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''Saint-Séverin No. 3'', now housed in the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, marks a time for Delaunay that he described himself as "a period of transition from Cézanne to Cubism." This is apparent in the heavily emphasized geometry of the piece. According to the Guggenheim's website, "Robert Delaunay chose the view into the ambulatory of the Parisian Gothic church Saint-Séverin...in which he charted the modulations of light streaming through the stained-glass windows and the resulting perceptual distortion of the architecture." Although colors play an important part in distinguishing the lines and shapes expressed in the painting, readers of ''The Dial'' would not have had the opportunity to reference the nuance added to the painting's patina by the varying shades of brown, red, blue and green. Because ''The Dial'' was printed in black and white, the reader would have been delivered into the world of Delaunay's piece from a distorted perspective of distortion--though this is somewhat unfortunate, it seems fitting, especially considering that Eliot's ''Waste Land'' included layers of content about such themes as decay and disenchantment. | ''Saint-Séverin No. 3'', now housed in the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, marks a time for Delaunay that he described himself as "a period of transition from Cézanne to Cubism." This is apparent in the heavily emphasized geometry of the piece. According to the Guggenheim's website, "Robert Delaunay chose the view into the ambulatory of the Parisian Gothic church Saint-Séverin...in which he charted the modulations of light streaming through the stained-glass windows and the resulting perceptual distortion of the architecture." Although colors play an important part in distinguishing the lines and shapes expressed in the painting, readers of ''The Dial'' would not have had the opportunity to reference the nuance added to the painting's patina by the varying shades of brown, red, blue and green. Because ''The Dial'' was printed in black and white, the reader would have been delivered into the world of Delaunay's piece from a distorted perspective of distortion--though this is somewhat unfortunate, it seems fitting, especially considering that Eliot's ''Waste Land'' included layers of content about such themes as decay and disenchantment. | ||
| − | It is significant that the scene depicted in Delaunay's painting is comprised completely of stone. The view leads through the church's ambulatory, complete with carved columns and vaulted ceilings; the monotony of the subject medium complements The Waste Land's repeated return to inorganicism: | + | It is significant that the scene depicted in Delaunay's painting is comprised completely of stone. The view leads through the church's ambulatory, complete with carved columns and vaulted ceilings; the monotony of the subject medium complements The Waste Land's repeated return to the defeat of inorganicism over the living: |
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| − | + | This excerpt from Part I of ''The Waste Land'', entitled, "The Living of the Dead" introduces the the reader to a metaphorical landscape that is hostile to other forms of life. The speaker notes that relief from poem's environment gives very little comfort at all; the only place in which the speaker may find any semblance of "shelter" is under the "shadow of this red rock." | |
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