Throughout Maus, Art carries with him a bag, or luggage. This baggage is both literal and nonliteral, each meaning as important as the next. In the first panel of Chapter 3, Art carries a bag, and the caption says that he started to visit his father more often to get information about his past. Vladek’s past also weighs heavily on Art. He has grown closer with his father, and as he learns more about him, the more Art must physically and emotionally carry the baggage tied with his father’s history. Furthermore, the baggage represents how Vladek too carries around the past, and how it never truly leaves him. The emotional baggage of his experience influences him daily. This knowledge builds and builds into a large, heavy suitcase that everyone
Asher and his art is an ultimate form of disrespect towards his parents and perhaps the Jewish community. They warn him of the day of hurt and resent like the opening day of Asher's paintings in the New York Museum. Asher's father returns from Russia, and says "Do not forget your people Asher" It is the same as if one Jew aches, the whole community hurts, Asher's mythic ancestor haunts him in his dream, and indicates that his art is a waste of time at the end of Chapter 4.
Often art is lost or destroyed through out the many dangers of time. Art is sometimes used to convey thoughts or ideas of a time or people. If works are lost or destroyed we may lose important information from this time or the people who created the art. This matter is shown best in the movie titled The Rape of Europa.
Though most works of art have some underlying, deeper meaning attached to them, our first impression of their significance comes through our initial visual interpretation. When we first view a painting or a statue or other piece of art, we notice first the visual details – its size, its medium, its color, and its condition, for example – before we begin to ponder its greater significance. Indeed, these visual clues are just as important as any other interpretation or meaning of a work, for they allow us to understand just what that deeper meaning is. The expression on a statue’s face tells us the emotion and message that the artist is trying to convey. Its color, too, can provide clues: darker or lighter colors can play a role in how we judge a piece of art. The type of lines used in a piece can send different messages. A sculpture, for example, may have been carved with hard, rough lines or it may have been carved with smoother, more flowing lines that portray a kind of gentleness.
Through this metaphor, he gives artists the power to immortalize anything, which is partially true. Through works of literature, painting, and poetry, history is captured forever. Joyce shows his point by saying that art survives everything, tyrants and nonentities alike. Then he further gives the example of the Trojan war, that if it was not captured by works by the likes of the Iliad or the Aeneid, it would have been lost in history. Joyce celebrates the artist as a man with high quality who cares for human being and art alike. The power of the artist, to immortalize history and create everlasting masterpieces is the purpose of art. As Joyce says, “the meaning in any of it, […] is what survives as art.”
Throughout the story art can be seen representing both freedom and failure. It symbolizes freedom because it was through art that Edna reached her highest point of awakening. When Edna paints she feels free, it is a way of self-expression. In a heated argument with her husband Leonce, Edna stops and says, “I feel like painting” (61). Her husband gets angry with the statement saying that all Edna does is paint and that she never takes care of her family. In this scene of the story the author shows how important art is to Edna, and that she even puts painting before her own children. Art is a stress reliever and helps Edna escape into her own little world even if it is only for a couple of minutes. Art represents failure because Edna does not achieve everything that she was looking for. Most artists are free and independant such as Mademoiselle Reisz, a pianist and good friend ...
Additionally, they also deal with depression and an identity crisis. Art’s depressive state is evident in the comic strip in which Anja commits suicide. Art and Vladek are shattered after this tragedy. Art recalls how his mother came into his room and asked him if he loved her, he responded with detachment and irritation: “I turned away, resentful of the way she tightened the umbilical cord” (Spiegelman 103). After the suicide, it is apparent that Art regrets his behaviour and is overcome with guilt and shame for neglecting his mother when she came to him for support and comfort, he says, “I felt nauseous…the guilt was overwhelming!” (102). Having said that, simultaneously, he also resents her: “You murdered me, mommy, and you left me here to take the Rap!!!” (103). Art is burdened by his parents unresolved trauma, and he realizes that he needs to work through the traumatic responses which they have projected onto him. A feeling of responsibility towards his parent’s and the pressure to sort out their issues leaves a negative impact on Art’s mental health. For instance, during a conversation with Francoise, Art says, “I can’t even make any sense of my relationship with my father…how am I supposed to make any sense of Auschwitz?...of the holocaust?...” (14). It is clear how Arts resonates his relationship with his father with Auschwitz. Throughout the biography, Art struggles to decipher his relationship with his father and the Holocaust. He feels guilty that he lived an “easy” life in comparison to his parent’s. He claims that representing a reality which is complex and traumatic, through a comic strip, is difficult. He wishes that he was at Auschwitz with his parents so he could experience what they went through (16).Art’s relationship with Vladek and Anja influences his psychological well-being, but Richieu, Arts deceased brother, also has a deteriorating effect on Art. In
Many in the modern world seem to take great pride in the rapid pace which life holds for most of us. It is as if we might squeeze a few more precious moments of life's experience for ourselves if we move a bit faster. In reality, we rob ourselves of the enjoyment of the slow consideration of the phenomena we experience everyday. Art is something static which we might use to slow us in our perception of our world. It is not required that art be something static in motion but in thought. It is not something to be considered with only fleeting attention. A single painting could mean millions of different things to different people. It is the value of possibility and of perception that is so important. The Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNCG is a perfect example of the importance of this concept.
