How Does Shakespeare Present The Beauty Of The Urn?

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The urn presents us such and such amazing pictures carved on it and made permanent by the artist who carved them. The ambiguous scene that presents a group of young men chasing beautiful lasses through forest and a band of musicians playing pipes and drums and every object in the picture are hilarious in spirits. They will never change but enjoy their eternal springs. The images of jealous and bold lover, the beautiful trees, playing musicians, people moving to alters for sacrifices, the little town by the river are beautifully carved on the urn. Beauty preserved in the form of art lives long. The art of Leonardo Davinci "Monalisa" is still surviving in the world and perhaps considered to be the world's best painting. The beauty of the lofty trees and natures magnificence in the Borrows Dale is immortalized in his poem “Yew-Trees” by William Wordsworth. Shakespeare's love expressed through verses, in sonnet -55, is more …show more content…

Through these expressions the artist has succeeded in portraying the inner character of the king. "And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read" As well, Shelley as an artist has succeeded in drawing a contrast between the past glory of Ramses II and the present condition of his statue lying half buried in the sand. This account gives us a contrast between longevity of art and temporary human life. The poem of John Keats also celebrates the greatness of art which eternalises the transient moment of beauty found in the world. The artist who moulded the antique urn had an excellent expertise as he made the temporary moments permanent as described by John

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