Stark Museum of Art

comedy, and literature. The division within the U.S. society had forced Americans to choose between new dramatic cultural arts or the old traditional cultural arts. Americans were breaking new cultural barriers in music, comedy, and literature by addressing forbidden topics such as drugs, sex, homosexuality, religion, and profanity. Fred Kaplan documented these changes in cultural arts during this period of the Cold War in 1959: The Year Everything…

Vietnam, where “To Ngoc Thanh, chairman of the Viet Nam Folk Arts Association...is upset [that] don ca tai tu (talented instrumental music and singing)...is performed to entertain tourists while they eat” (“Can Tourism Destroy Heritage”). Rather than seeing performances on stages and in concert halls, tourists squeeze into their busy itineraries a show during a meal, where travelers are often distracted, talking, and unable to appreciate the art and beauty of the Vietnamese culture. Many…

less a respected god. Either way, the character of Ares, the mythos surrounding him, and the role he plays says something about Ancient Greece’s ambivalence towards the subject of war. Despite the major influence of Greek culture on the Romans, the stark difference in attitudes towards war and masculinity between the two societies is made clear through the views reflected in their respective mythologies surrounding Ares and Mars. For thousands of years, the swastika had been an important symbol…

Final Art Paper What category does the art fall under? (Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Ceramic, Metal Work, other) How can you tell? This artwork (Starry Night) falls under the painting category for art. You can tell this because because of the brush strokes visible and how the color is somewhat blended together. Turn your attention to the piece as a whole. Take a few minutes to look at the artwork in its entirety and answer the following questions. a. How does the artist use color? Are there…

Huxtable also discusses museums, which are dependent on tourism, must compete for attendance with entertainment-geared attractions. Museums have put increasing emphasis on the merchandise for sale in their shops. They sell well-made, mass produced products of one-of-a-kind works of art, almost indistinguishable from the original. Huxtable states that imposing an exchange of attributes between the museum and the shopping mall, between culture and commerce has now become similar. Museums, which…

Leonardo da Vinci was accomplished in many areas -- mathematics, science, architecture, botany, etc., but what he is most known for is being a brilliant artist. As a young child, he received very little education, but his artistic talents, despite any formal training, were apparent very early on. This is what led him, at the age of fourteen, to begin an apprenticeship with Andrea del Verrocchio, a prominent artist at the time, in Florence. When he was twenty years old, da Vinci moved on from…

In colonial America in the seventeenth through the eighteenth century, specifically in the period rooms in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the changing standard of decoration and function of homes reflects the rise of the consumer revolution. Though especially influential in the acquisition of luxury goods, the colonial infatuation with refinement and gentility coincides with the consumer revolution. In fact, a person’s gentility would often be defined by their possession of material goods.…

particular, Betye Saar’s iconic The Liberation of Aunt Jemima (1972), and Richard Hunt’s sculpture the Outgrown Pyramid #1 (1973), will help uncover the plight of African American’s at that time. These artists both demonstrate a keen awareness of how their art will operate in their surrounding locations. Saar’s work controls the viewer to experience it from one perspective, while Hunt’s piece is wide open for interpretation and interaction from all sides. In comparing these two works,…

Margaret River, you are sure to encounter enchanting views of manicured vineyards, breathtaking beaches, exotic fish and wildlife, rustic nature trails, and entrances to underground limestone caves. There are many indoor activities that include museums, breweries,…

'Potty World '. Annual opening of 'Potter Wizardry ' museums across the pond, '3D Potter spectacle corporation ', maybe…