...Literacy Devices Metaphors A comparison without the use of ‘like’ or ‘as’. Example: “He’s a pig” is a metaphor Simile - figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as, or as though. i.e. She floated in like a cloud. Personification - Attributing human or other animate characteristics to an inanimate object. Example: Clouds cry. Motif - any element, subject, idea or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature Irony. Conveys the opposite of what is meant or what would be expected. Examples: Saying “You’re so graceful!” to someone who has just tripped is verbal irony. A lifeguard drowning in a bathtub is irony of situation. A special kind of literary irony is when the reader (or viewer) knows something the character doesn’t. This is common in horror movies. An example of this is when the heroine runs to Jason for help, when we know he’s the slasher. Sarcasm is verbal irony with attitude, with a mean edge. Pathetic fallacy is a type of literary device whereby the author ascribes the human feelings of one or more of his/her characters to non-human objects or nature or phenomena. It is a type of personification, and is known to occur more by accident and less on purpose. e.g. The softly whistling teapot informed him it was time for breakfast. Hyperbole. Literary exaggeration. Examples: Gilgamesh and Enkidu carried thirty score pounds of weaponry. I’ll give you...
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...controversy they were painted over with veils and loincloths. The Last Judgment is monochromatic and flesh tones and sky colors dominate the work. Yellow, orange, green and blue are scattered throughout the painting. Michelangelo focuses on the action of human creatures quite different than Leonardo’s emphasis on perspective such as birds in flight. His art enhances the naturalism and he had a great skill at portraying profound emotions that make this painting striking. The painting is sort of obscure and has many different meanings. (Michelangelo’s Last Judgment: The Response) The second work of art I chose is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. He started this masterpiece in 1503 and finished it in 1506. It was painted with oil paints and it was painted on wood. Leonardo was one of the most famous painters of all time. The Mona Lisa is also one of the most well-known...
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...| Leonardo Da Vinci | Renaissance Man | | Jenny Bevier | 8/20/2010 | | Very few that have ever lived have been acknowledged as a genius. Leonardo Da Vinci was a renaissance man who was a true pioneer of his time. Though he is best known as an artist, he was far more than that. Leonardo was also an engineer, inventor, and scientist. He had one of the best scientific minds of his time. He carried out research in fields ranging from architecture and civil engineering to astronomy, anatomy, geography, geology, and paleontology. Leonardo was a renaissance man whose works of art and studies of mechanics and science paved the way for many artists, engineers, and doctors today. Da Vinci was born in 1452 in the small town of Anchiano, Italy. He was an illegitimate child of a Florentine Notary, Piero Da Vinci, and a peasant woman named Catrina (The World Wide Art Gallery, 2010, para. 2). Until the age of five Leonardo lived in the Hamlet of Anchiano with his mother. From 1457 on he lived with his father, grandparents, and uncle Fracesco in the small town of Vinci, Italy. Da Vinci never received a formal education. However, he was informally taught Latin, geometry, and mathematics by his stepmother Alberia, and her mother in law Monna Lucia. Also, he learned from scholarly textbooks that were owned by various family members. When Leonardo was fifteen, he was apprenticed to the artist Andrea Di Cione, known as Verrocchio. During this time is when Leonardo was...
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...the medium or the mode of expression can be, the main thing is the way we can interpret the painting when we see it. In the following document we will be able to describe how two pieces of art “Mona Lisa” a portray by Leonardo Da Vinci and “Mona Loca” a graffiti by Abstrk can be similar in their forms but behind that, there is a vast difference in ideas, techniques and point of view of each artist. Mona Lisa is a masterpiece of the renaissance period characterized to look realistic and to bring the life out of the painting, while Mona Loca represents a contemporary art, a graffiti which displays surreal elements and less humanism in the artwork. The Mona Lisa is probably the most known piece of artwork in the entire world. It was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, who was a famous Italian artist between 1504 and 1519. Da Vinci was a considered a Renaissance artist. He was a great painter, but also an observer, scientist and a great inventor who also studies some medicine and anatomy. This preparation allowed him to draw and paint it more accurately than any other artist of his time. Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece “Mona Lisa” or “La Gioconda” results in a painting that seems to be alive. This quality of being realistic is what makes Mona Lisa to fit into Renaissance artwork. Mona Lisa is figure of a woman, dressed in the fashion of her day and seated in a mountainous landscape. The general impression that this portrait gives is the great serenity, enriched by some mystery or even...
