Ernest Gombrich

Ernest Gombrich believed that an artwork is not in the eye of the beholder but in the eye of an artist. He also believed that art reflected on different dispositions of the painter such as its different emphasis. Gombrich analyzed paintings through personal style, style of the period, choice and availability of, tools used, and its medium. Its personal style deflected off of its temperament of the artist, personality, and selected preferences.  According to the tools used you would see different things. With a pencil in hand the artist will see lines, and with a brush in hand the artist will see different masses. 

Painting Description : HUP

Armored Train in Action

Gino Severini (Italian, 1883-1966)

1915. Oil on canvas, 45 5/8 x 34 7/8" (115.8 x 88.5 cm). Gift of Richard S. Zeisler. © 2012 Gino Severini / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

287.1986

In the painting “Armored Train in Action” by Gino Severini (Italian, 1883-1966)  is oil on canvas like most paintings are. If you analyze the painting you actually see some shapes you would see in everyday life such as, triangles, squares, and rectangles. There are five men on a train in battle with guns, knows probaly as war or battle rifles. We also see with the train there is a cannon attached to it. Gino Severini made the train to look like metal with the illusion that there metal bolts holding the train together. The people on the train with the guns are all facless. The first two you see alittle of there face like color but you cant make a clear distinction of the eyes, mouth, nose and ears. While the rest of them are hooded or covered. The green in the painting can be trees as they past by in the train. The white smoke is from all the gun fire the rifle guns that the men are using and the cannons on the train which are being used as well.

I chose this painting because the painting made me feel proud and sad at the same time. The painting makes me proud is because people go to war or battle for what they believe in and their rights. This painting also mad me sad because of all the men out there having to leave their children and families by themselves not knowing whether their coming back or not. The painting was made in 1915 which was the year that italy entered world war, I think it was very risky of an artist to paint things that may have happened or not. This painting could have came from his imagination but had some very realistic facts and truths of what happened, which I think is very important. 

kind of my outline.

INTRODUCTION

Question:           

How does Tennessee Williams use stage directions (the non-verbal instructions that accompany the play's spoken aspects) to develop the characters Stanley and Blanche?

Thesis:

Tennessee Williams uses the stage directions in the play as a way to give background information on the protagonist Blanche and Stanley’s sexual & drinking habits.

Characteristics

1.       Blanche

·         Loquacious (excessive talking)

·         fragile woman

·         Sexual - her sexual desires come out when she drinks.

·         Liar

·         Cautious and has anxiety

·         A drunk

                                I.                      Blanche: “takes a  few uncertain steps towards bedroom, looks in. turns back, spies open door of kitchen cabinet, crosses to it, removes a whiskey bottle and glass, comes to above table and pours herself stiff drink”(Williams, pg.9)

                              II.                      Blanche: “I know you must have some liquor on the place. Where can it be, I wonder? (Turns upstage.)  Oh, I spy! I spy! (Crosses to kitchen cabinet. Blanche takes bottle and glass from it. They nearly slip from her grasp. She is shaking, panting for breath, and tries to laugh. Stella moves to L. of Blanche, takes bottle.”(Williams, pg.10)

2.       Stanley

·         Aggressive – becomes this when he drinks.

·         Sexual

·         Passionate

·         A drunk

                                I.                      Stanley: “(bringing liquor bottle and glass to table.) In laurel, huh? Oh, yeah. Yeah, laurel that’s right. Not in my territory. (Holds up bottle to observe its depletion.) Liquor goes fast in hot weather. Have a shot? (Pours a drink.)” (Williams, pg.18)

                              II.                      Stage direction: “empty beer bottles are strung about, and a couple of liquor bottles, half empty, are in evidence.”(Williams, pg.30)

COMPARE

1.       Blanche & Stanley

·         Drunks

·         Sexual

CONTRAST

1.        Blanche

·         Loose

·         Flirtatious – makes her feel wanted

                                                        I.            “(Crosses to him. Touching his shoulders.)”  (Williams, pg.59)

                                                      II.            “(Touches his cheek lightly, and smiles. Then goes to trunk.)”  (Williams, pg.59)

2.       Stanley

·         Aggressive

                                                         I.            “(Stanley hears rumpus in living-room, and charges in. Steve stops him. Pushes Steve aside.)”

·         Argues

                                                       II.            “(In bedroom, Stanley has stopped below Mitch to tell him. That’s the last time you’ll play the radio during my poker game!”)