ONLY ANSWER IF YOU WILL WRITE THE FULL ANSWER In at least 500 words, write an essay that compares and contrasts related themes in Picasso's The tragedy and Sophocles Oedipus the King. Begin by identifying at least two common themes. Then compare and contrast how each work addresses the theme.

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Explanation:

Through his protean depictions of people and things, Picasso made pioneering explorations of painting’s every possibility. Beginning with Mother and Child by the Sea (1902), from his Blue Period and Head of a Girl in a Hat Decorated with Grapes (1913) from his Cubist era, the Pola Museum of Art has been collecting works that chart the many transformations Picasso achieved, from youth to his later years. In order to home in on the sources of Picasso’s creativity, the exhibition also show swork by Paul Cézanne, one of his great influences, and by his close friend Georges Braque.

Since its opening in September 2002, The Pola Museum of Art has sought to introduce the strengths of its holdings through special exhibitions of nineteenth century Western painting and Japanese Western-style painting. This will be our first occasion to shine a light on our collected works of modern art by focusing on one particular artist, Pablo Picasso. The exhibition will explore the intrinsic qualities of Picasso’s art through five themes: “Blue Period: Barcelona-Paris”; “Cubism in Horta de Ebro”; “Picasso and Braque: Still Life”; “Sacred Love and Profane Love: Picasso and Women”; and “Picasso and the Spanish Tradition.” In addition, we will present Picasso’s literary side via his illustrated books. We sincerely hope that you will enjoy the magic of this master’s wide-ranging art.

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Explanation:

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.