Our Organization Overview Let Go & Let Live is an up and coming not-for-profit event that works to promote a stress-free, musical environment for the relaxation of stressed students. This is a live musical event to take students away from the stress of midterms and finals and allow them to let go in and lose themselves in the music. The name is based on the idiom ‘Live and Let Live’ which means letting people live their lives as they see fit, addresses the idea of letting go of your worries…
western society today (“Michelangelos Influence”). Michelangelo is known as one of the most inspirational and talented artists in modern history ("Michelangelo, His Paintings, and Sculptures."). What makes Michelangelo important is that he has influenced…
in artwork as a way for artist to help the viewer understand the work more easily. Hieratic scale in artwork is a way for artists to convey the importance of a person by showing them larger. Not only do artist use hieratic scale, but they also show importance by the way they make the people look and how they are placed in the works. Also some artist choose to show importance by using the meaning behind the artwork without actually showing the important figure. Many artists use this method in…
The artists that have inspired me the most so far in my work are Anselm Kiefer, the Chapman brothers and Monet. I first came across Anselm Kiefer and Monet when doing the painting module of our project; although Kiefer is more of a mixed media artist; I had been aware of their work previously however. I came across the Chapman brothers in one of our art history lectures and thought it could be quite interesting to see how their landscapes compare to the more classical painted landscapes. Monet…
way to release yourself. To not have to worry about anything. Many artist use vulgar language to communicate their thoughts as a message to their audience. It gives their music a certain sense of uniqueness. The audience enjoys it because the artist is telling a story of themselves. They open up their minds to the public and imagine what is going on in the lyrics. Many artist don’t promote this type of music. For example, an artist famously known as J. Cole has spread a positive message. In…
Graffiti should definitely be art because there are graffiti museums that sell pieces of graffiti for substantial amounts of money. Graffiti artists put just as much time and effort as a regular artist, and it can be seen by everyone with no price. Graffiti can be just as expensive and famous as classical art pieces that hang in a museum. Graffiti is just modern and up-to-date with this generation. One example that proves this point is, “Brad Pitt spent over 2…
a revolutionary artist who changed the style of painting in the 1800 to 1900's, also considered the realism and impressionism eras of art. His work on Olympia, A Bar at the Folies-Berge, and The luncheon the Grass, paved the way to make this artist famous. Manet was born on January 23th, 1832, to a high government official. Because of this, Manet was forced into studying law. He had multiple brothers while growing up, however being that he was the first born, he was to take up the family…
Who Is Kevin Gates? Kevin Gates is a Down- South rap artist born in New Orleans but raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. According to Kevin he grew up living with his grandmother because he was too much for his mother to handle. Kevin wasn’t the best kid growing up being in and out of jail since he was 13 but was still able to get his Masters in Psychology while incarcerated. Not like other rappers Kevin doesn’t consider his music rap but rather “Reality Music”. Dealing with different cases of…
wrote the book, The Lives of the Artists is an expressive, yet biased manner. Throughout his biographies of the artists, Vasari is critical of each artist’s work; especially when it does not reflect what he looks for in a work. Even though, Vasari is a prejudiced writer, one learns several things about each artists’ style, thought process, and background which influence later artists to produce masterpieces. Within the biographies of Cimabue and Duccio, Vasari makes it obvious that Florence…
it is often destroyed or covered up shortly after completion. This has led many females to move towards the street art scene instead. While both genders are greatly involved in Graffiti, there art work changes drastically across both paths. The symbolic meaning of both women and men’s graffiti greatly differs, men’s is more related to crime while girls is more about expressing themselves and getting their work out there. When defining Graffiti, it is hard to come up with a single definition…