The mythological story of Icarus stemmed from ancient stories and has been at the center of many poems. “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus‚” a painting by Pieter Brueghel‚ serves as the inspiration for two poets‚ W.H. Auden and William Williams. Although the two poems are written about the same painting‚ each poet uses different and similar literary devices to describe their own interpretation of Icarus. Both poems share the same rhetorical devices to express the picture of Icarus’ fall. Enjambment
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Wang Jian and Rembrandt van Rijn Ink strokes on landscapes between the Eastern and Western Worlds Outline Thesis Statement As one of China’s most well-known artists‚ Wang Jian (born in Taicang in the Jiangsu province 1598-1677) established a unique style of East Asian artwork compared to that of Rembrandt van Rijn showing a different use of strokes from the Western World. The artistic styles of the East Asian cultures can be distinguished by the brush strokes and influences Shan Shui (“mountain-
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with high atmospheric visibility and tranquil weather. In pessimistic or troubled times visibility in paintings was generally poor‚ with much fog‚ mist‚ or haze. Topics 1. Can you tell if an artist has painted the sky from Nature? 2. Should landscape artists be constrained by Nature? 3. Has religion had a positive (negative) influence on sky painting? 4. Are the themes of sky painting (haze‚ storm‚ clear) affected by the times the artist lives in? 5. Are the themes of sky painting (haze
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etc. In 1853‚ he returned to Germany to study in Dusseldorf‚ where he developed his abilities by painting Mountain landscapes. Landscape paintings became popular in the 19th century as an independent category. This genre was also the focus of many other popular painters‚ and was so stirring that they actually increased tourism in Europe and America. Of all the great American landscape paintings‚ few were as bulging and outstanding as those that were painted by Albert Bierstadt. In 1857‚ he came back
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Oil on Canvas 1772 Claude Joseph Vernet French 1714-1779 Patron’s Permanent Fund and Chester Dale Fund 2000.221 Claude Joseph Vernet was one of the most artistic French landscape and marine painters in Europe during the seventeenth century. Throughout his successful career‚ Vernet made sketching trips within Rome and along the Mediterranean coast capturing scenes that reflect his most famous works of art (National Gallery of Art‚ 2005). During the age of Enlightenment‚ he received many
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really begins changing shape into a what will become an empire. Thomas Cole was the founder of the Hudson River School movement in the mid-19th century‚ his preferred subjects and that of his movement were of landscapes. He was a staunch protector of the untainted paradise of American landscape‚ he saw the rise of steam engine in the United States as the
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eliminated any blemishes or imperfections that would be found in nature. However‚ Thoreau tended to turn away from not only what society was accepting but what they were advocating for. He would have been more attracted to the rebellious Impressionist landscapes that were circulating around the end of his life. This impulse to expand and progress as a society was encouraged and idealized by the Romantic artists. However‚ throughout all of Walden‚ Thoreau questions the “improvements” of society and if
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FAS 101 09 October 2011 My First Museum Trip When I read this assignment I realized that I have never actually been to an art museum. I immediately logged onto the computer and discovered that I live only a few miles from the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk‚ Va. I was very interested to put the things that I have learned during my art class to use in the museum. Although I was not sure what style of art I would like or dislike‚ I was going to take my time and look at them all. The Chrysler
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When I first walked into the “Francis Picabia Exhibit” the first thing I noticed was this big painting surrounded by paintings just like it‚ most likely his earlier work‚ assuming the exhibit is organized in chronological order. I kept walking simply to see what other great works Picabia had painted‚ I was not disappointed at all. Walking through you can see Picabia’s change in form and type of art he painted‚ starting with the impressionist art to cubism and his surrealist art towards the end of
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Compared to the first period when landscapes were more realistic representations of the Nordic nature‚ the second phase presents more dramatic results based on the psychological disposition of the viewer. He plays with the contradiction between life and decay in his painting (92). The painting
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