Nighthawk

He opened the door to the diner and stepped inside. The door slammed shut behind him. It always did that. It was probably the reason why the pane of glass had a jagged crack running from top to bottom. The crack had been there for as long as he could remember. It was a comfortable reminder of why he came here: no one cared here. He sat in the same place he always sat: a booth in the back near the bathroom. Dorothy, the only waitress this hole-in-the-wall had to offer, acknowledged him with a grunt

“If we don’t stand up for others, who would be left to stand up for us?” This is a quote by Karen Traviss, an author. This quote connects to a situation that happened to me, around 4 years ago at my soccer game. “Hi Amanda!” I excitedly said as I walked to the field. “Hi Talia,” said Amanda, “Want to practice for the game?” “Sure,” I responded. I had been excited for this game specifically because I would be able to be one of the defenders. I usually would play as goalie but I was getting tired

In 1942, American artist Edward Hopper painted The Night Hawks. This oil painting, is a 33 1/8th in. x 60 in. piece. Hopper used oil paint on canvas, to create this piece. Currently this piece is located at the Art Institute of Chicago. In The Night Hawks, a city diner is depicted sometime at night. The buildings and diner design, are consistent with a city setting. Within the diner, there are 4 people present. Three of these people appear to be customers, while the other is working at the diner

In the small town of Charleston, an older, lonely man sits at the bar in a Diner. A young couple sat at the other end drinking coffee. The woman was dressed nice in a pretty red dress and the man looking dapper with his blue suit and hat. The older man is a regular at this diner. He arrives at the same time, sits on the same stool, and is always dressed nice as if he were about to meet someone. He never did though. The waiter knows the older man by name and says, "Hey Hopper, anything new

emphasis, focal point, and subordination define an artwork’s design and its artist sentiment. Artist, Edward Hopper, and his painting Nighthawks, support the increment of these principles within the painting. The utilization of emphasis, focal point, and subordination create a fascination to the eye to define the artwork and its significance. In the painting Nighthawks, the area of emphasis in the picture is on the

Nighthawks, was painted in 1942 by Edward Hopper (1882-1967) an artist who was known as “a great master in the ranks of America realists.” (Levin, Gail) Hoppers paintings were first hung in “retrospective in 1933, Hopper played host just three years later to the first major show of surrealist art in New york.” (Levin, Gail) Hopper grew up in Washington Square, and lived there for most of his life. “ Hopper excelled in creating realistic pictures of clear-cut, sunlit streets and houses, often without

their problems and give them the inner strength they need to face difficult situations. This is the case with the narrator in "Nighthawks" who uses his imagination to escape from unemployment into the world of art. This is also the case in my own experience when I used my imagination to escape from the hardship of a boring, repetitive summer job. In the excerpt from "Nighthawks", the narrator is facing the difficult situation of being out of a job. He obviously has few resources at home to

The Beauty of Nighthawks Paintings have inspired many things in the world, and they truly can be worth a thousand words. Nighthawks, a painting by Edward Hopper, is a simple painting, with symbols and messages throughout the work of art. The painting is very basic, but as basic as it is, there is a lot going on when it comes to its description. Even the little things in this painting have a great story behind them that you can think about on your own without something to tell you what it is about

According to one of Jo Hopper’s journals of her husband’s works, the Nighthawks painting, which was originally going to be titled “Night Hawks” was completed on January 21, 1942. This painting is most notably one of Hopper’s most famous works.. Hopper is most known as a painter who had a way of portraying emotional themes of loneliness, regret, solitude, mystery, and boredom. By analyzing Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, I will also argue that the emotional theme and setting of the painting is influenced

Often considered to be one of the most iconic pieces of American art, Nighthawks, a 84.1 x 152.4 cm oil on canvas, is a piece shrouded in feelings of solitude and separation. It was painted by Edward Hopper in 1942, and was purchased by the Art Institute of Chicago almost immediately afterwards. What made the painting so appealing to both the Art Institute and the general public was for how deeply it connected with the culture at the time. Their feelings of tension and wartime anxiety are ingrained