Portrait

clearly highlighted this in Paul Revere, an insightful portrait of the famous night-rider. He looks directly at the viewer with a contemplative yet proud gaze. Some tools are strewn about on the table he is leaning against, suggesting that he works with his hands. The shining silver teapot in his hand corroborates that; the fact that he is holding it indicates that his pride in having constructed the teapot himself. These obvious details paint a portrait of average American. He or she is a…

Setting: Time and Place of Oscar Wilde and The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only novel written by Oscar Wilde. The story first appeared in the 1890 summer edition of Lippencott’s Monthly Magazine. At the time, it was highly criticized for its immoral and scandalous content. Wilde revised the novel in 1891 before it was published by Ward, Lock, and Company. The story takes place in London, England during the…

world with their paintings, expressing similar issues the separate women deal with, investigations into woman and their cultural roles, female sexuality, politics of gender, representation of women. Albeit, both women specialised in surrealism and portraits, they managed to represent their artworks in distinctly contrasting forms.…

to mix colors and create layers. The painting that most embodies Eyck's skills is the Arnolfini Double Portrait, painted in 1434. The painting is currently displayed at the National Gallery in London. This double portrait is an intriguing piece that leaves more questions than answers. One of the reasons the painting is so intriguing, is because of who is being painted. At a time where portraits and paintings were more often than not, painted for and bought…

As I strolled through the double glazed doors of the exhibit, I felt myself being drawn to the exquisite artwork being displayed around the room. Each portrait held a special story behind them, that I was just curious to know about. The unique paintings hung around the exhibit all displayed what life was back then. Glancing around the room, I caught sight of a hallway that lead to a rectangular space; filled with columns that in the center had precious masterpieces created from Jan van Eyck,…

full-length oil portrait. Dorian grey meets Lord Henry Wotton through Hallward. Lord Henry Wotton loves the portrait so much he trys to buy it from him. Knowing that he wont stay beautiful Dorian expresses his wish to sell his soul so that the picture NOT himself will age and fade. All his sins and imperfections were showed on his portrait, not himself. His wish is granted and he lives his life as a young beautiful man. He ends up killing Hallward. Then out of guilt he goes and finds the…

Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources Vannerson, Julian. Portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, officer of the Confederate Army. 1864. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington D.C. www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cwpb.04402/?co=cwp. Web. 15 Apr. 2015. The portrait is a primary source photo of Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. Photographers took portraits of important generals during the Civil War. The portrait shows Lee sitting in his military uniform wearing three five…

The photographers Cecil Beaton and Annie Leibonvitz are both photographers that do portraits of others and do amazing work. They do portraits of famous people who were famous during there time or famous even now. Annie Leibonvitz was born October 2, 1949 in Waterbury Connecticut. She had six other siblings and her parents are Sam Leibovitz, an air force lieutenant and Marilyn Leibovitz, a modern dance instructor. In 1967, Leibovitz enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute, where she was…

narratives that portraiture provides, there are rare instances where they are included in portraits. This provides the question as to whether there is a fair representation that is to the same standards as Whites. When portrayed, Black people are often shown in a way that exhibits a concept that favors White features and history over that of their own marginalized. This notion is exhibited in the Manet portrait, Olympia. Olympia portrays a White European woman in nude who is presumedly a…

“was forced to donate his collection of paintings to the Apostolic Chamber” (Self Portrait As Bacchus). Amongst this collection was one of Caravaggio’s renowned work “Bacchino Malato”, or “Sick Bacchus” (Bersani and Dutoit) [c. 1593-1594, image 1]. “Sick Bacchus” is particularly fascinating to both scholarly and informal viewing: it is a self portrait. Phillip Sohm argues in “Caravaggio’s Deaths” that, while self-portraits were common amongst artists contemporary to him, Caravaggio was a master.…