The size of the painting is 34 3/8 x 45 3/4 in. (86.5 x 115 cm). The height in proportion to the width shows that the painting is not proportional but it is not far off from forming a perfect square. The frame does not cut-off any of the people in the painting. The composition is centered and zoomed in to show what is going on. The composition is not simple but it is not complex either. The composition is not geometrically ordered. The people seem to be free and in motion. There is asymmetry throughout the painting. In the organization of the painting the objects appear to be crowded. There is not a lot of space between the people who appear to be fighting. The shapes of the people show that the mermaids are fighting a big guy and the placement of them shows unbalance. There are a couple objects presents. A total of three mermaids are presents including a triton and some objects are in the background represented by shadows. The sizes of the objects in the center of the composition are big compared to the ones in the background. A lot of emphasis is present in the center of the painting. The forms of the mermaids and triton are volumetric and a nice scenery is present in the background. The mermaids and trition are formed by contoured lines. Some of the lines are sharp and defined to show the natural curves on the human body and there is blurred out lines in the water to show waves and movements. The lines help give the painting a realistic feel to it. The lines are active in the reflection of the water. The color pallet present in the painting is soft with neutral warm colors. Only a couple different colors were used and the red color on the mermaid stands out the most. The neutral skin color is dominant because it is the color mo...
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...g down into the ocean from the triton and mermaids. Adding texture The softness in the skin of the mermaids is texture applied by the artist. Böcklin adds texture to his painting by applying small strokes to help contour the bodies. The strokes vary thoroughout the painting to imply different texture. Actual texture is texture that can be felt and is tactile. The smoothness in the skin that is applied by the contoured lines that get blurred out in the background make the mermaids skin look smooth. Visual texture is shown in the background by the people behind the mermaids. Submersive texture to me looks like the blood in the water. At first I thought it was a piece of clothing but I then took a second look to try to figure out exactly what it was. The dark colors mixed with the blak on the mermaid that is on the tritons shoulder is what made me realize it was blood.
Wayne, transforms this painting into a three dimensional abstract piece of art. The focal point of the painting are the figures that look like letters and numbers that are in the front of the piece of art. This is where your eyes expend more time, also sometimes forgiving the background. The way the artist is trying to present this piece is showing happiness, excitement, and dreams. Happiness because he transmits with the bright colours. After probably 15 minutes on front of the painting I can feel that the artist tries to show his happiness, but in serene calm. The excitement that he presents with the letters, numbers and figures is a signal that he feels anxious about what the future is going to bring. Also in the way that the colors in the background are present he is showing that no matter how dark our day can be always will be light to
The texture of the paint is smooth and flows very nicely the paintings composition is primarily bundled into the bottom right half of the image. The wings and legs of the animals as well as and table help form an invisible sloping line across the painting.
The Search for Freedom in Haiti There is no hope for true freedom for the Haitian people as their society exists today. Haiti came to national attention in the 1990s, primarily for the suffering of its people. However, news clips do not tell a complete story. As a result, an author by the name of Edwidge Danticat set out to document life in Haiti through a collection of short stories, capturing the breadth of experience of the Haitian people as they survive under an oppressive regime. Krik?
At first glance, the cheerful bright blue sky on the upper portion of the painting caught the most attention. The second dominant feature is the small sailboat with seagulls on the background where Monet illustrated in brightest white. Examining closely in that particular area, it is noticeable that the artist intended to incorporate a sheer layer of white surrounding the sailboat to create the illusion of sheen light breaking through the clouds and reflecting into the ocean. Monet used a variation of values along with the combination of heavy and light individual brushstrokes to create uneven tones to show the movement of the water caused by the weather and the sun. Several layers of underpaint can also be seen as the artist’s intention for the waves to appear fuzzier. The fuzzy wave in the foreground to the right is slightly bulged from the canvas showing the finer brushstroke slightly dabbed on the surface. Dense cracking is present all over the painting possibly due to the painting being very
... study for the overall concept they appear rather as abstract patterns. The shadows of the figures were very carefully modeled. The light- dark contrasts of the shadows make them seem actually real. The spatial quality is only established through the relations between the sizes of the objects. The painting is not based on a geometrical, box like space. The perspective centre is on the right, despite the fact that the composition is laid in rows parallel to the picture frame. At the same time a paradoxical foreshortening from right to left is evident. The girl fishing with the orange dress and her mother are on the same level, that is, actually at equal distance. In its spatial contruction, the painting is also a successful construction, the groups of people sitting in the shade, and who should really be seen from above, are all shown directly from the side. The ideal eye level would actually be on different horizontal lines; first at head height of the standing figures, then of those seated. Seurats methods of combing observations which he collected over two years, corresponds, in its self invented techniques, to a modern lifelike painting rather than an academic history painting.
Under the sea, in an idyllic and beautiful garden, stands a statue of a young man cut out of cold stone – for the Little Mermaid who knows nothing but the sea, the statue stands as an emblem of the mysterious over-world, a stimulus for imagination and sexual desire, an incentive for expansion of experience, and most predominately, an indication that something great and all-encompassing is missing from her existence. Traces of curiosity and a vague indication of the complexities of adult desires mark the child mermaid; in such a stage of development, the statue will suffice. However, as the Little Mermaid reaches puberty, the statue must allegorically come alive in order to parallel the manifestation of her new-found adult desires – the statue must become a prince in his world of adulthood above the sea. Thus, powered by an insistent and ambiguous longing for self-completion, the Little Mermaid embarks on a journey of self-discovery, and, to her ultimate misfortune, prematurely abandons her child-like self as sexual lust and the lust for an adult life takes hold of her.
