1. Discuss Gustave Courbet’s Realism in works such as The Stonebreakers (FIG. 30–12) and A Burial at Ornans (FIG. 30–13) in relation to the social and political issues of mid-century France. The Stonebreakers (1849) depicts two men laboring to break and remove stone from a road that is being built. The two men are set against a low hill in the rural setting of the town of Ornans, town where the artist was raised and continued to spend time. The techniques used by Courbet in this painting suggest isolation and entrapment: the two laborers are physically and financially trapped. The two figures describe the reality of the time: a boy that is too young and a man that is too old to work in this lowliest, most backbreaking form of labor. Courbet’s …show more content…
The figures present at the funeral seem to be close to the viewer, pushed forward by the artist who wanted to suggest realism to the scene. The painting represents a common sight at a funeral: people from a small community came to pay their respects to the deceased and each one has different concerns and behavior during the ceremony. The realism of the painting comes from the illustration of the characters: some seem bored, others mourn, while a dog focuses its attention away from the participants. There is no representation of fictional elements that would normally be seen in a classic artwork: opened skies that welcome the deceased, angels and saints hovering over the burial site, etc. Even the colors used express grief and authenticity of a burial …show more content…
Van Gogh’s works are characterized by dramatic brushstrokes that expressed emotion and action and it was thought that he used paint straight from the tube. “Starry Night”, which is often considered his best work, was painted from memory and not out in the landscape how an Impressionist artist would had painted it. The picture portrays a swirling tumultuous sky that represents emotional life and not a simple illustration of the sky. Although his previous works represent natural landscapes, “Starry Night” is a departure from his old style and a step towards symbolism and abstract
The bodies are carried into a dark church, which symbolises the terrible end to two peoples lives, due to petty arguments. At the end, when the families are joining together and walking into the church they are framed by the light behind them and you can’t see their faces as they are walking into darkness.
America had a successful revolution due to the motley crew, despite the lack of recognition and amenities they received for their contributions. “A Motley Crew in the American Revolution” by Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker highlighted the motley crew for their influence on the American Revolution, and provided information and background generally not given in a standard textbook. The motley crew, comprised of sailors and slaves in a literal sense, and the urban mob in a political sense, paved the way for the American Revolution and the founding documents through rebellions, uprisings, conflicts, protests, and violence. This group of men changed the world in the opposition of forced labor, press-gangs and slavery in particular, through influencing
The Outsiders identified the 60’s, often there would be violence between groups and often involving a group’s social class. For instance, the tensions between the Socs and Greasers is violent, and this will lead to Bob’s death, Johnny’s death, as well as many injuries throughout both gangs. The book The Outsiders is written by S.E. Hinton and is portrayed through the eyes of a high school student in Tulsa, OK where S.E. Hinton grew up. Hinton began writing The Outsiders in 1965 at the age of 17 and the book was finally published in 1967 when she was 19. The difference in perspective upon the society and social class creates issues throughout The Outsiders and they assume the problems will be solved with violence,
People that behaive good and look up to there parents it dosent means it will always be like that people change in some points.The novel The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon is a novel that talks about a 13 year old whos father is a civil rights activist in the midle of the the novel he starts to gain intrest in a group called the Black Panthers.The protagonist of The Rock and the River,Sam,becomes more mature over the course of the novel his perspective of the world shifts after using a gun at the peaceful demonstration and Stick’s death by the police officer.
In the Enseigne, art is also shown to serve a function that it has always fulfilled in every society founded on class differences. As a luxury commodity it is an index of social status. It marks the distinction between those who have the leisure and wealth to know about art and posses it, and those who do not. In Gersaint’s signboard, art is presented in a context where its social function is openly and self-consciously declared. In summary, Watteau reveals art to be a product of society, nevertheless he refashions past artistic traditions. Other than other contemporary painters however, his relationship to the past is not presented as a revolt, but rather like the appreciative, attentive commentary of a conversational partner.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels see the French revolution as a great achievement in human history. However they also discuss serious criticisms of it. Marx and Engels discussed the struggle between two distinct social groups during the French Revolution which are the city poor and the privileged classes and what happens when power fell into the hands of the revolutionary “petty bourgeoisie” and the paris workers creating a class struggle and it impact on political issues . This essay will explain how Marx and Engels view the French revolution and their analysis of the revolution’s achievements and shortcomings.This essay will also apply their analysis of the French
Mr. Darnton’s book The Great Cat Massacre, reexamines French culture during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries with the eyes of the peasant’s. Robert Darnton looks at the writings of the peasant’s, and traces them to their origins and compares them to other texts of similar origins and texts, to create credible accounts or views of particular topics of the people during the era. In this review you’re going to see a summary of the book, describing the various subjects of this book. After that I will comment on Mr. Darnton’s on some topics like his organization, writing style, and fairness to his subject material, then discuss the historical importance of the topics that Robert Darnton mentions in his book and give you my personal opinion of the book itself. Next I will discuss with you a battery of topics like why I chose the book, is the book controversial, what was the authors purpose for writing the book, what were some of the major themes, who or what Darnton’s sources were?
