played and influential role in western art. The influence of Japanese art made created a term, Japonism, this term specifically refers to Japanese influence on European art and culture. One of the most remarkable traditions in Japanese art is Ukiyo-e of the Edo period. As the ‘jewel’ of the Japanese printing art, it uses the most exquisite paper, the finest colors and elaborate technique. Ukiyo-e not only carved a deep influence in Japanese art, and also in western art history. Ukiyo-e is a…
Hindered the Struggle to End FGM: International efforts to eradicate FGM, are often done with the intention of helping to abolish this harmful practice, but have instead hindered the struggle to end FGM. FGM gained international attention after Fran Hosken’s 1979 report, however this report created a victim-savior dichotomy that hindered the struggle to end FGM. Within Hosken’s report the women in communities that practiced FGM were characterized as ignorant or helpless (Wade, 2009,1). In her…
Final Book Review Project, Postwar by Tony Judt Approaching the historic context of Europe since 1945 is generally not an easy task, but in the case of Tony Judt’s 2005 book, Postwar, he provides a strong interpretation of all the occurrences in this time period. Throughout his book, Judt is very efficient in tackling all of the issues that were important during these years, which would make Postwar a book that in general, can very effectively speak to the present generation of Europeans. The…
unable to effectively protect their children against harm and need the aid of Western countries. Russell surprisingly asks, “This has been going on for years?” which demonstrates that this situation has been occurring for a long time in Uganda and the African people have not been able to do anything to help these children, thus implying that the African community is powerless. Africa 's alleged dependence on Western…
residents of the western cultures. The origin of the yellow peril being California after the residents feared to lose their jobs to the immigrants impacted probably negatively and led to the thriving of the economic crisis in the regions (Zhan, 45). While going through the era of ‘’Aliens ineligible for citizenship’’ and the ‘’Yellow Peril’’, the Asian-Americans suffered in various ways. The new living conditions influenced the life for the immigrants that their counterparts, the Western, in the…
Achieving unobstructed economic activities by efforts of ultimate economic liberalization Over the past two decades, economic liberalisation by global productivities has been increasingly expanding and persisting the advancements of western economic growth (Stehr & Strasser, 2004, p. 4). Many people from developed countries have prospered from ‘globalism’ (Robertson, 2003, p. 4) as a result of cross-border trade and investments. However for developing countries, that are not sizeable enough to…
Western societies appear to repeatedly place a great deal of importance on the thinness model of human physique, often to the exclusion of other models of healthy, more realistic and attainable models of physique. The appreciation of specific aesthetic qualities seem to surpass and dominate above those of intellect, accomplishment, demeanor and overall health, and if you are someone who is overweight or ‘fat’ certain practices within Western societies can result in feelings of humiliation,…
this diversity in the western world. However, at times, those cultures lose a bit of themselves due to the integration into the western society, as is the case for Jordan Abel and Madeleine Thien. Abel, being of Nisga’a descent, and Thien, being of Malaysian descent, both aim towards bringing their perspectives on heritage separation to light through their works. Though different in the way they convey their messages of forgotten culture, both Abel and Thien show how the western society has…
Portraits: a comparative essay. The Archibald prize is a famous Australian portrait competition. It as named after JFA and was first awarded in 1921. His aim was to foster portraiture as well as support artists and preserve the memory of great Australians. William Dobell, painted fellow painter and beloved figure of Australian art, Margret Olley; and won in 1948. Margret Olley was also painted a second time by Ben Quilty in 2011, that too won the Archibald prize. Although The two paintings,…
Abstract art is also known as non objective art or non representational art, painting, sculpture or graphic art in which the portrayal of things from the visible world plays no part. Abstraction was one of the mostsignificant developments in the story of 20th century arts. It consists largely of elements like form, color, line, tone and texture. It has its origin in 19th century. The period characterized by so vast a body of elaborately representational art produced for the sake of illustrating…