The painting depicts two figures, the one of a woman and of a man. The dominating central figure is the one of the woman. We see her profile as she looks to the left. Her hands are crossed in a graceful manner. She has blonde hair and her figure is lit by what seems to be natur...
Mermaids, Fairies, and Witches are some of the most prominent mythical characters in today’s entertainment. These creatures are common characters in Folklore from various countries around the world. Folklore from other countries and cultures often affects how authors portray these creatures in the movies, books, and TV shows that are familiar to the citizens of America. One such country is Scotland, which is filled with multitudes of different folk stories. Scottish Folklore in particular has many tales about these three well known creatures. The most commonly known folklore from Scotland has had a huge impact on some of the most well known entertainment in the United States today.
His boat floats on the horizon and the sky above him is created with green and grey paint. Beneath him the ocean follows a similar color palette except with yellow lines for the ripples created in the water. Nothing is drawn with much detail, in fact both the man, mermaid, and island are drawn as nothing more than just a black silhouette. These silhouettes are painted much differently than the remainder of the painting, instead of being composed of multiple colors, they are a simple solid black mass. Within the silhouettes the artist has placed little white designs in a way that equals out the dark muddy colors. It certainly grabs the attention of the viewer, cueing them in on the subjects and story depicted. The painting seems to tell the story of exile, considering Bedia’s past it certainly is fitting, but that will be discussed in more detail later. Due to the dark setting, the viewer is left to assume that the the man is escaping in secrecy. The design he carries on his chest is a shooting star, while the one represented on the mermaid is the symbol for
The bodies of the three figures in the painting are in correct proportion and are very naturalistic, a hierarchy of scale is not present. A sense of weight is seen in each figure; the girl getting kissed has a sense of weight in relation to the boy holding her, the boy has a sense of weight in how he leans in and on the girl for a kiss and lastly the other girl has a sense of weight in how she leans on the table.
Mark Twain once stated, “You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus” (Brainy Quote). Despite the imaginative challenges children are faced with in reality, they are able to cope with the advantage of time and mental resilience. Stephen King in his essay, "My Creature from the Black Lagoon" from the Wake Tech English 111 Reader, compared the idea of imaginative strength in children and in that of adults to see who would better fit the horror genre audience. Stephen King recalls one particular time from his past that sends shivers down even the hardest of spines.
Walt Disney Pictures films have created dozens of both classic and contemporary films that have stood the test of time. Disney has taught with generations of people valuable life lessons by illustrating good and evil. Films are good ways to share both fictional and real stories that have antagonist, which causes conflict. In Disney films, the antagonist often represents societies view of what a monster is. Disney uses commonly known ‘monsters’ as characters to create stories while maintaining the fact that there are a variety of villains that differ from culture to culture. Commonly understood as being evil or wicked or ugly and deformed, but there is also another side to this common belief that monsters fall under that belief.
She soon stopped hanging out with her friends and changed her entire personality, losing her voice, in order for Eric to fall in love with her. A thorough research has been carried out by linguists Carmen Fought and Karen Eisenhauer in which they researched how often each gender role spoke in each film. Their objective for doing this was to shine light on the way in which male roles used to dominate speech time, in comparison to recent Disney films that show women giving more vocal characters to play. Snow White (1937), Cinderella (1950) and Sleepy Beauty (1959) all show that women characters get over 50% of dialogue, whereas all of the Disney princess films released in the late 80s and 90s show that females only had around 20% of the overall dialogue time. Considering these films all have a female lead, these statistics show that male characters withhold supremacy even when they aren’t the main character, overpowering the female lead in her own film.Throughout the majority of Disney’s films, there’s an underlying statement that normalises male dominance and in which holds a negative impact over the youth of today, if children’s films continue to portray this outdated message over and over again, then children will grow up with a huge misconception of how they should be, which leaves a worryingly foundation set for the upcoming generation of this time. Many children idolise the characters in Disney films that’s why it’s very important to analyse the representations these characters are portraying for the children of our society to see. When a child has been engraved with these stereotypes since they can remember, it will be difficult for a child to separate these
The painting is intimate, almost as if was not meant for the eyes of the viewer. The mother gently holds the baby, within her arms, as she feeds him. The mother’s gaze is met by the child as it reaches out to touch her face. The background is simple, emphasizing the closeness between the mother and child, much like Le Brun’s piece. Additionally, Cassatt’s The Child's Bath, 1893 “with its striking and unorthodox composition, is one of Cassatt’s masterworks” (“The Child's Bath”). Within this composition, she employed the use of unconventional devices such as cropped forms, bold patterns and outlines, and a flattened perspective (“The Child's Bath”). Cassatt utilizes a pastel-like color scheme, exemplifying the delicateness and tenderness between the mother and her bathing child. Her brush strokes are swift and gentle, again, suggesting the passionate, yet soft, love the mother has for her child. The elevated vantage point invites the viewer to observe this intimate moment, but not to
The text I will be deconstructing is the Walt Disney Feature Animation film The Little Mermaid released in 1989. The film was directed by Ron Clements and produced by John Musker. The Little Mermaid (1989) is the story of a young mermaid who gives up her voice in order to become human and find her one true love Prince Eric. I find the film to be incredibly significant, not only in its portrayal of feminine roles, the human body, and the willingness to sacrifice for true love, but in the film's vast audience and popularity. I will be using the feminist framework, as described in Critical Media Studies: An Introduction by Ott and Mack (2010), to deconstruct The Little Mermaid (1989).