The painting shows Mary, Mary Magdalen and John embracing Jesus’s dead body while they are crying, and focuses on their emotional distress of losing someone dear. Mary is caught middle of letting out a great cry while embracing Jesus from the left. John is shown with curly brown hair while also letting out a cry, but he is behind Jesus and only his face is visible. Mary Magdalen is to the right holding onto one of Jesus arm that reaches over the edge that almost seems like it is coming out of the painting. The whole scene in the painting is very grim as Jesus, the central figure, is lying dead with scars of his mistreatment clear for everybody to see. His body is white and thin with veins of arms and body showing through the skin, and his face seems so tired and worn out. On his head, there is a crown of thorns, but without any blood or scars. The emotional distress in the faces of those around Jesus are stylized, but any viewer would recognize their
O'Connor begins to paint the image of death with her presentation of the grandmother. As the family prepares for their adventure the grandmother carefully selects her attire. “A navy blue straw sailor hat with a bunch of white violets on the brim and a navy blue dress with a small white dot in the print. Her collars and cuffs were white organdy trimmed with lace and at her neckline she had pinned a purple spray of cloth violets containing a sachet” (O'Connor 267). The imagery of the grandmother’s impeccable attire foreshadows her position at the end of the story. When a person dies it is common that they are adorn in their best outfit. The grandmother has symbolically prepared herself for her eternal rest in a coffin as she is dressed in her Sunday best. O'Connor continues to incorporate the theme of death into the story, as she provides the readers with the reason for the grandmother’s ensemble, “in cares of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once she was a lady” (O'Connor 267). Symbolically the grandmother is walking down the path of death.
One of Augusta Savage’s most captivating works of art is “Gamin”, a sculpture made of painted plaster. This is an image of a young street urchin who is thought to be Savage’s nephew, Ellis Ford. This sculpture represents the many young African American men of Harlem who roamed the streets. This sculpture is not very large. It is only 9 in. x 5¾ in. x 4⅜ in., but it is a suitable size considering the subject is a young urchin. He is wearing a shirt that appears to be wrinkled and a loose fitting hat. He appears to be poor and hopeless. He looks as though he is looking at something that is far away or just looking for someone to restore his hope again. His face shows loneliness or sadness. If you look closely,
2. What is the difference between a.. Describe the “rockabilly” sound pioneered by Sun Records in the mid-1950s. The term rockabilly has been used to describe a type of music that was very unique and without a doubt one of the most influential genres of music in the development of rock and roll. Dating back to the 1950’s, Rockabilly was a new and interesting form of music.
Vincent Van Gogh never gave up his style and insight in his early work compared to his later work. I will discuss the comparison of the Potato Eaters and Starry Night and even though there are obvious differences, the core of his passion and eccentricities can be seen.
In the media, prisons have always been depicted as a horrible place. The film, The Shawshank Redemption, is a prime example that supports the media 's suggestions about prison life. In the film we are familiarized with Andy Dufresne, who is a banker that is wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. While trying to both remain discreet and find his prison identity, he assists Ellis Boyd 'Red ' Redding, a peddler, and Brooks Hatlen. In his attempt to fit into the rough prison subculture, Andy strategically starts a business relationship with the captain Captain Bryon Hadley and Samuel Norton. The film gives an insider 's look at various aspects of prison life. These aspects include prison culture; explicitly, guard subculture and inmate subculture.
School of Rock is a comedy about a struggling rock ‘n’ roll musician, Dewey Finn played by Jack Black, who gets kicked out his garage band and poses as his friend Ned to get a substitute teaching job at a prestigious prep school. With no educational background, Dewey or Mr. S as his known by his 4th grade class, begins teaching his students about rock ‘n’ roll. After learning that a handful of them are musically talented, he forms a rock band gives each of his students a part to play.
At the start of the revolution, in 1789, France’s class system changed dramatically (Giddens, 2014). Aristocrats lost wealth and status, while those who were at the bottom of the social ladder, rose in positions. The rise of sociology involved the unorthodox views regarding society and man which were once relevant during the Enlightenment (Nisbet, 2014). Medievalism in France during the eighteenth century was still prevalent in its “legal structures, powerful guilds, in its communes, in the Church, in universities, and in the patriarchal family” (Nisbet, 2014). Philosophers of that time’s had an objective to attempt to eliminate the natural law theory of society (Nisbet, 2014). The preferred outcome was a coherent order in which the mobility of individuals would be unrestricted by the autonomous state (French Revolution). According to Karl Marx, economic status is extremely important for social change. The peasants felt the excess decadence of the ancient regime was at the expense of their basic standards of living, thus fuelling Marx’s idea of class based revolutions and the transition of society (Katz, 2014). This can be observed, for example, in novels such as Les Liaisons Dangereuses, a novel that had a role for mobilizing the attitudes of the