Essay about Salome and Cupid

Baciccio wanted the story he represented to be easily recognized, so he made the angel wear white robes, and display a large set of wings. Abraham appears to be the eldest looking of the group with his beard, wrinkles and is the one who wears the only true red shown on the canvas. In contrast, Isaac’s boyish appearance is presented in the nude. Along with these distinguishing characteristics, Baciccio uses color, and linear perspective to tell this story. He separates the canvas with a background of mountains and trees, a midground of people watching the sky in an open field, and a foreground of his main subject. The focal point becomes the hand Abraham is using to hold the knife. The orthogonals of the altarpiece, mountains in the background, and decent of the angel all point to this location. The excellent details around the hand when contrasted by the natural blurring of the cloudy background draw the eye. Baciccio also uses trees to circle the important trio, and tell the audience that they are the ones who need the attention. Little glances of the landscape can be seen behind them, but for the most part these three figures take up the majority of the canvas. Baciccio wanted to make it easy for the viewer to recognize the story immediately, but those who constantly stare at every leaf, pebble, hair, and brushstroke get the real pleasure of knowing the true story, he story of how the

<br>Stella undresses into a "light blue, satin" kimono while Blanche undresses into a "pink silk" brassiere and "white" skirt. The colours used on the clothes are soft pastel colours, which are generally colours worn by women. These light colours are a contrast to the bright, bold colours that were used to describe the clothes on the men. The colours on the men's clothes infer masculinity and aggressiveness while the clothes on Stella and Blanche are feminine, passive/neutral and calm colours, reflecting their personality. The white skirt that Blanche wears denotes purity and fragility, which contradicts her character but can be seen as another contrast with the sinuous and strong characters of the men. These are the complete opposite of the colours in the introduction. The fabrics that are used such as "satin" and "silk" are soft fabrics we associate to femininity and women too.

Color plays a unique role in the world we live in today. Color can sway the way someone thinks, change a person’s actions, and cause someone to react a certain way. In preschool, children are taught colors and as peoples’ lives progress, they are able to associate specific colors with specific feelings or emotions. For example, the color red symbolizes extremes dealing with passionate love, seduction, violence, danger, anger and adventure. Edmund Wilson comments on how the colors play a huge role in The Great Gatsby in the quote, “The whole preposterous farrago is animated with life"-and "its color and gayety and movement gave it a distinction for literary criticism long accustomed to heaviness and dinginess in serious American fiction"(Wilson

In the painting there is a fair balance, as every character except Mary is on the left side of the scene, but they are all pointing and looking towards Mary. So, while the focal point of the scene is obviously Mary, there are important figures and symbols on all levels of the picture. Also almost everything in the scene has at least some significance, and none of the figures are independent and, rather, are in union with each other.

As foreshadowing becomes evident frequently through the story, the author uses imagery to help foreshadow the events occurring and the characters in the conflict. One of the major foreshadowing imageries was the grandmother’s elaborate dress. O’Connor stated, “. . . a navy blue dress with a small white dot in the

The colors that Douglas uses in this piece which are, purple, gold, black, orange, and yellow, hold some meaning to them. Purple is associated with power, ambition, wisdom, and dignity. Douglas uses both light purple, which is used to show femininity, and dark purple, which can evoke gloomy feelings and is associated to spiritual fulfillment. Gold symbolizes divine, wisdom, and courage. It also evokes the feeling of prestige. Yellow is a warm color that is associated with energy, happiness, and intellect. The color yellow can be useful in attracting attention which can bring most of the attention to important elements. But the yellow that Douglas

In terms of subject matter, both works are visual depictions of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In each painting, Christ is the central figure, surrounded by two groups of figures. On the left, a group of women that includes the Virgin Mary mourns over the dead body of Christ, while on the right is a group of soldiers and other lamenters. Both works feature a rocky landscape on which the figures are positioned. Encircling Christ are several angels whose gestures of lamentation echo those of the figures below. Highlighting the severity of each scene is the blood that pours from Jesus' wounds. The blood from his feet drips onto human bones that are embedded in the rocky terrain below. The skull serves as a "memento mori," or a reminder of death, an idea that has been repeated in several other depictions of Christ's crucifixion.

