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The lark in mythology and literature stands for daybreak, as in Chaucer's "The Knight's Tale", "the bisy larke, messager of day", [18] and Shakespeare's Sonnet 29, "the lark at break of day arising / From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate" (11–12).
She also declared it her personal favorite painting, [2] saying "At this moment The Song of the Lark had come to represent the popular American artistic taste on a national level." [ 3 ] Willa Cather 's 1915 novel The Song of the Lark takes its name from the painting, which is also used as the novel's cover art.
The balloon was a symbol for the "smoothness" of Lark cigarettes. [12] Lark was also advertised in the 1980s with James Bond style appearances by Timothy Dalton and Roger Moore in Japanese TV commercials. [13] [14] Future Bond Pierce Brosnan also advertised Larks in two commercials that aired only in Japan.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
The Song of the Lark, oil on canvas, 1884, Art Institute of Chicago. Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (French pronunciation: [ʒyl adɔlf ɛme lwi bʁətɔ̃]; 1 May 1827 – 5 July 1906) was a 19th-century French naturalist painter. His paintings are heavily influenced by the French countryside and his absorption of traditional methods of ...
Blush blankets. Vibrant fuchsia apparel. Pink roses. Dusty rose carpets. Let us count the ways we love pink. Pink is more than just a gorgeous hue. It’s a symbol of love, beauty youthfulness and ...
The horned lark or shore lark (Eremophila alpestris) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found across the northern hemisphere. It is known as "horned lark" in North America and "shore lark" in Europe.
In 1887, he made Wheat Field with a Lark where Impressionist influences are reflected in his use of color and management of light and shadow. Brush strokes are made to reflect the objects, like the stalks of wheat. [30] The work reflects the motion of the wheat blowing in the wind, the lark flying and the clouds streaking from the currents in ...