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When artists have personal opinions about specific issues they can produce powerful, disturbing and intuitive artworks. Artists use many techniques to manipulate viewer’s personal opinions on an issue. Artwork can have a stronger influence on the population over audio cues like speeches as art involves techniques such as colour, the location and many other methods. The article, ‘Influence of Art on American Society’ and the artist Shepard Fairey correspond with this statement through facts and…

I found my visit to the Tampa Museum of Art to be enjoyable. I really enjoyed seeing older pieces of art like the red and black figure vases and greco-roman statues. I loved the few ancient marble pieces they did have and I wish there were more of them. I do however wish the museum’s collection was larger and I was surprised when I came into to the last section of the museum to realize that it was the last room. Even though the museum did not have a large collection, I did still the enjoy the…

In the 1920s in Europe after World War 1, a new art form was rooted off the famous Dada movement called Surrealism. Surrealism is a style of art of the early twentieth century that emphasized dream imagery, chance operations, and rapid, thoughtless forms of notation that expressed, it was felt, the unconscious mind. A French poet by the name Andre Brenton, known as the “Pope of Surrealism,” wrote the Surrealist Manifesto. His original definition of surrealism was a “fusion of elements of fantasy…

John Gibson In the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a newly engaged same-sex couple (David Mullins and Charlie Craig; along with their mothers) wished to order a wedding cake from a local baker, Jack Phillips. After a brief introduction, yet before the order specifications were discussed, Mr. Phillips (a devout Christian) informed the gentleman that he would not be willing to fulfill the couple's order, because his religion prohibits same-sex marriage. In light…

10 Decoration Ideas for Valentine Day. Valentine Day is celebrated on 14th February every year with great enthusiasm. There are various theories regarding the origination of Valentine Day celebration and one most supported belief during Middle Ages among the people of France & England was that on 14th February, bird-mating season started and people saw it as a day of romance and love. Today, valentine day is celebrated across the world with great enthusiasm as a day of celebrating love,…

classroom. Near the art center was also the classroom bathroom and sink, which to me seemed to be optimally placed due to the sink being close by for easy access. The art center consists of a square table with a few chairs around it, on the table was stencils, white paper, and a basket with washable paint, crayons, glue sticks and pencils. On the side of the table, two easels were set up with smocks hanging over them. Everything seemed to be in good condition and developmentally…

As we walk through the city streets, or as we travel, we find graffiti for almost about anywhere. It has been around forever and it will never stop. Originally, graffiti was brought up in the subways in New York in the 1960’s, and it was a manner for real graffiti writers to express themselves to no limits. During the 1960’s, graffiti was strictly illegal; many laws were enforced against this act to the extent where these people were incarcerated for something they loved to do. For the real…

Nine Ways Bargain T-Shirts Save the Day When you think about the humble t-shirt, you may think about an undershirt that keeps the sweat away from your nicer shirts. Oh, such limited thinking. You might be surprised to know the numerous ways that a simple t-shirt can become the hero of an event and truly save the day. Consider these nine ways that tee shirts from a discounter can help you stretch your dollar while making you look like a creative genius. 1. Marketing. In the advertising and…

electric chairs. These were followed by equally unsettling pictures of race riots and atomic bomb detonations. In his way, Warhol was an American history painter. He once quoted, that art is what you can get away with. Lichtenstein involved the use of stencils, he wanted to bring the look and feel of commercial printing processes to his painting and prints. Through the use of primary colors, thick outlines, and Benday dots, Lichtenstein endeavored to make his hand-made art look machine-made.…

Postmodernism/ Modernism Modernist artists can be viewed as a new way of thinking that started in the 1860’s and ended in the 1970’s that sought to view art thru fresh eyes. Modern art focused on actual items in nature but sought to abstract it. Post-Modernism is almost the anti-modernism. It went to go against anything modernism stood for. Asking more questions than it answered postmodern artists sought to simplify and recreate past styles and converge low and high art into one. In this essay…