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The book “The Arab of the Future” by Riad Sattouf talks about the life of Riad and his family when he lived in the eastern countries. Riad is the embodiment of Eastern and Western values because his mother is French and his father is Syria. He had lived in Libya when he was two years old, and in Syria when he was fourth years old. He had the difficult life and some memories he will never forget. The character Raid has been shown on three sides: the differences of his relationship between his…

Women Without Men, Sultana’s Dream, and Brick Lane depict women who free themselves from their restricting home lives and societal pressures in favor of living without men. They are initially controlled by patriarchal traditions and expectations placed upon them. The protagonists in these novels are women who are initially restricted by patriarchal limits and societal expectations. The attempt to break free of those restrictions marks the strength to gain freedom from their respective situations…

Mental Illnesses can defined as a condition that has impacted many people and has affected their way of thinking, their behaviors and their ability to function in society. When we think about mental illness, society has a pre -conceive notion that many of these illness or what they like to call it psychological disorder, affect everyone but according to the text ,” there are no cross culturally universal standards for normal behavior or thinking,”(221). When look at the difference in culture it…

In Western culture, we have a very specific understanding as to what it means to be male and masculine, or at least in terms of societies definition of masculinity. In our culture, gender and sex are understood as different, but co-existent and complimentary. Gender and sex together are used to create ones gender ideology; their personal understanding of gender. Just as the female/feminine has been socially constructed and implemented through norms attitudes and beliefs, so have the ideas or…

civilizations. The first is the western civilization that consist of north america and europe. The second Latin America which was central and south america. Third African which was only the southern part of the african continent. Fourth Islamic extending to north africa and the middle east. Fifth Sinic includes china, vietnam, and korea. Hindu which is made up of only india. Orthodox which was russia and parts of eastern europe. Buddhist consist…

Abstraction can be defined as an art in which the subjects of a painting or sculpture are symbolic with the emphasis of specific elements including form, line, and color. The rise of abstraction varies according to each region around the world, as well as the impacts made on societies by local and global events. In my opinion, the catalyst for abstraction in art history was during the 1800’s when art became reactionary. This was during the time of industrialism and revolution. In response to…

Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was a prominent Spanish painter and printmaker of the mid-18th century. He is labeled as the first truly modern artist with his Romanticism elements portrayed in his artwork, such as imagination, subjectivity, and emotion. Goya was artistically gifted, with the capability to portray real life situations by using imagination and emotion. Goya’s earlier pieces are lighter and more carefree, while his later pieces focuses on the harsh reality of war with components of…

Thomas Hart Benton painted The Wreck of the Ole 97 uses a variety of elements and principles to highlight the importance and the realism in his piece. Benton uses lines to create the train,the people, and the plants which are mostly made from irregular lines.Because he painted shapes with irregular lines the figures are not geometric but organic especially the people and plants. He does paint few regular lines like the track, the train and the wagon. The track is made from one geometric…

Yayoi Kusama Yayoi Kusama, Beyond the End of the Century, 1987 Acrylic on canvas, 162 cm x 130 cm Beyond the End of the Century is an abstract work whose subject matter consists of red circles of varying sizes, each with a red line trailing behind it as though it has a tail. These are set against a plain white background. Kusama’s use of line implies the movement of the red figures: the “tails” trailing behind each red circle have an organic and fluid shape, making it seem as though the…

One of my most famous artists is Joseph Mallord William Turner (J. M. W. Turner) He was an English Romanticist landscape painter, watercolorist. He was born in 23 April 1775 in Covent Garden in London, England and was died on 19 December 1851 (aged 76) in Cheye walk, Chelsea, England. His education from the Royal Academy of art. His paintings of William Turner, Romanticism landscapes, mostly a spectacular show in England, especially the sea. His oil paintings, Turner are also one of the greatest…