Exchange: Visual Adaptations of Literature

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Adaptations and Appropriations

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David M Choberka

Last Updated

February 17, 2021 11:31 a.m.

22 Items in this Learning Collection

Christian New Testament

Resource with 73 media

American Orientalist art at the turn of the 20th century

Resource with 5 media

Art of the Ramayana

Resource with 16 media

Children's Literature and Stories

Resource with 28 media

European Primitivisms

Four male figures face each other, one in a hat on the left and three on the right facing him. The figure in the center has one hand raised to his chest. The two men on the right are looking at the man in the center.

Resource with 53 media

Greco-Roman Mythology

Resource with 124 media

Greek Cultural Influence

Resource with 142 media

Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Resource with 70 media

Hindu Gods and Goddesses

Resource with 162 media

Human-Animal Metamorphosis

Two figures are seen riding through the water in the foreground; the woman is nude save for an elaborate headdress, the man holds a tortoise shell as a shield and has an antler-like object on his head and has a serpent-like body which supports the woman. Behind is a minutely described landsape with walled town, castle, and along the opposite bank o the water, nude females swimming and a man running in alarm to the water's edge.

Resource with 63 media

Humorous Appropriation

Black and white print using Ben Day dots to depict a part of the facade of a temple.

Resource with 41 media

Kabuki Images

A man hunches over as he carries the end of an oar. He is barefoot and wears robes in several bright patterns. A sword is visible at his right hip. One of his legs is raised as if to take a step. The background behind him is water.<br /><br />
This is the center panel of a triptych (with 2011/2.193.1 and 2011/2.193.3).<br /><br />
Inscriptions: Sendō Matsuemon jitsu wa Higuchi no Jirō; Kuniyoshi ga (Artist's signature); To (Publisher's seal); Hama, Magome (Censor's seals)<br />

Resource with 216 media

Lives of Christian Saints

Resource with 104 media

Occult Mysticism in Western Art

Photograph of a tableau from a Catholic church in Calvario, Patzuaro, Mexico. The scene includes a male figure at the center, with two women and one man arranged behind him.

Resource with 110 media

Orientalism

Resource with 57 media

Postcolonial Art

Resource with 31 media

Religious Encounters in the New World

Resource with 30 media

Shakespeare

Resource with 8 media

Translating Homer

Resource with 16 media

Visual Adaptations of Literature

Resource with 65 media

Visual Adaptations of Music

Resource with 17 media

Visual Adaptations of Poetry

The image depicts a two-doored red cabinet, outlined in thick black lines. It has a light blue handle on each door. The print is signed and editioned in pencil (l.r.) "Patrick Caulfield AP".

Resource with 43 media

Visual Narrative

Copyright

Creative Commons by-nc-sa

Created by

David M Choberka

Last Updated

February 17, 2021 11:31 a.m.

22 Items in this Learning Collection

Visual Adaptations of Poetry

Resource with 43 media

Adventure

A photograph of four young men sitting in a car. A young child runs past the car in the foreground, blurred from motion.

Resource with 107 media

Apocalypses

Woodcut print with some distortion/fading in lines in upper right corner (hilt of sword, trumpet, light rays); broken lines near right arm of Christ; text visable through paper.

Resource with 204 media

Art of the Ramayana

Resource with 16 media

Children's Literature and Stories

Resource with 28 media

Christian New Testament

Resource with 73 media

Greco-Roman Mythology

Resource with 124 media

Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Resource with 70 media

Hindu Gods and Goddesses

Resource with 162 media

Human-Animal Metamorphosis

Resource with 63 media

Kabuki Images

Resource with 216 media

Lives of Christian Saints

Resource with 104 media

Manifest Destiny and the American West

Resource with 76 media

Mythology

Collection with 6 items

Narrative Photography

Resource with 38 media

Shakespeare

Resource with 8 media

Speaking With and Without Words

Resource with 26 media

The Divine Comedy

Resource with 140 media

Translating Homer

Resource with 16 media

Visual Adaptations of Literature

Resource with 65 media

Visual Narratives

The artist has captured the story of the deer hunt with the fewest possible elements, in a way that is instantly recognizable and yet takes liberties with the classical tale. The forest is represented by two trees and a few sprays of foliage; the deer is a mundane gray, not magical gold; and Sita waits anxiously in a white marble pavilion, rather than a thatched hut. The vibrantly colored backgrounds divide the composition into zones that create mood and organize the narrative.

