Marilyn (Vanitas) 2 Analysis

The picture I chose was a rose that grew from concrete. I chose this picture because it has a powerful message to send. That message is interpreted in many ways. I sometimes look at the picture, and it allows me to persevere through challenging times, to overcome obstacles not only in school but life. We as people, tend to be absent-minded of our surroundings. We are tainted by our phones and social media. We're too busy to observe what is happening in front of our eyes. While a rose, a symbol of beauty and love grows from a hard- concrete surface waiting for someone to stop and stare or even glance. The rose is a metaphor for someone who grew up in a harsh environment, yet they were able to prosper in life. Dorothy Allison reminisces how she saw a painting of Jesus when she was a child. Allison was amazed in wonder. She said, "art should surprise and astonish, and hopefully make you think something you had not thought until you saw it." The rose that grew from concrete makes me contemplate

The discovery of the Americas introduced a new culture to a world dominated by the European style of life. The perception of Native Americans in the Colombian era varied greatly between people such as those who crafted Casta paintings which were too often racist and depicted Natives as savages and uncivilized. There were also those such as John White who saw the beauty in the simplistic nature based lifestyle of the native people. The various images crafted during the Columbian Exchange represent a biased perception of different cultures around the world and often attacks the cultures that aren't their own.

In this Chapter from The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne introduces the setting of the book in Boston. He uses a gloomy and depressed tone in the beginning of the chapter. He is able to convey this tone using imagery while describing the citizens, the prison, and the cemetery. However, as he continues to discuss the rose-bush, he uses parallelism to shift the tone to be brighter and joyful.

These symbols make the readers look father than just the surface of these objects to fully understand the message the author is trying to get across. Symbolism helps this piece deliver a specific powerful message about the sins of everyone by using random objects or groups that represent a lot

There are many differences that can be pointed out when evaluating the Maesta and the Sistine Ceiling. One of the main differences between these two paintings is that the Maesta establishes union through their religion that depicts the Virgin Mary as the central figure of their belief system, whereas the Sistine ceiling is a painting that is devoted to the catholic church with god as their drive in their religion. This difference is important because it shows how important religion was to both the Romans and Sienese. Both of these paintings depict a contrasting view on who they worshipped. The Maesta creates an image around the Virgin Mary as she was believed to be the most respectable person and powerful. In the Sistine Ceiling, we get to

My immediate response to Audrey Flack’s Marilyn (Vanitas) is awe and curiosity. It is a beautiful work of art with vibrant colors and interesting still life items. The painting is realistic but also has a surreal quality. The image of a young smiling carefree Marilyn Monroe elicits reverence, yet also sadness. Monroe is an iconic figure yet her tragic existence and early demise contribute greatly to status as an icon.

Any use of symbolism? They use paths, as a symbol representing what path to take.

In the representation, illumination of facial features are created by all the symbols and images that the person is made up of because it exemplifies the morals and characteristics of the person, but when the drawings and symbols are peeled away, the face is all saliently white, showing how there is no character or depth behind those drawings. This represents how people are now just made of the themes consumerism and materialism because they have no personality and morals anymore and that they are dehumanised and unidentified as a person. This shows the ideas portrayed in the poem as the family that it focuses on always wants more than what they have and how their main goal isn’t their care for their child, but to win money and spend it. The

The first person narrative of The Moths and Other Stories serves to illustrate the social and cultural struggles of Chicano women during the mid-twentieth century. In the first short story The Moths Helena Maria Viramontes uses symbolic imagery to capture the passage from adolescence to womanhood specifically shown in the relationship between the granddaughter and grandmother.

The 1920s and 1930s was a time when everyone was inspired by jazz and urban, black expression. It was a moment when modern African American culture took people's imagination. Archibald Motley, an visual artist, born in 1891 in New Orleans, LA and raised in Chicago, IL was one of the most widely recognized African American artists in the 20th century. And one of the most important 20th century artist in Chicago. He contributed to artistry of black culture and history in many different ways. Not to mention, Motley was a great importance during the Harlem Renaissance time period, known as a symbolic painter. Greatly known for his paintings of jazz culture in passionate city scenes and black social life. Motley made many contributions to life in

The theme of appearance extends further in Dorian’s life. Dorian’s outer beauty allows him to get away with almost anything, due to the fact that people equals his outer beauty to him being a good person. In reality, Wilde makes it very clear that Dorian Gray is not a good person.

According to DeWitte “identifying and interrupting the symbolic meaning of the objects and elements in artwork often revels previously unsuspected insights into their content.” (182). Audrey Flack’s painting Marylin is a vivid, colorful still life that is filled with symbolism.

This essay will be analyzing the paintings Mending Socks and Barbecue by Archibald Motley. Mainly focusing on the painting to recognize and understand the visual choices that were made when creating the artwork. As well as being able to state specific elements in the painting.

The “Mona Lisa” is the best known and most visited piece of art. It is a portrait painting done by Leonardo de Vinci. The portrait is an oil painting on a white Lombardy poplar panel. The woman in the portrait is sat upright in an armchair, with her arms folded. This painting was one of the first portraits that depicted the sitter in front of an imaginary landscape. The portrait represents the beauty of the time period. It holds simplistic colors with detailed shading. The artwork is very intriguing to me. I love the detail in the background, there are tiny brushstrokes that makes up the mountains and sky. Also, I find the shading of the mouth and eyes very interesting. I like that Leonardo da Vinci painted the woman with no eyebrows, as they were

The imagery in this painting seems basic but if you look closely it kind of resembles the poems main idea, such as how in the painting she has a mirror looking at herself with a gazing look. Also in the back of the poem there are two cities split by Helen and one of them seems to be dark and dreary which is similar to the diction in the poem. Also in the painting there are doves and I believe Evelyn put them in there because doves are very beautiful but in the painting most of the doves are gazing at Helena. Which shows how beautiful she was. Also in the painting there are flowers surrounding her and they are dying. Which is perplexing maybe evelyn was trying to foreshadow her toxic personality. The beauty of Helena is a blessing but more of a curse she is totally unaware of surroundings in the painting as well. It is not just Helen in the painting there are so many more beautiful things that are missed because how she is centered in the