AAH 344 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Harriet Hosmer, De Stijl, Edmonia Lewis
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For gallery set up, think about the first thing you want to say . Neoclassical style started in france, started by david. Sympathetic character of medusa, creates a tiara of snakes, looks very sad (she doesn"t typically look so wistful) a unique representation of a horrific character. The look of school is characteristic of representations of daphne, here she is represented differently, the leaves create an arc. father, became a sacrificial lamb, Young girl accused of trying to kill her. Puck sitting on a toadstool, the image of cupid, adapted. She moves forward, the drapery moves with her back foot and the forward drape stays straight with her forward foot. Everything around her is falling apart but she has this solid core, doesn"t loose herself in the process. The drapery swings back, in her arm is a stock of lilies, She signifies the purity of the water in nyc possible by the reservoir.
