CONTENT: what can you see (give a detailed description)? FORM: explain how the artist used line, shape, colour, textures, tones, patterns or materials. What effects do these have?…
This masterpiece uses contrasted areas of light and shades. The colors are warm and imposes a feeling…
Looking around, there are tons upon tons of items, people, and words that get ignored. Reason being? The explanation is simple, it is because people pay absolutely no attention to their surroundings. No one stops to value, and truly think about the everyday conversations, the people met while walking down the street, and even books, which continuously are being left unopened. With that being said, they all just get kind of brushed off.…
In Karen Jackson Ford’s “Do Right to Write Right: Langston Hughes's Aesthetics of Simplicity” Hughes and his works are carefully analyzed and the simplistic aspects of his works are discussed. Ford begins the article by stating that Hughes’ most anthologized poems were classified together because of their complexity. Some of Hughes’ most commonly anthologized works include “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” and “The Weary Blues.” Although it was deemed simple by critics, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is oracular.…
In his book “Masterful Living: New Vocabulary for the Holy life” Kevin Mannoia introduces the reader to a new approach in interpreting the idea of holiness. He starts the book by addressing the issues that are related to the misunderstanding of holiness. For him holiness is not a complex idea, rather misinterpretation and misunderstanding have diluted our idea of holiness. As a consequence it has placed holiness into a categories of spirituality, and restrictive behaviors.…
I chose the images I chose because when reading the book that is what I pictured. All of my pictures represent something in the book. Like, the picture in the bedroom has a book shelf, because Maddy read all the time. The picture of the nurse and the girl show them what looks like in a home, and Maddie's nurse would be with her all day at her home. I got my pictures off of google images…
We’re all different in one way or another. Often times, being different only means appearance or intelligence wise. But what if all letters and words had a color and texture? Mia Winchell, 13 years old, lives with synesthesia in a book titled A Mango-Shaped Space. Synesthesia is the crossing of two or more senses, and there are many different versions of it.…
Motivation is a complex construct, but in it’s simplest form motivation can be broken into two main components: intrinsic and extrinsic. When a person is intrinsically motivated to do something, the desire emanates from within. Extrinsic motivation, on the other hand, involves completing a task for an external reason. By encouraging children through rewards, their intrinsic motivation is destroyed. When the focus of an activity becomes gaining a reward, intrinsic motivation is reduced.…
As I began flipping through the pages of The Arrival I noticed it was a wordless picturebook and purely relies on the images to tell the story. My initial reaction was the use of color the author chose. As you open the book up to the first page you notice nine individual frames of possessions that you would see in a home along with a family picture and if you turn to the next page a bigger image is shown on the right of the mom and dad. For example, we are never told directly the status of the family or as to why the dad is packing. If you look at the nine frames in Part One, you notice the objects in the frames are portrayed in the background and foreground of the bigger picture on the following page.…
Picture books have been around for a long time. They have been read by many generations as a source of pleasure reading and to tap into their imagination. In these books, the writers and illustrator include various language, narrative and visual conventions to appeal to the reader and make them read with a deeper analytical eye to find the intended meaning. While some picture books are simple and the meaning is straightforward others are more complex and metaphorical. An example of such a picture book is Gary Crew and Steven Woolman’s…
One of the most notable visual elements of this piece is its application of color. Upon initial glance,…
“Three Little Words” is a memoir that shares the story of a girl named Ashley Rhodes-Courter, who spent 10 years in the foster care system. Ashley and her younger brother, Luke, were removed from their birth mother, Lorraine, when Ashley was only 3 years old. She was placed in 14 different homes before she had a permanent address. There was a lot that could be absorbed from Ashley’s story, but one thing that stood out to me is how heavily childhood experiences impacted the lives of many characters in this book. In the late 1960s, John Bowlby proposed his theory of attachment.…
Through the words and pictures in this book, A Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon, children are being taught to be themselves. The patterns and images that show up on her skin do not represent what she is feeling on the inside, but instead, she is changing based on what other people are telling her she should be. The illustrations and text of this book interact in order to fill in the gaps for the reader. The pictures enhance what is being said in the book. If you only look at either the words or pictures you would not be able to fully understand the story.…
this time the novel is about a boy and his fox Attention kids ages 10 to 14: explore the world of “Pax” by Sara Pennypacker in this awesome program just for summer readers like you! What: Books Alive: “Pax” (Ages 10-14)…
What intrigued most about 1984 is the symbolism it held. This is why I wanted to recreate a book cover that held a great amount of symbolism and a visual art piece that channels the many themes explored within the text. When writing 1984, I believe George Orwell’s style of writing and point in conveying actions were quite distinctive. His syntax gave off a tone of hopelessness and warning. A slow and fearful journey we follow Winston through that book…