My first reaction to Paul Gaguin’s Manao Tupapau was that the painting is very intense. According to Gaguin, Manao Tapapau has a double meaning: “either the girl thinks of the spirit or the spirit think of her.” The subject matter gives off this mysterious and sinister impression. To describe the scene of the painting, a young Tahitian girl is the center of the image, laying down on her stomach, supposedly frightened. Gaguin writes that the viewer can see in her face that she is fearful, however, her facial expression seems relaxed in my opinion. Her body exhibits more of state of distress. Her naked body is stiff, tightened and awkward, her head is down. Her hands are on her pillow, on each side of her head as if she is pushing away and hiding
her face. Overall, the viewer gets a tense and rigid essence from the figure. Over to the far left, a dark figure stands intimidatingly near the bed. Her face is turned, only revealing one eye, she wears a black cloak and her head is hooded. Her hand rests on the corner of the bed expressing possession over the girl. The stillness of both figures provide a sense of quietness knowing death is near. The colors Gaguin uses adds more to the disturbing quality of the painting. He says, “I need a background of terror,” when discussing the shades of purple. He also adds, “The bark cloth sheet must be yellow, because in this color, it arouses something unexpected for the spectator.” I agree that Gaguin succeeded in creating a “background of terror.” His background is brought forward from the flatness and darkness and the shading establishes a lack of depth in the image. The daunting spirit also begins to blend into the background and becomes a part of it.
In Samba, Alma Guillermoprieto describes the Carnival celebrated every year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and explores the black cultural roots from which it takes its traditions as well as its social, economic, and political context in the 1980s. From her firsthand experience and investigation into favela life and the role of samba schools, specifically of Manguiera, Guillermoprieto illustrates a complex image of race relations in Brazil. The hegemonic character of samba culture in Brazil stands as a prevalent theme in numerous facets of favela life, samba schools, and racial interactions like the increasing involvement of white Brazilians in Carnival preparation and the popularity of mulatas with white Brazilians and tourists. Rio de Janeiro’s early development as a city was largely segregated after the practice of slavery ended. The centralization of Afro-Brazilians in favelas in the hills of the city strengthened their ties to black
John C. Maxwell once said, “There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.” Arrogance and pride lead people to make stupid decisions that can majorly affect their lives in a negative aspect. Christopher McCandless left his comfortable lifestyle in May of 1990 to travel and live life to the fullest, adopting the name Alexander Supertramp. Then in July 1992, Chris’s journey led him to be isolated in the Alaskan Frontier, trapped in a bus, and on the verge of death. Many people are sympathetic the McCandless’s story and his passing; some argue that he just had a string of bad luck and that his bereavement wasn’t
People of the current generation have adjusted their speech in order to avoid criticism for whatever opinions they may express. Of course, we all have opinions, but do we want to be told that we’re wrong? No, and society has changed because of our weakness and inability to accept being wrong. Instead of declaring our thoughts with absolute belief, we add an interrogative tone to allow things we say to be changed without it having an affect on how smart or cool we seem to be. In “Totally,” Taylor Mali uses figurative language, diction, and syntax to convey that society has lost its voice of conviction.
many other emotions that the artist is trying to display in his painting. Although we can try and
Pudu is a Spanish name for the world's smallest deer. There are two species, the northern pudu from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and the southern pudu from southern Chile and south-western Argentina. Both of them are considered "Endangered".
“Uluru” is a poem, written by Eva Johnson. Eva Johnson, who was born in 1946, is a member of the “Malak Malak” people and was stolen from her mother and placed in an orphanage in Adelaide when she was two years old. The poem is based on her Aboriginal culture and the relation that her culture has with Uluru.
The Statue of Yuny and Renenutet is a male and female sculpture. It consist of 2 statue figures. Both figures are facing frontwards. Both statues have eyes in an almond shape figure. The couple Yuny and Renenutet are sitting down together on a bench with Renenutet right arm around Yuny shoulder. The chair of Yuny and Renenutet is a breach in which their bodies’ curves are call to attention. Both figures have their feet placed on the floor. But in front of Yuny and Renenutet feet we see inscription similar to that ones he has on his skirt.
