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Lady of Shalott
Basically, I need to do a piece of art, be it a poem, a song, or a painting, inspired by the Lady of Shalott poem and write about my piece of art. But I don't know what to do. Basically, could you take any aspect of the poem, like Sir Lancelot's role or something, and explain it to me, or just give me some ideas on what to do?
I want to do a poem and a painting and incorporate the poem into the painting, but what about?? Help please...
AJH.
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First off - if you don't have a clear or great understanding on elements in the poem, do a little research. You will find summaries, themes, and general information that will give you a better interpretation and may give you inspiration.
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-I used this source as a reference for my artistic ideas. Look at more than one source to give you ideas.
Ideas that come to my mind - wooden wheel with some wool material hanging off the wheel. The wheel on a canvas or sturdy poster. Above the wheel, to the right corner - paint an antique mirror frame and use maybe broken mirror pieces or perhaps aluminum or something easy to cut. In the center of the mirror, paint a few things she sees in the mirror, 'the shadows of the world' - highway road, which also passes through the fields, the eddies in the river, and the peasants of the town. Or in the center of the mirror paint the knight and write above him - tirra lirra
Or paint a four grey towers and things in the setting around the towers. Make one tower taller - the one she was in and create a window and inside a tiny cracked mirror and web of colors on a loom. To the right side of the towers, create a river and a boat plus a figure resembling a lady in a white robe sailing away from the towers.
"The end of her artistic isolation thus leads to the end of creativity.." "Having abandoned her artistry, the Lady of Shalott becomes herself an art object; no longer can she offer her creativity, but merely a dead-pale beauty.."
Maybe take some colorful wool and glue lines of it from the left to the right of the bottom of your painting... lightly burn the wool on the right before gluing to the painting so that it looks like the beautiful wool transforms into burnt wool. Above that paint on the left side- window of the tower plus the UNbroken mirror - use a miny round mirror you can get at a craft store.. paint the frame. On the right side, paint a pale, beautiful face. Above the face - paint a music note or two and write tirra lirra. Or above the face, put a line from the poem that relates to this idea.
Hope my ideas are any help to you.
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