As Sing The Old, So Pipe The Young And The Love Letter Analysis

In Love Letters, Section 1, Megan Foss takes us back into her past as a heroin addict prostitute. She shares her story as a young woman living in the streets while boyfriend, Darryl in prison. Their relationship was inseparable, they had spent every moment possible together. During her free time, she wrote him letters on a tablet with yellow paper discussing everything her surroundings and public media. She never mailed any letters, due to it confirming the reality of him being gone. Therefore, she made herself believe that she was saving all her letters for when he would get back at night. In addition to the fear of judgement, she never stepped foot into a store to purchase a stamp to mail her letters. She felt denied by society around her

The hardest words for anyone to say are “I’m sorry.” Many times those words fall on deaf ears or cannot carry it’s own weight alone, nevertheless in gold. Victims of domestic violence hear the apologies, smell peace offering flowers and see cranial sized holes in the wall being patched over, time after time in most cases. The abuser is filled with short time guilt and vow never to strike again until the next time occurs.

Two of the paintings I came across, Ludolf Backhuysen, Ships in a Stormy Sea off a Coast, and Philips Wouwerman, Stag Hunt in a River were very similar in many ways. First of all, they were both European art, they are both 200 plus years old, and they both show very hectic times. The first painting, Ships in a Stormy Sea, displays several ships, (although it is hard to see the other 4), being almost entirely swallowed by an angry, wavy ocean, during an extremely stormy journey. All of the ships are at different levels and some are leaned over, and tipped more than others, allowing the viewer to realize the true horror occurring in this painting. The amount of line that this artist uses in this painting is tremendous as well, as he presents plenty of diagonal lines throughout the painting, such as on all of the ships sails. This piece of art is extremely realistic and gives me chills when I imagine what these sailors must have been dealing with that night. Not only does this painting show a hectic time, but another painting titled, Stag Hunt in a River. This painting displays a village, in the mountains, lying on a river, where hunters, horses, and dogs of the village are attacking a deer that is attempting to escape from them. This painting seems to describe a very hectic time for everyone, as the dogs are desperately trying to do their job, the deer is attempting to escape, and the hunters are relying on the deer for their food. Although there are many obvious differences in these two paintings, the roles are reversed in the two, as in Ships in a Stormy Sea, nature is doing the damage, while the people are trying to avoid danger. On the other hand, Stag Hunt in a River, displays nature being attacked and endangered by the people themselves. My favorite

While both pieces of Art have men as their main focus the techniques used to bring the pieces to life are greatly different

Both paintings represent the Madonna (the Virgin Mary) with the baby Jesus on her lap. In the previous painting, the arch vault and throne on which the mother is seated is stylized very realistically along with the saints surrounding them are all in proportion to themselves and to each other. In the later painting the pose of the Madonna is elongated and exaggerated, the baby in the later painting is quite large and the angels in the picture are crammed to one side with a "prophet" on the opposite which is very small not coming up to the Madonna's knee.

Although these paintings were painted two hundred and seventeen years apart, they share some similar artistic qualities, but they are not so similar as to be indistinguishable from their own time period. Both Jan Steen and Vincent Van Gogh paint subjects around the table with hats and head coverings, a vanity that seems to stretch through both time periods and up to the modern era as well. The visual textures of both paintings are very similar as well. Each painting gives the illusion of a soft table covering and hard surroundings. In each painting the subjects are enjoying a vice, smoking in The Merry Family and Coffee in The Potato Eaters. The focal point of both paintings is similar too. In each the viewer’s attention is pulled to the table itself and is hastening to observe the people gathered around it. That seems to be where the similarities stop. Jan Steen uses a warm palette with a daytime natural lighting that plays across the painting from the window. In contrast, Van Gogh uses a cool palette and paints his scene at night using the whispering light of an overhead lantern.

