Art and Culture Essay

Sculpture and Architecture have represented cultures for thousands of years, all the way back to the paleolithic era, and are still used in today’s culture. Sculpture and Architecture are used in so many different ways, for example to honor leaders, as religious symbols, decoration, and artistic expression just to name a few. They are also landmarks that help us remember the past and works of art that we can admire in the present. Today I will be exploring the similarities and differences…

images from the Zimmerman Library are not the first images to be at the forefront of controversy and they certainly are not the last. The “Three Peoples Murals,” by Kenneth Adams were completed in 1939. It was a mural designed to represent the three cultures of the southwest. In the first mural we see a Native American contribution such as making baskets, pottery and weaving. The Chicanos contribution is shown through agriculture and architecture. The Anglos are shown as the scientific…

“The Love Letter” is a painting by Jan Vermeer, made in 1669 during the Dutch Golden Age/Baroque period. It is an interior scene, typical of both Vermeer and Dutch art during and after the Counter-Reformation. Due to both the success of the Dutch Republic and the rebellion against the Catholic Church, Dutch art was generally more materialistic, everyday-life centered, and focused on wealth, as the Dutch enjoyed massive success as bankers and as seafarers. Many of these elements are incorporated…

Diego Rivera was well-known for paintings that portrayed Mexican life, society and the history of Mexican People. No matter what, Rivera did not shift his art and that shaped him to be somewhat controversial artist. Rivera was a communist who fought for communist ideal. He is an ideal of socially dedicated artist. His art describes such issues as Mexican labor, and American worker and Revolutionary figures. Rivera experienced the work of great masters such as Cézanne, Gauguin, Renoir, and…

difficult to describe what exactly is the culture of this vast country. However, if one examines the history of Canadian art and compares it to the development of Canadian identity, one can easily discern their correlation. The rise of Canadian artistic expression in the 20th century greatly contributed to the Canadian identity by illustrating the growing nationalism in accompaniment to a stronger sense of independence. The evolution of the various sectors of art, such as the unique Canadian…

bright and pastel colors and a cartoon-like style to paint the mural. Romero might feel liberal about our city's culture. His choice of colors in the mural are beautiful, with the pastel colors that gives a unique tone through the painting. Romero also expresses his feelings through the painting towards life in LA. The mural has different types of colors that teach you how to appreciate art. The mural meant a lot to Romero because…

I am writing to apply for Museum Educator being offered by the education department in Museum of the Moving Image. I received my MFA from the Fine Arts program at the School of Visual Arts in New York with a focus on interdisciplinary practice, working mainly with time-based media and interactive projections. While at the School of Visual Arts, I worked as a teaching assistant in both sculpture and New Media classes. My teaching experience includes responsibilities for course preparation,…

Practice. It’s popular and desirable to bring performing arts to communities because this will encourage people who would not usually perform to join in and watch a performance. It is popular and desirable to bring performing arts to communities by highlighting and inform the community of any issues in their area and/or to bring their attention to something that may affect them. As private and public agencies seek innovative ways to employ the arts to improve and strengthen communities, they…

perspective of a Lutheran Baroque Composer in 1680 Dearest Friend, How curious is it, looking dimensionally, how retroactive we are as musicians. It seems as though the other forms of expression such as art, literature, philosophy, and architecture seem to predate all our efforts in the fine arts. I am thinking directly to the days of Martin Luther, that initial step into protestant reformation. Thus came from the manifested power of the Catholic Church the words of the Disputation on the Power…

One of the best parts of working on exhibitions drawn from the ZMA’s extensive permanent collection is the opportunity it provides for a look at some of the hidden gems at the museum. During the preparation of Sketching American Modernism, I discovered a painting that captured my interest. The work was the Portrait of Mrs. Helen McCoy Storer, c. 1910 by Charles Alden Gray (1857-1933). While arguably not by one of the most well-known artists in our collection, it was, at that moment, the most…