Figurative art

Language, Imagery, and Diction in Emily Dickinson's Because I could not stop for Death, A narrow Fellow in the Grass, and I felt a Funeral in my Brain All good poets use the basic literary techniques of figurative language, imagery, and diction in their poems. However, only great poets use these techniques to transmit an experience to the reader; Emily Dickinson was one these poets. She used these techniques to bring the reader a new perception of life, and to widen and sharpen the readers’ experiences. Dickinson’s poetry strongly affects the minds of her readers because she uses many forms of figurative language, such as, irony, personification, paradox, and similes. For example, in her poem “Because I could not stop for Death,” Dickinson writes “Because I could not stop for Death / He kindly stopped for me- / The Carriage held but just Ourselves- / And Immortality.” (Lines 1-4) In this passage, Dickinson uses two forms of figurative language; personification and irony. She ironically portrays Death as a gentleman by giving him human characteristics and allowing him to “stop” his carriage for both her and Immortality. In addition, in her poem “Much Madness is Divinest Sense,” she writes “Much Madness is divinest Sense- / Much Sense-the starkest Madness-” (Lines 1&3) Dickinson uses a paradox in this passage describing madness as making good sense. She does this because sanity is defined by society, and those who disagree with the majority,…

Art movements throughout time have evolved according to the time, place and context in which each movement was introduced. The Religious Abstract movement is from the Classical Religious art to the symbolic, figurative Religious Abstract art. Religious Abstract artworks are created through the artist representation of a religious text or of a complex spiritual idea creating an evolving sub art movement. This is displayed throughout history from the first abstract religious painting by Hilma Kint…

True West SFMOMA Art Response: Commercialism of Women in California On the visit to SFMOMA, one of the strongest impression I had about many artworks is the way that many artists portray women as objects consumed by the audiences. The first work attracted me is Wayne Thiebaud’s figurative work “Girl with Pink Hat” created in 1973. Wayne Thiebaud is a representative of the first generation Bay Area figurative movement, which abandoned the prevailing style of Abstract Expressionism and returned…

picture itself. Its aesthetic, its art, the picture as a whole, is what catches most people’s eye. Now imagine doing the same thing to literature. Look at the art, look at the aesthetic of the literature piece, look at the piece as a whole. What you would be doing is a process called formalism or formalist criticism. Formalism is a style of analysis that focuses solely on literary text itself, without any thought of biographical, historical, or political backgrounds. Formalists do not want to…

Have you ever heard a song that has impacted your life? Songs are a form of art that allows artists to express their feelings in a form of music. Songs can be interrupted in many ways; some songs have a more literal meaning, while other songs require you to interpret the lyrics to understand the deeper meaning. Artists often use figurative, metaphorical, and poetic elements in their songs to help develop the overall message. The use of figurative terms in a song leaves the interpretation of the…

Exploring Weiwei’s and Jonnson art style, I have become aware that both these artists uses art as a deliberate means of communicating meaning. Weiwei’s uses arts as a method to voice his rebellious opinions even when heavy consequence are as a result, to me is admirable. His work ethic and ability to continually fight for his others and human rights is inspiring as he has never given up, and has used his own experiences to fight for what he believes in even more. They way that he creates each…

Attending Jewish day school, and later a public high school, Chagall had little exposure to art when he was a child. After studying drawing at school as a child, Chagall moved to St. Petersburg, studying painting at the “Imperial Society for the Protection of the Arts”. It was at this time where Chagall released one of his earliest works “A Dead man” (1908) – depicting a geometric, expressive representation of mourning. Chagall’s Jewish identity was important to him and therefore influenced much…

Throughout history, works of art often include symbolism or metaphorical imagery. In Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Wedding, he uses figuration and purposeful narrative to pass on conceptual ideas, human qualities, moral lessons, and hidden significance that alludes to more than what is first obvious to the eye. Although artists for the most part utilize imagery, they might likewise decide to speak to imagery and descriptions of an individual or concealed nature, subsequently denying most viewers full…

amateur painter and his grandfather a former naval gunner of the late Qing Dynasty and a devoted Daoist disciple. Since Zao was still a child, the Daoist thoughts, a theme that would permeate throughout his oeuvre, had been rooted in his mind when he just started exploring the world of art. Enthralled by both Chinese literati paintings and European modern art that he saw on the postcards his uncle brought back from Paris, Zao showed great talents for painting at a very young age. In 1935, he…

This week I spoke to Norax Ayala who’s work was displayed in the Merlino Gallery. She is currently finishing up her last year in the masters program for print making. She decided that she wanted to major in art right after high school. She had always had an interest in art, which her mother had some influence in. She is from Southern California and came to Long Beach for grad school. She has just recently moved to Anaheim as well. Norax likes her art to be abstract and figurative. To make her…