Art Appreciation- Painting Analysis Jacob Lawrence‚ Going Home. 1946. I never realized that art played such an important aspect in our everyday lives. It is my belief that people take art for granted. From a global perspective‚ art would be better appreciated if more time and effort was devoted to it. Art is about helping people understand life and expressing themselves. In just a short time of me studying art‚ I am able to take notice of all the different colors that are
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toughen up‚ this is reality we are living in.”- Lauryn Hill. This quote explains that a mother will tell her son to accept the world he lives in‚ and he cannot change who he is‚ but he can prepare for it f he faces reality. (Context) In A Raisin in the Sun‚ by Lorraine Hansberry‚ Mama Younger‚ an open-minded‚ ambitious‚ tough‚ strong hearted‚ head of the Younger family‚ in her early sixties‚ helps take care of everyone‚ and as a mother and grandmother will do anything to make her family be happy and
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around recently widowed‚ Ramatoulaye in the form of a letter to her friend Aissatou. Ramatoulaye discusses her emotional struggle when‚ the traditions of polygamy allowed her husband to marry her daughters friend. Another good read‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ is about the Youngers family who are going through the daily struggles of an African-American family in the 1950’s. The play addresses the money problems Walter Younger goes through and‚ the struggle of being “the man of the house.” The issues his
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representation of the white race of that time‚ Walter Lee’s handling Mr. Lindner in A Raisin In the Sun‚ and the oppression of Clay caused by Lula in The Dutchman‚ the very the nature of white and black relations and racism in America‚ and the responses to the oppression‚ that these two characters come to symbolize the great Era that their creators belonged to. While the overall plot progression of A Raisin in the Sun circulates around many characters and their motives‚ goals‚ and ways through which they work
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A Raisin in the Sun – Mama Mama has dreams for her family to rise from poverty and live in a better and bigger place and also for them to continue to grow together as a family. Mama has a plant that she also cares for. She takes care of this plant as if it was one of her own children. Mama’s children also have their own dreams and their own plans on how to attain those dreams. The family’s competing dreams are emphasized by Hansberry’s recurring use of the motif--Mama’s plant. In the
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Lorraine Hansberry discusses many difficulties people faced in the 60’s and 70’s in her play “A Raisin in the Sun”. It showcases a struggling Chicago family battling poverty‚ sexism‚ and racism. The play’s accurate representations lead to winning the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. However‚ one topic that the play seemed to brush over was the lifestyles of U.S. women in that time period. Career‚ education‚ and finances have been obstacles for women‚ unlike men. Back then‚ every woman was expected
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American Art Before and After World War II Melissa Kirkland ARTS/125 August 10‚ 2015 DOROTHEA LANGE • American photographer. • From 1914 to 1917 she attended the New York Training School for Teachers and there decided to become a photographer‚ partly influenced by visits to the photographer Arnold Genthe. • From 1917 to 1918 she attended a photography course run by Clarence H. White at Columbia University‚ NY. “Migrant “White Angel Breadline” Mother” WALKER EVANS • American Photographer and
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children were sculpted with protruding muscles. Another tell-tale characteristic of Greek styling is the positioning of the legs‚ positioning more weight on one leg than the other. Even though both styles of Greek art share many similarities‚ both the classical‚ and Hellenistic style of art have subtle yet important differences. These seemingly minor alterations completely change the feel‚ and emotion of the artworks. Initially‚ Classical‚ also known as Phidian‚ Is the first and the original of the
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Ancient Greece art is beautifully decorated by the craftsmen. Art was made with bronze‚ gold‚ silver but the most that Greeks used to make is metal to make art. But there was something stronger than metal‚ it was…..iron‚ iron is harder than metal. Metal can be melted down and made into something else‚ many metal sculptures and other metal items were melted down so they could be for other things. The Greeks made many things like bowls and vases‚ cauldrons‚ knives and daggers‚ shields‚ armour‚ decorative
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In the novel‚ A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini‚ the main characters Laila and Mariam obtain personal strengths that benefit each other immensely. While these skills are excellent on their own‚ when they are brought together‚ they make both women invincible. Traits such as confidence‚ patience and selflessness are combined between both characters. These advantages contrast with one another to fill the emptiness and weaknesses that both Laila and Mariam possess. Throughout everything
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