As the viewer, when you look at this woman, it makes me follow her gaze to what she looks at which I believe to be the reason as to why the artist painted her in that way. From my knowledge on this scene from varies movies, soldiers would come and break the legs of those crucified to speed their death. When they came to Jesus, they could not break his legs as he was already dead. Instead, a solider pierced his side with his lance to assure themselves that he was dead. In the Last Judgement panel, you can see that the artist divided the painting into three different sections which depict heaven, earth and hell. In the section where heaven can be portrayed you can see a couple of angels above Christ blowing on their horns and Christ, himself is sitting in the center of many angels and saints. Jesus still appears to have the wounds of his crucifixion and the wound received from the soldier’s spear, but instead of being naked, he is wearing a red robe. To the right and left of Jesus, you can see Mary (left) and John the Baptist (right) kneeling next to him and praying. Jesus, Mary and John the Baptist have a yellow glow surrounding

The outline of the painting is contrast of dark dull depressing colors. These colors will help make the white pop out to show some symbols. The colors on the background and the people's clothing have a mixture of blue, light blue, orange, red, and brown. This helps enhances the pale skin, the background sky, and the flying soul.

Red and blue are two colors that carry a lot of symbolic meaning. For example, red is a color associated with passion, love, fire, danger, anger, and adventure. Whereas blue is associated with water, depth, stability, trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. Her decision of separating the two colors by dividing her body into two parts perhaps reveals that there are two sides to Charline, each half contradicts the other. One side of her is warm compassionate and loving, whilst the other is cold, eager and determined. However, the middle ground is when both colors are intertwined, creating a beautiful purple balance. This is the point of intersection, where both her personalities merge into one, creating

Colors also resembles something too in the story. For example, Daisy wears white in the novel and she is similar to innocence and purity.

Concerning color, there is a stark contrast between the figure on the painting and the background. More specifically, the figure of the woman is predominantly delineated in white color, especially pale, ashen white, as far her apparel and facial complexion are concerned, while there are also various hues of grey, with respect to her hair and accessory feather. These white and grey shades are vividly contrasted with the prevailing red and crimson hues of the background (viz. the drape, armchair, and table). Moreover, one can detect colors of dark green (jewelry), some beige on the left (pillar), and darker or lighter shades of blue on the right side of the canvas (sky), which all in concert and in addition to the subtle purple hue forming the sun or moon exude a certain dramatic sentiment. Also, there is brown, which often easily segues into gold (viz. books and attire details respectively). The main contrast of colors between white and red would be interpreted as serving the purpose of rendering the figure of the woman, and especially her face, the focal point of the work, despite, paradoxically enough, the lush red shades at the background. Bearing that in mind, the significance of the woman’s face will be enlarged upon later, when discussing aspects of her identity.

One is able to deduce this due to the work's incorporation of rich tones as well as its slight glow and blurredness. Light appears to be penetrating from the left-hand side, creating numerous dark shadows on the right of characters and trees depicted. The visual appearance, or form, of Two Young Peasant Women is furthermore enhanced by the presence of a multitude of striking colors. In the background, a carpet of bright, green lushness and brown dirt provides a sense of earthly warmth, cheerfulness, and comfort, while also contrasting indefinitely with the laborers' blue clothing and somberness. As dull as the drapery seems to be, however, they are by no means unrealistic, as illustrated through the numerous creases and

John the Baptist is also allowed to stand near the holy mother and child, and an angel is present. Because of this, the viewer contends with a literal story rather than a simple image as in “Madonna Enthroned”. Also in Puligo’s image, where the central figures are larger and better seen, there are religious symbols used. The same might be true in Giotto’s work but the details are harder to distinguish.

The usage of colours black, white, brown, blue, green, yellow, and red, stand alone are to effective describe good or evil, yin or yang. The colours are also mixed to show the coexisting harmony of the colours together can bring about a heightened form of destruction or form of good. For much of the film the colour red is used to symbolize anger, fury, destruction, and death. The first usage of the colour is with the branding iron, with the mark of Immortan Joe. The significance of the branding iron is linked with the feeling of a cage/imprisonment, a mark of enslavement/ownership. This stance is more emphasised by the wives as they yell at nux that they are no more than breeders and battle fodder for an old man. Red is also symbolized as light and warmth in regards to one of the wives, Capable. The colour blue is used to symbolize peace, healing, knowledge, life, quite, grievance, and night. The first time the colour is used is in the form of “night” after the death of Angharad, the world is drenched in blue except for the four wives, that are shown in colour with benefit of light. The colour is also shown translucently in water. The