Commentaire de texte : The Oval Portrait‚ Edgar Allan Poe From Selected Tales‚ Penguin‚ Popular Classics The Oval Portrait‚ a short story from Edgar Allan Poe‚ lies in the fact that art and life are deadly linked. The passion for art and painting is described as causing death since the painter’s determination to make a portrait of his wife will cause her death. As in most of Poe’s short stories‚ the setting takes an important place in the story. We could say that it has even an influence on
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Angels 1494 Oil on canvas This piece has been created by Carlo Crivelli and is called ‘The Dead Christ supported by Two Angels’. This piece shows the cycle of life‚ death and religion. The painting indicates that Jesus is dead by the colours that have been used in contrast with the rest of the painting. Colours that have been used on Jesus are dull colours such as grey and a washed out red‚ where as the angels and background have been painted in more vibrant colours such as yellow and orange
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in 1881‚ Lady Meux offered Whistler his first significant commission after the bankruptcy. Her full-length portrait‚ known as Arrangement in Black‚ No. 5 (Portrait of Lady Meux) now hangs in the Honolulu Museum of Art. It shows her dressed in black with a long white fur coat and diamond tiara‚ necklace and bracelet. The Portrait of Lady Meux is a name given to several full-length portraits by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Valerie Susan Meux‚ Langdon‚ (1847 – 1910) was a Victorian socialite and
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Analysis As one of the shortest of Poe’s stories‚ "The Oval Portrait" consists of a brief one-paragraph story framed within a larger vignette whose main purpose is to establish the romantic Gothic mood in which the story occurs. The setting and basis of the plot are shrouded in mystery; the narrator does not explain how or where he is wounded‚ and with his servant‚ he enters an abandoned‚ decaying chateau that offers no more answers than the narrator. The dark gloom of a deserted house is a classic
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Edgar Allan Poe “The Oval Portrait” : THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE MAIN STORY AND THE EMBEDDED ONE. “The Oval Portrait” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe involving the harrowing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. The final version of the text is a revision of an earlier story known as “Life in Death”. Poe improved his novella by eliminating narrator’s penchant for opium and modifying the conclusion. It allowed him to achieve purely didactic piece of writing
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“Portrait by a Neighbor” Have you ever had a neighbor that just did everything against your morals? Edna St. Vincent Millary must have based on her poem “Portrait by a Neighbor”. This poem states a clear main idea that their neighbor does everything differently from them and they don’t like it. This poem is about a neighbor painting the reader a picture of her neighbor in which she has very different values and opinions then them. It states that she is always outside doing things such as tanning
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Skive Gymnasium og HF! Engelsk A - Aflevering 1 (fiction) - The Oval Portrait d. 6/9-2012 The Oval Portrait‚ by Edgar Allan Poe The short story “The Oval Portrait” is written by Edgar Allan Poe. It is a gothic novel because of particular elements of gothic reference. It describes the two different passions of a married couple. The husband requests that the wife let him paint her‚ and in obeying him she loses her love. As the painting finishes‚ both her health and spirits give up slowly‚ but yet she
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The Oval Portrait In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story‚ “The Oval Portrait‚” the effect of horror is created. Horror is created within the setting‚ the painter’s obsession‚ and in the terminal love between the couple. By referencing the use of Gothic elements‚ diction and unity of effect‚ Poe creates the horrific short story “The Oval Portrait.” Poe uses many diverse Gothic Elements to portray the setting and mood of the story. A gloomy setting‚ grotesque‚ mysterious‚ or violent events‚ and an
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Leonardo da Vinci’s - The Last Supper The Last Supper is a unique painting. One of the reasons it is so different is that the canvas it is painted on is much wider than it is tall. By looking at the painting you can see that da Vinci is painting a gathering of people with the one in the middle of the table receiving most of the attention. The painting is most likely done on a canvas with simple oil paints. One feature a viewer might notice is Leonardo’s use of rectangles. Whether this is intentional
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first that I enjoyed is Luca Carlevarij’s oil painting of The Piazzetta at Venice displays great depth and the dimensions. Because of the artists’ mathematical training early in his life‚ this scene portrays the view of the town from the Grand Canal‚ by using almost precise accuracy. The faces of the people in the painting were in depth and the lines used make my appreciation of it. The wide span of colors and hues were very intriguing by making the painting come to life. The light used was natural.
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