This piece of art by Richard Watson is based on the story of Pharaoh and the Israelites from the Bible verse‚ Exodus 14:8. The main focus of the artwork is the hardship of people of color during White supremacy‚ and it is compared to the suffering Israelites faced under Pharaoh. This piece is an oil painting on a wood panel‚ and it is a single media brushwork with a combination of images that emphasize black life. The meaning of the painting‚ as perceived‚ is the hindrance black people faced
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. These additional plants add to the business of the piece because of the bright colors they are distinguished by. Because of the landscape‚ the artist was able to capture the setting he was familiar in his lifetime. It seems as if the artist created proportions for each focus of the piece. The mountains‚ sky and people and animals each take up 1/3rd of the painting. By proportioning the piece‚ the artist was able to help spectators focus on certain aspect of the painting. Since there is so many
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(Singapore) Art‚ culture‚ and society; these three elements are closely linked. These three elements affect one another in one way or another. There is often a conflict of interest between the artist‚ the audience‚ and the government body. The artist’s aim is to express art freely. The audience’s aim is to view art in forms that are not offensive to them. The government’s aim is to mitigate the conflict of interest between the two parties by implementing policies and restrictions to art pieces that
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Modern African literature is considered a byproduct as well as an explicit goal engineered at the Berlin Conference (1884-5) by the imperialist nations of Europe. The challenge for African literature is to be incorporated in the ‘universal’ standards of literary canons without the demeaning criticisms of this controlled universalism by the very Westerners whom much of the literary positions African writers had adopted‚ yet rejected. According to Pius Adesanmi‚ third generation African writers
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been an integral part of the African culture for many >years. Since slaver‚ people of African decent have dealt with the imposed >"veil"; it represents society’s view of African Americans as a problem and >it’s refusal to accept the African Americans as contributive members to >their society. Moreover‚ the "Diaspora" deals with the "double >consciousness‚" the looking of self through the eyes of others while being >graded by the society around the African American. The task is to analyze
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IS IT ART? What is art? Every person has an individual response to an artwork which is determined through the collaboration between an individual and a specific artwork. If it contributes to your experience‚ as a consequence being symbolic of something‚ then it is probably art for you. It is therefore very problematic in order to supply a definition that comprises the whole world’s thoughts and feelings. Some believe that anything and everything in the world is art‚ while others believe that it
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piece demonstrates the 135st library in Harlem. It displays members of his community engrossed in books and absorbing knowledge. This picture conveys pride of heritage and of the culture of his neighborhood. This work was created during the African American arts movement in 1960’s Harlem. This is a juxtaposition of the social and economic landscape oh Harlem at that time. The living conditions‚ crime rate and the economy of Harlem were incredulous during that
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divided and occupied by many different countries. These countries include Germany‚ France and England. The map also depicts independent states. There are few independent states whereas the major countries occupy Africa. Another economic loss of the african imperialism was the economy. Churches would send missionaries to Africa and take photos of the people before and after the natives were “civilized”. To the occupying countries‚ civilizing the natives was converting them into christianity and introducing
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jazz hands and glitter covered performers. The era of the Virginia Minstrel shows not only is derogatory towards African American slaves and recently freed slaves with the use of stock characters‚ but it uses exaggerated stereotypes and costuming to create the illusion that the African American race is inferior to Caucasians. These characters use exaggerated stereotypes of the African American slaves in the southern part of the country. Stereotypes include: a form of physical handicap‚ lack of common
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When The Story of an African Farm was published in 1883‚ the title gave no indication to the readers what the complex scope of the novel was really about."The Story of an African Farm" is a difficult work to describe. It must be read several times‚ and carefully pondered before all of its secrets are unlocked. The book revolves around the lives of three children (and‚ later‚ adults) who live in the Karroo plains of South Africa. The main focus‚ however‚ is on two of the characters - Waldo‚ the earnest
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