In Living Color

Yellow Cocktail Music: The Use of Color in The Great Gatsby The Jazz Age of the 1920’s was a fast-paced, lovedrunk decade. It was colored with all forms of art, from music and literature to sex and war. The American Dream first emerged during this time, or rather, a new and materialistic version of it emerged. Everyone wanted to drink from a fountain of youth and eat from a feast of good fortune and wealth, and the pursuit of this lead to the ultimate downfall of American society in the year…

Basquiat in 1981. The work is a part of the Broad Collection in Los Angeles. On first inspection of the piece, the piece seems to be made up of lots of lines and blocks of colors creating jagged shapes along with broken lines all pieced together in a collage-like, layered fashion to form the overall appearance of a skull. The color palette used is mainly based on subdued primary tones of red, blues and yellows against the dominate black forming some shapes and lines, and the white of the…

the vibrant shades of orange that immediately catch their eye. The closer the viewer gets to the painting, the more that they can make out of the simple shapes that are common in Tarsila’s work. These shapes are outlined in darker colors that contrast with the colors of what is behind them. There are two figures sitting side by side in the foreground, the focus of the painting, and behind them is the foliage of Brazil where Tarsila is from and where she bases her work. Her nativeness to Brazil…

there is, death will inevitably come and take it away in the end because everything living must die eventually. It is symbolic that the flowers lay on top of the the skulls because it shows that death is creeping up from behind even when those of the living least expect it to. It was seemingly possible that the way the leaves faded into darker shades of color near their edges represented a slow death for those living things that do not die abruptly. The piece’s main focus was to show people that…

room if required. For dense cottons come into question. For the kitchen an easy care fabric that can be washed regularly is recommended. Curtains for the bathroom are partly made of washable fabric, so that they can not touch the moisture. In the living room it may like to sometimes go elegant. Curtains often meet here a decorative purpose: velvet and silky fabrics decorated as scarves or floor length curtains seem classic and elegant. Modern and simple, however, are little blackout curtain of…

There are many values that undergird the Amish way of life and their community as a whole which provides a basis for everything they do. These values work together to keep the Amish balanced and provide a firm foundation for the Amish people in their daily lives. The Amish is a culture found in North America that originates from the Protestant Reformation in Europe. They are considered Christians in the common sense who separate themselves from the outside, modern world. Their community has many…

The picture shows thirteen marathon racers running in unison. Starting from the left side, the first marathon runner has a bright white skin color with a dark color attire. But as you go further to the right of the piece the skin color of the runner becomes darker while the attire becomes lighter. Eventually at the far right the runner has very dark skin color and bright white attire. I believe this artist was trying to reveal his feeling in a tangible way we all can see. I also believe he…

whether they are a living or nonliving thing. Student are also expected to collaborate with one another to determine if the items on the index cards are living or nonliving. Each table will receive a color coded set of index cards. - I will project a chart on the smart board. The right side is named “Nonliving” and the left side is named “Living”. - I will ask one person from each table to come up to the smart board and place their index cards on the chart labeled “living and nonliving” -…

tigris. Unfortunately today this rare and unique tiger is no longer found in the wild. Years ago the white tiger would have been found in India, Bhatan, and Bangladesh living in a variety of habitats including tropical forests, mangrove…

Color plays an important role in the way we perceive society. People relate colors to certain emotions, as an example, one may say that they are “green with envy” or when they are “feeling blue” when they are sad. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author uses color symbolism throughout the story to represent different aspects of each situation. Fitzgerald uses the color green a great deal in the storyline. It represents Gatsby’s dream and hope to live happily with the…