Surrealism

In William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Award Speech, Faulkner reflected on how a young writer needs to learn the true concept of the universal truths. Faulkner believed that if a story does not include the use of these truths, it is essentially doomed (Faulkner 872). They have been around since the beginning of the existence of humans, and they will continue to endure until the end. Writers have created stories throughout history, and these evident universal truths have and will stay the same from…

Both pages in the double-spread from Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth are dreams and share surreal themes. Visually they are completely different, however, thematically they can be seen to link due to sharing ideas of anxiety and abandonment. The double-spread chosen is the end of the dream where Superman drops Jimmy’s house and the beginning of the dream about the small horse he is forced to shoot. The first page is framed differently than any other page since the panels…

hear would Desdemona seriously incline” (1.3.131-145). It is in fact Othello’s fantastical stories that draws the fascination of the beauty of Venice. Whether or not these tales hold water, their being the basis of Desdemona’s love epitomizes the surrealism of her and Othello’s relationship. While certainly an odd reason for falling in love, these stories prove to be the bedrock of Desdemona’s surprisingly strong allegiance to her husband. In discussing her marriage…

Joel Peter Witkin is a Jewish American Photographer who was born on September 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York. His father was a Jew and his mother belonged to the Roman Catholic. He had a twin brother, Jerome Witkin who was a prominent painter. Joel Peter together with his twin brother were raised up in an extremely religious atmosphere, which explains why most of the photographs by Joel Peter are Christian-oriented. Witkin acquired his first camera around 1955 and learned about the basics of…

Her work is known to sustain exquisite Surrealism. Khedoori's exhibit consisted light, delicate paintings that completely drew my attention. This exhibit of hers was her largest of all, consisting of 25 compositions that date from 1984 to present day. Walking through her exhibit I can remember…

Anglian fiction. Flood of fire is about a world of sepoys sahibs and rajahs who are travelling from Assam to Calcutta to Canton. “Vikrm Seth attained dizzy height of success with The Golden Gate (1986) and A Suitably Boy (1993). He stunned the literary world with his novel. Upamanya Chatterjee, with his novel English August (1988) was a great success”. Chatterjee’s tone was ironic and shown all the administration. Chatterjee brightly uses Indianised English in the novel. His contemporary…

the things he painted were like calculated, all the distribution of the view and the environment have meaning. The detailed, careful was showing out in his art works. But for the others, like Thomas Hart Benton, was more bold and unreal, like a surrealism. The spirits of his art works were more outstanding, we can felt the power, anger, dissatisfied of the society in his painting.…

known for not only his highly talented skills with a paintbrush, but also for going through what are own as his “Periods” which all feature very distinct characteristics in style and technique. Some of the more famous of his periods are Cubism and Surrealism which were known for being very abstract, Picasso himself said “The world today doesn 't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?”, but this hardly covers all of his works seeing as he went through at least eight relatively famous…

Jackson Pollock: There Were Seven In Eight The tile of the painting I researched is “There Were Seven In Eight” This painting was created by Jackson Pollock during the year of 1943. “There Were Seven In Eight” is now located in New York, at the Museum Of Modern Art. ("Art/Museums: Abstract Expressionist New York at the Museum of Modern Art in New York Oct. 3, 2010 to April 25, 2011.") During the creation of this art Pollock would take month long breaks and would continue back making this a…

I believe the two key terms used in surrealism regarding the female subject “femme enfant” and “femme fatale” characterizes the works of Dali. The femme fatale was the stereotypical woman who attracts a man sexually, and represents a huge threat to the man due to her infatuating characteristics. The femme fatale causes men to lose their minds, reason, intellectual ability, basically depriving the man from all his strength. It is evident that Dali furthermore felt threatened by the femme fatale…