African art

Arts Students in colleges or universities have complained that why they have to take music apprieciation or art apprieciation if they are majoring in biology or law. According to Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and Education by Yo-Yo Ma, “The value behind arts integration-collaboration, flexible thinking, and disciplined imagination- lead to the capacity to innovate” (Ma 258). In today society people live in a world where art is all around them, but they don’t know it. This is why universities…

Question 4 The term “international style” was first used by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock, at the “Modern Architecture: International Exhibition” in 1932 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The term was used to define an emerging style of architecture which emerged in the 1920s, and was characterised by radically simplified geometry and free from all constraints of tradition, Tietz (1999). After the First World War, there was an urgent need to address the problem of…

Through three separate panels of a collage styled piece of art, Theodore A. Harris brings the viewers’ attention to the injustices in America’s society. Can These Bones Live, created in 2008 by Harris, tells a story. Although the three panels are independent from one another, they are not disconnected by any means. One can notice this through the repetition of the unstable composition, same figures, and ink drippings in his work of art. An analysis of Can These Bones Live reveals that the…

The North Carolina Museum of Art currently has two works of art that stand out because of their uniqueness and the stories they tell. “Tippy Toes,” created by Alison Saar, is a dark wooden woman suspended in a tall barbed wire dress. She has bobbed hair reminiscent to the artist’s. Alison Saar is a sculptor who is known for sculpting pieces that depict African American culture and the highly personal struggles they face. Often, her works are of women as is “Tippy Toes,” so these specifically…

as commercially viable. But more important fictional films reveal something of the dreams, desires, displacements, and, in some cases, the social and political issues that confront American society. Undeniably, films are a powerful and significant art form. Sentiment obviously is somewhat hyperbolic. But films shown in theatres, on television and in DVDs are clearly one of the prime forms of entertainment accessible element…

It has native, upper class European, and African influences because of its indigenous roots, music appreciation, and polycentric movement. In modern day, Latin dance is very “enjoyed by spectators in competitions and ballrooms” (McFarland). The mood of the dance is usually self-expressed, passionate…

The San Diego Museum of Art has a fascinating and eclectic selection from around the globe. On my tour, a number of pieces caught my eye and really resonated with me. The Coney Island exhibit captured the ambience of America’s playground, bringing observers back to its heyday in the first half of the 20th century. Among the artwork, I took particular note of Wonderland Circus Sideshow, by Edward J. Kelty, owned by Ken Harck. This 1929 film photograph illustrates the bustling scene on the…

al., claim that in Mafa communities in Northern Cameroon, even as recently as the 1960s, decoration is seen as necessary and yet, “it is carried out as part of the craft rather than as an art, generally quite neatly but without either much imagination or care” (1988, 370). Perhaps for the Mafa potters, decoration was not a form of self expression nor a means to add an aesthetic appeal to the piece. Instead it was viewed as a standardized…

Art therapy is also a common type of therapy. Expressive art therapy is the use of creative arts as a form of therapy and is a fantastic field that has proven to work wonders in many people’s lives. It can help someone express themselves, explore their emotions, manage addictions, and improve their self-esteem( Art Therapy 2). Art is something that can be of much importance to one 's life even when not in a therapeutic setting. That being said, art is a great way to see the…

enlistment in the military to African American men. More than 185,000 African American volunteers took up the call and fought to liberate those still held in slavery” (Smithsonian The National Museum of American History). Both the NMAH and NYHS stated that the anger amongst the lower or working class white volunteers and draftees ignited riots in New York that lasted for four days with the unfair lynching of freed blacks and the killing of rich whites. “They attacked African Americans because…