Georgia O'Keeffe

Dwight Eisenhower, Princess Elizabeth, Robert Frost, Indira Gandhi, Ernest Hemingway, Audrey Hepburn, Pope John Paul II, Carl Jung, Helen Keller and Polly Thompson, Grace Kelly, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, The Marx Brothers, Pandit Nehru, Georgia O'Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Pope Pius XII, Prince Rainier of Monaco, Paul Robeson, the rock band Rush, George Bernard Shaw, Jean Sibelius,…

There are 3.6 million teachers in the United States. 97,500 of those teachers are fine arts teachers. Ever since I could pick up a pencil I have loved art. Not until 6th grade I actually got serious about it. I had an actual art teacher at my middle school, unlike my elementary school. She would give us assessments and make us talk about out piece in front of the class. She made sure only the people who really wanted to be in art was. There's a lot of important reasons we have art teachers, and…

Women’s Roles in the 1920’s A lot changed in the 1920’s. The economy was booming and families flourished. Women in particular changed quite a bit. Some of the change was physical but most of it was spiritual growth and belief in individuality. Women became much more prominent in society. They changed their roles in the workforce, entertainment, and politics. Women in the workforce became more noticed in the 1920’s. White collar jobs are jobs that are typically done in an office or…

Being a pioneer in the minimalism and the feminist art movement, Yayoi Kusama is constantly pushing boundaries in the realm of culture and art. Every element in Kusama’s artwork, such as repetition, pattern and accumulation, questions the viewers to rethink social and political norms of society in the hopes that it would inspire change to gender equality. Her installation, Walking Piece, serves as an exemplary example of dissolving boundaries between humanity, art and environment. Dressed in a…

1920s Americas history was a major catalyst in changing American culture. Straight out of World War 1, Americans brought light to many social issues that were left in the dust because of the focus on the war. F. Scott Fitzgerald, a novelist during the 1920s said on the era "The parties were bigger…the pace was faster…and the morals were looser." The “roaring twenties” played an important role in shaping social aspects of American society. Ideas like women’s rights, alcohol consumption, and black…

One of the driving forces for today’s rising rates of depression and suicide are the dozens of stigmas that pollute the field of psychology. However, one of the most potent and overlooked stigma is that of one’s nation. Most notably, first world countries all have different unspoken standards for coping with emotional conflict. Infamously so, Ireland and the US have stricter, more judgmental expectations for how individuals should manage their mental states. Veritably, "65% of [native Irish]…

Irving Penn may be one of the most well-known fashion photographers of all time. His work has been seen worldwide and still graces the walls and pages of museums and books today. He can also be recognized as the twentieth century’s most amazing and influential artist, whose quality of work and unique style will be forever acknowledged. Throughout Penn’s career he photographed everything from food, flowers and still lifes to celebrities, nudes, street life and fashion. Penn declared “that…

schizophrenia but his art work is still beautiful and elegant. When the image of Van Gogh shows most people see the paintings not the man this is how are should be shown the art not the artist other artist like Michelangelo, Picasso, Pollock, Georgia O’Keeffe. All this artist suffered from a type of depression, obsession and anger management, but there work is seen as the best and most recognizable artist and this is a beautiful thing that there legacy lives on untainted and…