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...University of Phoenix is a great school when a number of resources. The most important one to me personally that you can use is the center for writing excellence also known as CWE for short. Now the center for writing excellence is a great way to enhance your writing skills even if you are a good writer. There are always things to improve upon whether it’s your spelling, grammar or you just want reinsurance that your paper is up to par with the professor’s standards. The center for writing excellence is the best ever if you know you’re not a good writer it has many different tests and examples to help make you a better writer, but the CWE is just one of the many resources that university of phoenix offers you. Let’s get to another I love to use and that the center for math excellence or CME for short. This is a great tool because we know that coming back to school is hard enough and throwing math in your face is not going to make it any better. That’s where the CME comes it allows you to practice on your math to let the math anxiety that you might have go away because you can practice anytime anywhere. So if your felling confused, frustrated don’t worry the CWE is there and it has resources within its self to help you master math. These are just a few examples of what University of Phoenix offer you they have professional faculty members that can help along the way with anything you need so not only is this a great school it will not let you stumble they will be there with you...
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...immensely colossal Successes and Failures Apple has created a factory built around innovation. It seems to harness creativity, stimulate new conceptions, and launches successful, remuneratively lucrative, revolutionary products. I believe that Apple’s most immensely colossal success is its ability to leverage its innovation processes to seize new opportunities in the marketplace and grow its business at an incredible pace. Steve Jobs, the co-founder and CEO of Apple, often boasts about the company culture and how it’s predicated upon innovation, forward thinking, and fixate on the “experience”. Aside from conspicuous iPhone and iPad successes, Apple manifested many of its incredible products from incredible misses early in its history. Lisa and the Newton were both recklessly ambitious projects that failed, but were in line with Jobs’ forward thinking...
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...Brittney Reed Professor Turner AR115 27 September 2014 The Mystery Surrounding Mona Lisa Mona Lisa is one of Leonardo da Vinci’s most poetic and famous pictures he painted. Painted in 1503-1505 with oil on a panel, the meaning of this most recognized painting in the world has left many wondering about the portrait’s meaning and why it has changed over time (Harris & Zucker, 2012). The evolution around the Mona Lisa painting has grown over the centuries after it was completed. This and many other of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting and writing has became ever so popular because of who the artist is and the detail and technique that he used in them. Another reason the it fascinates me and many others is when you are looking into her eyes they seem to follow you where ever you move. This gives an erie feeling that people in the recent decades thrive for in today’s decade. The painting is also very mysteries. Who is Mona Lisa? Who was she posing for? What is the little smirk on her face? As most of the portraits that were see in that era there are no smiling faces, a blank look if you will. Many say that Mona Lisa is the wife of a Florentine merchant and the painting was intended for her husband (Harris & Zucker, 2012). After Leonardo had finished the painting it was never given to the husband and Leonardo decided to keep it for himself as he went to work for the King of France, Francis I and why that is to this day remains a mystery (Harris & Zucker, 2012). Portraits...
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...AUTOBIOGRAPHY Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was the epitome of a “Renaissance man.” Possessor of a curious mind and keen intellect, da Vinci studied the laws of science and nature, which greatly informed his work as a painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, military engineer and draftsman. His ideas and body of work—which includes "Virgin of the Rocks," "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa"—have influenced countless artists and made da Vinci a leading light of the Italian Renaissance. Leonardo was, and is, renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time, with their fame approached only by Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. Leonardo died at Clos Lucé, France, on May 2, 1519. François I had become a close friend. Vasari records that the King held Leonardo's head in his arms as he died, although this story, beloved by the French and portrayed in romantic paintings by Ingres, Ménageot and other French artists, may be legend rather than fact. Da Vinci has been called a genius and the archetypal Renaissance man. His talents inarguably extended far beyond his artistic works. Like many leaders of Renaissance humanism, he did not see a divide between science and art. STYLE OF PAINTING da Vinci’s Painting Technique Throughout his years (1452-1519), Leonardo da Vinci employed a variety of techniques...
