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A 7 page research paper that argues that American artist Washington Allston's painting Elijah in the Desert (1818) exemplifies his philosophy that painting should resemble poetry. The writer discusses the principles that guided Allston's art in this regard and then examines how this painting fits these parameters. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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and bread and flesh in the evening and he drank of the brook."i In his massive landscape Elijah in the Desert (1818, oil on canvas, 49 1/4 x 72 3/4
inches), American artist Washington Allston captures the essence of this passage through the bleakness of its tortured terrain.ii Diana Strazdes points out that Allston, throughout his career, valued his art
in accordance as to how well it resembled poetry.iii Allstons goal was "to make panting like poetry in both form and substance."iv The following analysis of Allstons Elijah in the
Desert argues that this painting exemplified its creators ideas on this subject and truly was a visual poem. According to Strazdes, three principles guided Allstons approach. The earliest of
these to develop in Allstons style is the idea that great painting, like great poetry, communicates to the beholders emotions.v The second principle probably originated while Allston was studying
in Paris and Rome from 1803 to 1808 and maintains that the profoundest emotions are conveyed to the viewer when the narrative of the work is suspended and the viewers
imagination is thereby called upon to fill in what is not shown.vi The third principle, which dates from the time that Allston returned permanently to the US, holds that "metaphor,
the essence of poetry, encourages contemplation of metaphysical truths" and that this should be "at the heart of artistic expression."vii These principles can be seen in Allstons Elijah. In
September of 1817, Allston went on a six-week visit to Paris. During the following autumn and winter, he completed three major works: Uriel in the Sun, Elijah in the Desert
and Jacobs Dream.viii In these pictures, Allston developed a new for color, a combination of underpainting and glazing that served to provide "warm, rich, resonant tones," in which all colors
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