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Claude McKay’s ‘America’ and Allen Ginsberg’s poem of the same title are both ‘state of the nation’ poems. Which do you think offers the more effective critique of the United States, and why? So, the Allen Ginsberg’s poem and Claude McKay song named America are pieces criticising the state of America in the times that they were written,1956 and 2015 respectively, in their respective times. The question that has been asked of us today is which of these two poems is a more effective critique of…

obviously this race must have committed a crime beyond any else. A crime so cruel only the most evil could’ve conjured into existence. However, they committed no such crime. A race bred for slavery by the upper class of humans. The poem, The Lynching by Claude McKay, is a perfect representation of this torture and disrespect brought to African Americans. It presents a perfect showing of how the black society has been treated and the terrible torture they…

ARABESQUE no. 1 Title & opus/catalogue no.: Arabesque No.1. Andantino con moto Composer background: Achille-Claude Debussy was a French composer. Him, along with Maurice Ravel were the most outstanding people related to Impressionist music. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His music is noted for its sensory and sonic content and the use of nontraditional tonalities. The French literary technique of his period was known as Symbolism. This…

In Claude Mckay’s poem “Outcast,” he wrote: “Something in me is lost, forever lost,/Some vital thing has gone out of my heart,/And I must walk the way of life a ghost/ Among the sons of earth, a thing apart;/For I was born, far from my native clime,/Under the white man's menace, out of time.” In Beloved, Toni Morrison depicts these ideas of racism, misery, and disharmony through the story of a former slave, Sethe, who is ostracized from her community because she killed her own child to protect…

The Harlem Renaissance: Langston Hughes and Claude McKay The Harlem Renaissance exposed some of the most passionate, intellectual literature written. Langston Hughes poem “Harlem” and Claude McKay poem “If we must die” contributes to this Renaissance movement. These two authors approach to action are different but share a common theme; hope. They are very talented writers that gave a voice to their community and are prime examples of Harlem Renaissance authors. One author shows it by visualizing…

The art works, “The Haywain” by John Constable and “The Scream” by Edvard Munch, are two different types of painting that represent the two movements of art work which is Romanticism and Expressionism through their style of art paintings. The well known and well represented the style of art work of romanticism, which is “The haywain” painted in 1821, Constable was the English painter during 18th century. He was a mainly outdoor of landscapes painter that he painted the nature scenery as he saw…

INTRODUCTION – thesis statement (1 paragraph) This is the Oil on canvas painting that called Madame Charpentier and Her Children in 1878 By Pierre Auguste Renoir. The size is 153.7 X 190.2cm and kept in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. How is ________ the pivotal point towards his successful career as an artist? BODY 1 - Describe piece (1 paragraph) In this painting, there are 3 main character. Which are Madame Charpentier and her daughters. There is a dog on the left bottom corner lying on…

Andre Breton was a prominent French Surrealist poet who was born in France and was known as the founder of the Surrealist movement (Biography.com 1). Andre Breton was thought of as the man who was the influence of the Surrealist movement due to his outstanding work of art and literature during the movement (poets.org 1). Breton found an interest in medicine and pursued medical school while a young man (biography.com 1). Breton has developed his passion at a very young age and very rarely does a…

The Impressionist Movement: Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt Throughout history, art has acted as a medium of expression for many of the political and social issues that surrounded the artists. Artworks inspired new art movements, and other times it was the political and social circumstances that brought on a new range of artists and styles. The 19th century moved through many art movements, but one that dominated most of the late 19th century was Impressionism. Impressionism was an art style that…

Albert Cuyp was a Dutch painter who painted the Charming the Animals. As I walked on the second floor in the Dutch room at Yale Art Gallery in New Haven, I saw a beautiful painting hanging against the wall that quickly caught my attention. This is an landscape painting. As you see the painting, you see varieties of different animals and a guy sitting in the middle of the painting. This painting was lent by the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterlo collection. The material used for this painting is the…