Iconography

Images of Union Benjamin Franklin counseled Baroque insignia books to locate a suitable image for the association of the settlements. A French source gave the picture of a cut snake with the adage that interpreted as "Join, or Die." An Italian iconography book expressed that snakes symbolize majority rules system, government by the general population. Amid the American Revolution, nationalists from over the states utilized Franklin's "Join or Die" toon to advance the reason for freedom. The…

demonstrate this in this essay by establishing catholic traditions, analysing what changes the protestants wished to make and finally evaluating their effect. There are three traditions that stand out within the practises of the Catholic Church, iconography, rituals and community life. We can explore these through 'Long Melford Church Before the Reformation ' in which Roger Martyn recounts his boyhood memories of the traditions of the Catholic Church. The use of images in the Catholic…

What does it take to make a piece of artwork likeable? Does it have to be beautiful, meaningful, or even relatable? No, but it does have to be understandable. One art piece that I just don’t quite understand is the Fish watcher by Carla Gannis. It is a digital pigment print that was made in 2006. Due to a lack of understanding I will conduct an art analysis to see if those results will change my mind in order to make it more likeable in my eyes. First step is to question what makes up the…

Art is influenced by everything around it, it comes as a direct result of the cultural sphere it occurs within. The Italian group of painters known as the Macchiaioli are no different from this rule, during the nineteenth-century they took outside influences to create a new esthetic that reflected their personal ideals. Although how independently this new esthetic came about, and who influenced them directly can varied. Depending on the point of view of the author writing on the Macchiaioli,…

Nicolas de Largillière, a French artist known mainly for his portraits of the upper bourgeoisie, painted Portrait of a Woman in 1696 with oil on canvas. It can be found hanging in the European galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Due to a lack of evidence, the identity of the sitter has been widely debated. What can be gathered from records and documentation is that it appears to be either Madame Marie de Thorigny or Hélène de Thorigny; two women from the same wealthy family that…

Art Journals #5 Subject Matter: Iconography- What do these buildings represent or symbolize? The Tomb of Triclinium represents a final resting place for the elite members of the Etruscans society, as well as the many elaborate rituals that took place in the tomb.The tomb was meant to hold the remains of a person and hold offering or food for the deceased. It is built to represent an outdoor festival tent, that was often used for banquets. Since, the Etruscans viewed death as a time to…

In this chapter of Murray’s book, he examines gothic cathedrals as objects of desire and the relationships between these objects and their agents of its creation. Using Saint Denis as its main example, Murray uses the writings of three principle agents: the ecclesiastical patron, artisans and financers. For his example of Saint Denis, he focused on the writings, illustrations, and correspondence of Abbot Suger, Gervase of Canterbury, and Villard de Honnecourt. He begins by reflecting on how a…

While it is difficult to precisely date “The Adventures of Setna and Si-Osire (Setna II),” this copy appears to have been produced in the mid First Century CE, during the reign of the Emperor Claudius. This historical context provides a deeper layer of meaning and a degree of explanation as to some aspects of the narrative. Though this text was likely written in the first Century AD, shortly after the Roman annexation of Egypt (470), the narrative takes place over 1,200 years earlier, during the…

New Jemima Joe Overstreet created a piece titled New Jemima in 1964. This example of pop art was created in America during the Black Arts Movement. New Jemima is a free standing piece of plywood that is eight and a half feet long by five and a half feet wide by a foot and one fourth in depth. The plywood is covered with fabric that has acrylic paint on it of Aunt Jemima firing a machine gun at the word with pancakes falling down. There is also a glass syrup bottle similar to the looks of a…

In James Joyce’s Dubliners (1914) and Seamus Heaney’s late twentieth century selected poems the treatment of personal loss simultaneously reveals similarities and reinforce the texts’ distinctive qualities addressing the question. Within both texts’ treatment of personal loss, each explicate critical and perceptive (context) insights regarding their respective social milieus (context) which expound visceral revelations relating to societal constructs and existentialism (context)…