Art and Culture Essay

religious beliefs also had a huge impact on her art. After the death of her mother, Marisol stopped communicating regularly until she reached the age of twenty and self-inflicted pain onto herself. Marisol tied ropes around her waist and walked on her knees until they started to bleed all in emulation of saints and martyrs. Marisol’s father had a great influence on her in the beginning of her career (“Marisol Escobar- Biography”). 1960s pop-art culture found Marisol as one of its members, this…

for art and culture is related to the economic status. When the majority of the population still struggle for surviving or getting a decent life, the government and the private sector of that society would naturally put priority on economic development, no matter what its statement would claim. After the majority of the population has some extra money and time, the idea of enjoying art and culture emerges and the related industry would prosper. In developed countries like United States, art…

oppression of Art Culture.In fact, my paper is late because I approached the reading that way. Prior to our class discussion- I struggled to flesh out a paper from the questions posed. I had read and highlighted my way through the assigned text- but had no real context for the material. I was happily surprised to find that Mr. Schaeffer’s essays perfectly illuminated talking points for me in our class discussion.While raised in a Christian home with a deep and abiding love for The Arts- it is…

made out of adobe. Adobe is type of clay. Each simple Aztec home was laid out similar, places for cooking, place for sleeping, and a place for worship. Lighting in the home was with a small lantern, or fire in the middle of the house. Art:…

Western and Eastern cultures art reveals deep truths about the world. Cultures have different views and ideas about nature of reality. The direction of art is to portray beauty. With artistic realism in the 19th century and other shifts in taste, great art could be ugly in both its subject matter and its depiction. Western history, reality itself, created by God was conceived of as beautiful. The definitive voice in the identification of beauty with an ultimate reality was Plato theory. Beauty,…

earliest days, but have always been the minority. In graffiti art culture, woman face many obstacles not encountered by men. The late hours and desolate locations in which most writing is done can be particularly dangerous for women. As with many male-dominated fields, the social atmosphere can be extremely harsh. Female artists are subjected to harassment and often feel that they must do more to prove themselves in the graffiti culture. Fills Graffiti that has a solid fill, usually in one…

a popular culture to create a complex composition. Graffiti art was connected with the hip-hop culture, which included rap music, break dancing, and disc jockeys. This culture attracted a lot of attention in New York magazines, movies, and films like the movie “Break In” which helped the society have a better understanding of this culture. Many graffiti artists became very well known at the time. Hip-hop had become accepted in the United States and worldwide making the graffiti culture appear in…

and appropriation of culture within museums came under attack starting in the 1960’s. Native American groups raised questions about the biases and agendas of curators and museums and demanded that their voices be heard in the political arena. Many groups such as _______________ argued that White people were able to tell their cultural stories in museums with limited outside interference from other ethnic groups. However, in museums where Native American people and material culture was on display…

Dance may be perceived by some as merely choreography overlaid with music that governs the tempo and overall feel of the piece, however the art of dance is rooted in deeper facets such as culture, ritual, spirituality, and tradition. The culture and traditions that lead to certain dance styles and moves can be traced back somewhat to the economic and political status of the time period and location of the dance. For example, in Mary Wigman’s Hexantanz, or “Witch Dance” (1914), it’s not hard to…

In Native American cultures, the arts are different based on the region, but they are also similar. Throughout America the regions are similar because no matter which region you are in there are impressive gravesites built in each region. Another similarity all three regions had were the art had big heads to represent power and the egos of the kings. Same thing with the gravesites. The bigger the heads and gravesites the more powerful the kings were and it filled the kings’ egos. In the…