however Grealy was able to overcome that sentiment but deep inside she was still fighting the fact that she was not able to look like everyone else. In reading The Veil‚ my belief was that even though Marjane Satrapi dislikes wearing veils it would benefit Lucy Grealy because of her unpleasant image. Satrapi was forced to wear a veil at a very young age and felt humiliated by wearing it‚ whereas for Lucy Grealy she would have to disagree with her because she would feel comfortable with herself. This
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all humans were capable of being evil. Their writing was often complex‚ mysterious‚ and filled with emotion. Washington Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker”‚ Edgar Allen’s “The Masque of the Red Death”‚ and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minster’s Black Veil” are romantic stories because they emphasize on passion‚ nature‚ the individual‚ and the unusual. Even though Hawthorne‚ Poe‚ and Irving are all romantic writers‚ they use different elements to develop their stories. Washington Irving uses several
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Is a smile always just a smile? This would seem to be the question that the artist who painted the “Mona Lisa” was trying to convey. The “Mona Lisa”‚ also referred to as the “Portrait of Lisa Gherardini”‚ was commissioned by an unknown person or persons around 1503 A.D. and painted by the highly revered artist Leonardo di ser Piero Da Vinci‚ known now as Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519). Da Vinci used poplar wood for the canvas of the “Mona Lisa” and created the subtle modeling of forms and atmospheric
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period. She is wearing thick layers and a veil. The layers of her clothes represent her imprisonment. She is trapped by the man in her life‚ unable to reveal herself to others. In Da Vinci’s time‚ this was a common view of women. Women are to be seen‚ not heard. Her thoughts and opinions lie underneath the layers of clothing‚ because it takes that much to hold it all in. The veil on her head was a common garment worn to cover the face. With the veil over the face‚ although it is not in this
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“Enthroned Madonna with Saints” /The Ognissanti Madonna/or”Madonna in Maestà” was probably painted between 1305 -1310 for the Church of Ognissanti. The “Virgin with child Enthroned” was created around 1200- 1025. Both of them belong to the Uffizi Gallery‚ Florence. The Ognissanti Madonna is much bigger/3.25 x 2m/ and it was painted for the altar of the church of Ognissanti in Florence. Both pieces of art are painted with tempera on wood. During that time it was considered disrespectful to represent Jesus
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Leonardo Da Vinci‚ who painted ‘Madonna of the Rocks’ in 1485‚ was very interested in science. He did various studies of plants‚ water and even controversial studies of the human anatomy where he cut open the deceased to see how the inside of the body works. All this was to provide the perfect naturalistic painting. In the painting ‘Madonna of the rocks’ his study of water can be seen in Mary’s hair and there is numerous plants and rocks that he studied. Leonardo was the inventor of ‘blue air’ or
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Leonardo Da Vinci painted “The Lady With An Ermine” in 1490. “The Lady With An Ermine” is a portrait of Cecilia Gallerani. Cecilia Gallerani was the favourite and most celebrated mistresses of Ludovico Sforza‚ known as Ludovico Il Moro‚ Duke of Milan. She was the subject of Leonardo’s painting “The Lady With An Ermine”. While posing for this painting Cecilia invited Leonardo‚ who was working for Sforza as court artist‚ to meetings at which Milanese intellectuals discussed philosophy and other subjects
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perfect raw score in the IB program; hence it becomes the goal that most IB students strive for or hope to achieve. The second tribute is inspired Duffy‚ who is popular for her creative dramatic monologues. Moreover my dramatic monologue‚ A Poor Painted Queen is a response to her dramatic monologue‚ My Last Duchess‚ where the old duchess gives warning to future duchess candidates of her experiences with the green-eyed Duke. The last tribute is dedicated to cummings‚ who is famous for his neologisms
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This beautiful piece of art was inspired by Yosemite National Park. The nature and wildlife is a beautiful picture to be painted. You cannot see his brush strokes or lines in this painting but you can see how he integrated the colors so well to bring this picture to life to make it look almost real. It too looks like a photograph taken when it is really a painting. 1877-
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Gustave Caillebottes work‚ Paris Street; Rainy Day‚ is an oil on canvas painting measuring seven feet‚ ten inches by six feet‚ one inches. As mentioned previously‚ the art work is painted with oil on a large canvas. From a distance the brushstrokes are hardly visible in the painting. There appears to be little‚ if any‚ impasto evident. Upon closer inspection‚ the texture of the brushstrokes can be described as grainy and the lines dividing objects are not as crisp. The painting is fairly large.
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