John Constable Essays

  • The Life of John Constable

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    John Constable was an English painter who worked in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. While not highly regarded by his contemporaries, Constable is today regarded as one of the leading English painters of the era. He was a part of the Romanticism movement and is most remembered for his landscape paintings. His paintings were usually of his home and surroundings and did not dram Constable was born in Suffolk, England on June 11, 1776. The second son of a wealthy corn merchant, it was expected

  • John Constable Research Paper

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    John Constable John Constable was born on June 11, 1776, in East Bergholt, Suffolk. As a young man he worked for his father in the family business at a flour mill. In 1799, Constable decided to leave the flour mill so that he could study at the Royal Academy School. His first landscape painting was in 1802 and after that he studied painting and English Rural life on his own. Constable developed a distinctly individual style. His paintings were "executed in the open air rather than in a studio

  • John Constable Research Paper

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    painters of the time. Not only Turner’s work is analysed but also his travels routes and possible thoughts are taken into consideration. Gage, J, Turner: Rain, Steam and Speed, The Viking Press, New York, 1972. This monograph of Rain, Steam and Speed by John Gage provides a critical analysis of turner’s work. Gage argues for Turner making paintings with influence from the earlier Dutch master, particularly Rembrandt in regards to technique. This monograph was essential in forming a knowledge base for Turner

  • Comparison Of Thomas Cole And John Constable

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    In the era where Thomas Cole first established the Hudson River School, other artist that is not from the United State such as John Constable, has the same taste in nature and outdoors. John Constable who is from England, created many painting from the surrounding area from his backyard to the countryside. For Cole’s painting, his work of art has been throughout the Hudson River, therefore, his painting consist of vast amount of forest, river, and mountains. He also travels in many locations in America

  • Caspar David Freidrich, By John Constable

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    Throughout, this essay will discuss the paintings of John Constable (The Cornfield), Caspar David Freidrich (Morning in Reisenbirge) and J.M.W Turner (Rain, Steam and Speed) which examplify particular social politics and ideologies of the time, and also how the depiction and vocabulary or visual strategies of landscape have been harnessed by the above mentioned artworks to convey the perspectives, beliefs, ideologies, and politics at that given time. Landscape can be defined in many ways. The English

  • Pioneers of Imagery: William Wordsworth and John Constable

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    are William Wordsworth and John Constable. Wordsworth, a famous poet known for many popular poems during the romanticism era, shows the audience his beautifully descriptive wordplay no purer than that in his conversation-style poem known as “Tintern Abbey”. While although an inferior poet to Wordsworth, John Constable was a talented English romantic painter, best known for his detailed paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home. Although Wordsworth and Constable contrast in numerous ways

  • Dedham Vale-John Constable: Painting Analysis

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    mastery of the natural landscapes that nobody ever heard about (“Dedham Vale - John Constable,” n.d.). The majority of the Constable’s paintings are the scenes from his homeland Suffolk and Stour Valley, which are located in England. “Dedham Valley” is not the exception. This fact did not stop Constable from achieving success as he was recognized as one of the best landscape painters of England (“Dedham Vale - John Constable,” n.d.). However, painting was not the only way how Romanticists could express

  • Analysis Of John Constable's The Hay Wain

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    John Constable’s The Hay Wain was produced in 1821 by way of oil on canvas during the Romantic period of the 19th century. This work being one of Constable’s most notable works. Various elements and thought processes implemented in the painting make it an accurate representation of the Picturesque Romanticism style common of this period. The article “Constable, John” found in The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide mentions that Constable was an English landscape painter

  • The Romantic Movement In Art, Romanticism, And The Nineteenth Century

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    political, and artistic life. John Constable, The Haywain, 1821, Francisco Goya, The Third of May, 1808: The Execution of the Defenders of Madrid 1814, and The John Nash, the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, the Northeast, 1815-1821 are the passionate and incredible artworks in the masterpiece of Romanticism, Realism, and the Nineteenth- Century World. This era was an artistic and creative era of the art history. “John Constable, The Haywain, 1821” as per the John Constable and book point of view freshly

  • Comparing John Constable's Painting The Cornfield and William Wordsworth's Poem Tintern Abbey

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    Representations of Time: Wordsworth and Constable I do not know how without being culpably particular I can give my Reader a more exact notion of the style in which I wished these poems to be written, than by informing him that I have at all times endeavored to look steadily at my subject; consequently, I hope that there is in these Poems little falsehood of description, and my ideas are expressed in language fitted to their respective importance. Something I must have gained by this practice

