Summary: Judith Wright expresses concern for our society and conveys this through her poem’s "Eve to her Daughters" and "South of my Days." Wright uses a variety of techniques to appeal to the responder. Judith Wright is a commendable poet and part of her achievement is her ability to express ideas and personal reactions that are effectively communicated to the responder. Wright expresses concern for our society and conveys this through her poem’s "Eve to her Daughters" and "South of my Days
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first started painting would have displayed her work in her father’s workshop where today galleries are important to view her artworks as they are the only place you would find them. Two of her artworks are ‘Susanna and the Elders’ and ‘Judith Slaying Holofernes.’ Banksy is famous for his graffiti art although he has kept his identity a secret. Most of Banksy’s works are found around in cities and towns widely available to the public‚ is audience. For example‚ his artwork ‘Sunflower field Gas
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placing on the heroine triumphant over the male figure. One of her most famous portrait was painting Judith and Holofernes. Gentileschi paints a scene with Judith her servant holding down Holofernes‚ while Judith cut through his neck with a sword. You could see the emotion hatred toward Holofernes in Judith facial expression. Since biblical heroine favorite subjects paint the Judith and Holofernes seven
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“It was the slender naked body of a man who looked as if he could break through the steel plate of a battleship and through any barrier whatever. It stood like a challenge. It left a strange stamp on one’s eyes. It made the people around it seem smaller and sadder than usual. For the first time in his life‚ looking at the statue‚ Keating thought he understood what was meant by the word “heroic”.’ – Ayn Rand‚ The Fountainhead. In Ayn Rand’s philosophical fiction novel‚ The Fountainhead‚ she dwells
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com/topics/french-revolution. Gontar‚ C. (2000). "Neoclassicism". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ Retrieved from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/neoc_1/hd_neoc_1.htm (October 2003) Gentileschi‚ A. (1612-1613). Judith Slaying Holofernes. Retrieved from http://www.everypainterpaintshimself.com/galleries/slideshow/gentileschi/
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Many paintings from the early 1400’s start noticeably portraying two different categories of art: the “head” and the “heart”. It is a belief that a piece of art is either portrayed to entice a viewer’s intelligence or their “head‚” or their emotions which is the “heart.” We can look at great painters from centuries ago and compare their works into these two classifications. Additionally‚ there are numerous factors and different styles artists use to make their works of art either intellectual or
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Artists have attempted to use their work to influence their viewers throughout the centuries. By looking at the art of the following three artists‚ Artemisia Gentileschi‚ Pablo Picasso and Shepard Fairey‚ I will show that although each had different motives and were from different eras‚ they each used their work to try and influence the people of their time. Artemisia Gentileschi was born in Rome in 1593‚ and was a daughter of a well know artist Orazio Gentileschi. When she was seventeen she
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and religious due to the influence of the church. In Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes‚ a religious fervor can be seen in this brutally graphic version of a biblical scene which enlightens the action with realism and powerful female protagonists. Gentileschi’s use of emotionalism is visible because of the abundance of dramatic aspects due to the vicious slaughter of Holofernes by the Jewish widow‚ Judith. She also utilizes the aspect of light and shade to extract the spectator’s attention
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Monotone. She died when Artemisia was twelve. Most women artists in this post-Renaissance era were limited to portrait paintings and poses. She was the first woman to paint major historical and religious scenarios‚ such as her painting‚ Judith Beheading Holofernes‚ c. 1620. At an early age she experienced loss. Two of her brothers died during childhood and her mother died while giving birth. Showing some artistic skill‚ Artemisia received some early training from her father. After art academies
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was there under commission of Queen Henrietta Maria. She then returned to Naples until her death‚ which was around 1652 or 1653. One of her most famous works is titled Judith Slaying Holofernes‚ completed around 1612. It depicts the biblical story of the Jewish heroine Judith saving the Jewish people by slaughtering Holofernes‚ the
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