Michael Ondaatje’s "Elizabeth"� portrays the life of the English Queen Elizabeth I. Ondaatje fuses prose and poetry‚ fact and fiction‚ realism and surrealism. The effect of this fusion creates a high degree of dramatic realism. It illustrates the progression and transition from childhood to adulthood. The Poem opens with a young Elizabeth harvesting apples with her father (King Henry VIII) and Uncle Jack (fictional character); preceded by a trip to the zoo. The atmosphere suddenly shifts from going
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Jim Crow laws in the south and traveled to Harlem to cultivate a new black identity. Additionally‚ one of my favorite musicians‚ Louis Armstrong‚ started his immense music career in jazz during this decade. In art‚ one of my favorite art styles‚ surrealism‚ became wildly popular in the early 1920s. Altogether‚ the different and new aspects of culture that were created started a divide between the past and the more modern day
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This artwork above called “The Estate” by Francesca Woodman has many meanings. There is geometrical shapes like octagons on the floor‚ and a square door in the background that gives a vintage feeling to the viewer. There is a female sitting on a chair looking at another female‚ jumping naked into the air. The female who is sitting down looks bored with her life‚ and that she holding back something. And trying to stay calm because of the way she holding her hands together and the way she has her feet
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Contrasting images of childhood in “Half-past Two” and “Hide and Seek” These poems are about two different children‚ each having their own experience of something new that is not always welcome. These Two poems are both looking back on a childhood experience that the poets have experience‚ and been marked after their discovery of this experience‚ thinking they understood the world but finding out they didn’t. However there is a major difference in this poem as “Half-past Two” is a strange and
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installed a mirror above her bed. She painted many works‚ most of which were self-portraits. In 1928‚ Frida met Diego Rivera‚ whom she married a year later. She could not have children with him because of the accident. Frida was a huge part of the surrealism movement‚ and a good example of this would be her painting‚ “Las Dos Fridas” (“The Two Fridas”). This work was painted in 1939‚ shortly after her divorce from Diego Rivera. The painting depicts two different personalities‚ or versions of her‚ sitting
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NON OBJECTIVE ART Composition with red‚ yellow and blue‚ composed by Piet Mondrian from 1937-1942 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: * The art movement that Composition with red‚ yellow and blue was created in was Surrealism. * After returning to Holland in 1914‚ Mondrian was fascinated by abstract paintings. * With the war outbreak in Holland‚ Mondrian was forced to stay in Holland‚ where in 1916-1917‚ he helped form the Neo-Plasticism movement. Neo-plasticism impacted and brought out the
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Joey Steinbach Contemporary Issues Eric Ouren 3/5/2013 Test 1. Trace the development of Modernism from its early beginnings through its subsequent permutations and developments up to‚ roughly‚ the 1940’s In order to trace the development of modernism throughout history we must first define “modernism”. Modernism is the rejection of the ideology or realism and makes use of the works of the past‚ through the application of reprise‚ incorporation‚ rewriting‚ recapitulation‚ revision and parody
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Art is a beautiful‚ common part of every culture around the world. It has existed for just about all of human history‚ and has told stories of societies‚ changes and events throughout time. There was one artist though‚ who impacted modern art with his work. This artist was Pablo Picasso. Born October 25‚ 1881 in Malaga‚ Spain‚ Picasso was a child prodigy in art. Picasso participated in the art community through his sculptures‚ prints‚ decorative art‚ writing‚ drawings‚ and above all‚ his paintings
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Urban Modernity in NY (1908) and Ash Can artists General: The thrills of technology‚ such as coney island‚ city of wonders‚ also had the nitty gritty‚ more poverty and realistic side of the city with the ash can artists • Song Slide: nickelodeon o Diversity‚ adults children white black o Let the audience feel as a presence w/in performance o Act of watching was also entertainment • Coney Island at Night- film frame o Electricity changing what nighttime meant in urban setting • Before
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of cigarette‚ a bottle of Red Horse‚ and face with clown-like make up. I think he was just trying to add a little bit of today in something very classic. The normal Mona Lisa shows a very pleasant portrait. Luis Lorenzana’s artworks usually show surrealism or bizarreness. This fact explains this rendition of the Mona Lisa. I think he created this just to show creativity and give people a different taste compared to the usual. Who would imagine Mona Lisa like this anyway? When I look at the artwork
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