1. SHAKESPEARE IN
ART
CHOOSING A WORK OF ART DESIRING TO DO WITH THREE
SHAKESPEARIAN TRAGEDIES (ROMEO & GIULIET, HAMLET AND THE
TEMPEST), HAVE DESCRIPTION AND WRITE THE MOTION OF
ASSOCIATION
4. HECTOR AND ANDROMACA
HECTOR AND ANDROMACA IS A 1917 OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY THE
ITALIAN PAINTER GIORGIO DE CHIRICO, ONE OF THE MAIN MEMBERS OF
METAPHYSICAL PAINTING. IT REPRESENTS A DIFFERENT WAY TO PORTRAY
ONE OF THE SADDEST LOVE STORIES THAT HAS GIVEN US MYTHOLOGY.
HECTOR IS PORTRAYED AS HE GREETS ANDROMACA FOR THE LAST TIME,
BEFORE FACING ACHILLES AND LOSING HIS LIFE. HECTOR KNOWS THAT
HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WIN AGAINST HIS RIVAL, BUT IN SPITE OF THIS,
HE STARTS UP TO HIS DESTINY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN WRITTEN AND SO IT
IS RIGHT THAT HE IS. IT'S JUST A PUPPET IN THE HANDS OF FATE.
5. THE LINK TO ROMEO & GIULIET
THE LINK BETWEEN DE CHIRICO'S ARTWORK AND SHAKESPEARE'S
TRAGEDY IS THE VERY TRAGEDY OF A LOVE BROKEN BY DEATH. AS
HECTOR WILL DIE ON THE BATTLEFIELD AGAINST ACHILLES, ROMEO WILL
DIE FOR THE LOVE OF HIS BELOVED
9. LIFE AND DEATH
LIFE AND DAETH IS A OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY GUSTAV KLIMT
BETWEEN 1908 AND 1915.
THE PAINTING REPRESENTS AN ALLEGORY IN WHICH THE WORLD OF
"LIFE" (SYMBOLIZED BY A PYRAMID-SHAPED TANGLE OF FEMALE BODIES
FALLEN ASLEEP AND REPRESENTING THE VARIOUS AGES OF LIFE)
CONTRASTS WITH THAT OF "DEATH" DEPICTED AS ONE SKELETON
DRESSED IN A LONG TUNIC AND CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF THREATENING
THE GROUP WITH A STICK.
10. LINK TO HAMLET
THE LINK THAT JOIN THE TWO WORKS IN QUESTION IS THE LIFE / DEATH
CONTRAST IN BOTH. TO BE OR NOT TO BE, THIS IS THE QUESTION, LIVING
OR DYING IS REPRESENTED IN THE WORK OF KLIMT AND REPRESENTS THE
DIVISION CLEARLY SEPARATED FROM THE VACUUM
14. AREAREA
AREAREA IS A PAINTING BY FRENCH PAINTER PAUL GAUGUIN, MADE IN
1892.
THERE ARE TWO WOMEN, A TREE ON THE RIGHT THAT DIVIDES THE
PAINTING AND A RED DOG, WHILE AT THE BOTTOM SOME WOMEN ARE
WORSHIPING A MAORI STATUE. THE SCENE IN THE BACKGROUND IS A
FANTASY IMAGE, WHILE THE FOREGROUND WOMEN REPRESENT A
MOMENT OF REST AND TRANQUILITY. GREEN, YELLOW AND RED COLORS
REPRESENT THE TRANSITION FROM REALITY TO FANTASY.
15. LINK TO THE TEMPEST
THE LINK BETWEEN PAINTING AND ROMANCE IS THE THEME OF
COLONIALISM, WHERE WESTERN MAN (GAUGUIN AND PROSPERO) FIND
THEMSELVES ON AN ISLAND INHABITED BY PRIMITIVE, RUDIMENTARY
BEINGS (POLYNESIANS AND CALIBANS)