Arts and Crafts Movement

smart, independent, and powerful female characters. With Hurston dying in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement, and before the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which “outlawed” discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, she was subjected to opinions and discriminations much different than Washington. It seems reasonable to say, that if either women performed their craft during the other’s era, there would have been much different…

Portugal is one of Europe's oldest nations and has set up its current continental frontier since 1297. Portugal is perfectly placed between the Atlantic Ocean and Spain, on the Iberian Peninsula's west side. Its proximity to the Atlantic coastline if the main reason Portugal became a sea-going country that lead to great adventures and discoveries over the centuries. Portugal's sunny climate and geographical features have attracted many visitors, who will find many up-to-date tourist features…

enhancing the use of your right brain: your right brain thrives when you simply practice something you enjoy doing. According to this principle, if you love art, you will use your right brain more by simply drawing or painting. Preschool programs encourage heavy use of the right brain through the various activities that they offer, such as art, music, and different kinds of games, all of which stimulate right brain activity. The kids can discover hobbies and talents that they love while they…

Elizabeth Hutchinson’s “‘The Dress of His Nation’ Romney’s Portrait of Joseph Brant” centers its analysis on one of the most impactful American Indian leaders of the eighteenth century, Joseph Brant. With a long, illustrious, and arguably controversial career, it is unsurprising that numerous depictions of Brant are in circulation. However, for the purposes of Hutchinson’s article she zones in one particular depiction of the figure, which serves as the foundation for her examination into issues…

The impact of art on the feminism movement Within my creative work practise I am always thinking about in which box citziety has restricted us all into, the biggest divide in the human race is obviously into sex within this essay I want to explore the mind of the modern women and what she thinks she aspirers to be and to examining her moral believes how she has acquired them and how feminist art is fighting to eradicate these prehistoric values and inspire a new breed of women who isn’t bound…

The World in Love With a Golden Romance: Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss Gustav Klimt’s oil and gold leaf painting on canvas, The Kiss of 1908 is his interpretation of the society in which he found himself, views on religion, nature, and sex and love. The perfectly square painting’s foreground is a lush green mound covered in hundreds of small pink, gold, red, and purple flowers. The greenery extends over three-fourths of the painting. The middle ground hosts a couple, male and female, arms locked in a…

the fulfillment of Key Selection Criteria 1. Suitable experience in developing and coordinating social media campaigns. As a freelancer, I have headed numerous social media campaigns. In my role as the Media Coordinator for the non-profit Hope Movement, I have established our social media and online presence from the embryonic stages, and have used numerous campaigns and regular content to develop a rich online presence and community. This has taken place on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube,…

Sen no Rikyu to create tea bowls for the new restrained and simplified aesthetic style of Zen Buddhist tea ceremonies. Chojiro’s tea bowls used monochromatic glazes, typically black or red. The overall design aimed to eliminate variations of form, movement, and decoration. They also symbolized the aesthetics of wabi-sabi which were advocated by Sen no Rikyu. Chojiro’s raku tea bowls were hand-formed, as opposed to thrown on the wheel, which allowed him create truly unique and intimate pieces. …

Harvey Company offered “packaged motor trips of the southwest, including tours of Native American villages (Indian Detours) and such natural wonders. The company not only civilized the west, they also marketed the indigenous peoples and their arts and crafts”. Then In WWII train travel picked up again and the consumers changes to soldiers who had obviously different needs from prior customers. To cater to this new group the restaurants were changed from dining rooms to resemble mess halls in…

collective efforts to achieving economic and educational progress, which is in line with Booker T Washington 's political philosophy to achieve equality. While African Americans have also made progress using DuBois ' strategy through the civil rights movement. Both Booker T. Washington and Dubois ' strategy are important and critical for African Americans to make social and economic progress in America. I intend to demonstrate through various historical contexts, that social progress requires…