The Picture Of Dorian Gray Painting

It starts with a painting which alters the perspectives that look on it and seems to alter itself.

The picture of dorian gray painting. The picture of dorian gray provides both a standard gothic account of dorian s actions the supernatural picture and the lascivious ancestors gazing from their portraits but also a forward looking scientific rational for his depraved desires namely the importance of inheritance in determining behaviour. In 1886 in victorian london the corrupt lord henry wotton george sanders meets the pure dorian gray hurd hatfield posing for talented painter basil hallward lowell gilmore. In wilde s tale dorian gray commissions a portrait of himself as an attractive young man and later trades his soul for an ever youthful appearance. Inset painting by ivan albright the picture of dorian gray begins on a beautiful summer day in victorian england where lord henry wotton an opinionated man is observing the sensitive artist basil hallward painting the portrait of dorian gray a handsome young man who is basil s ultimate muse.

The painting was an obvious representation of dorian s conscience in my opinion because as his soul grew weaker as did his conscience. Only dorian s picture bears the traces of his decadence. Shocking in its suggestion of unspeakable sin this novel was later. A knowing account of a secret life and an analysis of the darker side of late victorian society.

Finally basil finishes the picture and in the first two chapters of the book and in one paragraph you have met three contributions of dorian s conscience. The painting titled picture of dorian gray used at the end of the film was painted on commission during the making of the film in 1943 1944 by ivan le lorraine albright an american artist who was well known as a painter of the macabre. The painting lord henry wotton and basil howard. Once basil has attributed to the painting the power of capturing the spirit of dorian gray and once dorian has attributed to it the power to host and represent his own soul the painting has a dangerous life of its own.

Basil paints dorian s portrait and gives the beautiful painting and an egyptian sculpture of a cat to him while henry corrupts his mind and soul telling him that dorian should seek pleasure in life. Created specifically for use in the film it is now part of the art collection of the art institute of chicago. Lord henry s friend society artist basil hallward paints a portrait of gray to capture the full power of his youthful beauty. When the portrait is unveiled gray makes a flippant pledge.

The picture of dorian gray moral fantasy novel by irish writer oscar wilde published first in lippincott s monthly magazine in 1890 and as a book in 1891. Gray meets and falls in love with budding young actress sibyl vane. It is an archetypal tale of a young man who purchases eternal youth at the expense of his soul and a romantic exposition of wilde s own aestheticism. The picture of dorian gray offers a disturbing portrait of an individual coming face to face with the reality of his soul.