Each painting draws influence from their individual location of origin, mostly in subject, to appeal to the patrons of the time. While each piece was created within the 17th century, there are obvious differences from place to place in how they were meant to be created. This is evident in the materials used for the paintings, Velázquez’s piece being oil on canvas, Hui’s being a hanging scroll consisting of ink on paper, and

The first painting depicts a young woman lying in a field on a farm in what appears to be an awkward position. She may be experiencing some type of internal or emotional pain which may have temporarily halted her ability to move. The field is very close to what one might assume is her home. The painting appears very somber and melancholy and I would hypothesize the young woman is longing for something she might have recently loss; possibly a relationship or significant material possession. The woman gazes towards the house as if she is waiting for something. The colors in the painting are very neutral and the feelings provoked are those of sadness. Another hypothesis could be she is pondering her life path and struggling to

In David’s painting there is a clarity and crispness that is similar to a photograph, yet his figures maintain a baby like softness. Gerard’s implied texture of the clothes and environment are softer than David’s giving the painting a more realistic appearance. David and Gerard both show in these paintings that they have a very good understanding of human anatomy and form. The figures in both painting have a good sense of underlying structure and weight.

In both photographs I think that the artists were trying to make a point and break the social norms to which people had followed for many years. I do consider these as being work of arts. One reason why I think they are art works is because the artist went on and beyond the social norms of traditional western artworks and they’re for allowing them to express what they wanted. In both art works the artist were not satisfied with how certain systems and institution functioned in regards at to what was appropriate and not appropriate. In the case of Beuys’ artwork he tried to emphasize that need to be a balance between nature and culture. Beuys is shown with a to be wearing a gold leaf mask and honey that covers his skin, he also has a dead hare

The first painting I chose to focus on is Waterhouse’s, The Lady of Shalott. The main aspect of this painting is the trip down the river the Lady takes during part four. The painting does include the words “The Lady of Shalott” (126) carved “about the prow” (125), and the woman is “robed in snowy white” (136). Also there does seem to be leaves falling around her as well as the coming of night, similar to the image presented in the poem. Also similar to the poem, the woman in the painting has a very exhausted and sorrowful demeanor. The second painting I chose is Whaterhouse’s, The Lady of Shalott Looking at Lancelot. This image shows the moment where the Lady finally sees outside instead of in her mirror. This is the moment when she has finally broken free of her isolation and captivity, but also the moment that begins her

Throughout the entire painting, there is this artful softness of shading between the different elements of the image, yet a crisp realness of detail is still maintained. As described by Madrid (2003), Vermeer’s works from that time possessed “an unprecedented level of harmony and serenity” (p. 254), and that statement applies very well to the aesthetics of this piece. The application of color in this painting

J. Alfred Prufrock constantly lived in fear, in fear of life and death. T. S. Eliot divided his classic poem into three equally important sections. Each division provided the reader with insight into the mental structure of J. Alfred Prufrock. In actuality, Prufrock maintained a good heart and a worthy instinct, but he never seemed to truly exist. A false shadow hung over his existence. Prufrock never allowed himself to actually live. He had no ambitions that would drive him to succeed. The poem is a silent cry for help from Prufrock. In each section, T. S. Eliot provided his audience with vague attempts to understand J. Alfred Prufrock. Each individual reader can only interpret these

Augustus and the Sibyl, Antoine Caron, used variety in many creative ways. The way the painting was portariat was a very good way of emphasizing variety. The painting had a amazing spacing between what was necessary and what was not. A few differences in the essay would have to be the color of coats the two men are wearing. Another difference is that the background of the picture has sun and light, but the closer the picture comes in you can see the true darkness in the painting.

In the poem, The Love song, written by T.S. Elliot, J Alfred Prufrock is a man who is very lonely and insecure. He goes throughout his life wishing for a change, but never stepping up to the plate and actually making a change. The title of the poem portrays to the reader that the poem is going to be full of love and romance. The reader soon found out later that the poem is just the opposite from the title, a sad, lonesome man who is not only lacking love, but also lacking self confidence and self esteem.