Mural

My parents are dreamers by definition. my parents migrated from Guinea, a politically unstable country in West Africa, to Brooklyn, NY, in search of the “American Dream,” without any promises of success in their pursuit. Remarkably, despite my parents not recieving an education in postcolonial Guinea, my parents have always sacrificed for the comforts of my brothers and I, while instilling in us the importance of receiving an education. Due to my parents lack of education and marketable skills,…

Reflection on Matisse Henri Matisse was born in 1869, the year the Cutty Sark was launched. The year he died, 1954, the first hydrogen bomb exploded at Bikini Atoll. Matisse lived through some of the most traumatic political events, worst wars, greatest slaughters, and the most demented rivalries of ideology. Yet, this did not affect his artwork. He never express his political opinion or experiences living throughout the horror of the 20th century, instead his painting were “the equivalent of…

There was once a time in the United States of America when people were afraid to be different and bold. People were scared to become there own person and do what they want in fear of being shunned or becoming an outcast. Many people during the times of postwar turned to culture type things to become different. Jackson Pollock and John T. Biggers were two of many artists who changed the scene during this time. The end of World War II gave artist time to break through and become noticed. Jackson…

Apollodorus of Damascus, Column sculpture, 106 - 113. Emperor Constantine I , unknown sculptor, Marbl e statue, 325 - 326. Early Christian: Jonah m:d the Whale, sculptor unknown, sarcophagus, late third century Jesus the Good Shepard, painter unknown, mural, fourth century Gothic: Annunciation and Visitation, multiple unknown sculptors, sculptures, 1230. Month of June folio in les Tres Riches Heures du Due de Berry, Limbourg brothers, manuscript painting, 1413 - 1436. Renaissance: Federico…

artists are very different in their style as well as the subjects they paint. However, they all play a main role in the art of Mexico. Mexico has a large amount of murals, which are paintings on walls. These murals are traced all the way back to the Mayan and Aztec civilizations. Diego Rivera is the most known muralists in Mexico. His murals can be found in the Mexican National Palace of Fine Arts as well as the lobby of New York’s 30 Rockefeller…

of photography, street art, and installation art. It is the artistic techniques that these artists behold and present to us that makes us react and respond to them and what they are representing. For example Banksy’s inclusion of the QR code in his mural “Teargas at Calais”, which successfully made the artwork both immensely powerful in in its message, and also interactive, as one could simply scan the code on their smartphones…

During a time when Mexico was ruled by a dictator. On July 6, 1907, Frida Kahlo was born. Her birth name was Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo. There were many injustices in Mexico for over decades, three years after Frida was born that was the start of the Mexican Revolution. . Frida use to tell people know that she was born in 1910. The beginning of the Mexican revolution. Frida was her father’s favorite because he felt she was the brainiest and like him. She was the third child, out of…

Decide on a basic wall color and then select one wall as your focal point and create a big daisy mural (copy a picture to a transparency, use an overhead projector and trace the outline) or purchase a ready-made one. Display the tops of artificial daisies (affix with reusable tac) or paint on smaller groupings of daisies on the remaining walls to bring…

few female students to attend the school, and she became known for her love of traditional and colorful clothes and jewelry. That same year, Diego Rivera, a famous muralist, went to work on a project at the school. Kahlo watched as Rivera created a mural called The Creation in the school’s…

and represent the aggressor as the dominate one with full power over the lives of these individuals. The weapons being held here differ from those that were used in the battle. These weapons are shorters, but they look like some type of weapon that is similar to a bat. Lastly, this weapons seems to be more of a torture weapon because it can not do as much harm as the spheres would, but they could still inflict a lot of pain. They are only trying to hurt the captives and not kill them because…