allegory‚ and really clear too‚ of the woman’s fear of giving in to a man‚ because by completely giving in to sex she reverts a little to an animal.” I thought
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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was a symbolist painter from Austria‚ and one of the most controversial artists of the early twentieth century. His works were broadly criticised for their fantastical imagery and their bold‚ decorative style; seen most prominently in pieces such as The Kiss (1907-08) which displays frank eroticism. Whilst Klimt is most prolific in his pieces portraying women‚ he began focusing on landscapes in the late 1890’s Gustav Klimt’s work has been described by critics as seeking
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The Kiss by Gustav Klimt are very similar in the symbolic meaning‚ purpose‚ and how it us. Music and art are the two things that are never going to go away. The both of them have more in common than you think‚ from showing the symbolic meaning of it‚ the reason why the artist or musician made this painting or song‚ to how it makes us feel. Songs and paintings show so much emotion and if you look closely these two things show some of the same characteristics. Symbolic meaning for The Kiss is you
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Constantin Brancusi’s “The Kiss” The definition of sculpture is the art of making two or three dimensional representative or abstract forms. Just like carving wood or by casting metal or plaster. The qualities of a successful sculpture would have to have a well constructed figure and emotion behind the actual figure. My two artworks i chose to compare and contrast was “The Kiss” by Constantin Brancusi and “Pieta” by Michelangelo. “The Kiss” by Constantin Brancusi was made in 1908. Constantin’s
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2 The Kiss and Love “I see the light of love in your eyes. Love is forever” Love is a spiritual feeling that nobody can have a full definition. There are many ways to convey “love”. Obviously‚ these conveys are not only to make the love more understandable‚ but also to express the feeling of love. There are many more differences than similarities between two sculptures: “The Kiss” by August Rodin and “Love” by Robert Indiana. The first most important similarity between “Love” and “The Kiss” are
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As a modern audience‚ we must remember to be mindful of the society in which Shakespeare wrote The Taming of the Shrew when we analyze it. This was a time when marriages were made for the convenience of the fathers far more often than for a love already existing between the bride and groom; people often were married without having known each other for very long‚ and sometimes without ever having met. Instead‚ one hoped to find love within the marriage once it was in place‚ to learn to love one’s
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