Firstly, we have this beautiful piece by Edouard Manet. Olympia includes a bare lady leaning back upon a chaise relax, with a little dark cat at her feet, and a dark female worker behind her wielding a bunch of roses. It struck watchers—who rushed to…
Essays on Art Movement
Édouard Manet was a French impressionist painter in the 1800s who invoked the wrath of Parisian critics by not only breaking free of conventional methods, but also by creating some of the most scandalous works of art in his time. He painted emboldened, naked, sickly-looking…
Art can be considered as anything that calms the soul and gives joy to the heart. There is no proper definition for art according to me. The beauty of art is that we can find it everywhere and in anything. The term “art for art’s…
I have named this piece Lyrebird after the Australian bird which is known for its ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds incredibly well, plus the AI software also named after the Lyrebird (Lyrebird.ai, 2019), which I have used in this piece.This piece is specifically…
The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines symbolism as, “the art or practice of using symbols especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning or by expressing the invisible or intangible using visible or sensuous representations” How does The Lord of The Flies use symbolism in its…
“Art is to console those who are broken by life” was said by one of the most well-known artists in history, Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh is considered to be one of the many greatest post-impressionist painters in history. He has done more than 2,000…
In her short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Charlotte Gilman explores the oppressive nature of gender roles in the Victorian Era through the narrator’s journal entries. Using tidbits of her writing, the narrator is able to deliver a harrowing story of her descent into madness after…
Beyond what is actually written in a text, symbolism grabs the reader’s attention to what is being expressed between the lines. Symbolism makes the written text more meaningful and questioning. An author incorporates symbolism into literature in order to engage the reader in a story….
The year is 1950, and sixteen-year-old Holden Wald is beginning his new school year is Pencey Preparatory School in Hagerstown, Pennsylvania. This isn’t the first school that Holden has been to, but it might be his last. Throughout all of the bland people who attend…
Modernist literature appeared in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in both Europe and North America. It is characterized by a break of the traditional literature and the struggle to create something new. Some innovations are brought by the use of a new epistemology…
Picasso! The household name of Pablo Picasso belongs to a man of incredible escapism. Having experienced 19 different art movements, he knew all too well how to push the bars of art and break out of the jail cell. A movement that he helped create…
T.S. Eliot is considered one of the most important modernist poets of the time, he was born September 26, 1888, in Missouri, U.S, and died January 4, 1965, in London, England. I.S Eliot is known as an American-English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor. The…
Kenzo Tange once said, “There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart”. In literature, symbols are often used to make a material object have a deeper meaning and connection with nature. Many…
Chapter 21 begins with Hester and Pearl walking into the marketplace on a national holiday in the Puritan town. It is the inauguration day of the village’s new Governor. All the townspeople are in the village center for the celebration. Hester is wearing grey so…
The Scarlet Letter story is based on a Puritan village in New England in the mid 17th century and full of symbolism. The story starts off by the village being gathered in front of a prison, for the trial of Hester, our main character, who…
