Review Of Plate With Quetzalcoatl Deity

The color red symbolics all of the colors and how each can have numerous emotions coming

The color red was perfectly used in the scene where Barbara and Adam droved through the infamous red wooden bridge. They swerve their car to avoid hitting a dog, causing them to drive off the bridge and drown. This important scene showed us the sacrifice they had to make in order to save the dogs life. Also, Betelgeuse and

Today’s society has many different associations for the color red. Red is most often paired with intensity, anger, and aggression. Red is often times a standout color, not modest at all. Policemen are told that when radaring, they should look for red cars first because

The color red is used in literature as well as throughout The Book Thief to display war, blood, and anger (Morton). Early in the novel, Death associates red with war, “The last time I saw her was red… Then bombs” (Zusak 12), Death uses the

In literature, red is often associated with blood and violence. Four researchers, Erella Hovers, Shimon Ilani, Ofer Bar-Yosef, and Bernard Vandermeersch, studied colored symbolism and concluded; “Color symbolism is one of the symbolic frameworks used extensively by contemporary societies to convey information and abstract messages through material objects” (Hovers et al.,2003.) Through the use of colors, May vividly expresses the emotions of the speaker towards society, regarding the topics of warfare and education. He specifically selects certain colors, like black and red, to stir up emotions within Jontae. The colors create a symbolic image, ultimately leading up to represent the violent scenes taking place. May writes his fear; “I know how often red is the only color left to reach” (18-19), to show his apprehension for Jontae a young male in society surrounded by warfare. Red in literature often represents blood, sacrifice, and violence. Using colors throughout the poem, creates a more vehement atmosphere, in which Jontae is left to choose between warfare, and discovering his identity in an alternative

Colour is a symbolic material in various sections of the film, as it functions as connecting visual and thematic threads which allude to connotations of danger, love, passion shaping her as a dynamic, charismatic character. Lola's fiery red hair highlights her speed, as she nearly runs through the entire movie. There are scenes where Lola and Manni are together and are seemingly illuminating red light, which exhibits their love and passion. The colour red is symbolically used in the film to emphasize certain aspects of Lola's life that are maintained in the use of props. In the beginning, the call to Lola is answered on a red phone, which highlights the urgency of Manni’s call and sets the precedence for the symbolic use of red throughout the movie. The recurring motif of the red ambulance at the end of each run represents urgency and tension. The red accents the rushed plotline, the love between Lola and Manni, and the blood of them both.

The Temple of Quetzalcoatl is historically popular due to the lavish designs that surround its facades, especially one distinct figure: the feathered serpents. Feathered serpents are historically important to the Mayan culture (Taube). The serpent is known as a very important element in the Mayan war culture. Leaders and warriors have a feathered serpentine figure in their headdresses to signify the importance of war. According to anthropologists Caso and Bernal, the Teotihuacan feathered serpent is identified with a horizontally projecting nose with a slight upcurve at the end with slightly curving teeth resembling the teeth of Teotihuacan jaguars (Taube). The Old Temple, as it is also popularly referred to, is surrounded by tiers of feathered

The artist was either male or female, we don’t know exactly, but we do know they were from the Mixtec culture that included the regions of Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Ouebla, Mexico. Furthermore knowing the artists’ culture we have a better understanding of the significance of the representation of the Quetzalcóatl (feathered serpent) on this three-dimensional plate. The plate itself seems to be 10 inches wide and symmetrical. The feathered god covers the whole diameter of the plate. Though it’s called a plate, we can speculate that this wasn’t a traditional plate for food, but rather than a plate to show sacredness of the mighty god. The artist’s palate of colors that they chose is red, brown and white.

Art has inspired millions if not billions throughout history, and made impacts in every corner of culture and society from religion to science, and beyond. Ancient forms of art have altered the way we perceive the ancestry of the human race, redefined different cultures, and opened new lines of thoughts into what made and broke ancient societies. From art we can get a glimpse into what the artist saw in the civilization depicted, or into a specific aspect of a civilization such as their belief system if the piece of art was created to serve a purpose to that specific culture. Throughout this paper we will talk about the Aztec stone art, which is beautiful in an off itself, however was generally created to serve a specific purpose within the

The artist wanted the focus of the painting on the cupcakes in her hair and he achieved this by using rhythm with the color red, and also creating a slight contrast to bring out the focus. He achieved this by using a black background and painting the figure a light complexion using soft colors and using them in subtle ways throughout the rest of the painting, for example, in her hair, where the main focus is, Cotton used soft colors on a few of the cupcakes but then used the color red for her lipstick, to also create a contrast of colors in the softness of her complexion on her face. There’s a noticeable pattern between the colors red and softer colors like lavender and beige. Its not only used throughout the face

The art piece called the "Reliquary Guardian Figure" was created by the fang people who lived in Gabon. The fang people was a group people that lived in Gabon who devoted themselves to ancestor lineages also known as Bieri. They had many different clans and societies in the Fang villages. They believed very highly of spirits and the afterlife but only Shamans and ngengang could contact spirits. When people died, they would be burned and their ashes would be put into a wooden box. Then a guardian figure would be made and attached to the box holding the remains/bones of a person who died. The main purpose of a Guardian figure was to protect the person in their after life. Guardian figures were made by carving wood into the shape of the figure.

In ancient Greek painting there was very few colors used and that was a red that looked like wine. This red was normal to them they didn’t know of many other

The red candle can symbolize many things. The red candle can represent death in which it expresses blood and a sense of regret or sorrow. It can also exemplify peace, love, and serenity, which can make readers feel love towards the dead in the casket, as well as a bit of regret. The scene itself is very dark and woodsy. The colors used include dark shades of blue, purple, grey, and black.

It makes us think how the color red is linked to fear and danger. So

I know that every art studio has its moments of being too messy, it’s just that all of the figures in the painting based on its mass, ended up being pushed into the right side of the painting which also caused the weight of the painting to be focused on the right side which in turn caused a lot of asymmetrical balance since both sides of the painting were never alike. Plus the movement of the right curtain in the piece made my eyes move diagonally towards the mask and other objects. The left curtain only pointed downward to the bottom left of the painting. What I did not understand however, was why the color red was the main color that was expressed in his artwork along with its different color values. Does it represent his anger by having an inner battle with himself or anger at his peers and critics for not supporting his new art