In “The Art Room,” by Shara McCallum, the author is telling a story about her childhood. McCallum and her sisters did not grow up with a lot of money so they had to make due with what they had. “Because we had not chalk or pastels, no toad, forest, or morning-grass slats of paper, we had no color for creatures. So we squatted and sprang, squatted and sprang.” They used their imagination and their bodies to create music and art. The tone of this poem is reminiscent and whimsical, the theme is about how even if you do not have a lot of money you can still have fun.
Surprisingly, fifty years later, artist John Sloan happen to meet all the qualifications Baudelaire has designed for Monsieur G— making urban life observations and drawing from memory. Sloan adopts and employs Baudelaire’s idea of urban watching and further expands it for an American audience. Born and raised in Philadelphia, John Sloan first begun his art career as a newspaper illustrator. After years of working, he developed his own artistic style and started making paintings and etchings. When he moved from Philadelphia to New York, he has found that city life scenes of great interest that he then started observing and making etchings for scenes of modern life. He was well-known and celebrated as the founder of the Ashcan School and was most celebrated for this urban genre scenes. (Lobel, Chapter1)
In “The Semiotics of Home Decor” Joan Kron argues that “having is intricately tied up with being”(132), and that our possessions say a great deal about who we are, our relationships with others, and our membership of a particular culture. Kron’s theory can be confirmed by a semiotic analysis of my horse. He represents my personal story including valued relationships, my identity, and shows how I have been shaped by the society to which I belong.
“Watch your tone young lady” a phrase known all too well to the American culture, whether it be from mom giving her children a lecture or on a television screen being spoken out by an actor. The tone of voice that one uses while speaking plays an extremely significant role in what the spoken words actually mean. Many times one can say one thing and mean another just from placing emphasis on a particular word. With tone of voice plays such a vital role in the meaning of a sentence it becomes clear that poetry, although often times found in books as written work, is meant to be read aloud; this was not all that clear to me until I attended my very first poetry reading. On November 10th Ramapo College welcomed the marvelous poet Mark Doty to its campus. Through Mark Doty’s reading of “House of Beauty” and “Theory of Marriage” it became clear that the use of emphasis and tone are vital characteristics that allows for the poet to challenge poetic traditions and conventions.
Description: Faith Ringgold’s art displays a nighttime scene of a group of African American adults and children. In the middle of this piece, there are four adults sitting at a square table. They each sit in different types of chairs. There are two women and two men at this table. Off to the back right of this table is another table with blue table cloth.
An Analysis of Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper
In chapter five of Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Cynthia Freeland, entitled Gender, genius, and Guerrilla Girls, she discusses how gender and sexuality play a role in art. She opens with discussing the Guerrilla Girls. A feminist group from 1985 that protested against sexism and used gorilla masks to cover their faces. The group created ads in order to get their message across. This is shown when she says, “published in magazines, pasted up as street signage, or slapped onto the bathroom walls in museums and theatres” (Freeland 85). The G-Girls were able to show their support and progressive movement through art. She continues by stating how other women’s art, like pottery, was recognized, but they were still discriminated based
The artwork I chose for the art criticism project was ‘The Survivors’ by Kathe Kollwitz. The piece was created in 1923 in Berlin, Germany, where she resided with her husband. She and her husband resided in a poorer area, and it is believed to have contributed too much of her artwork style. ‘The Survivors’ is currently displayed in two museums, the MoMA and the Kathe Kollwitz Museum. In the piece there is a woman directly in the middle, with sunken in cheek bones is draped in a black cloak. Her arms are around three small children, who look very frightened. On each side of her body there are an additional four small children who convey sadness upon their innocent faces. Also, they are outstretching their arms as if they are begging for her to give them something. In the background, on the top left side, there are two elderly men with their heads down, looking as if they are very sad and
Isabel Archer: Her Quest For Freedom And Downfall The Portrait of a Lady is the most stunning achievement of Henry James's early period--in the 1860s and '70s when he was transforming himself from a talented young American into a resident of Europe, a citizen of the world, and one of the greatest novelists of modern times. Quest of freedom “The Portrait of a Lady” is a story about protagonist Isabel Archer, a penniless orphan. Many rich suitors come to her with a proposal of marriage but she declines, as she wanted to make an art of her life that is to follow her dreams, as she was a spirited and intelligent young woman. She was strong minded and stubbornly independent with an intensely sensual nature and a powerful desire to explore and engage with the world on her own and sees marriage as a prison that would limit her ability to experience her life. Isabel unexpectedly inherits a fortune, freeing her particularly from the need to marry. Now she could do whatever she wanted. She wanted to confidently pursue her dream and didn’t want anyone hold her back. Her cool independence is not a very "feminine" ideal, she seems to show no need but to fly. During her childhood she spends her time reading romantic philosophy, cultivating an idealistic view of the world of art, philosophy and learning, that of Europe but couldn’t have a practical taste of things. So when she inherits a fortune whole world spreads out in front of her giving her the opportunity to fulfil her dreams and to make an art of her life. She wanted to enjoy and break free. Now she could see and feel things in real terms. She didn’t want to get married and put an end to her freedom. She was a proud woman and was not shy to express what she felt. When someone asks her ...
5. Ford, Karen. "Social contrains and painful growth in A Doll's House". Expanded Academic ASAP. Methodist College , Fayetteville , NC . 30 Octuber 2005
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In the section, Words of Honor: Contributions of a Feminist Art Critic, Arlene Raven outlines the events in her life that have led her to be an art critic for artists who were not as “bankable” as other artists. In this excerpt, she discusses how her experiences of being raped exposed her to a cruel reality about the oppression women faced despite equal education acquirement. Consequently, she increasingly got more involved in the feminist/political work, creating iconic associations like the Women’s Building. Motivated by the explosion of the feminist movement in America, she created this institution to encourage activities in creating expressive bodies of art. It also called for the protest against major institutions that tends to exclude
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Kathy tells the reader, "How you were regarded at Hailsham, how much you were liked and respected, had to do with how good you were at “creating" (16). I think that Kathy and the administrator’s value creativity so highly at the Hailsham because they can exchange art or buy another person’s are and “decorate” their own spaces with it. The children ...
Bold colors, lively people, and brilliant art maneuvered its way into Lubbock, Texas. The Frist Friday Art Trail took place off of Avenue K, primarily at LHUCA, but also at several surrounding buildings. The audience consisted mostly of students and adults, however some children accompanied their families. I was expecting LHUCA to be quiet, yet there was actually a lot of talking, laughing, and free wine drinking. The upbeat audience formed an active, exuberant, and enthusiastic atmosphere. I found my two pieces of artwork at LHUCA. The curator of the exhibits at LHUCA is Linda Cullum. One of my pieces came from the Christine DeVitt Exhibition Hall, showing James Koskinas. My second piece came from the
Unfortunately, not all of us are able to visit the world’s most amazing museums which showcase all of our favorite artist. Luckily, museums now have the ability to showcase their current masterpieces in stock online. In this essay, we will describe, analyze, and interpret three of my favorite masterpieces currently being showcased in three different museums.