Another example of Art's psyche coming out in the book is at his psychiatrist's, Pavel, office. Pavel is a survivor like his father and mother where, he helps Art to deal with issue that have come from being the child of a survivor.
In art history, interpretation identifies the influences of time and place on the artist, thus images of the same subject may be created at different times or in different locations that may have little in common. Their differences reflect the contrasting personal and cultural traditions and values of each artist. Art helps one to analyze our peers by understanding the type of person one is interacting with, that is, the social skills that one needs to interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds. By observing the subject of art, one is able to access the subject on how it relates to the current
Taking this Art Appreciation class with such an amazing teacher made me look at art more broadly. So my experience through the museum the exhibits gave me an understanding of a culture that I didn’t know much about before. I have learned why artist makes art to create places for human purpose. To create extraordinary versions of the commonly seen and to commemorate moments in life that sometimes a picture just can’t capture. Art work also gives a tangible form of the unknown to feelings and ideas you never knew you could have. Artworks help to show us a vision and help us see the world in new ways. Now, because of this class I really look for content in artwork, and its subject matter as interpreted. I love to look for the message behind a work of art
... over time – and the viewer’s personal experience, essentially her history. This gets very near to a common sense perspective – what we look at, and what we think about what we see has much to do with who we are and what we have experienced in life. Thus, art may be described as an interaction between the viewer, influenced by her experiences, with the work of art, inclusive of its history and the stories built up around it over time. When we look at art, we must acknowledge that the image is temporally stretched – there is more to it than meets the eye at present. What we learn from Didi-Huberman’s approach is to give this temporal ‘tension’ its due. Didi-Huberman describes and defends the importance of of how we look at artistic works: images that represent something determinate, while always remaining open to the presentation of something new and different.
Salvador Dali (1904-89), a grand surrealist, was inspired by the unusual, psychology, science, dream studies, and the works of psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud. Dali painted canvases of every size, color, and subject. It was Dali’s thought provoking work that drew me to the museum dedicated to him in St. Petersburg, Florida. The official home of Dali's creations are in the back yard of my Tampa Bay community! His paintings explored current events, the subconscious and his life experiences. Chances are, if Dali painted it, there is a meaning behind it. Known for his now well recognized melting clocks in Persistence of Memory, 1931,oil on canvas, 9 ½ x 13 feet, and his picture perfect mustache, Dali’s work has taken
From his work, the audience could see his freedom. Free of doing anything and everything that he wants and that’s what art is. Krammer tells the relationship between art and freedom by evaluating Rothko’s artwork and style. Also, another book called, “Inclusive Design Patterns,” by Heydon Pickering contained the discussion of what art is. In this book, Pickering gave more than one definition to art. However, a unique writing in his book is that he metaphors art to view. Everyone in the world has different perspective, which means people see the world differently. Although people were looking the same artwork, they might get the totally opposite meaning. This proves two things; one is that art is free. Not only the creator of the production would have that freedom of making art, but also the audience could have the freedom of understanding the art. The other point is that the art may have more than a million meanings and that are related to the concept of “Narrative
In this particular chapter, I read a wonderful quote that says “the metaphor is the soul of art”, which links art to
Throughout the ages art has played a crucial role in life. Art is universal and because art is everywhere, we experience it on a daily basis. From the houses we live in (architecture) to the movies we see (theatre) to the books that we read (literature). Even in ancient culture art has played a crucial role. In prehistoric times cave dwellers drew on the wall of caves to record history. In biblical times paintings recorded the life and death of Christ. Throughout time art has recorded history. Most art is created for a specific reason or purpose, it has a way of expressing ideas and beliefs, and it can record the experiences of all people.