Portrait of a Lady

Holbein the Younger was a German artist during the 16th century and is remembered as one of the best portrait artists during his time. He was born in 1497 in Augsburg into a family of famous artists, including his father, uncle, and older brother. Hans Holbein the Younger learned to paint from his famous artistic father, Hans Holbein the Elder. Hans Holbein the Younger painted over 150 portraits, as well as created woodcuts and designed clothing for royalty during his lifetime. In 1515,…

My inspiration for my art piece was “Minoan Queens”, better know as the “Ladies in Blue. “Ladies in Blue” is a Minoan fresco painting that was discovered in fragments during the excavation of the Palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece. To be more specific, it was Buon fresco, or “true fresco”. It was 61½ inches by 40 inches and it is thought to have been created around 1525-1450 B.C. As we have learned in class, this Cretan palace was full of murals and fresco paintings. Like many Minoan paintings,…

Portrait d'une Femme is a poem written by Ezra Pound in 1912. In this poem, Pound describes a woman, almost strictly, through her relationships with men. During this time, women were expected to spend most of their days at home or with their husbands. In Portrait d'une Femme, Pound examines a woman from an abstract angle for the time that this piece was written. The woman’s lack of personal qualities raises questions about societal views of women at the time. Portrait d'une Femme can be analyzed…

Lady Godiva The piece that I picked to write about is the first life-sized marble figure accomplished by Anne Whitney, one of America’s well-known women sculptors that worked during the second half of the 19th century. Lady Godiva measures at 67x28x24 inches, the piece was seen on the fourth floor at Dallas Museum of Art on December 22, 2016. This long-forgotten statue was found in a Massachusetts-backyard and was later gifted to the Dallas Museum of Art by Dr. Alessandra Comini. As I walked…

accomplished artist Klimt was in love with a lady known as Adele Bloch. Klimt expressed his love to Adele by using symbolic language in his portraits. He did two paintings of her, one of which was supposed to be displayed at her wedding. The purpose of this paper is to find out how Gustav Klimt uses symbolism to portray Adele elegance and grace which insinuate at a relationship between them. It also seeks to explore the inspiration and the idea behind Adele’s portrait. He specialized mostly in…

“The Tone of Time” and “A Rose for Emily” both are stories that having female as a leading role. Mary J. Tredick in “The Tone of Time” and Emily Grierson in “A Rose for Emily”, ladies who are similar but opposite, males had once taken an essential position in their lives. When the males left, both the ladies’ lives are affected. With the influence of males, are Mary and Emily eccentric characters victimized by men? In this essay, I will argue it by discussing their characteristic with the…

classic … but enough about me. Let’s discuss the subject of the new National Portrait Gallery photography show, ‘Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon’. Born in Belgium in 1929, Hepburn’s early life as a ballet dancer and chorus girl led to her exceptional career as an Academy Award-winning film star. The photographic portraits on display document the many roles she played onscreen - in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Sabrina, My Fair Lady, etc - and offscreen - fashion icon, humanitarian worker, and an…

performed in London at Drury Lane Theatre. The play starts with Lady Sneerwell who is a wealthy young widow in her London home. Snake is a man who does a dirty work for Lady Sneerwell that is spread rumors about life persons. He tells her on the status of a rumor he is showing about Lady Brittle and Captain Boastall, the rumor will reach Mrs. Clackit, a formidable scandal monger who has caused numerous breakups and divorces. Then, Snake knows of Lady Sneerwell that she loves Charles, so she…

fourteen years old. The Mona Lisa is a portrait of a woman which is created by an Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. This work of an art is considered the most magnificent and parodied work of an art in the whole wide world. When I saw it for the first time, the charismatic painting of Mona Lisa grabbed my mind and attention; furthermore, its beauty made me speechless. It inspired me because of color combination, facial feature, and historical background of the portrait.…

Vitruvian Man, Self Portrait…