A Woman's Face

In the reading, the author claims that there are some doubts in attributing a painting which depicts a woman's face to Rembrandt, by pointing out 3 reasons of support. Finding all the ideas questionable and implausible, however, the lecturer totally repudiates the claim and presents some evidence to the contrary. At first, the author argues that there are some unusual variations in the woman's way of dressing. Although her coat is luxurious, her white linen cap is cheap. conversely, the lecturer

Released in 1941, George Cukor’s A Woman’s Face is a black and white drama that introduces a group of people testifying in a murder case, telling the story of the accused woman through a series of flashbacks that lead up to the crime in question. Through detailed settings, careful choices of costumes and make up, skillful acting, and artistic and specific lighting choices, the director and producers bring this dramatic tale to life on the screen. The first component of mise-en-scene that is used

The opening scene begins with a stark extreme close up of a woman’s face in black and white. The camera focuses on her startled eyes that dart from side to side in an ominous manner that is coherent to the genre of thriller and its ability to perpetuate a feeling of unease. As the camera continues to zoom inwards towards her pupil, the image turns a deep red and we notice the emergence of animated spirals superimposed onto her iris. As the screen changes from monochrome to red the non-diegetic sound

Ivan Eyre’s artwork titled Woman with Cards depicts certain characteristics of a woman. The Canadian artist’s painting was completed in 1959. It is currently located in the Assiniboine Pavilion Gallery Museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Eyre’s works are a part of the Gallery Collection supported by the Winnipeg Art Gallery. The piece is a component of the exhibit titled Wasteland Dreamland: Early Works by Ivan Eyre, 1957-1969. It is approximately 60 x 36 inches and vertically hanged on a wall. The painting

For example, he compares the mind to a “dwelling place” (12) where her “serenely sweet” thoughts are. Her pure and good thoughts are exemplified on her face. Since these thoughts “live” in her mind and surface as external features, Byron suggests that her outward expression of beauty is the result of her inner goodness of her mind. Furthermore, her “cheek” and “brow” (13) “tell of days in goodness spent”

Hand Painted” Shakespeare’s poem “A Woman’s Face with Nature’s Own Hand Painted” discusses Shakespeare’s feeling for a feminine looking man and the pining he feels for him. “A Woman’s Face with Nature’s Own Hand Painted” demonstrates how beautiful women are, but they can also have flaws that go beyond how they look. The thesis can easily be proven since the poem is about a man and not a woman, the personification of nature being a woman and the comparison between both genders in the poem. The speaker

Likewise, the lines of the child’s elbow draw the eyes away. However, neither image is enough to keep the eyes from following the stripes on the woman’s dress, back to the towel on the child’s lap, and then up along the child’s arm to the faces again. Without the pitcher or the elbow, it is probable the audience’s eyes would stay fixed on the subjects’ faces longer, potentially missing the toes altogether. That being said, it is reasonable to suggest that there is a deeper meaning to the feet in the

Pale yellow can be detected in the window shades, in the floor on the staircase and in the woman’s hat. In order to contrast the yellow, Hopper uses a very light, whitish blue in the curtains and in the woman’s dress. The fact that the woman’s dress is white, with a hint of blue, suggests that the woman is almost, but not quite pure. Another compositional style that creates despondency in the paintings is Sloan

famous piece. ”She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless dimes and stairy night’’ The poem starts with a description of how the beauty of a woman is like the night, which is quite an odd way to say that she was beautiful. Normally a woman’s beauty would be compared to a summer’s day, like another former author have written, Sonnet 18 by Williams Shakespeare as an example. Although, in this poem, instead of being compared to a normal night, she is compared to a cloudless night with millions

meeting his first wife, Lord Byron attended a party at Lady Sitwell's at June 1814 (Gamber). Mrs. Wilmot, Lord Byron’s beautiful cousin, attended the party in a black mourning dress. The poet became captivated by his cousin’s alluring beauty; her fair face contrasting with her dark hair and dress. Inspired by the opposing shades that created such an attractive woman, he wrote a poem about her in 1814 (Gamber). In Lord Byron’s