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The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches - Coggle Diagram
The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches
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theme - Analysis
topics
ambiance
contrasts
black and white contrast and red and yellow contrast= chiaroscuro
colors
yellow
yellow on night hag
represents power and caution
black
witches cloak
represents evil, dark souls and sins
white
usually represents innocence, and purity
represents the arrival of a powerful deity (Hecate)
red
shadows and lights
light
represents the ability to see (religion), purity
witch
her breasts are exposed--> shows sexuality
shadow
the inability to see, the evil
witch
shadows are swallowing the witch
shapes
specific notable elements
the child
dead, used as a sacrifice (blood)
explanation: the blood is pure, maybe more powerful, but sinister, evil
the hellhounds
following the night hag,
explanation: bad omen, omens of unescapable and very close death
coven of Lapland witches
performing a ritual
explanation: their ritual involves dancing. not christian,
the entire concept of witches being bad is misogyny
the night hag
coming from the sky
explanation: lured by baby blood, summoned to participate in ritual
greek goddess Hecate
the witch
the witch worships the "night-hag" also known as Hecate
both hands touching the child, looking up to the light
explanation: sacrificing the child to summon night hag, she is getting the child's blood, the light is the night hag, witch is seeing if hecate is there
reference to Shakespeare's Macbeth because of the beard
This painting has a lot of elements that symbolizes many different things.
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theme- Interpretation
what feeling does the work arouse in you?
what does the artist want to show
what he felt
at that time, people only believed in Paradise and Hell, the artist wanted to show something where Paradise is lost taking Milton's Paradise Lost as a reference.
i think he felt inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost because the painting title is based off of part of the poem - he seems obsessed with the concept of good v evil, christianity v everything else, sin v v virtue
purpose of his painting
horror
they want to shock people, psychologically
His use of colors and references to non christian people and deities
he wanted to show us...
Powerful women were seen as evil, people who weren't christian were also considered evil
example: women are witches, they are ugly and doing evil things to the baby
this painter wants to...
wiki in Henry Fuseli
The painter used a lot of elements and his own opinions in order to make this painting.
introduction
thesis statement
This report explores the gothic elements based on context and history, analysis, and interpretation of the painting The Night-Hag Visiting the Lapland Witches
this painting illustrates a passage from Paradise Lost by John Milton
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS FITS
this painting is linked to religion
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436423
good information to know
Henry Fuseli’s The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches, once renamed to Lapland Orgies by Fuseli, stands as a clear representative of such. Meant to depict a representation of the goddess Hecate amidst a clear act of ritual witchcraft. Unmistakably a work of horror, meant as such by Fuseli, it paints a dark reality for modern audiences.
Link Title
https://www.sartle.com/artwork/the-night-hag-visiting-lapland-witches-henry-fuseli
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theme - context and history
general subject
a witch and a child on an altar
origin and context of the work
101.6 x 126.4 cm
1796
painted by English-swiss painter Henry Fuseli
Oil painting
"The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches"
nature of the document
painting
topic sentence