Contemporary history

As I visited the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday October 29, 2016 I had the opportunity to visually see many different types of artworks. This was my first visit to an art museum. The museum collects and houses hundreds of contemporary works by Georgia artist. There were many different types of artwork including painting, prints, sculptures and photography. The art museum was smaller than what I thought it would be and reminded me of an art exhibit but…

of] one family” (Osburg, 2013, p. 27). This language is also evident in the underworld brotherhoods studied by Osburg, where members are referred to as “brothers” and the leaders of the organizations are aptly called “godfathers” (p. 77) These contemporary language choices create “fictive kin” networks that extend renqing and kinship principles of obligation, mutual aide, and affect to guanxixue (Yang, 1994, p. 114). While Yang identifies the familiarity component in guanxi networks among…

of many jumps and turns, extremely fast dance), Paso Doble (lively, march-like dance with significantly less hip movement), and Jive (variation of the Jitterbug). Throughout all these varieties of Latin dancing, these dances offers a rich cultural history and influences which presents itself as true and incline where they first…

Christian attempts to cover world history in a mere 120 pages. David divides his book into three periods: the era of foragers, the agrarian era, and the modern era. Within these periods he describes the various lifestyles our ancestors lived in, the advancements achieved, and what ultimately brought upon the succeeding era. In essence, David Christian goal in writing his novel is to filter out the unnecessary jargon in world history and convey a more concise history of humanity (p. XVII).…

Final Exam In our study of World History this semester would you say that the ‘ancient’ or past civilizations that we have looked at are drastically different than the societies in which we live today ? Throughout history, a plethora of civilizations ranging through time from ancient to modern, have displayed traits that allow them to be deemed similar or contrasting from other societies. However, the civilizations that have been discussed in class this semester are not so dissimilar than the…

As said by Tony, it is important to understand the historical accuracy of events, whether they are truth or ‘historical drama’. This is the same with movies. Often when movies are produced, they are done so with the intention to present history in an entertaining way, and this leads to inaccuracies. This is shown in the movie Belle. Belle is a movie produced in 2013, based on Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lord Mansfield in the 18th and 19th Century. Belle is based lightly on a true story, this comes…

Art is great in the sense that no matter how plain or extraordinary a piece may be, it will always develop differently in each person’s mind. A painting has the ability to evoke different thoughts and feelings among those who view it. With that in mind, let’s begin. I chose to interpret, analyze, and judge a great piece of artwork currently hanging on the Ford Center in Downtown Evansville. That piece is called Vibrant River by Roger Stoller. This 41’ x 15’ abstract piece was designed out of…

Jacques-Louis David’s The Oath of the Horatii and Benjamin West’s Death of General Wolfe (1770) are both examples of history paintings that depict a historic scene with similar traditional composition techniques. However, the styles and specific subject matter differ and reflect on the location and intentions of the artists. David’s painting, made in the Neoclassical period in France and was a royal commission that required him to paint something that depicted loyalty towards the republic.…

The question of whether gender is still an issue in contemporary arts is still a huge issue. Gender inequality and sexism is still a controversial issue in contemporary art. During the nineteenth century in relations to gender, there were very strong and persuasive perceptions of how men and women should conduct themselves. Men and women were expected to fill separate spheres of society. However, after enough women stood in protests, and attended political speeches, women began taking on…

that mirrors the Great Migration. Ethnomusicologists see A Tribe Called Reds’ approach to sampling native music as a form or repatriation. While some, the masses to the ethnomusicologists, may disagree with remixing traditional powwow music with contemporary clubs’ sounds, A Tribe Called Red is resonating with today’s…