Native American art

The visual arts are vital to society because they portray scenes in unique and emotional ways, which other types of art such as literature sometimes cannot. Situations which art portrays well are violence, a theme that has been reoccurring throughout the centuries. Throughout the centuries, artists have used various mediums to portray the various effects of violence on society. Although similar, each piece of art displays a different underlying theme of violence. Whether it is a lithograph,…

The talents of Maya Lin in the field of visual arts and the built environment know no boundaries. Early on in her career, she was already able to break down the stereotypes of how architectural public spaces should be. To date, Maya Lin continues to explore different aspects of visual representation through design, architecture, sculpture, crafts and design philosophy. Maya Lin was born on October 5, 1959, in Athens, Ohio to Chinese migrant parents. Artistry, creative and deep thinking runs in…

lived their lives in the United States. His unique perspective of his work captured a sense of sound and movement deep in the art, making it seem so realistic and yet so abstract. He heavily patronized modern artists during the decades leading up to World War Two. He was very outspoken through his work and boldly used much of the life of Americans in the Midwest, much of native state Missouri to influence him, to show the strength and structure of the United States between…

Art is comprised of a variety of diverse practices and mediums including visual arts, film, music, dance, theatre and literature . Artists generally utilise a limited area of these mediums, although they are able to draw inspiration from the work of other artists, no matter what form. Drawing inspiration can mean gaining a new idea, extending on an old one, or utilize a skill exhibited. Essentially, when doing this, artists are pursuing to extend their original impression, present it differently…

this artwork he used a technique with oil on canvas and the dimensions were 29 x 24 inches or 73.7 x 60.9 centimeters. The name that he gave to his art was “A Choctaw woman” and in there there is a woman with long black hair and braids and with a remarkable expression. She is wearing a white dress made by hand…

looked to the Japanese as inspiration for their own art. Artists such as Van Gogh, Monet, and Picasso have utilized the Japanese style, known as Japonisme to give their art a fresh look, or just to experiment with new things. A very accomplished artist, James Tissot, used this Japanese style in his earlier works. Tissot began his art career in the mid 1850’s while studying in college. It was in the 1860’s when he began to experiment with the eastern art style that many of his successors would…

lighter the color of your skin, the more refined you are and the more powerful you should be. The “color-line,” as African-American Author W. E. B. DuBois called it, cause many of the great injustices and near-genocides of history, the most well-known examples to Americans being the enslavement of Africans in Europe and the Americas and the destruction of the Native American population by Spanish and English conquistadors and colonists upon the discovery by Europe of North and South America.…

The Memory Project is a non-profit organization based out of Wisconsin that encourages art teachers and their students to create portraits for youth around the world who have faced hardships, such as neglect, abuse, loss of parents, violence, and extreme poverty. Their mission is to help children feel valued by providing them with meaningful pieces of personal history and a work of art. Mrs. Frid came across this organization earlier on in her career. Over the years, her Portola High School and…

through the doors of an art gallery, expecting to see something totally new, diverse and original, only to be disappointed by being surrounded with whiteness in every sense. This scenario speaks to the exclusionary nature that many people of color in the art world feel when they enter theses spaces. The notion of art has always been seen from the perspective of a certain particular group of individuals, who throughout centuries have sought to affirm whiteness in art and art history as the only…

Dallas Museum of Art, located in downtown Dallas is a must visit place for any art lover.Offering a diverse array of special exhibitions such as, Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt, Passages in Modern Art: 1946-1996, The Wittgenstein Vitrine, Concentrations 60: Lucie Stahl, Art and Nature in the Middle Ages, and it also contains artwork from the Renaissance, Native Americans, and more, featuring works of art that span the globe. Their collection contains over 23,000 works of art from…