Monet is deeper than old impressions (Waldemar Januszczak – The Sunday Times)
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/world/monet-is-deeper-than-old-impressions/story-fn30267p-1225930231978
Description:
An exhibition of the first major retrospective of Monet’s work for 30 years is launched in Paris until January next year.
Comment:
If Monet’s artwork will be on show in Sydney, will you go and see? If you are a art lover, you will definitely go there. I will as well.
So, as the photo showed above, we can know the influence of Monet is still a major one in art industry. The photographer photographed not only the long line in front of the building, but also the posters of Monet outside to clearly show what exactly people are queuing for.
Yes, near everything readers expect is included in the writer’s piece. Sometimes, I really admire the specific words Januszczak uses to describe a scene.
Spell
… it spells money and huge crowds of enthusiastic visitors…
First, I am not sure about the exact usage of it and look it up in a dictionary. When it is used as a noun, it can mean “great attraction, fascination, etc caused by a person or thing; strong influence”. Similarly, as a verb, it can delivere the same meaning.
Tattoo
… for art lovers who believe that… and that the best art tattoos itself in the imagination…
We all know tattoos and how it is planted in the body. Here, the writer uses simile to humanise what art lovers think art is. When I read this sentence, I can see a strong argument conveyed from it and its importance in art lovers’ mind.
Parallel structure
… bigger Monet: a poet, not a realist; a dreamer, not a witness; a heart, not an eye.
Parallel structure is one of the most difficult techniques in writing, at least in my opinion. You need to think of corresponding words, similar word form, and smoothly connect the sentence or phrase. In the story, the writer writes this sentence after introducing the expression of Monet’s work, and concludes a bigger Monet from his point of view. After reading it, I can feel the power of these simple words and it persuades me.
I am doing a persuasive writing piece now and I always find hard to find appropriate word to describe what I want to say. Maybe, when I read more, I will know some techniques.
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