"Art is a jealous mistress." Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quote easily summarizes "The Oval Portrait‚" written by Edgar Allen Poe. It is a chilling tale‚ describing the two different passions of a married couple. The husband‚ a painter‚ requests that the wife let him paint her portrait‚ and in obeying him‚ she meets her doom. As the painting matured‚ her health and spirits declined and yet she remained and‚ without objection‚ she continued to sit for him. His passions increase and after many weeks‚ as the
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Contrastingly‚ Labille-Guiard also uses naturalism in her portrait with the Rocco style. In the Self-Portrait with Two Pupils‚ Labille-Guiard has painted herself in a very vibrant posh blue dress that immediately catches the eye of the viewer and makes her the focal point of the painting. In comparison to her two pupils‚ Mademoiselle Marie Gabrielle Capet and Mademoiselle Carreaux de Rosemond‚ Labille-Guiard is in the foreground and in a more extravagant and intricate outfit compared to their dull
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better depict each subject’s individuality to a degree never seen before. The purpose of Roman portraiture is to address the audience and convey specific messages to them. Ea. Roman portrait is an imperial commemorative relief and are representations of each subject’s ideology in ruling. The Roman portraits allegorically communicate these ideologies through the veristic image of the ruler. The portrayals of their emotions are also pragmatic. The way the leader’s image is portrayed‚ (i.e. by
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Myrtle Wilson whose husband‚ George‚ runs an auto garage. Nick learns that Myrtle believes Tom wants to leave Daisy but can’t. This is clearly a lie. Tension rises as we recognize the potentially explosive nature of this situation – especially with a man like Tom around. Our fears are confirmed when Tom is physically abusive to his mistress. The second piece of the conflict emerges later‚ but it’s a doozy: About halfway through the novel‚ Jordan Baker reveals that Jay Gatsby fell in love with Daisy
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looking for nothing in particular. I stumbled across Marie Guillemine Benoist’s Portrait of a Black Woman on page 326. For some reason I felt compelled towards the painting‚ I could almost see myself as the woman on the canvas. I did some follow-up research on the artist and the motive behind the art. The portrait was painted in 1800‚ by a woman who belonged to a small elite circle of professional women painters. The portrait was seen as a voice of protest during the debates of slavery and gender in the
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Rejection Led her to Psychosis In Tennessee William’s Portrait of Madonna Lucretia Collins is driven mad by the rejection of a man who she so fondly treasured and loved during her youth‚ so mad that she can no longer seem to grasp reality or even take care of herself. Her psychosis led her to think she is pregnant by the intruder who was the man she was in love with as a young girl and whose rejection is the main contribution to her flight from reality. Thus her heart break led to obsession and
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Characters Raina Petkoff Raina‚ the heroine of the play‚ is the only child of Major Petkoff and Catherine Petkoff. She is a "romantic" and had romantic notions of love and war. Catherine Petkoff Catherine Petkoff‚ Raina’s mother‚ is a middle-aged affected woman‚ who wishes to pass off as a Viennese lady. She is "imperiously energetic" and good-looking. Louka Louka‚ a servant girl in the Petkoff household‚ is proud and looks down on servility. She is ambitious and wishes to rise in life. Nicola
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“Emperor of China; Self-Portrait of K’ang-hsi” Emperor K’ang-hsi was one of the greatest Chinese emperors of all time. Ruling from 1662 to 1722 he was also one of the longest ruling emperors in Chinese history and for that matter the world. K’ang-hsi brought China to long-term stability and relative wealth after years of war and chaos. Jonathan Spence writes from the eyes of K’ang-hsi getting his information from K’ang-hsi’s own writings. Though a little biased towards himself this book still
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: George Bernard Shaw‚ “Arms and the Man: A Pleasant Play.” Introduction by Rodelle Wientraub. Edited by Dan H. Laurence. Penguin Books‚ 2006. Text Summary of Act One The scene is set in Bulgaria in November of 1885‚ during the Serbo-Bulgarian war. In a small town near the Dragoman Pass‚ a young lady loiters on the balcony off her bedchamber‚ looking out at the romantic night in the Balkan Mountains. Raina Petkoff is dressed in a nightgown but covered by a costly fur mantle. Her mother‚ Catherine
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1. What are portraits? Pictures of individuals in which their face and expression are the primary focus. 2. What are candid shots? What are posed shots? Compare and contrast some of the advantages and disadvantages to these two approaches. Candid shots are taken when the person is unaware that the photograph is being taken. Posed shots are ones when the person knows which way to look and which expression to do. Candid shots are good because they are taken at random moments and can capture true emotion
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