3/17/2013 Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa is an extremely sought after and recognized painting. It was painted by the famous Italian painter Leonardo da Vinci between the years of 1503-1506 from what historians believe. The painting standing only 30 inches by 21 inches is a portrait of a woman‚ on poplar panels done with oil acrylic. This piece created a lot of ground breaking techniques for the period in which it was painted for the art world. It was said that there was a possibility this piece was
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Leda and the swan word choice Word choice of course always has to do with what you want to say and how you want to say this. For example the last words of the first two paragraphs follow the abab rhyme scheme so they are kind of set already. Words are also very particularly chosen to create a certain mood. In the first sentence the mood of the poem is already very clear‚ a dark‚ mystified‚ mood and to do this it uses the word sudden. This tells the reader that an unexpected thing is happening
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Leda and the Swan Allusions Throughout the poem‚ Leda and the Swan‚ allusions and different varieties of poetic elements are used to depict how a helpless young woman becomes violently reduced into being a sexual object instead of just being a customary girl. The author‚ William Butler Yeats‚ does not just use allusions in his poem to illustrate what Leda had to go through he also had used other types elements of poetry such as tone‚ mood‚ and rhyming‚ structure and irony‚ and imagery. An allusion
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Point #3 in Body (Point: The full picture) The woman is shown seated in an open area‚ and behind her is a vast landscape‚ which recedes to an icy mountain. Some winding paths and a far away bridge is also perceptible in the background. The Mona Lisa is perhaps Leonardo DaVinci’s most famous of paintings. It is an oil painting‚ painted on poplar wood. The painting is most famous for the smile of the woman‚ which people have been trying to decipher for a long time. Many believe that the
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Is It Her Twin or Sister? An art collector in 1913 made a discovery that has baffled many historians for some time now. Huge Blaker‚ an English art collector found the Isleworth Mona Lisa shortly before World War I. The Isleworth Mona Lisa is a painting of‚ what looks to be‚ a young Mona Lisa. This painting has been identified as a Leonardo da Vinci painting‚ but some historians believe that this cannot be true. With some differences in the paintings they believe it may have been another
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Mona Lisa Smile December 10th‚ 2012 Part A: Using the movie as a source‚ how have roles changed in respect to how women are viewed in society since the 1950s? How have things not changed? Since the 1950s‚ roles have changed in respect to how women were viewed in society. The film Mona Lisa Smile depicts the traditional ideology of a woman’s role in society as a domestic homemaker as well as the new idea of an educated woman. Education was utilised to teach respectable women how to prepare
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A Portrait of Mona Lisa Courtney Wilder ENG121: English Composition I Prof. Laloni Christenson July 22‚ 2013 A Portrait of Mona Lisa Art is a traditional work that is painted in many different pattern of objects. Many people create portraits of art as an expression of how they feel. In the modern world‚ art is shown in different cities‚ subways‚ parks and etc. The greatest art was created in the early century and was called a masterpiece. This portrait was
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The Mystery of the Mona Lisa As Donald Sassoon emphasizes in Becoming Mona Lisa‚ the Mona Lisa has managed to maintain its status as the world’s most recognizable work of art. The author notes that many who visit the portrait find themselves wondering just what makes it so special. The lady in the portrait is not particularly beautiful and the painting itself is beginning to look its age. Yet despite all this‚ art historians continue to write and argue over the painting‚ and tourists continue
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to America is the start of a new life for many immigrant families. The novels Mona and the Promised Land by Gish Jen‚ and Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez‚ it is said that “American means being whatever you want” (Jen 49). Mona and Rodriguez both strive to reach that “American dream.” They take the initiative throughout the novel and seek what they want to become. However‚ the novels show that in order for Mona and Rodriguez to become what they want‚ they have to make sacrifices. From losing
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DEBRA AND MONA is a tender and dramatic character driven story of self-discovery‚ healing‚ and recovery. The plot easily engages and is driven by two strong and compelling female characters‚ aptly‚ “Debra and Mona.” The plot is driven more by the inner goals of the characters rather than by an external goal. The tone is dramatic‚ but tender. There are solid themes about surviving and second chances. The story is skillfully told with subtext. The broken wings and shattered photo glass is symbolic
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