The Traveling Man The Traveling Man is located in Deep Ellum, in the heart of downtown Dallas. It is in a public space open and inviting to all. It was built using stainless steel like material on the outside. With its stainless steel chairs, which are actually birds, it gives the Dallas Arts District a new modern look. To fully understand this piece is to understand the history and essence of Deep Ellum. Deep Ellum with its nationally known live music venues like trees and the now closed Gypsy Tea Room have hosted some of the world's greatest performers. The whole area was for many years, and up until a decade ago, the night life spot in Dallas and a magnet for artisans around the area and around the country. Recently the area has seen a …show more content…
It stands on Good Latimer Road and looks over the rest of Deep Ellum. The Statues body parts consist of different pieces of musical instruments. For example, the statue's head is represented by the head of a guitar. The long cylindrical legs taper upwards, and the stainless steel like material is spectacularly lit up at night giving it allure on a peaceful November night. The statue is firmly planted to the ground, but has the appearance of someone moving forward. Like this historic neighborhood is, following and all time low for the normally upbeat Arts District. This statue is the largest of three in the series, with a nine to ten foot statue named Waiting On A Train across Good Latimer from the larger The Traveling Man. Waiting On A Train depicts Traveling Man leaning against concrete wall strumming his banjo, a direct representation of street performers and their place in Deep Ellum’s history. The Great Awakening is the third statue and it features Traveling Man rising up from the ground, you can only see the top of his head and his eyes are closed, and it only comes up four feet off of the ground. There are also several songbird statues scattered around the three larger structures, these are great seats as the art is literally designed to sit on. The most prominent songbird is perched 40 feet high on the centerpieces arm. This is a beautiful series with an immaculate centerpiece, but what does it all
The difference between an archaic statue such as Kroisos (fig. 5-11) and a classical statue such as Doryphoros (fig. 5-42) may not seem very great in a single glance. In fact, you may not notice any differences in that one glance. Yet, if you were to look at them closely, you can see that these two statues actually have very little in common.
Fonny gives one of his first sculptures to his girlfriend’s mother; when describing the sculpture, his girlfriend, Tish, says, “It’s not very high, it’s done in black wood. It’s of a naked man with one hand at his forehead and the other half hiding his sex. The legs are…very wide apart, and one foot seems planted, unable to move, and the whole motion of the figure is torment” (Baldwin 38). This sculpture acts as a foreshadowing symbol in the novel because, like the sculpture, Fonny is a vulnerable black man who tries to avoid being raped, but he ends up being tormented and imprisoned in wood and stone. Also, like the sculpture, Fonny is ultimately left in the care and prote...
This statue is the result of the sculptor, Richard Rahl, being kidnapped and forced into bondage in a land ruled by a despotic religious order. This order’s teachings insisted humanity was in a state of sin from birth, unworthy of the light and love of their Creator. This sin was greed. To labor for one’s own survival was to show hatred of your neighbor through greed thus leading to slavery in all but name. Art in this land was deemed vile if it showed humanity in any other light than decrepit and twisted, cringing from their Creator and its light.
When one owns a valuable statue fashioned by a great artist, one becomes responsible for its security. So life-like it is that it may "run away and escape," jokes Plato, the point being that because fine statues are attractive to other people, their owners must take precautions against their loss by tying then down.
This is an extremely high relief sculpture made of limestone. It is to be viewed from a frontal standpoint. It however does have a potential for movement. There seems to be a great deal going on in such a close space. It is very crowded, but dramatic. The figures are intertwining with each other all at once even though there are different things happening. It reminds me of a play with scenes. You can actually step in to it and feel as though you are a part of what is happening because of all the different directions each individual is facing.
When beginning my sketch, I took a moment to analyze the work of art and found that the statue illuminated a sense of serenity. Like most viewers my initial reaction was to explore the statue from head to toe as I sought out the different elements and principles of art. The statue was close to life-size and just about my height, so looking straightforward we were eye to eye. I noticed the softness gathered about the facial structure, but all the same time the depth and complexity that was engulfed around the muscularity of the body. The rigorous symmetry was accounte...
There is a man passed out at the base of the statue. This is using a
In the story “Some Tings Lie So Deep”by Denise Barnard, the main character is named Jewel and she tis struggling with her sense of self. Her mother has been diagnosed with cancer. Jewel is spending as much time as she can with her mother. She does not like her real name so she tells everyone at school that her name is Julie.
The subway cart setting is an example of American symbolism. The eerie underground cart is an element of the play’s title; the flying Dutchman’s haunted ship, however, it can also be seen as the illustration of American society. The subway cart is a representation of an enclosed space where people are forced to interact. Regardless of race, gender and social class the urban subway cart is an area of social stimulation. Passengers often enter and ride anonymously, we see in the list of characters “Riders of Coach, white and black” are included in the dynamics of the subway cart set. It is a tight and confined space trapped with a random sampling of people at any given time. Baraka uses this setting as the perfect environment for two strangers to openly interact. A perfectly natural place to meet someone new, like Clay and Lula. A ...
We began with the typical touristy attractions; the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Soho, Central Park, and shopping. We had been planning this trip for months and had poured over every detail. From the time the plane landed, we were living by a minute-to-minute schedule. This was a well organized trip and The Great White Way was not on the agenda. Or so we thought.
“The horse statue looks similar to the horse associated with The Montauk Project which is a secret government program linked to controversial experiments such as mind control” (Crebar). “Researchers used the Montauk facility to study magnetic manipulation for teleportation, time travel and psychic manipulation” (Quinn).
The man, whose face we cannot see, is almost completely hidden in the dark shadows. Like the bird, this “night hawk” is camouflaged by the low light and shadows in such a way that he almost vanishes into the night. With his distance from the couple, the impression is that the man is mysterious, bad or even sinister. With the absence of a door, to the outside, the people seem to be trapped or isolated. The other buildings and sidewalks are also examples of subordination by the artist, de-emphasizing the importance of the surroundings so that the diner becomes the strongest focal point in the
Willy Loman, a travel salesman, lives in fear because his idea of the “American Dream” is distorted and not set in reality. His distortion of the “American Dream” leans itself to evaluating success and failures throughout the play.
The legs of the statue are described as "vast" (2), while the ruins are a
This is a great symbol of art because The Statue of Liberty is magnificent in every way, and serves its purpose to a superb level. Like I mentioned previously, “location, location, location .. “ the statue’s location was perfect back in the days of Ellis Island and is perfect now as a tourist site. Shortly after the immigrants on the boats first spotted the land of their new homes, they came into the Hudson river to see this grand statue, and to most people it wasn’t just some lady who was standing in the middle of a river, it was the lady who was going to free them or help them from their inadequate lives.