Art movements

P3a Description: The building located at 11005 Riveria Road is a two story American Craftsman home that was constructed in 1914. This surrounding area consists of primarily American Craftsman single and multiple residences constructed from 1900s to the 1950s. This two story Craftsman home has a square floorplan, muti-panned windows, and a continuous brick foundation. The wood framed building is sheathed in horizontal wood beveled siding on the second story and split wood shingles are on the…

have elapsed since the dissipation of a movement that completely transformed American culture. However, even after such prolonged time the influences scarred into the culture of American society from the Transcendentalist Movement still beam lively. The art of the Transcendentalists was an inclination towards the exploration and reforming of current beliefs of that era on spiritualism, literacy, and philosophy. “A religious, philosophical, and literary movement, Transcendentalism arose in New…

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that revived the glory of Greece and Rome. New ideas started flowing through Europe and beautiful works in Art, Literature and Architecture were being built. Perhaps the most famous image of the Renaissance is the colorful and intricate paintings and works of art. Renaissance Art had many characteristics that made it stand out from the previous Medieval Art style of painting. Europe had just suffered the Black Death and several wars were taking place…

Exploring three art reviews helped construct a better understanding of the fundamental aspects that are important to persuasive arguments. All of the reviews are of work from the past year all from the Portland area. Each author cited previous art movements and artists to enhance their stance on the work of the new artist. This gives more artistic credit to the new artists work since it follows historical traditions yet finds new perspectives. The descriptive language about the physical nature…

The Black Arts Movement left a lasting impression not only on African-American culture, but on all American cultures. “…criticized as misogynist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, and racially exclusive, the Black Arts movement is also credited with inciting a new generation of poets, writers, and artists” (A Brief Guide to the Black Arts Movement). The Black Arts movement is dated from approximately 1960 to 1970, coinciding with the Civil Rights Movement, Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, and the…

The Black Arts Movement was the name given to writers, black poets, dramatists, musicians, and artists who appeared in the wake of the Black Power movement. The movement was established by Amiri Baraka in 1963, who opened a Black Arts Repertory theater in Harlem. The movement was also provoked by the assassination of Malcolm X. The movement inspired black people to initiate magazines, journals, art institutions, and publishing houses. The black arts movement saw artistic manufacture as the key…

Italian avant-garde art movement that took speed, technology and modernity as its inspiration which emerged from the 20h century (The Art Story, 2016). The group of the Futurists loved speed, noise, machines, pollution, and urban landscapes; they were committed to change in Italy as the country was behind in comparison to the rest of Europe. Futurism was not about visual or traditional art, they were fascinated by new visual technology and used it as an important influence to show movement in…

questions Black Nationalism took a stand in preaching self-reliance, a holistic approach in viewing nationalism in the black community and created a sense of intellectual liberation, the effects of this can be seen vividly in the art and literature of the Black Arts Movement. In the climax of Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman Clay does just this, eviscerating all of Lula’s preconceived notions of what blackness was and gave her an inside understanding of what her privilege disallows her to see. Shit, you…

While each period of African American literature has its own temperament, the Black Arts Era has an unparalleled mystique. Filled with a copious amount of compelling works, the Black Arts epoch boasts authors that are each more idiosyncratic than the one proceeding them. For instance, one author of the period , Malcolm X, pens an autobiography detailing his traumatic childhood and his incarceration-motivated transformation. Another interesting writer from the age, Ishmael Reed, gained…

natural light. Although they have similar goals in connecting the inside with the outside, the Gamble House, reflecting its style, is a collective work of art while the Lovell Health House, reflecting its style, is designed specifically for the function of the inhabitants of the home. The Gamble House is an example of the American Arts and Crafts or American Craftsman style but unique to the Greene and Greene style by a fusion…