  • Biography Of Othello And Desdemona

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    He practiced his work very hard using his own initiative. The young artist spent more then a year practicing in the sculpture galleries of the British Museum. To succeed he sill had two artists to look up to and receive advice from, John Jackson and John Constable guided him under their wing. They were both prolific portraitists who know what Hook needed to be successful. In 1845 he earned a first place medal for his historical painting of The Finding of the Body of Harold. Hook did a few pieces

  • Comparing the works of John Constable to the great poet William Wordsworth

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    During the early nineteenth century John Constable was known for his great artistry across Europe. His interest and love for paint began in 1799 when Constable convinced his father into letting him attend the Royal Academy School to pursue art - his passion as a romantic artist was in landscapes. His style, brushstroke techniques and eye for detail, progressed over the years but he remained true to his passion of capturing nature and the beautiful world that surrounded him. It is refreshing to see

  • Computers

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    designed in 1834. (Constable 9) It was a remarkable device for its time. In fact, the Analytical Engine required so much power and would have been so much more complex than the manufacturing methods of the time, it could never be built. No more than twenty years after Babbage¹s death, Herman Hollerith designed an electromechanical machine that used punched cards to tabulate the 1890 U.S. Census. His tabulation machine was so successful, he formed IBM to supply them. (Constable 11) The computers

  • Crime In Industrialized England

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    Crime in Industrialized England Draft In 1761, at the beginning of the industrial revolution, England’s population consisted of 6.3 million inhabitants whereas 80 years later the population rose to 14.9 million, rising even with war and emigration transpiring. 1 The industrial revolution was a big step for Great Britain but not all benefitted, especially the poor and working class. One of the biggest negative side effects was poverty which increased the amount of street peddlers in the city streets

  • The Police Force

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    1822, the most famous person in the history of the London police system was Sir Robert Peel. He titled Home Secretary. By witnessing the industrial revolution in London becoming larger geographically and economically significant, it was clear that constables and “watchmen” were ineffective in detecting and preventing crime. Soon, he was able to reform the police system gradually so people would not become aroused and have fear. By doing so, Peel believed to make police official; it had to be standardized

  • American Policing In The 18th Century

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    American policing began around the 17th century. The Northern colonies of the United States were focused on the watch. They had started to institute a Civil Law Enforcement System very similar to the English model. The Southern colonies were focused on slave patrols and codes. The American Colonists were focused on a lot in this time period. They were constantly thinking about the foreign enemies they had, the Native Americans and other threats they faced on a day to day basis. In the Northern Colonies

  • Criminology

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    compared to the previous years. In this same year confidence of the police has increased up to 65% and the perception of antisocial behaviour has also decreased to 14% [Home office website: British crime statistics 2009/2010]. In the words of chief constable Keith Bistow, head of Association of Chief Police Officers, “the statistics reflects the effort of our workforce in doing all they can to protect communities from harm”. [BBC mobile news 15th July 2010].

  • Law and Order in the First Part of the Nineteenth Century

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    streets became more orderly, but as a consequence of this the number of burglaries went up. Another of the Metropolitan Police Forces duties was to deal with major disturbances. Police constables received very little training in the late nineteenth century and often learnt their trade “ on the job”. Police constables worked seven days a week and up to fourteen hours a day. In London in the 1870’s and 1880’s, a beat during daytime was seven and a half miles long whilst at night it was two miles

  • Importance Of Police Essay

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    The police plays a very crucial role in the maintenance of peace and enforcement of law and order in the society. The fundamental duty of the police is to serve mankind and to safeguard the lives and property. The police has to protect the weak from oppression or intimidation. The word ‘police’ is derived from the Greek word politeia or its Latin equivalent politia. The term politeia stands for the ‘state’ or ‘administration’. In present context the term ‘police’ connotes a body of civil servants

  • Ballistics

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    into the gun’s muzzle and packed with paper wadding. A spark made when the gun’s hammer struck some flint at the back end of the barrel ignited the powder. When the constable examined Culshaw’s wound, he found a piece of newspaper used as wadding to pack the powder in the killer’s gun. The prime suspect in the killing was a man named John Toms. When a piece of newspaper found in Toms’ pocket was compared with the piece found in the wound, the pieces fit together like two pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Based