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surviving Auschwitz was through the ability to move up in ranks of the camp through appearances and trades. Primo Levi details the stories of how salvation is possible in chapter nine, through the stories of Schepschel, Alfred L. Elias and Henri. Alfred L. was an engineer before imprisonment and Primo Levi describes his story as “how vain the myth of original equality among men” can be (93). Levi states that when he met him he did not appear to be in good shape but showed signs of a disciplined…

The most common connection between Primo Levi’s Survival in Auschwitz and Gulag Voices edited by Anne Applebaum is the fact that these memoirs are from people who survived, and were both mentally and physically capable of surviving these horrendous camps. Applebaum states that, “the writers [of these books] survived, and all of them emerged both physically and mentally intact.” This is an important fact, because these writers are writing, on some level, on behalf of those who perished in the…

was faced with resistance from conventional art community in France. The name of the art style Impressionism came from the title of a Claude Monet painting, “Soleil Levant” (impressionism, Sunrise). The growing of impressionist in the visual art was soon followed by impressionist music and impressionist literature. Claude Oscar Monet was also known as Oscar-Claude Monet. Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840 and died on November 5, 1926. He…

saint-to-be, Matthew. But there are other elements that may suggest Divinity – for instance, the great beam of light shining through the window casts a forceful presence and unnatural spotlight on Levi (Matthew). The light itself may be significant in spiritual symbolism as there is no shadow projected behind Levi, rather, his whole face and upper body are shown to be illuminated by the presence of the Christ1. The Christ remains…

Artists Gustave Caillebotte and Clide Hassam are rewound painters who spent their careers depicting scenes of everyday life in various levels of impressionism. Combined, the two provide for an excellent comparison of how specific techniques used for their works elicit different emotions and interpretations. Specifically, Caillebotte’s Paris Street: Rainy Day and Hassam’s A Rainy Day of Fifth Avenue capture similar scenarios in roughly an analogous time frame, allowing viewers to focus strictly…

Outlines: • Impressionism definition • Impressionism abstract • Main points • Characteristic of impressionist painting • Starts • Best impressionist painters Impressionism definition: Impressionism is a style of painting started in the last third of the nineteenth century in France, painting have a tendency to have a little thin brush strokes with an accentuation on exactness over accuracy. It was not only a passing craze but rather has characterized an altogether present day…

My aesthetic experience at the Museum of Fine Arts and the art work with the biggest emotional reflection on me was, “Dance at Bougival” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1883). This piece is often noted as “one of the museum’s most beloved works.” The open-air cafés of suburban Bougival, just outside of Paris, was a popular spot of recreational activities for city dwellers. The Impressionist painters would often visit these areas, seeking inspiration for their paintings. Renoir, utilizes fierce color…

Impressionism began in the late 19th century when Impressionist wanted to capture fleeting moments and scenes from what they had experienced and were influenced by which was the camera. “Art of art’s sake” was how they referred to the expression of art, let art be art and let the artist paint what he sees and is who he is. They began to understand light and color and even pigmentations of oil and other chemicals (1). Yet rather than painting scenes from insides they wanted to paint the world, as…

Sonia Delaunay and her husband Robert were at the forefront of style and artistic innovation. It was popular at the time, and continues to be to this day, to create art that does not depict the true nature of reality. As the trends of art were in full swing towards cubism, which tended to utilize a more muted color palette, the Delaunay’s wanted to bring back color in their works while still depicting geometric forms. The new movement used to describe the works of the Delaunay’s was called…

“Harmony in Red” Henri Matisse Harmony in Red “the red room” (The Dessert) was painted across the end of the dancing movement in 1908. The dimensions: 180 cm × 220 cm (70.9 in × 86.6 in). Matisse was born in 1869, and his art-work created by oil canvas in dining room. Matisse's work of art shows a red room, with a table tuning, a woman next to the table and a window in the left and top of that painting. His painting looks like effect, which means that there isn’t centric dots in his work of art…