African American Artists: Beverly Buchanan vs. Carrie Mae Weems Research Paper Brittany M. Grant Ms. Bunche Fundamentals of Arts 11/10/14 Outline I. Introduction II. Life/Biography a. Beverly Buchanan Biography b. Carrie Mae Weems Biography III. Artwork a. 2 Artworks of each artist b. Compare and contrast each IV. Art Styles a. Characteristics b. Who Influenced them c. Techniques d. Medium and why V. Summary/Conclusion VI. Pictures VII. Reference/Bibliography Introduction
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blocks to create an overpowering material presence. Painters like Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns ‚ also abstract artists‚ did not want the viewer to rely on what he saw to interpret a painting. African American artists John T. Biggers‚ Romare Bearden and Henry Clay Anderson presented a different view of American life. Part of the 1950’s boom in consumerism included housing. People could afford single family dwellings and suburbia was born. A small suburban community called Levittown
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Ralph Ellison (March 1‚ 1913[1] April 16‚ 1994) was a scholar and writer. He was born Ralph Waldo Ellison in Oklahoma City‚ Oklahoma‚ named by his father after Ralph Waldo Emerson. Ellison was best known for his novel Invisible Man (ISBN 0-679-60139-2)‚ which won the National Book Award in 1953. He also wrote Shadow and Act (1964)‚ a collection of political‚ social and critical essays‚ and Going to the Territory (1986). Research by Lawrence Jackson‚ Ellison’s biographer‚ has established that he
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August Wilson: Poet‚ Playwright‚ and So Much More August Wilson is a man who‚ outside of the theatrical world‚ is not very well known. Yet there are those‚ like Paul Carter Harrison‚ who would rank him in "the same ’artistic continuum’ as Langston Hughes‚ Toni Morrison‚ and Thelonius Monk."1 When I began research on August Wilson I asked myself‚ so what? So what if he’s won awards and recognition? What has he done to merit them? What makes this man important enough to do a research paper
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Historical and Creative Literacy Essay The Black Arts Movement and Its Impact From 1954 to 1968‚ Black Americans and other minorities fought for equal rights in what is known as the “Civil Rights Movement” here in America. It all began because of the courage of one woman…Rosa Parks‚ who was arrested in Montgomery‚ GA for refusing to move to the back of a bus. During this period in time‚ blacks were becoming more and more rebellious against the inequality they experienced in comparison to the white
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vernacular” language help pave the way for a very successful future. In interviews‚ Wilson was asked where he got his inspiration and he always responded with “the four B’s: Writers Amiri Baraka and Jorge Luis Borgers‚ painter Romare Bearden‚ and the blues” Regarding Bearden‚ Wilson claimed‚ "When I saw his work‚ it was the first time that I had seen black life presented in all its richness‚ and I said‚ ’I want to do that—I want my plays to be the equal of his canvases.’" (Mehling). As a young man
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Anthology of African American Literature. Ed. Henry L. Gates and Nellie Y. McKay. 2nd ed. New York‚ Ny: W.W. Norton &‚ 2004. 604-12. Print. 2. Schramm‚ Susan L.‚ and Rhonda B. Jeffries. "African American Trickster Representations in the Work of Romare Bearden." JSTOR. JSTOR‚ Sept. 2000. Web. 29 Nov. 2010. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3193835
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Day‚ worship and ritual‚ personal expression‚ social causes‚ visual delight‚ art - the expression of application of creative skill and imagination Romare Bearden - African American artist‚ used collages to show expression‚ intrest of jazz and communication Dwelling - Yong Soon Min‚ 1994‚ Mixed Media Rocket to the Moon - Romare Bearden‚ 1971‚ Collage on board Heartland - Miriam Schapiro‚ 1985‚ Fabric and Acrylic Utilitarian - art that improves quality or surroundings Rembrandt
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least some types of consumer decision making. Consumer research on reference groups has demonstrated congruency between group membership and brand usage (e.g.‚ Bearden and Etzel 1982; Bearden‚ Netemeyer‚ and Teel 1989; Bumkrant and Cousineau 1975; Childers and Rao 1992; Moschis 1985) and has defined several types of social infiuence (e.g.‚ Bearden and Etzel 1982; Park and Lessig 1977).Consumers form associations between reference groups and the brands they use and transfer these meanings from brand to
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10475 – Journal of Management and Marketing Research Target marketing and the product: categorizing products to understand the resulting marketing communication outcome measures Yuvay Jeanine Meyers Howard University ABSTRACT There is an increased expectation for American consumers to be presented with relatable images (Williams‚ Qualls‚ and Grier 1995). The use of Black models is now a commonplace occurrence in African American targeted marketing efforts; however there are a lack of studies
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