The painting shows six people who appear to be blind going down a small hill. Two of the blind men have fallen onto the dirt after tripping on some rocks. The other four seem confused holding each other to make sure they stay together.
The 2nd painting:
The 2nd painting shows a women on top of a pedÃs tile with her top showing the massacre while she holds a French flag surrounded by dead bodies and soldiers.
The 3rd painting:
Shows birds flying over a field with crops. Most likely wheat and the road is split 3 ways.
The 4th painting:
Illustrates a figure sitting down below a hill with the view of a bridge leading towards a castle entrance. The figure looks as if it is tired and alone.
The 5th painting:
Shows an people in a rural environment living in an old house with a lake behind it and they’re in the back with the horses giving it water while their pet dog watches from a distance.
The 6th painting:
Is a holy picture of the Christian belief of Jesus Christ sitting on the table with everyone else is talking or admiring him yet what’s weird of the painting is that no one seems to be eating.
The 7th painting:
Shows 3 different type of women. Those who only look for lust and love. Those who wear drapes and behave on the social norm. And those who don’t care and is free willing.
Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 102 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing, reading, and thinking on a weekly basis in an informal setting.
Hi Albert:
ReplyDeleteWithout looking at the professor's previous blog prior to viewing the paintings in class, I interpreted that the first painting was of blind men as well. But I feel like they had just become blind because they were all holding onto each other and carrying sticks to feel their surroundings. And let's not forget the first two men falling over into the ground. Most people who have been blind for a while, their other senses have become exceptionally stronger and they've learned how to go about doing normal functions such as walking without trouble. Maybe for these men in the painting, blindness came on suddenly similar to the internees in Saramago's "Blindness." I say this because if you look at their facial expressions they look distraught, in pain, and hopeless.