Brueghel

Adaptations present the development of ideas, which contribute to further understanding of the values upheld in the era of its creation. As such, Ovid’s narrative poem, ‘Metamorphosis’ 8 CE, depicts the dangers for man to deviate from the natural order. Leading on from this, Pieter Bruegel’s acclimatised art piece, ‘Landscape with the Fall of Icarus’ c. 1560, emphasises the sustenance of work. Also, as W.H. Auden’s poem, ‘Musée des Beaux Arts’ is heavily influenced by these presented texts, he had yet presented a more suitable paradigm to his era of the ignorance one has for disasters that do not directly affect oneself. Unmistakably seen within ‘Metamorphosis’ by Ovid, is the clear standards of the male role, and the encouragement by the societal norms of its creation to maintain this role. As such, Metamorphosis portrays Daedalus, father of Icarus, who discourages him to stretch the boundaries of his capabilities. Instead, it is shown that he encourages him to only “travel between the extremes”, which persists with a metaphor to attentively stay between boundaries one naturally would not go beyond. With this, viewers today can interpret the idea that extremes were not positively acted upon but instead, were the limits a person could not and should not tamper with. However, Icarus is attracted to the intoxicating nature of freedom and power. Supposedly, with the obtainment of personification, he decides to “ignoring his guide, drawn by desire to the heavens”, move off,…

Icarus’s suffering is ignored. Both Author of “Musee des Beaux Arts,” W.H. Auden and Pieter Brueghel, artist of The Fall of Icarus, develop the theme of suffering in Icarus through their artistic mediums. Auden and Brueghel both use position of objects to show suffering. In contrast, the authors differ in the emphasis of Icarus’ misfortune and the addition of outside characters. To begin with, Auden and Brueghel both position objects and characters to develop the theme of suffering. Auden…

“the Elder” attached to his name because, he is the eldest of the Flemish Renaissance painting Brueghel Dynasty. Pieter is at the top of that dynasty, and following in his footsteps to become painters are, his two sons, two grandsons, and one great grandson. There is one difference between them Pieter is the only one who left out the “h” in the family name Brueghel. Pieter Bruegel was a Netherlandish painter and much of his works provide a profound elemental of insight into peasant life or one…

poetic statement of Ekphrasis. Ekphrasis is a poem and a painting working together for one common goal, to describe and complement each other. Ekphrasis poems are motivated by a work from another medium: a painting, a photograph, film or architecture. Williams focuses on the painting Kermess by Brueghel, for his poem “The Dance” which is based much before World War II almost in Medieval times. Within the poem Williams highlights a few points such as culture and social class. “The Dance” is seen…

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus is a painting and poem about how no one cares what one person is feeling or going through. All they care about are themselves. Both Landscape with the Fall of Icarus by Pieter Bruegel and “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” by William Carlos Williams's use the myth of Daedalus and Icarus to show that every single human has to live life for themselves and sometimes the pain and tragedy one person is feeling goes unnoticed to the rest of the world. William…

This is first evident in the crop that is being ploughed. The lines are drawn to lead the eyes to the horse who is also facing away from Icarus, and leads the observer to the darken green hedge where within it lies a fleshy white corpse head. Bruegel uses this image to convey the Flemish proverb of “no plough stops for a dying man” (CITE). With this proverb, Bruegel reemphasizes the importance of Spring time, and how a simple farmer cannot afford to divert his attention to the cries of a…

very close – And as I’ve grown older, I’ve attempted to fuse the poetry and painting to make it the same thing” (Dijkstra, 2-3). This was before he even wrote Sour Grapes and it was already a concern of his. Flash forward fifty years, and it is still a major concern. There are many things Williams did to try to achieve this. One of them was quite simple; he chose to either add striking visual elements to his poems or take visual works of art as his subject. “The Great Figure” makes use of…

carries on like nothing happened. Auden first shows how life goes on in the first stanza of his poem with the line “While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along.” This line shows that people could be doing such trivial things, while another person could possibly be mourning the loss of someone. His lines about the kids and the dogs show that they are innocent and completely oblivious to the fact that someone may be suffering or dying. In the second stanza, Auden…

The tragedy of mankind is that everyone is doomed to encounter some form of failure. In “The Story of Daedalus and Icarus” Daedalus’ son, Icarus, forgets about his father’s warnings about flying between the sea and the sun and flies too high. Sure enough, the wax that held the wings together melts and he plummets into the sea and drowns. The interpretations of Ovid’s story by Brueghel, Auden, and Williams explain the central idea of a man’s failure. Within Brueghel’s depiction of Ovid’s story,…

notable Rubens scholars, have done extensive research and analysis of his oeuvre and personal life to paint a picture of the kind of man Rubens really was. Baudouin assess in the biography, Pierro Pauolo Rubens, that “(people) were likewise impressed by his great talent as an artist, his lively and penetrating mind, his competence in the field of classical Antiquity, and his wisdom as a diplomat” . Other types of books focus on Rubens’ diplomatic influence, relationships with other prominent…