J-pop

Graceshous Shearon For me, when things stopped being considered as art, is pretty much sprinkled throughout most of America’s art history and it is sadly at the end of European’s art history. So, for both America and Europe there was not a long period where things did not seem like art. For America, it was more a sprinkling of finding a sort of identity through the wreckage and for Europe it was more for a rebellion and change of heart after the war. I do not think it ever stopped not being art…

narratives help future historians to get away from the “authenticity tree” that will bear them no fruit and only satisfy those readers who already agree with the author’s subjective outlook. Karl Hagstrom Miller’s Segregating Sound: Inventing Folk and Pop Music in the Age of Jim Crow, Charles K. Wolfe’s A Good-Natured Riot: The Birth of the Grand Ole Opry, and Benjamin Filene’s Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music are excellent representations of this narrative. Each of…

Maya Alexandra Robinson Mrs. Ditanna AP Language and Composition 15 December 2017 The Influence of the Pictorialist Movement on Modern Photography The release of the “snapshot” by Kodak in America lead photography to be more about the documentation of events and reality of the world. Many photographers began to realize that the photos they produced were very comparable to the beauty of painting or sculpting because they manipulated their negatives and prints in order for the photo to have the…

photography and much more. After World War II, a recuperating London found itself fixated on the glamorous consumerism in the West. The Pop Art Movement sparked a new interest in cheap artistic mediums that portray elements of Western popular culture. Artist Allen Jones and fashion designer Mary Quant prove to be two significant figures at the height of the British Pop Art Movement. These two artists also drew influence from the concurrent Women’s Rights and feminist movement in their portrayals…

Product The product name,Beats by Dre, is associated mainly with the famous headphone line, although other products are available. Not only is the name catchy, but it draws clear associations with one of the company “founders” and his music career. There are assumptions made automatically that with such a history the company must focus on quality and stem from a musical passion rather than money. The products that Beats provides to consumers attempt to meet a need that the target market has;…

definition and history of pop music, when really there's not one. Many believe that pop music has all been the same, when it has changed multiple times and still is changing. The history of Pop music is important because it tells you how the world’s culture has changed. Unlike country or rock, pop music isn’t a specific category. The term for pop music has been changing all of the time. At first it was known as popular music (“Pop Music History Facts and Timeline” 1). The term of ‘pop’ wasn’t…

Alvin Ailey was an American choreographer who was born in Rodgers, Texas but made his way to New York City through the years of his life. Before beginning on his own company Ailey studied and observed many other choreographers. For example, he observed Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey. He also was a student at Lester Horn’s dance school for many years. Ailey indulged very well in Horton’s style of dance and it displayed once Horton died. Alvin took lead as the company’s director. With the…

My popular culture “obsession” would be Korean popular culture. K-pop is and abbreviation of Korean pop, which is a music genre, originated from South Korea. K-pop can be a phenomenon, however, it can also be a subculture, where Asian pop would be the phenomenon and k-pop is the subculture. My interest began when I first heard K-pop songs while I was buying milk tea. Korean music is different from the music in America. In my opinion, the Korean artists have unique musical and performances styles…

Pop Art is an art movement that started in Britain in the 1950's and came to America in the late 1950's. Pop art is a style of art that enhances objects and figures by using bright colors to extenuate the focus points in the piece. There were many great artist's in this era such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Andy Warhol is famously known for painting the Campbell's Soup can but he didn't stop there, he created some of the most famous pieces of pop art today. Andy Warhol was born in…

and modernity made its way into people’s homes. With colored televisions in every living room, new music styles taking over the charts, more families with their own cars, fashion became experimental and new, exciting films were being made – clearly pop culture was evolving. Flora loved his family, maritime culture, trains, world travel, a strong cocktail, jazz and classical music. “You don’t just see a Flora illustration; you hear it.” His work was very playful and eye catching which…