The stage of launching children starts with the first child becoming an adult and leaving home and ends with the last child of the family leaving home and the parents finally being alone. The big first order change that we are going to see in this stage is that of new people coming in to the family and also exciting. There is going to be young adult children bringing home new partners. Nevertheless, another first order change, can be that the parents divorce after their children leave home. A second order change that we see is that parents are left to emotionally deal with each other as a couple, not having to deal with raising children so closely. There can be some personal/relationship issues, that they may have not had the time to assess. Some other first order changes are that when the child comes home, they have different lifestyle (ie. turned vegetarian, new religion, values). A second order of change is now having the parents navigate those challenges with their child. A second order change is that the parents now have to create a new found relationship with their children, who are …show more content…
It is representative of this particular stage, because it reminds of a mother holding their grown child in their arms. When talking about the stage of launching children, the child is launched into various situations that when returning home, the child, now a young adult is unrecognizable to its mother. Nevertheless, in the picture we can see the hands holding them both together, as if a new relationship is being built, yet needs extra support. For me, this painting represented my mom and I clashing on our religious beliefs. Because when I left home I was catholic and upon coming back home, I was not anymore. We have been struggling to let go of my old identity, and having her deal with the fact that I am not a child with the religious background that she tried to enforce upon
One of the most effective principles Paolo de Matteis uses in this painting is his use of lines and invisible lines to direct the viewer’s attention to the child in his mother’s arms. The shepherds and their animals, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph are all instances of invisible lines in this painting, as their outstretched hands and lines of vision are all pointing to the baby Jesus. For example, the three women and the child kneeling to the bottom right side of the manger are all staring or pointing to the upper left, toward Jesus. Moving to the upper right corner of the painting, the ox and the donkey are directing their gaze to the bottom left, once again at Jesus. The two men to the right of the animals also point in that direction. In the top and center, Mary and Joseph watch their child, creating yet another invisible line pointing toward the point of emphasis, while the angels
His frustration is visible in the expression on his face. He appears tired of her bothering him about it, hence the hand. The child is showing a lot of white which can represent faith, I think the artist did this to say that the baby is giving the family faith because they are trying to provide for their child and in order to do that they need to be able to put food on the table which won’t just only help the baby but them as a whole. The woman may also symbolize strength that’s why the artist made her dress and lipstick red; she’s fiery. She may help the husband maintain his sanity no matter how many problems they are going through as a family.
The focal point of the painting is the woman with infant. This is shown by the lighting in the painting being directly on her, the bright red that she is wearing, and the circling of the putti around her figure along with the majority of their gazes being directed at her. The bright light directly behind her and the infant could possibly be coming from the sun behind the clouds in the sky, the putti to her upper right holding the torch, or it could be symbolic in that it is the infant’s halo and representative of his divine nature. The overall piece is not overly dark but the lighting seems to be most focused on the woman, infant, her other children, and the flying putti. This is an example of tenebrism.
The artpiece for me, interprets a depressed girl who has nothing to do with her life. She suffering from anxiety and thinks that no one understands her until the angel came and made her
The imagery helps Hall depict a father caring for their young child. Hall is first telling the reader that the father is with his child. The child seems to be very young because the father takes the child in his arms. “I take you in my
This assignment will discuss the transitions faced by children and their parents including horizontal and vertical transitions. It will also explain planned and unplanned changes in children’s life and how children and their parents may influence by those changes as well as suggesting the most appropriate ways to respond to those changes using the
The background has areas of dark and light that may be representing a dark part of this woman's life and the light area showing awakening in this woman's soul. To me the woman in the painting is staring out into the world and realizing that there is so much out there for her. That she can walk out of there and not be lost any more. Mrs. Mallard felt the same way. In the room she realized that she can now live her life on her own the way she wants to. She walked out of the room with a sense of
The idea of this piece is to show the connection between mother and daughter being painted. It shows the time and the classic style of the
Another attracting feature of this painting is that it appeals to your emotional side. Personally, I have an elder sister and we share a connection that is really rare. I have a picture of her, holding me as a baby with a huge smile on her face and this painting ultimately reminds me of that; giving me nothing but pleasant memories. That is what William is trying to do here. He uses the soothing and caring facial expression of the young lady together with the tenderness of the sleeping baby to capture his viewers and appeal to their caring and emotional side.
Filial Piety is the main focus of the painting. In the painting, several different scenes are showed. One scene shows Filial Piety relationships in a “levels of a contemporary society”(Maxwell, 40). It shows a son saying goodybe to his parents. Another
It is a scene which is shown after Jesus was crucified, where his body has been removed from the cross and his friends and family mourn over his body. Many artists have focused this scene by just painting four people: the body of Christ, His mother, Saint Mary Magdalene and Joseph of Arimathea.
The child itself is holding onto a red ribbon, which extends up toward the sky creating a texture of branches, and on them are couples. Amie R. Gillingham writes, “In this painting, she illustrates busts of her Mexican maternal and German paternal grandparents connected to her parents via a blood-like red ribbon that she (as a naked child) holds at the center of the composition.” Based on what is written it’s safe to indicate that the art piece is a way of representing the way Kahol felt about being a first generation of a mixed Latin American woman. She is just one person who would now have to carried different kinds of backgrounds, from both sides of her family. But, these two inherited traits were actually the thing that made Kahol who she really was. In the end, she identified with both of her inherited family blood because it was a part of her she chooses to accept. Even though it brought a lot of conflicts, these two cultural groups we're constantly represented within her self-portraits she made of herself. Even though we are the first factors to play in our own cultural identities, the loved ones around us play a major role as well.
The fifth stage occurs when the family is “launching children and moving on”. During this stage, there are multiple exits and entries into the family system. The grown children are leaving home, and potentially returning with their own spouses and children. Now that parents now longer have to raise their children, they must find new life activities to occupy themselves. They may have more time to travel, or more financial flexibility. Grandparents may become dependent on the parent physically and financially (Carter & McGoldrick, 1988, p. 19).
When I see the painting the shape is symmetric in the sense that there are the same amount of people on both sides of Jesus. The genre of this painting is Christian art.There are also four panels on both sides of the walls. In my opinion, the target audience that this painting was intended for are those who are believers of Christ. I feel this way because I think that this painting portrays the event that is talked about in the bible in the scripture Matthew 26, verse 21 where Jesus says “…"Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.". He then continues in verse 23 saying, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me”. In the painting, you can clearly see the man two seats away from his right reaching for the bowl at the same time as Christ. This event lead to the Holy Eucharist, also known as communion or the Lord’s Supper where Christ takes the bread which was to symbolize his body and wine which was to symbolize his
This painting is divided into three equal parts by the arches in the background and the characters correspond to each of these arches (TV12). The father is in the middle portion of the painting. The lines of perspective created by the tiled floor, draws our attention to the swords that the father is holding and the vanishing point lies just behind the handles of the sword. Our angle of vision is such that we are looking directly at the main figures groups, particularly the father. A single light source from the left of the picture illuminates the characters and also focuses our attention to the father holding the sword. This creates a ‘theatrical’ effect. The background is simple and stark so our attention is focussed on the figure groups in the painting. The painting has a wide tonal range that makes the composition logical and balanced. The colours used in this