Christina Rossetti 's An Artist 's Studio

At first glance, the reader notices that the poem is divided into two parts in order to resemble a conversation. When reading the sonnet for the first time the reader may make the mistake in thinking that what the “echo” replies is an answer to the questions the “voice” asks. But in reality the “echo” isn’t replying to the “voice” but is actually performing its normal job. The “echo” only repeats back the last prominent sounds

In relation to Brown’s work, we can see this individual expression emerging through her paintings by using reoccuring nude subjects that can be considered

Ultimately, Rossetti’s descriptions of the woman are again stereotypes that do not explore the true identity of the woman, but she is a symbol of the Victorian ideal woman. Yet, it could be argued that Rossetti is using this stereotype to challenge this stereotype, and is not succumbing to the lure of using stereotypes, but in fact objecting to the superficial and without depth characters that appeared in Victorian literature and art. The denouement of “not as she is, but as she fills his dream” appears to strengthen this point as the woman in the painting has been denied all sense of self as she has been changed into something she has not, and is left to provide for his interpretation. Thus, Rossetti does use stereotypes within In An Artist’s Studio, however she uses them to object to the Victorian ideal of a woman, and the repetitiveness in art and literature because they do not represent women for what they are, and exist for the male gaze as in this poem.

“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.” -Oscar Wilde. Women are wild, sensitive, magnificent, mysterious, and above all: individual. Art’s many different medias allowed artist throughout the ages to capture women at both their strongest and most vulnerable points. It has the power to capture a woman: as a naïve, young girl clutching her brother as they are painted into a lasting portrait, a golden statue of an angel sent down to Earth to help a saved man take his first steps into an eternal life with God, to the powerful goddess, Artemis, transforming a hunter into a deer and having his hunting dogs tragically attack him. The six pieces of art chosen express the individuality of each women who has walked, walks, and will walk the earth.

A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines that rhyme in a particular pattern. William Shakespeare’s sonnets were the only non-dramatic poetry that he wrote. Shakespeare used sonnets within some of his plays, but his sonnets are best known as a series of one hundred and fifty-four poems. The series of one hundred and fifty-four poems tell a story about a young aristocrat and a mysterious mistress. Many people have analyzed and contemplated about the significance of these “lovers”. After analysis of the content of both the “young man” sonnets and the “dark lady sonnets”, it is clear that the poet, Shakespeare, has a great love for the young man and only lusts after his mistress.

At the beginning of the sonnet the author starts the reflection about the purpose of life, and how adulthood change it. Analyzing the form of the first lines of the poem (AB) those seems liked as a continuity connection. Jarman

In addition, I will examine the differences between male and female sexuality and how each tended to be perceived and treated by society. Then, I will look at prominent female artists and their personal experiences and beliefs on feminism and the female in their art focusing on how it tended to be received along how male artists responded to it. Mainly, I will be analyzing the clash of sexualized images in art, focusing on the differences not only between male made art versus female art, but the differences in the women’s art community, as well. What are the reasons and goals for women to use a “sexualized image” of women in their art versus

George Gascoigne’s sonnet, “For That He Looked Not upon Her,” portrays a sullen man, hurt by the woman he loved. Through the uses of form, diction, and imagery, the sonnet evokes a complex attitude in each quatrain elaborating on the stages of torment the speaker receives from his ex-lover. By using these literary devices, the speaker portrays the dangers of desire and the conflicts that arise from within it. Gascoigne conveys a solemn and melancholy complex attitude developed throughout the use of such literary devices. The attitude of the speaker, expressed through the form of the sonnet, explains the dangers of gazing at the woman who burned him.

The structure of Sonnet 1is logical and unfaltering, with a shift in tone near the end. The first quatrain states the overall moral premise of the sonnet, which is that beauty should strive to promote itself. The second quatrain accuses the narrator of violating that moral, by wasting his beauty on himself alone. The third quatrain pleas to the narrator in an urgent fashion to change

Gascoigne uses three quatrains and a couplet to create the English sonnet “For That He Looked Not upon Her.” The first quatrain introduces the reader to the speaker and his issues with his beloved, while also describing the speaker’s appearances after being heartbroken. In the second quatrain, the speaker builds onto his accounting of suffering and sorrow with an analogy of a “mouse” (Gascoigne

Nanette Salomon, a very well known feminist writer, wrote the article, “Judging Artemisia: A Baroque Woman in Modern Art History.” The article opens up with a discussion about the 2001-2 exhibition of Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi: Father and Daughter Painters in Baroque Italy. The author explains that three things are unusual here: the fact that two famous artists were presented at the same time, that they were related as father and daughter, and the fact that the woman was better known than the man. Her intent in this article is to look at the effects of this trope (figure of speech) in the past and in the present.

The social role and stature of women has been an eternal topic. In an age when the images of women were expected to be associated with marriage, motherhood, and domestic matters, few Americans could have thought of a young woman from an upper-middle class family would pursue professional study of art in Europe in the late nineteenth century. Yet, praises and critics both fall on the young artist, Mary Cassatt (1844 - 1926). In this paper, I will show how two historians contrast about the their views of this feminine artist, as well as their methodological approaches.

One more painting by Artemisia in which depicts not the injustice and her fight for female integrity, but may have reflected on her own personal feelings is her Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting. The first thing one notices when looking at this picture is the darkness in color. The darkness of the room in the painting represents her reflection of her violent past, but ultimately shaping her into the woman she became. She painted herself lighter in color against the darkness of the room, looking up in hope, doing what brings her most joy in life: painting. “Artemisia’s self-portraits is not simply a matter of identifying the artist’s features in a work but also of recognizing the artist’s deliberate elision between subject and

The art and beauty in this painting is exemplified through the eyes of Boucher. It starts with a beautiful couple taking a rest after picking up some followers. Their clothing looks very elegant and colorful which shows that they are aristocrats. The man’s eyes are gazing at a shepherdess who gathered her own flowers. Their eyes are locked despite the man having his own woman right in front of him. The light brushstrokes of the dresses, flowers, and trees

     The sonnet, being one of the most traditional and recognized forms of poetry, has been used and altered in many time periods by writers to convey different messages to the audience. The strict constraints of the form have often been used to parallel the subject in the poem. Many times, the first three quatrains introduce the subject and build on one another, showing progression in the poem. The final couplet brings closure to the poem by bringing the main ideas together. On other occasions, the couplet makes a statement of irony or refutes the main idea with a counter statement. It leaves the reader with a last impression of what the author is trying to say.