Western White Pine

He had an certain aspects of what it means to be an artist. I expect a painter to paint something to show expressive gesture. I always look at paining that I a tendency to create feelings, emotions, nature, or beauty. I simply to not see what Robert Motherwell was portraying. Most of his painting is nothing but a collage feature, simply with shapes, abstract shapes and/or gestural brushstrokes , to me of-course. However there’s some of his painting that may had a contemporary event with…

When I first walked into the NIACC Auditorium Art Gallery my eyes flew to the black and white detailed photographs by John Rodman. John’s photographs feature various landmarks from Arizona. For example, one of the first photos I was drawn to was the North Rim - Grand Canyon, AZ with a well balanced detailed black and white photo of the Grand Canyon. The atmosphere right away gave a sense of Arizona’s culture and seemed calming. Next as I walked further…

Carlos Cruz Diez, born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1923, is considered to be one of Venezuela’s modernist master. He lived in Paris since 1960 studying and understanding concepts of Kinetic and Optical art. Holland Cotter, a writer for the Ney York Times explains, "he turned his attention to new strains of geometric abstraction, including Op art, and to kinetic art." All of his works and his research established him as one of the 20th-century thinkers in the means of color. Jessica Leigh Lebos, a…

For starters this is a book about many characters in a futuristic society that are controlled by the society. They are always watched and they never really question if this is the way they should live. They live and get the jobs they are picked and they live by the rules of the society. The book was written by Aldous Huxley and it is a book based upon the society in the book but also can be seen as our society today. There are many questions that make you think hard and long about today’s…

Pastoral Tableau was designed by Shara Rowley Plough, a mixed media artist who formerly worked in Cleveland,MS. Ms. Plough attended school at the University of Iowa, obtaining a Bachelors of Fine Arts, and at the University of Arizona receiving a Master of Fine Arts. After receiving such illustrious degrees, she went on to pursue her career as an artist. Pastoral Tableau exhibit was displayed in the Wright Art Center located on Delta State University’s campus. This exhibit featured several…

Saving Private Ryan Critical Analysis Saving Private Ryan is a story about a group of American soldiers during World War ll overcoming obstacles to accomplish a signal mission. One of the biggest obstacles they had to face was keeping everyone focused on the mission at hand. I think the book did an excellent job at making that obstacle clear to the audience. Saving Private ryan is a story of a small group of American soldiers on a mission to find and bring home a soldier named…

Capitalism The pervasive nature of neoliberal capitalism, as the primary ideology of success upheld among increasingly-globalized Western countries, has led to the widespread adoption of certain cultural conventions that influence interactions with populations perceived as inferior in some manner. These cultural beliefs and practices include the judgement of neoliberalism and Western culture as the quintessential model, the idealization of specific personality traits, and the acceptance of…

also known as Dutch Guiana. The colonization in North America was the Hudson River Valley (The Western Heritage). In South America, the Dutch at first had an economy weighing on the established sugar plantations. In North America, at first sugar plantations were also the leading industry. In fact, the Dutch were the first to bring African slaves to North America and were used on the plantations (The Western Heritage). However, in North America, the “West India Company” was established later on…

Corporate Globalization may be the end to what is left of the people in this world. The people of the world see the bad side because of the way we act on a daily base. It defines who we are and how we must deflate ourselves into the society in which we live. The lack of knowledge of cultural Globalization isn’t making it better. What people do not know cannot be fixed. When the people, whether in America or in Asia, open their eyes and decide to stand up to the injustice being thrown at our feet…

The song “The Globalist” by MUSE emphasizes the message that monstrous human behaviors are byproducts of humanity itself. The subject of this song is about human nature in the context of wars and dictatorships. Through the use of changes in tones throughout the piece like going from a cinematic to a harsh and then a melancholy tone, MUSE really wants people to hear the rise and fall of an empire both lyrically and musically. They use heavy drumbeats to really express this. MUSE emphasizes three…