Resource with 73 media

Frogs vs. Crickets

Collection Object

Visual Adaptations of Literature

Antonio Frasconi
Don Quixote and Rosinante
color woodcut on paper
19 3/16 in x 13 ⅛ in (48.74 cm x 33.34 cm);28 1/16 in x 22 1/16 in (71.28 cm x 56.04 cm);24 ¾ in x 16 9/16 in (62.87 cm x 42.07 cm);20 ⅜ in x 14 ⅛ in (51.75 cm x 35.88 cm)
Museum Purchase

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Eugène Delacroix
Death of Ophelia (Act IV, Scene VII); from the series of 16 prints, Hamlet
lithograph on paper
7 3/8 in x 10 1/4 in (18.73 cm x 26.04 cm);13 3/4 in x 20 5/8 in (34.92 cm x 52.39 cm);7 1/4 in x 10 in (18.41 cm x 25.4 cm);18 in x 22 in (45.72 cm x 55.88 cm)
Museum Purchase

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Eugène Delacroix
Hamlet et Ophélie (Act III, Scene 1); from the series of 16 prints, Hamlet
lithograph on chine appliqué
9 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in (24.13 cm x 19.68 cm);9 3/8 in x 7 5/8 in (23.81 cm x 19.37 cm);22 3/8 in x 15 3/4 in (56.83 cm x 40.01 cm);28 in x 22 in (71.12 cm x 55.88 cm)
Museum Purchase

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This print has rows of stencilled black text in all capital letters on black background. In pencil, the print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Glenn Lignon '92" and numbered (l.l.) "27/45".

Glenn Ligon
Untitled
etching, aquatint, spitbite, and sugarlift on Rives BFK paper
25 in x 17 1/4 in (63.5 cm x 43.82 cm);32 3/16 in x 26 3/16 in (81.76 cm x 66.52 cm)
Museum Purchase

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This print has rows of stenciled black text in all capital letters on black background. In pencil, the print is signed and dated (l.r.) "Glenn Lignon '92" and numbered (l.l.) "27/45".

Glenn Ligon; Gregory Burnet
Untitled
etching, aquatint, spitbite, sugarlift on Rives BFK paper
25 in x 17 1/4 in (63.5 cm x 43.82 cm);32 3/16 in x 26 3/16 in (81.76 cm x 66.52 cm)
Museum Purchase

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A photograph of tin figures in a shallow plane, set against a black backdrop. A woman carries a child across a featureless landscape.

David Levinthal
Crossing the River
photogravure on paper
17 11/16 in x 20 7/8 in (44.93 cm x 53.02 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

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A photograph of two tin figures in a shallow plane, set against a dark, black backdrop. The small figure on the left stands facing the large figure on the right, as the figure on the left points her figure authoritatively.

David Levinthal
Eva and Topsy
photogravure on paper
17 11/16 in x 20 7/8 in (44.93 cm x 53.02 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

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A photograph of a tin figure in a shallow plane, set against a black backdrop. Large plants surround the male figure. He holds a large basket on his shoulder, above his head, carrying it and leaning forward, illustrating the burden of the large load.

David Levinthal
In the Cotton Field
photogravure on paper
17 11/16 in x 20 7/8 in (44.93 cm x 53.02 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

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A photograph of two toy figures in a shallow plane, set against a black backdrop. The two figures kneel on the ground, flora made of the same tin material on either side of them. The figure on the left reaches out, touching the shoulder of the figure on the right.

David Levinthal
Bidding Farewell
photogravure on paper
17 11/16 in x 20 7/8 in (44.93 cm x 53.02 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

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A photograph of a tin figure in a shallow plane, set against a black backdrop. The figure is framed by two large trees in the mid-ground. The figure appears joyful as he jumps and dances into the distance.

David Levinthal
Dancing in the Field
photogravure on paper
17 11/16 in x 20 7/8 in (44.93 cm x 53.02 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

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A photograph of two tin figures in a shallow plane, set against a black backdrop, an architecural structure of the same material on the right of the composition. The woman on the left stands, while the woman on the left kneels, looking up at the woman on the right.

David Levinthal
Eva and Aunt Ophelia
photogravure on paper
17 11/16 in x 20 7/8 in (44.93 cm x 53.02 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

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A photograph of two tin figures in a shallow plane, set against a black backdrop. They are surrounded by trees made of the same material. On the left, a woman holds a lantern, interacting with the other female figure on the right.

David Levinthal
Planning the Escape
photogravure on paper
17 11/16 in x 20 7/8 in (44.93 cm x 53.02 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

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