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Interpretations Of Herman Melville’S Moby-Dick In The Field Of Visual Arts, Madeline Kudlata
Interpretations Of Herman Melville’S Moby-Dick In The Field Of Visual Arts, Madeline Kudlata
4997 English: Capstone
Artistic adaptations of literary classics allow readers to visualize and contextualize some of the most important themes, motifs, scenes, and images in a story that may be difficult to grasp through verbal text alone. From these adaptations, one can analyze the stylistic and thematic similarities or differences in the way an artist portrays elements of Melville’s Moby-Dick. Through their varying artistic styles and media, abstract impressionist Frank Stella, self-taught artist Matt Kish, and award-winning children’s book illustrator Allan Drummond express how Melville’s novel can manifest itself in a multitude of contexts: emotional, literal, and theoretical. By analyzing the way …