IB (writing) Lit Blogs: Luke White

This painting, titled Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels, is by Lippo Memmi and is of 1350.  It is 26 1/4 by 13 inches, and its medium is tempera on wood with a gold background. This work of art immediately stood out to me not only because of its bright gold background, but also because it looked very familiar.  Even though I have never seen this specific painting before, the painting felt familiar because of my tour in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence this past summer. During that tour, our guide showed us many famous paintings of the Virgin Mary and Child and explained to us how she was painted differently over time. As far as the context of this painting, it was produced at a time when churches would often commission famous artists to depict notable religious scenes from the Bible, like Madonna and Child.  That is one of the reasons why there are so many paintings of the Virgin Mary and Child accessible today.  There is not much information on the loc...

How would you best describe the central idea of this chapter? Which phrase from the chapter best helps develop the central idea?  This is a chapter centered around hardship, standards, and isolation.  At the start of the chapter, Jane describes the hardships of the life she is living, and how those hardships are especially relevant in the winter.  Walking miles to church, insufficient clothing for the conditions, and an inadequate food supply were all hardships that Jane and the other girls had to deal with in the winter.   After giving insight into what her life was like at the time by describing such hardships, the chapter shifts the scene in a classroom where  Mr. Brocklehurst arrives.   Mr. Brocklehurst is first presented by Jane as a stern and well-known character whose purpose is to represent authority in some way.   Mr. Brocklehurst begins to talk to one of the teachers, Miss Temple, and then goes on to explain to her his...