Judith Sargent Murray

Singer Sargent (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, n.d., “About”). Singer Sargent was a “brilliant painter of society portraits,” as well as a painter in an originally American style (Promey, 2001, p. 4). By supporting Singer Sargent, Gardner helped him craft a style of art the neighborhood and the United States can claim. An interview with the Museum’s Studio Projects Coordinator, Brian, disclosed that Gardner “frequently supported artists and even invited artists, like John Singer Sargent, to…

John Singer Sargent was born in 1856 in Florence, Italy even though his parents were native to North America. He was provided with little schooling other than geography, math and reading, but learned to speak Italian, French, and German. His mother was an amateur artist and encouraged him to paint with her and after seeing the skill and ability he had his parents enrolled him in his first-documented formal art training at the Academia di Belle Arti in Florence. In spring of 1874 his father…

Even though Sargent was an accomplished artist of many genres, it was in portraiture that he achieved the greatest popularity and, subsequently, commissions in this genre were predominantly what he received. His talents as an artist of great versatility became, for the most part, marginalized, as he became known as not an artist, but a portraitist. Even today, he is celebrated for his magnificent portraits, and it is easy to understand his popularity in portrait painting after viewing even just…

I chose to continue my research on John Singer Sargent for my final paper because of his strong interest in the female image. I wanted to know why Sargent chose women as his main subjects. His works include women of high social class, children of the wealthy and political figures. He also did painting of women in lower classes that he came in contact with in Venice, Capri, Spain and Africa. In this essay I will be discussing his works, the history of the paintings and the meaning behind the…

John Singer Sargent was born on January 12, 1856 in a town called Florence that was located in Italy. He was the eldest surviving child of both his parents. When he was young he spent most of his time traveling with his family in Italy, Spain and other places. His Father, Fitzwilliam Sargent was a retired doctor and his mother, Mary Sargent who was a watercolorist artist. Due to the death of one of her children the family removed themselves from their daily native life, to help Mary recover her…

Throughout the first quarter, our class has read many essays that are examples of different rhetorical modes. Many of these essays were well written and thought provoking, but five of them stood out to me the most. “That Lean and Hungry Look”’was an essay that raised controversy in my mind on its effectiveness and its truthfulness. “Coming into Language” was an essay that’s language brought the story to life, and gave it deeper meaning. “No Rainbows, No Roses” was an essay that was emotionally…

Thesis Statement~ Madalyn Murray O'hair's 1963 Supreme Court case victory removing religion from the public school system has had a directly observable effect on the breakdown of necessary teachings of ethics, morals and values at a very impressionable development period, which is leading to increased acts of juvenile delinquency, teen pregnancy, teen suicide, violence and disrespect for authority. The void created from the removal of religious teachings in public schools has exploded into…

Parent child relationship is very sensitive. The theme of the two poems “My Father in the Navy: A Childhood Memory” by Judith Ortiz Cofer and “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden shows the ‘Father’ plays an important role in the upbringing of child and sacrifices his days and nights in hard labors or services in order to provide the needs of his beloved children. Similarly a child returns a father’s love and care by showing his/her admiration and affection. . “Those Winter Sundays” is a…

The short stories “Lessons of Love” by Judith Ortiz Cofer and “The Skating Party” by Mena Summers emphasize the illusions of love and how it affects the main characters, of whom are impeded by their feelings in such a way that prevents them from understanding and processing the situation as they would have in any other circumstance. Both are blind to the egotistical agendas of their love interest until the conclusion, and regardless of such neither character regrets the situation or outcome.…

When a car is out on the road, the driver has the responsibility to make moral and ethical decisions concerning not only his or her safety, but also the safety of others. Similarly, fully automatic self-driving cars would be expected to do the same. Designing self-driving cars is a difficult process as many ethical decision-making codes have to be programmed into the cars. Ethical principles have to be reviewed carefully before they are implemented into the self-driving cars so that the public…