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...The Simpsons: Miserable but still trying… Homer: Kids you tried your best, and you failed miserably. The lesson is never try. (“Burns Heir” – Season 5, Episode 18)1 Carl’s Matheson’s essay “The Simpsons, Hyper-Irony, and the meaning of life” is a critical analysis of the animated family comedy show The Simpsons. The essay delves into how the show is failing miserably on humoring its viewers and the idea of promoting positive social purpose is not really what it seems after all. According to Matheson, as the show infuses its episodes with heavily induce quotations as a way to humor its viewers. In the process, the show ceases to be funny at all. From these observations, Matheson points out that while the show employs a great deal of quotations and hyper-irony as a form of comedy, it also detaches itself from its viewers in the process. Therefore, losing its audience shared sense of humor as well as the audience itself in the end. The shows critics’ reviews of the early episodes praise the show for its wit, realism, and intelligence. However, in the late 1990s, the tone and emphasis of the show began to change. Some critics started calling the show "tired”. By 2000, some long-term fans had become disillusioned with the show, and pointed to its shift from character-driven plots to what they perceived 1 http://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/the-100-best-classic-simpsons-quotes#.woxOwzdRev 1 as an overemphasis on zany antics.2 Fast forward to Season 26, the...
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...Leonardo da Vinci - The Man Who Wanted To Know Everything Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest genius’s that’s ever lived, also known as the first modern mind. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. 500 years ago he set out to try and find out all that there was to learn. “I would do things no one in the past has dared to do, I would think new thoughts, bring new things into being”. He created works of astonishing beauty such including the Mon Elisa, the most famous painting in the world and The Last Supper made him known today as the Renaissance visionary who saw the modern world before it was realized. At the same time he designed terrifying machines, which spewed death and destruction. He designed ways of getting man to the bottom of the sea, He invented flying machines 400 years before man took to the skies. Leonardo was born on April 15 1452, in Tuscan hill town just outside the village of Vinci in Italy. He was born illegitimate and this was to shape his life. Being a bastard he was barred from learning Greek and Latin, the languages all books where written in. ...
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...Michelangelo was one of the most inspiring artists history has ever seen. He possessed many extraordinary characteristics that made him into the imagine he is today. He was a perfectionist and hard-working. He communicated in his art and created things that no one else had created before. Most of all, he put his heart in everything he did. The Sistine Chapel, probably rated the most beautiful chapel, not only in Europe but also in the whole world, was painted by Michelangelo at the beginning of the 16th century. Michelangelo took four years of non-stop working to complete it. During those four years, Michelangelo started having serious health issues. He started having bad eyesight and his neck started having some issues from his awkward standing position. These health issues forced him to change body positions while painting and ended up lying down while painting. Despite these problems, he continued painting and two years after, the Pope attempted to convince Michelangelo to rush the final part and be done with it a year or two early. Michelangelo plainly rejected the idea and took his time. His product was magical. During his long, long life, Michelangelo suffered from many health problems including becoming slightly blind and having long term damage to his kidneys. Despite these, he kept on working with little rest. While he was painting the Sistine chapel, he went partly blind and started getting awful headaches from the position he was standing there Nevertheless, he...