The next song that I chose to listen to is El Grillo. El Grillo is a very humorous song. It is a very fascinating version of musical piece. What I really enjoyed about “El Grillo” was the use of text painting, which was used by Dez Prez'. Text-painting was a huge thing in that time, as madrigal became popular. Text-painting is when music matches the word. The song is basically an extended example of text painting, I think, because the light tone, bouncy melody, and whimsical repetition makes the listeners think of the cricket. For the majority, this is a really simple song! And I like seeing the way music has evolved. Very
The word Abaporu means the man who eats in the Tupi-Garany language. The painting was a birthday gift to a mayor Brazilian writer and critic Osvaldo de Andrade in January of 1928 (Lucie-Smith 44). This is a representative painting. The painting is a single huge figure with a tiny head and enormous hands and feet. The colors are very bright warm and attractive. A cactus, the sun and the sky are the only background. The background keeps the painting very simple yet it fills the eye of the viewer. The hand and feet rest on the ground symbolizing intimate contact with th...
On Friday, I was assigned to Tumin’s debate. His paper was a direct response to Davis and Moore’s, “Some Principles of Stratification.” While they argued that stratification was functional, Tumin argued back that is was not functional. Davis and Moore say that there are certain groups of people that can only do certain jobs and only some people have the talent to achieve certain positions. Tumin argues that only a certain some people get this opportunity because of who they already are and their current status. “And the more rigidly stratified a society is, the less chance does that society have of discovering any new facts about the talents of its member” (Tumin 389).
One of the most powerful works of art known to man is Raft of the Medusa by Theodore Géricault. The piece was made around 1818-1819 and its medium is oil on canvas. The subjects of this specific work of art are the people on the raft. They are the people who had either survived, or perished in a wreck while on the stormy ocean. Some of the men on the raft seem to be hopeful that they will survive, while others mourn the death of those lost in the wreckage. The ones who seem to be hopeful appear to be waving down a boat in the horizon, while most do not seem to notice the boat. The Raft of the Medusa is an extraordinarily complex work of art. The purpose of this painting is to capture the raw emotion of people in unfortunate situations, and to show the hopeful and the despaired. Theodore Géricault does this through his uses of dark and bright colors that contributes to the feelings of mournfulness and hope. While the stormy waves add to the hectic and desperate feel of the piece and captures the brutality of nature.
Moreau and the Puma execute each other. Prendick decides this is more than he can take and is planning to leave the island. He and Montgomery abolishes all the experiments in Dr. Moreau’s lab. However, Montgomery does not want to leave the island so he destroys the ship. Using the wood for the bonfire. After drinking all day and night Montgomery and some of the Beast Folks fight for some unknown reason and Montgomery is badly wounded and later dies and is buried at sea. Prendick, finds a companion in the Dog Man and a Hyena Swine as an enemy, he is afraid of the other beast, folks and spend months trying to construct a raft to leave the island. Eventually the Beast Folks start to transform back to their original being
One of the characters in the novel, What we all long for, Tuyen, is a lesbian that has a crush on her best friend Carla, who assures Tuyen that she is straight and also always denies any spark they may have. Tuyen seems to be comfortable with her sexuality while Carla appears to contradict any feelings for her although they have intimate moments. A few possible reasons Ikea made this ad could be to demonstrate a sort of comfort and understanding to those who are struggling with their sexuality. One of the passages I chose from the book as follows “Straight women were never as straight as they put out, Tuyen figured. She had, after all, slept with numerous straight women. They merely had to be convinced. And there had to been a few times, after
The universe began with nothing more than a chaotic swirl of undifferentiated water. One day, for no reason, the swirl split and created a god and a goddess out of two distinctly different bodies of water. The fresh water god Aspu(m) and the salt water goddess Tiamat(f) formed a union and gave birth to the younger gods, who were housed inside Tiamat’s(f) body.
When studying art from the Romantic period, many of the works from that period carry a lot emotion that is desired to be evoked when looking at the different pieces. When I look at the oil painting by Théodore Géricault called The Raft of Medusa I feel the immediate sense of agony and pain very evident by the faces of many of the people on the raft. With further background I understand more about painting; that the Medusa was a ship that wrecked and the raft was the only means for certain crewman to survive the thirteen or so days while they floated to shore. I would say that the main emotion in the painting is that of despair with just a glimmer of hope. The melancholy demeanor of the few who remain on the left of the raft looking to where