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amy christmas tomorrow. And this is a formal analysis on Ophelia.
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Ophelia painted by John Everette Milius in 1851/1852 is an important work
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of art that uses realism symbolism and balance to show many emotions.
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This painting doesn't have too many theories,
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saying that the story behind it is already written by Shakespeare,
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though there are different ways to interpret the foreground of the painting.
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The story of Ophelia is that she's out of her mind with grief and
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she sees the beauty of nature and lays in a brook after picking flowers,
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singing,
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unaware of the fact that her garments are
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slowly dragging her down and eventually drown her,
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which she doesn't fight her death is seen as
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one of the most politically written death scenes.
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The story of Ophelia,
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along with the painting can be evaluated with philosophies such as pre
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Raphaelite brotherhood who concern themselves with
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medieval and our theory in legends.
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They rejected academic artistic traditions, just like the impressionists.
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Later on what
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in this painting,
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we see a woman laying in a brook surrounded by flowers
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that have fallen off their stems and into the brook.
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There are trees in the background and we see
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that through the branches of all those trees.
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The sun manages to shine through
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painting with the medium of this artwork.
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Bright natural colors are used in this painting.
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We also see the roots of a fallen tree behind the woman.
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There's a red bird on the roots of that tree
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and it appears to be the only animal nearby.
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The different flowers we see in the stream are poppies, daisies and pansies.
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The woman is staring above and not at the beauty around
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her and is allowing herself to remain still in the water.
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This painting's dimensions are 2 6 x 38.
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It is representation are endless historical art which was made in 1851/1852.
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In this painting,
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we see one of the largest things in it is a
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tree that has fallen and Ophelia herself laying in the brook,
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the fallen tree being bigger than the other plants in this painting
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can show its importance of something that's fallen over and died.
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The smallest things that we can see in this painting is the flowers on the ground,
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You Ophelia and the flowers that are behind her as well.
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The colors that are in this painting are all bright,
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vibrant colors that you would find in nature along with the colors in nature.
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We can also see the textures of nature
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such as the grass stems and the flowers along the water in the brook.
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There's also implied space with the shadows in the background
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with the trees and grass.
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There implied lines that helped my eyes move from left to right
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when looking at the painting in the first place I would look is
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that is emphasized is Ophelia herself.
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The big idea in this artwork is femininity
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along with the tragedy of Ophelia is death.
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This work affects me because it shows tragedy and
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beauty and how many forms of symbolism can be
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poetic and beautiful.
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This artwork connects with my knowledge of art because
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I can see that it was painted in
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accordance with the aims of prayer affiliate brotherhood.
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This painting connects with my knowledge of life
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by shaping how there isn't
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always going to be a happy ending and that there are tragedies
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in life but that those tragedies can be beautiful and immortalized.
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I believe that the formalism in this project is done very well
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because you're able to see how each part enhances the other,
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such as how the darkness of the shadows from the tree helps enhance
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the brightness of the colors of the flowers in the water with Ophelia.
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And even though there's some contrast in these things,
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there is still a unity of the whole painting
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because nature isn't always going to look the same.
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There's many different ways it will look depending on the season and time.
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I believe that this advances the interests of humanity by helping us
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think about tragedy and how it can be turned into something amazing.
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I believe that this artwork has the power to
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arouse viewers emotions because the story behind the painting
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is much more meaningful than what may come to mind when viewers lay their eyes on it.
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In conclusion,
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a failure is a painting that uses realism and symbolism
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to make the viewer feel emotion from a tragedy,
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it's a painting with Ophelia laying in a brook,
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she is surrounded by beauty while there's emphasis on her
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and that we know she's dying.
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We see symbolism in the tree behind her that has fallen and died just as she will sink,
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fall
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in the water. And I
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we see femininity in the way affiliates posed and tragedy in this artwork.