第三星期：四月24-30 《文学与艺术的互动 : 作家笔下的艺术家》-- Online post
Tracy Chevalier, inspired by Vermeer paintings, created a piece of literary work. Can you name some other authors or novels that have drawn inspiration in a similar way? Either by one piece of art work or by one artist.
Homework I: 作家笔下的艺术家
As part of this week's homework we can also discuss the images the author used in the book, such as pearl earrings ...... There are quite a few cases. So far only 2 items are mentioned.
what do they stand for?
Homework II: images and their meaning:
1. pearl earrings
2. 8 pointed star circle in the square
3. Crucifixion Room
4. The covering of her hair
5. Arranging of vegetables
6. Looking through the camera obscura
7. The tile of boy and girl
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The Da Vinci Code: http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/
that was fast.
第三次作业
The Lady and the Unicorn
http://www.tchevalier.com/unicorn/
第3星期的作业分两部分：第1部分是shared document;第2部分是书中的内容。
As for part II we need more participation. Scan or re-read it to find as many symbolic objects as possible, or anything.
Italian painter Caravaggio had an indirect influence on Vermeer's style. On the other hand, Jan Vermeer had a great influence on the Impressionists. Van Gogh said of his painting "Girl in a Turban", "this strange painters palette consists of blue, lemon yellow, pearl gray, black and white". Renoir considered "The Lace Maker" one of the best pictures in the world. Alongside Rembrandt, Vermeer is the best known painter of the Dutch Golden Age, and his paintings are admired for their transparent colours, careful composition, and brilliant use of light. The following biography attempts to give an impression of the life of this Dutch masterpainter.
珍珠耳环漫散着白光，将珍珠的高贵和女孩的纯洁很好地体现了出来，淡篮色的头巾和珍珠及女孩非常和谐，淡淡欲滴红唇如新鲜的草莓，期待并有些忧伤的眼神将少女时期的迷茫一并展现了出来。。。。
Wow! You can read a lot into it.
Find more symbols in the book and think hard what meaning they convey? Newcomer, where are you?
She is in Orphra Windfrey Show.
About the 8 pointed star circle in the square of the market place. There are lots of references to star circle and how Griet wondered what each direction might lead her.
I will read the book more carefully to note all the occasions and her choices she was confronting with.
But I do remember when she was asked by Vermeer to fetch the earring box from Catharina. Maria Thin got the pearl earring to Griet. At that point, she had the pearls in her hands and felt like a new rich. She wondered which direction of the 8 starred circle that she might consider to take. Flee the place, having all the pearls to herself...
So, the starred square implies two things to me: how easy to go astray -- a decision of a moment may lead us to a total new existence/life.
It could also mean the inner struggle that we may find ourselves in, like an individual moral compass. With all eight directions open to us all the time, why we choose what we choose?
For an artist, requirement of a decision is constant, what color, what pose, what backdrop, all leading to a completely different portrait or landscape.
All painting of perpetuity may have been resulted from not-so-perpetual thoughts.
The dilemma of "moment" and "forever"!
开始读这本书的时候并没有觉得问题很多，一口气读了这本书之后，拿得起放不下了。 我想问问作者，她为什么用那种形式结束这本书？
1。几百年前的故事，结尾的地方处理的怎么这么具有现代化？
为什么女孩子将珍珠卖掉？
画家和女孩子的老公有什么关系？
女孩子和画家有没有爱情？女孩子能有这种奢望吗？
如果没有内心深处的感觉，她的面部表情会体现得这么深刻吗？
2。当画家的老婆Catharina将珍珠移交给Griet的时候，说“you, go" ，她眼里含着眼泪，这是什么样的泪水？
你觉不觉得Catharina 还挺有信誉的，不将珍珠交给女孩会有什么结果呢？
3。你从来都不会有画家和女孩子留有小孩子猜测吧？
4。 为什么画家要把珍珠交给女孩子？
5。 为什么画家临死之前租借此画？是重温爱情还是自我欣赏自己的杰作？
6。 ？？？
你们有问题吗？
交作业了。
Great! Ladies.
More questions:
The Crucifixion Room is mentioned several times. What is the smybolic meaning of it?
Griet won't let others see her hair until ... What does it hint at?
Hi,everybody. I did'nt realize that I would be missed. I'm back now. I know I had been lacking off a bit, but between pottery and mahjong, i had been spreading myself pretty thin. By the way, Hellen, I had left my cel-phone in Chicago, You can email me instead .
Welcome back, Newcomer! How was the show?
We went to a great show last night to see a rising star :-)
As for 大雁's questions you can go to Tracy''s website to read her interview on how the novle came into being.
http://www.tchevalier.com/gwape/
Just found a detailed study guide. Wow, we all need re-read it.
http://www.teachit.co.uk/attachments/6022.pdf
Just found a detailed study guide. Wow, we all need re-read it.
http://www.teachit.co.uk/attachments/6022.pdf
作品中除了用了许多smybolic images外，还刻画了人物关系的主线(the relationship) between Griet, Vermeer, Maria Thin, , Catharina Tanneke, Cornelia, etc.
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