Sublime

“The Slave Ship” by J. M. W. Turner We Americans pride ourselves in our colorblind society. We have reached a point where we can transcend racial differences. We have created a system in which every citizen lives the “American Dream,” given equal advantages and opportunities. We have abandoned the dilapidated institution of African American slavery and the ideology of white supremacy with it. Or so we like to think. While it is easy to block out the dismaying truth, the reality is that…

Daisy, was not in his reach. Gatsby desperately obtains the power that was expected of him, but Gatsby’s motives were not sufficient to convince Daisy to exit her secure and formed life. Narrated by Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby is described to be a sublime, sophisticated and mysterious by…

Thomas Cole who was considered a renowned painter and father of the Hudson River School of art wrote “American Scenery.” Within this piece he expressed his overall feelings about America and the importance of the sublime nature that surrounds us. Although his paintings could relay a story within themselves, Cole felt the need to further educate those who would listen. Through his work and one of his many paintings titled “The Oxbow” Cole expresses his view on having a deeper consideration for…

possible example for each argument there is bound to be at least one more in the yes column. Romanticism was a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the eighteenth century, emphasizing inspiration, emotion, subjectivity, and the sublime; all of which are depicted in this novel. One of the main characters in the novel, Elizabeth Bennett, is by far the one who emphasizes the most inspiration and rebellion. There are many circumstances in which she rebels against the social…

ways possible. This is not only humbling, but brings about a feeling of wonder. They are confronted with a disaster that was created by themselves (man), one that they had control over, even though it feels as though they did not. The feeling of the sublime cannot be put into words, only experiences, the scene that the characters…

Blake wrote onto his own platform, etched plates, for these prophetic writings, symbolizing the sublime he brought into this world, with awe and wonderment through this visionary aspect, blending in the biblical aspect of this visual device. Lord Byron had his own character is such a light, being able to be a visionary while facing terror in other worlds…

‘The notion of the sublime did not, however, explicitly engage Rothko states Anna Chave in her book Mark Rothko; subjects in abstraction (Chave, 1989, p. 17). Rothko distrusted high-flown approaches to his paintings and preferred to talk about his art work in his own terms of the emotions. Rothko was interested in the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, specifically the Birth of tragedy. Mark Rothko cites Nietzsche to provide a way to describe his own sense of modern tragedy as he felt that his…

The importance and the source of light can be immediately observed from the rich and bright colors that the figures are painted in. The ivory white on Athena, gold on the sublime beings in the upper left corner, and the bright yellow beams of light shooting from the center of the sun all add to the illumination of the mural. Of them all, the bright beam of light is so stark that it dissects the mural; it starts from the sun…

overall magical atmosphere of the story. This story portrays Eleonora as a blissful human being and describes her as being the most beautiful woman. By looking at the author’s use of motifs (life, death, love, beauty) and literary devices, such as sublime, imagery, setting and repetition he was able to interpret one…

yield for sublimation was also not ideal because it was very low. The low percentage could be due to some of the crude caffeine getting stuck to the sides of the flask because the crude caffeine may not have been exposed to enough heat in order to sublime. While trying to remove the “cold finger” from the flask, some of the crystals could have been scraped off by the side of the flask. Another factor to the low percentage could be that some of the product was lost while trying to scrape it off…