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...Leonardo's Mona Lisa AR115 Introduction to the Visual Arts Park University Mr. Trevis Martin December 2, 2012 Leonardo's Mona Lisa The tetragrammaton simply means "four letters," YHWH; which stand for the name of the God of Israel, and means "to be." The proper pronunciation and spelling was too holy to say or write that it was lost centuries ago and cannot be found in any ancient writings; therefore, Israelis substituted the name to Yahweh, or Jehovah, but only pronounce and write Adoni which means Lord. There are some things that cannot be explained, and this sort of story is not only found in religion, it can also be found in art. She is called The Mona Lisa, a most-beautiful "strange image [that] strikes at the subconscious with a force that is extremely rare in an individual work of art" (Sassoon, 2003). Her popularity is beyond comprehension and colors and lines too deep to express, and one's words are lost when one looks at her gaze. Paul Zelanski and Mary Pat Fisher (2010) explain that "the word 'art' cannot be found in any English dictionary before 1880 and that even when it did appear it was used primarily with reference to painting" (Zelanski & Fisher, 2010, p.13). Furthermore, the Oxford Dictionary defines art as "the skillful production of the beautiful in visible forms" (qtd. in Zelanski & Fisher 13). This almost sounds like an oxymoron; "beautiful in visible forms." How can one produce beauty, or better yet, how can someone...
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...The Shock of Education: How College Corrupts by Alfredo Lubrano, A Response With absolute certainty, I am a straddler! My family is Irish American, a high-school diploma and your union card is proper protocol. My father, his father, and his father before him were soldier's then tradesmen. There is a long storied history of being “working class heroes”. On the surface, it would appear Alfred Lubrano and I, share a commonality in backgrounds ethnic families, blue collar role models, and a rich sense of tradition. However, the similarities are only superficial; our lives were quite different. There were high expectations placed upon me; one could conclude that my future was predetermined. My stance on education runs contrary; I believe education does not result in family separation but, rather it binds. The purpose of this retort is to elicit a response, to share an opposing viewpoint, and ultimately to sway the reader. As a child growing up in the projects of suburban Los Angeles, learning was encouraged. I cannot remember a family that did not have a set of The Encyclopedia Britannica. Much of this interest in learning can be attributed to our parents having come of age during the turbulent nineteen sixties. A new importance was placed on social issues, the nation was divided. The status quo in doubt, our country was in the midst of an identity crisis. The seventies proved to be an era of rebirth. A renewed emphasis was placed on education, I.Q. testing was prevalent, advanced...
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...family. There were several scenes that applied to social themes. For instance, the father Homer Simpson is a working class guy but has this really rich boss name Mr. Burns. Homer was interacting with his Boss Mr. Burns and Homer began to make faces and yell at Mr. Burns. Then Mr. Burns has his assistant pull out a checkbook. This could be categorized as your classic rich vs. poor social class theme. Later in this short citcom the identified social class theme is educated vs. uneducated. Homer Simpson isn’t very smart but Mr. Burns assistant is educated and basically tries to treat Homer as if he’s stupid when a Duck is put on the table for a meal. Homer had no idea who to hold a fork or knife and Mr Burns assistant was laughing. Lisa Simpson, which is Homers Daughter, is very intelligent and educated and she then proceeds to teach her Father how to hold his silverware and educate him about the meal that is being served by the upper class Mr. Burns. In conclusion, this program shows a great deal of social themes such as rich vs. poor and also educated vs. uneducated. It’s sad that it’s right in front of our faces and we have no idea how relevant it is in the world. People are put on display for others to see. Social themes and social class is mocked even on...
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...verifiably there. The configuration of the eBook simply temporarily occupies a space on a screen, and once digitized back into storage it can no longer be said to exist in the same way. (Striphas 24) Words printed in a book have an inherent immortal nature. Regardless of the screen size, number of pixels, or memory capacity, there is no e-reader that could ever evoke such a feeling of permanency. Our current society is one that quite literally has a need for both immediate satisfaction and convenience. At some point, there seems to have been some sort of disconnect between an audience who genuinely appreciates art in all its forms, and those who have traded in their passion for a life of gadgets. Just as there is no comparison of viewing the Mona Lisa in the Louvre to viewing a digital image of it, perhaps even on the most sophisticated of computer screens, there is no substitute for the sensorial feeling of holding a...
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