... exhibition hall, were displayed in a chronological order. The first piece I chose to analyze gives us a look at one of his earlier self portraits. Delafield finished the portrait around 1945. The 18"X12" encaustic self-portrait has a background of reddish-pink color. It depicts a young Delafield with a very stern look on his face. Delafield represented himself possibly in his Army greens. The picture has a very ... his forehead. Again this is not one of my favorite pictures. It continues with the theme, of what I feel, is a very serious and cold man. The blue background definitely suppo...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Picture of Dorian Gray Summary of novel: Dorian Gray, the beautiful, talented, charming young man, has managed to capture the hearts of both men and women alike during nineteenth-century England. His incredible purity has attracted Lord Henry Wotton, who vies for his attention with Basil Hallward, a trusting and gentle artist. Basil, having poured his soul into a wonderful portrait of Dorian, resents the recent ... . He weaves into his plot Greek mythology, comparing his characters to Greek gods and goddesses, or to Shakespearean tragic heroes. The novel is based on "artistic idolatry,"" ...

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... Gray by Oscar Wilde is a tale of moral corruption by the means of aesthetic beauty. In this novel, Basil Hallward presented a young Dorian Gray with a portrait of himself. After speaking with Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian made a wish that changed his life forever. This story emphasizes its disapproval over the love over aesthetics, which has many negative impacts ... on the main characters and their lives. The three key characters meet some form of personal tragedy as a result of their love for aesthetics. Basil ... influenced by this book. Dorian's devotion to pleasure becomes his way of ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School