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Ekphrasis the poet speaks of artThe visual description of art is
called ekphrasis; it was created by the ancient Greeks. The goal of
this literary form is to make the reader envision the subject
described as if it were physically present. In many cases, however,
the subject never actually existed, making the ekphrastic
description a demonstration of both the creative imagination and
the skill of the writer.Or
HOW ONE ART FORMINSPIRES & TRANSLATES INTO ANOTHER ART
FORMThe Group of Seven formed in 1920
Franklin Carmichael Lawren S. Harris Alexander Young Jackson
Frank H. Johnston Arthur Lismer J.E.H. MacDonald Frederick H.
Varley
Franklin Carmichael: Mirror Lake
The Pool: Tom Thompson
Winter Charlevoix: A.Y. JACKSON
Houses St Urbain Quebec: A.Y. JACKSON
LAWREN HARRIS: Arctic Scene $2 million
LAWREN HARRIS: Maligne Lake
EMILY CARR
& her love of trees.
DONALD FLATHER: Furry Creek
Shannon Falls
THE ELDERS ARE WATCHING: Roy Henry Vickers
ROY HENRY VICKERS: Siwash Rock
ROY HENRY VICKERS: Tyee MoonShow Dont Tell: a descriptive
paragraphREVIEW AND PRESET
NOW,
WRITE A SHORT 3-5 LINE POEM USING THE IMAGERY IN YOUR
DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH.TO DATE:A placeA photo
SHOW DONT TELL- A descriptive paragraphFREE VERSE
POETRYAccording to Brueghel when Icarus fell it was spring a farmer
was ploughing his field the whole pageantry of the year was awake
tingling near the edge of the sea concerned with itself sweating in
the sun that melted the wings' wax. Insignificantly off the coast,
there was a splash quite unnoticed; this was Icarus drowning
Bruegels: Landscape with the fall of Icarus
The Starry NightBy Anne Sexton
That does not keep me from having a terrible need ofshall I say
the wordreligion. Then I go out at night to paint the stars.Vincent
Van Gogh in a letter to his brother
The town does not exist except where one black-haired tree slips
up like a drowned woman into the hot sky. The town is silent. The
night boils with eleven stars.Oh starry, starry night! This is how
I want to die.
It moves. They are all alive. Even the moon bulges in its orange
ironsto push children, like a god, from its eye. The old unseen
serpent swallows up the stars.Oh starry, starry night! This is howI
want to die:
into that rushing beast of the night,sucked up by that great
dragon, to splitfrom my life with no flag, no belly, no cry.
Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) Lyrics
Starry, starry night, paint your palette blue and greyLook out
on a summer's day with eyes that know the darkness in my
soulShadows on the hills, sketch the trees and the daffodilsCatch
the breeze and the winter chills, in colors on the snowy linen
land
Now I understand what you tried to say to meHow you suffered for
you sanity How you tried to set them freeThey would not listen they
did not know how, perhaps they'll listen now
Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly
blazeSwirling clouds in violet haze reflect in Vincent's eyes of
china blue
Colors changing hue, morning fields of amber grainWeathered
faces lined in pain are soothed beneath the artist's loving
hand
For they could not love you, but still your love was true And
when no hope was left in sight, on that starry, starry nightYou
took your life as lovers often do,But I could have told you,
Vincent,This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you
Starry, starry night, portraits hung in empty hallsFrameless
heads on nameless walls with eyes that watch the world and can't
forget.Like the stranger that you've met, the ragged man in ragged
clothesThe silver thorn of bloody rose, lie crushed and broken on
the virgin snow
Now I think I know what you tried to say to meHow you suffered
for you sanity How you tried to set them freeThey would not listen
they're not listening still Perhaps they never will.
The assignment:
Find and print a work of art that intrigues you.
Bring this to class tomorrow.
WRITE A SHOW DONT TELL DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH ON THE ART
WORK.
WHAT DOES THE WORK MAKE YOU THINK ABOUT. WHAT THEME IS
REVEALED.
BRAINSTORM ACTION WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE ARTISTS METHOD