John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most well know allegories in history. All of the characters in the book symbolize different things. Two characters‚ Christian and Apollyon‚ are two major symbolic characters in the story. Christian is the book’s main character and the hero too. He symbolizes all of the other Christians that are on their journey to find Christ. He wants to find religious truth and the Celestial City‚ which is heaven. Throughout the entire book‚ Christian goes on
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Pablo Picasso was born in 1881 in an extremely chaotic era of time. The Industrial Revolution‚ Darwinism and Marxism ran society; these three factors affected art and created a new era called Modernism. Post- Impressionist and Symbolist artists influenced Picasso’s style most. The Symbolist ideals played a huge part and influenced Picasso’s painting The Old Guitarist. Symbolist artists preferred subjective and imaginative subjects; these subjects were usually adopted from the artist’s emotions
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Message Delivered with Symbols Paulo Coelho uses characters‚ terms‚ and objects to represent abstract ideas to stimulate the readers in his novel‚ The Alchemist. The title itself refers to a character in the story that helps the protagonist to in accomplishing his dream. Although the alchemist is not the protagonist of the story‚ he symbolizes the author’s message: self-discovery and the potential in all people. There are two major themes in the story: achieving one’s Personal Legend‚ and the presence
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Charles Baudelaire author of “The Painter of the Modern Life”‚ believes a modern artist should fully engage with the contemporary world by acting as an observer and supporter of the present moment. A modern artist should focus on all that is contemporary‚ from fashion to technology‚ excluding all historical and classical subject matter. I believe Pierre Bonnard meets Baudelaire’s standards as a “painter of modern life”. Bonnard is an artist who is inspired by day to day life. He found the present
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Do you celebrate Chinese New Year with your family and friends? Well in “Begin with a Bang” by Jasper Connor and “The Night Of Lights‚” by Brenda Comper‚ both discuss Chinese celebrations. Did you know that each tradition the Chinese people must perform has its own symbolic meaning? Chinese New Year is very different from other New Year celebrations. It has its own significance celebration and traditions. For example‚ in “Begin With A Bang” by Jasper Conner he talks about what Chinese people
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Gustav Klimt (July 14‚ 1862 – February 6‚ 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter . Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907) Gustav Klimt Klimt took three years to complete the painting and is made of oil‚ silver and gold on canvas‚ showing elaborate and complex ornamentation. Her name is Adele. Adele Bloch-Bauer was born in 1881‚ the youngest daughter of a large‚ wealthy Jewish banking family. There is speculation that Klimt and Adele were lovers a brief time. Adele was the only woman that he painted
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| Major research assignment | Hockney | | Word count: 3‚631 words | | | David Hockney is a British man full of so many talents‚ a man ahead of his time. He is a painter‚ photographer‚ printmaker‚ draftsman and stage designer. His style being labelled ‘Pop art’‚ which is a reflection of his role model Pablo Picasso. He is a unique and original man‚ who has successfully changed and shaped art‚ even making new aspects of it. David Hockney was born in the town of Bradford‚ Yorkshire
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Water can symbolize many things throughout the novel. Whether it is in Manawaka‚ the Pacific Coast or Shadow point‚ what is constantly recognized in the number of times water is used. If one were to closely examine these situations‚ they would soon discover it’s symbolic importance. In the novel The Stone Angel‚ water is presented in the many fluctuations‚ in Hagar’s life. Hagar goes through many stages in her life‚ where water is represented but without it being physically present
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Jupiter and Semele 19th century French painter Gustave Moreau was an artist highly regarded for his intricate use of images based on myth and legends to create very symbolic and often haunting paintings. Moreau was quoted saying: "I love my art so much that I shall only be happy when I can practice it for myself alone." In a time when many artists choose to paint classical mythological subjects as if it were a proper education in Greek and Latin‚ Moreau was developing his own unusual and personal
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Claude Debussy Claude Debussy was one of the greatest composers of impressionistic music and considered by many one of the greatest composers of all time. He had a genius mind and portrayed that through his music. He was a man of deep thoughts and showed great emotion through his music. “Although Debussy rarely appeared in public‚ only to perform‚ and left behind no pupils‚ it is clear that Debussy has many imitators (Debussyistes‚ as they were known)‚ and his death was widely mourned throughout
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