Vanitas

Gupta discusses the history, law, statistics, and personal effects of mandated drug testing in order to make a well-rounded argument. Gupta also uses an appeal to the emotion of human dignity and privacy in her argument as she repeatedly claims that mandated drug testing is a violation of personal privacy and degrades human dignity. Regarding the use of particular language within these arguments, Rector uses specific phrases to promote the idea that welfare members chose the life that they…

powerful link between the materialistic artistic movement of expressionism and the ephemeral features of Impressionism. It was done in the Post-Impressionist era having being completed in 1898. This was termed as the final period. The piece takes the vanitas genre of art, which features still life and is oil on canvas measuring 65.4 by 54.3 centimeters. The still life show volume and create a tonal harmony without sensual or tactile appeal. It is exhibited at the Barnes Foundation, Merion,…

pulled me out of my state of panic. “Vanitas! Calm down, boy!” Fraun said. I paused sucking in a deep breath to calm myself before I spoke again. “Did you guys get Ventus? They stole him…. Damn those bastards! Please tell me he’s fine” I told Fraun, furrowing my brow in worry. “No…. sorry your highness…. We were unable to catch the ones who stole them. They set a lot of stuff on fire and there were a lot more than we are prepared for.” Fraun…

artists have made still-life artworks as a response to the world around them, preserving both material possessions and concepts in their works. Two display examples of this are Dutch Golden Age still life painter, Pieter Claesz (executed works include ‘Vanitas with Violin and Glass Ball’ and ‘Nature morte au crabe’), and British, eccentric, contemporary artist, Damien Hirst (creator of iconic works ‘The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living’ and ‘Chicken’). Although these…

notice of the paintings attributes), I realized that the deep rich oil shading wasn’t the only thing giving me the creeps – but the skeleton hanging above the two subjects of the painting. This painting seems to epitomize the popular baroque era Vanitas still life theme, incorporated in portraiture. Although painted in 1639, it is now hanging up in plain sight at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It amazed me to sit there and think about the possibilities behind the motives of the painting (or…

Handcuffed to India Saleem Sinai is the narrator and the main character of the novel Midnight’s Children. He grows up in India, in a normal, Muslim family who have enough money to get him educated. One thing that is not normal, is that he is born at the exact moment of India’s independence. Because Saleem was born at this exact moment, he has a couple of gifts. For instance, he could convoke the Midnight’s Children; a group of children who are all born around India’s Independence. Midnight’s…

Vanitas paintings are symbolic, strongly linked to the bible and coincides to the meaningless of life. The paintings, human life by Harmen Steenwyk and Audrey Flack may seem different from each other but both both portray the same message in through two very different ensembles of objects. 'Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life' by Harmen Steenwyck is a typical example of a Dutch 'Vanitas' painting. Harmen steenwyck mostly painted fruits so this painting is a lot different to…

Have you ever looked at a piece of art and thought to yourself, How do they paint a picture to look so real? That is the goal of photorealistic artist. Photorealism is when an artist paints a picture to look as realistic as possible, using different types of media. One of the original photorealist artist in the United States is Audrey Flack. Audrey does not only work on photorealism, she also has strong pieces in Abstract expressionism and sculptures. Flack is also a strong leader in the…

Saleem Sinai, the storyteller of Midnight's Children, opens the novel by clarifying that he was conceived on midnight, August 15, 1947, at the precise minute India picked up its independence from British standard. Presently nearing his thirty-first birthday, Saleem trusts that his body is starting to break and fall apart. Expecting that his demise is impending, he becomes on edge to recount his biography. Padma, his dependable and cherishing buddy, serves as his patient, frequently distrustful…

In my modern day vanitas assemblage, I used a variety of three-dimensional objects that are representative of my ideas of life and death, and what I find most valuable in my life. To start off I used a 16x20 cardboard box lined with newsprints and black construction paper. The newsprints represent the fleeting passage of time and the idea that history and the presence of earth will continue to be documented even after I am gone. The collections of CDs assorted are albums that have resonated…