A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

beliefs of the Romantics is that we are born uncorrupted only to be corrupted by society; the song Shine On You Crazy Diamond talks directly about this. The song says, “Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun”(Shine On You Crazy Diamond). It later goes on to says how society defiles the young “Now there 's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky”(Shine On You Crazy Diamond). The albums as a whole hits on many notes of Romanticism showing that Romanticism is still relevant…

Leonardo Da Vinci Leadership & Legacy By: Noelle Haynes Leonardo Da Vinci was known for many of his paintings such as The Last Supper and Mona Lisa. He was also a great inventor who created one of the very first prototypes of a model airplane. At a young age, he began his studies to become the great innovator and inventor there was. In a way, he carried a leader like position in the Renaissance. He left a legacy of paintings and his innovations and inventions Leonardo was known as the leader of…

A fine art, as suggested by the name is the purest form of art. It’s an expression of oneself presented in term of aesthetics and design principles. It can refer to anything made by someone considered an artist, yet the definition of an artist has evolved over time and varies based on context. In Ancient Greece, the term for art was "techne," though that word did not peg art in the modern sense and was instead applied to human activities, especially handicrafts and technical work. The most…

photographer and a housewife, Kahlo grew up in the small, Mexican city of Coyoacán. With no original aspiration to become an artist, a series of unfortunate events would shape and mold her into becoming one of the best surrealists of her time, and arguably ever. What the Water Gave Me (see Appendix A), also known as What I Saw in the Water is one of the most renowned pieces by artist, Frida Kahlo for it’s usage of symbolism which gives the viewer insight into much of Frida’s personal life…

“Imitation of Life.” He calls the class of 2012 into action by urging them not to be a negro passing for white in order to deny their true selves for the sake of acceptance. The third and final example he uses is James Joyce’s “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.” Loury shares the lesson he learned from this piece of evidence was that it is the internal self, not external constraints and opportunities, that will hold us back from being our true…

Dainty snowflakes dusted my shoulders as I darted across the open courtyard. Yawning from a hard day’s work, I quietly knocked on the studio door. It was difficult to maintain a sense of urgency as the warmth radiating from the windows promised me rest. It reminded me of the day I had met him. The sun had been hot on my back and I had welcomed the needed warmth as I walked the streets of Venice. I sighed as I carried my nearly empty basket through the wealthy part of the city. The homes were…

1. In Nathaniel Hawthorn’s short story “Young Goodman Brown”, the man character, Goodman Brown, comes across a strange traveler whom he encounters in the woods late one evening. This man turns out to be the devil. Hawthorn’s description of the strange traveler’s staff, which “bore the likeness of a great black snake” (Hawthorn 94), foreshadows the identity of the man Goodman Brown is meeting. Furthermore, the Devil’s identity is fully revealed by Goody Cloyse, who screams his name after she is…

Naturally, I felt it was my duty to peruse PAFA in hopes of finding a Philadelphian artifact that interested me. I stumbled upon the gigantic 200 x 260 in. (52,000 in2) oil painting, Christ Rejected (by the Elders in the Temple), created by Philadelphian artist of the 18th-19th century, Benjamin West, on the left flank of the uppermost wing. The top tier of PAFA’s Landmark Building is almost entirely Benjamin West paintings. Directly across from Christ Rejected in symmetrical display is another…

The art celebrated the heritage and history of African Americans. The majority of these artists came out of the middle class. The term “New Negro” referred to the African Americans who began to celebrate their culture. Aaron Douglas perfectly represented this term. He designed many covers and illustrated for a number of African American publications…

For example, one can look at Huckleberry Finn’s simplistic explanation of prayer and morality. “And I about made up my mind to pray, and see if I couldn’t try to quit being the kind of a boy I was and be better. So I kneeled down. But the words wouldn’t come. Why wouldn’t they? It warn’t no use to try and hide it from Him. Nor from ME, neither. I knowed very well why they wouldn’t come. It was because my heart warn’t right; it was because I warn’t square; it was because I was playing double. I…