Portrait of a Lady

The bar had different types of alcoholic drinks that I never heard of before and plenty of novelties such, four leaf clovers and Guinness glasses. Covering the walls were numerous pictures of customers, relatives related to the employees, family portraits, and other familial pictures. While I was never in fear for my safety in this establishment, I certainly felt as if I did not belong there. Most of the men there were wearing light or dark boot cut jeans with Timberland boots or another kind…

syrup, sugar, trash, gel, honey, dust, toy soldiers, and many other materials (Abreu). He also uses double entendres in his photos making one look closer at the images than one would normally do. For example, he did a replica of a Civil War soldier portrait out of toy soldiers (Kino). Mr. Muniz’s impact on society is to make them question who art is made for, why art is made in the first place, and how one small piece can change an entire group’s way of thinking (Wasteland Discussion Guide).…

Canterbury Tales due to the Knight’s status. In The Knight’s Tale, the Knight reflects his steadfast personality by describing two knights following the code of behavior. Their courtesy extended from respectable battle tactics to gentle service to ladies. Overall, Chaucer’s glorified description of the Knight tells readers how appreciative he is for the Knight’s pureness. In remembering Marilyn Monroe’s quote, the highest respect Chaucer offers to the Knight is treasured. In medieval times,…

Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, inventor, mathematician, and writer during the Renaissance. Some of his most popular works of art include the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Vitruvian Man, Lady with an Ermine, and Self-portrait. As his works of art grew in popularity so did his actual style of art. One example would be his famous painting, the Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is described as having a foggy background. This style of painting is called Sfumato. Leonardo painted a number of pieces using this…

And no one objected to his new favorite signature, a bumper sticker of two naked women kissing” (Miranda 178). The fact that Coyote is fascinated by the portrait highlights the Coyote’s support for the homosexual community. In addition, the decoration implements the words “emblazoned FUCK CENSORSHIP” (Miranda 178), meaning they are relentless, they do not care about the viewers of these images. For instance…

impact on the world during the age of innovation and improvisation. Brook argues that globalization, which is believed to have begun in the twentieth and twenty-first century had its roots in the seventeenth century. This is evident in one of the portraits painted by Johannes Vermeer of the landscape view of Delft. On this painting, there is evidence of socio-economic activities such as the existence of the port…

also brought art to a whole new level. In the painting called Olympia, it shows an African American maid handing flowers to a nude girl who is reclined one a chair/bed. What Manet did to make this picture seem even more scandalous is making the nude lady look somewhat seductive. He positioned her in a way to make it seem as if she is staring straight at you from the painting and he even adds a tie around the neck, some jewelry one her and some high heels shoes. Manet makes the subject of this…

accessory during this time. The stoles presence in the Sears catalog expresses that these were popular amongst the middle class during the early 1960s. My grandmother is also sporting a modified bouffant style hairdo, which was popularized by First Lady Jackie Kennedy. Both the fur stole and the bouffant hair style were popular during this time period, showing that my grandma was with the mainstream in her evening wear choices. The photo quality is not great so it was hard to distinguish what…

Family and gender roles Times have changed since Victorian period as the twenty-first century is defined by a trend toward egalitarianism. The women’s rights and work’s opportunities were limited in the nineteenth century and while the upper class ladies were supposed to stay at home and to get married, the lower class women had to do something for a living but they could only be governess, housekeepers or servants and they received lower wedges than their male counterparts. Women were…

Introduction Mary Shelley successfully created two distinctive characters, the wise benevolent creator Frankenstein and the brutal ugly monster, with the form of science fiction and Gothic under the context of the 19th century mainstream culture. Distorted images of the social scene and the characters were showed in the magic mirror Mary Shelley built. The tension between good and evil, a full collision and presentation was obtained (Shelley, 163). In the previous mythology, most of the monsters…