Biography Of Othello And Desdemona

studied at the Royal Academy Schools in 1836. “In 1842 he gained the first medals in the life and painting schools”. Artable While there he studied historical and life painting. He studied there for three years. He started off drawing with not having all the proper art tools and supplies, but he still made artwork happen with what he had. Hook firm intrest about one day becoming an artist. 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 there between 1839-1845 but he did not make a big name for himself until he created the literary scene Othello’s Description of Desdemona from the play Othello in 1852.

The above picture Othello’s Description of Desdemona, describes what Othello thought about Desdemona as being the perfect innocent women. It is oil on canvas painted in 1852.The painting is painted in a way to show the close relationship between Othello and Desdemona. Othello looked past the rumors and ideas of Desdemona not being very intelligent, he admires her talent to be able to play an instrument as shown in the painting. It is very obvious to see that Othello is very much in love with Desdemona by the way he is resting on her shoulder gazing into her eyes. It is also clear that Othello is her protector like a husband should be to his wife. He is sitting very close to her with ...

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... pity that she is asking for in Delacroix’s painting. Othello is portrayed as a strong and stern man in Hook’s painting based on the sword that he is armed with and the way that Desdemona is hanging on his arm.

The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice was a play full of different emotions. It was a romantic play that was a tragedy also. Othello is one of Shakespeare’s most known plays. Delacroix and Hook do a great job of portraying these different emotions in their paintings. Eugene Delacroix shows the dark side of Shakespeare’s play through his painting entitled “Desdemona cursed by her Father”. James Hook shows the love connection between Desdemona and Othello in his painting entitled “Othello’s description of Desdemona”. Both paintings show the brilliance that Shakespeare conveys in all of his plays but especially in The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice.