Assignment 3: Cultural Event Report Smithsonian National Museum of American History HUM 111 & Summer 2011 September 6‚ 2011 Professor Dr. Darryl Claybon Strayer University‚ Online-Campus Introduction This assignment will detail my visit to one of my favorite museums in Washington‚ D.C.‚ the Smithsonian’s American History Museum. I have attended the museum several times in my life time and it never gets old. My recent visit I found that the museum is being renovated;
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Behind the Clothesline In Mary Whyte’s watercolor painting Sweet Pea‚ a young African-American girl with braided hair is depicted wearing a light yellow shirt‚ holding a doll and appears to be standing behind a colorful‚ vibrant clothesline. What is the young girls reasoning for standing behind the clothesline? Based on the young girl’s familiarized demeanor in Sweet Pea‚ one can infer that she is standing behind the clothesline because it’s a place that she has been acclimated to being around. She
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The "New" Women of the 1920s: Image and Reality The 1920s began with the end of World War I and ended with the stock market crash of 1929. Technological and economical growth flew threw this era and urbanization began. Things like radio and movies created a national pop culture’ and new music: Jazz‚ some even refer to this era as the "Jazz Era". It was during this time of change and growth that women begin to gain a strong hold on equal rights. In 1920 the nineteenth amendment to the constitution
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Cultural Event Report: Attending a Performance Jessica Brown Professor Lafferty Hum 111: World Cultures I September 5‚ 2012 Event Name: Beauty & the Beast Musical Event Date & Time: August 10‚ 2012 Event Location: James F. Dean Theatre‚ Summerville‚ SC For this cultural event report I decided to attend a musical performance. This was a play of the classic movie Beauty and the Beast. This is the first time I have ever attended a live musical and I had an overall good experience
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Summative Art Write-Up Acrylic Landscape Painting Where did your idea/image come from? Is it your own image or did you use someone’s artwork or photograph to work from for a practical exercise? Briefly describe the image? (colours‚ the scene itself) (5 marks) My idea/image came from a social media app called instagram‚ and the image was take in Lake Minnewanka in Alberta Canada. I did use someone else’s photograph. The individual who took it remains unknown‚ however their instagram account is
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beautiful painting. It has many colors that all work so well together. There is a mix of pink‚ green‚ blue‚ red‚ and orange. It is an abstract art piece. The artist of the painting is named Pamela Munger. She was an English teacher who showed her creativity while teaching. Being a teacher grew her passion for art‚ so she began to start painting. She mainly uses acrylic paint. She also uses brushes and palette knives. Pamela and her husband own Misty Mountain Hop Farm and she paints full-time (Pamela)
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sort. The timing and ambience might give off the impression that they are celebrating Halloween however the absence of traditional Halloween items such as a trick or treat bag or stuff like jack o’lanterns can make someone think this is just a normal day. It makes you stop and ask yourself‚ why do they feel the need to cover their faces? Have we put so much shame on these children and their
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few of the main cultural and economical changes throughout America. This age received its name from the exuberant era ranging from 1918 to 1929. The second half of the decade became known as the “Golden Twenties.” Typified by roaring automobiles‚ industrial factories‚ jazz music‚ and loud crowded streets‚ the Roaring Twenties reflected an epoch of exorbitant revelry. The economy thrived and society gradually became more accepting of other cultures and influences. Although this time period expressed
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Michael Morelli 06 November 2012 The Roots of the 1920’s Social Life The Great War was very essential in providing the stepping stones into life during the 1920s as well as maintaining effects on the social atmosphere. In late 1918‚ the Great War had come to an end with the Allies achieving victory. This war had supposedly been the war to end all wars‚ and this victory brought confidence back home to the Americans. American troops came home at the end of 1918‚ and they came home to an America
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The Small Boats‚ Houses oil painting art piece was painted by Jennifer Bartlet on 1987 (B.1941). The original painting Is 118 in. x 168 in. x 2 in. and is currently being displayed as part of the Contemporary Art Collection in the Orlando Museum of Art. The artist uses several interesting art elements in this two dimensional piece. To begin with‚ the space within this painting plays a major role when visualizing both pieces of the painting. For instance‚ on your left side the viewer is allowed
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