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The Feminine Personification Of Death In Gustave Moreau’S Evening And Sorrow, May Johnson
The Feminine Personification Of Death In Gustave Moreau’S Evening And Sorrow, May Johnson
The Corinthian
This paper will argue that Moreau’s depiction of the female embodies the seductive and destructive nature of death which preoccupied the arts and literature of the late nineteenth-century. Moreau’s Evening and Sorrow, effectively conveys the increased interest in emotions, and psychology, as a counter-action to the predominance of natural sciences, during the late-nineteenth century.
In Defense Of Flowers, Lucy Williams
In Defense Of Flowers, Lucy Williams
The Corinthian
Through processes of isolating elements of design within the form, stylizing, and abstracting, I explore the notion that visual components of botanical specimens play an integral role in the development of manmade modern designs.
The Socioeconomic Significance Of Maximilien Luce’S Morning, Interior 1890, Stephanie Reagan
The Socioeconomic Significance Of Maximilien Luce’S Morning, Interior 1890, Stephanie Reagan
The Corinthian
Using the painting, Morning, Interior, as a platform for discussion, we delve into the technical prominence and political ideals of Maximilien Luce. Luce’s individual authenticity is an intriguing, often overlooked point of discussion.
The Wounds Of War: Puvis De Chavannes’ The Dream, Ariana Yandell
The Wounds Of War: Puvis De Chavannes’ The Dream, Ariana Yandell
The Corinthian
In The Dream by Puvis de Chavannes from 1883, what is presented in a nightscape involving a slumbering traveler who is visited by three luminous vestiges representing Love, Glory and Wealth. Scholars have noted that such representations of these three often appear in Western literature in regards to worldly desires, which could allude to the success of the artist at his current level of production. However, noting the extent of the influence of Renaissance and Medieval imagery on Puvis, and his commitment to French government commissions, there is likely a more political interpretation to the meaning of The Dream.
The Hopeless Dream Of Being: An Exploration Of The Female Gaze In Bergman’S Persona, Benton Meadows
The Hopeless Dream Of Being: An Exploration Of The Female Gaze In Bergman’S Persona, Benton Meadows
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In its extensive play with character and form, Bergman’s Persona becomes as difficult to analyze as an actual patient. Susan Sontag talks about how the viewer can only move toward but never achieve certainty about the action. Simply, it is about two women whose conflicting desires lead them to spend a cathartic summer at a seaside cottage. Critic John Simon describes the movie as a meditation on the numbers 1 and 2: it is about one splitting in two and two becoming one. The film is constantly attempting to balance, or at least justify, the existence of the disparities and …
Children’S Cacophony: Family In The Book Of Daniel, Eileen Totter
Children’S Cacophony: Family In The Book Of Daniel, Eileen Totter
The Corinthian
E.L. Doctorow’s The Book of Daniel is not a tribute to leftist politics like scholars claim, but rather the family, which alone possesses the unique strength to endure the corruptive politics of both the right and the left.
The Barricade, Rue De La Mortellerie, June 1848: A Reflection Of Class Tension In Nineteenth-Century Paris, Chelsea Werner
The Barricade, Rue De La Mortellerie, June 1848: A Reflection Of Class Tension In Nineteenth-Century Paris, Chelsea Werner
The Corinthian
Scholars have previously maintained that Meissonier’s painting pays homage to the many working-class Parisians that died during the uprising. For example, Constance Cain Hungerford contends, “Meissonier thus dignifies the rebels with devotion to a nation ideal that he shared, even if he defied republican values less radically and disapproved of violence as a means to pursue them.”3 Hungerford and other scholars have explored the possibility that The Barricade represents a dedication to those who died during the rebellion, but few have explored the contention that this painting is not only a warning to future rebels, but also a manifestation of …
This White Rose: Virginity In The Bloody Chamber, Kate Laurens
This White Rose: Virginity In The Bloody Chamber, Kate Laurens
The Corinthian
Angela Carter’s book, The Bloody Chamber is one of the most interesting takes on fairy tales that there is. Upon first hearing about this book, some people may think that she has re-written some fairy tales or that she has made more “adult” versions of them. However, Carter insists that this is not the case. “My intention was not to do ‘versions’ or, as the American edition of the book said, horribly, ‘adult’ fairy tales, but to extract the latent content from the traditional stories and to use it as the beginnings of new stories.”