Faith Annett - Art F200X

 For most of the artistic periods up until this time, Western art had been dominated by white males. Post-Modern art, from 1960 forward began to open up to more and more diversity in the artists as well as different diverse styles of artwork that were being recognized and praised. Diversity existed in the artist's races, genders, religion, and style of artwork. Diversity also existed in the type of materials that were used to create art.  Installation art is one type of art that emerged in the Post-Modern Era of art and was artwork that was created and designed for a certain space, typically open to the public. Christo and Jeanne Claude were two Post-Modern artists known for their installation art.  "Wall of Oil Barrels - The Iron Curtain" - Christo and Jeanne Claude On the evening of June 27, 1962 Christo and Jeanne Claude installed these 89 oil barrels closing the Rue Visconti. The Rue Visconti was a very narrow, historic street in Paris. This was a very poetic protest ...

Harlem, a neighborhood in New York, had a great population of African Americans living there who had moved to Harlem throughout the Great Migration. Throughout the 1920's in America Harlem experienced an intellectual and cultural explosion that came to be known as The Harlem Renaissance. Harlem became to be known as a cultural center for African Americans filled with artist, musicians, poets, and writers were all a big part of The Harlem Renaissance. Many of these artists from the Harlem Renaissance portrayed aspects of African American life in America and the stereotypes that were portrayed against African Americans.  The first artist and painting I will go into is Jacob Lawrence and his painting, "The Builders".  "The Builders" - Jacob Lawrence This painting done in 1947 by Jacob Lawrence, an American painter, who specialized in African-American historical subjects and had a series portraying the African migration from Southern United States to the Northern Un...

 The two art styles from the Romantic Era that I will be comparing are Impressionism and Post-impressionism. Impressionism is a style that began in France in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. As Phil Hansen says in his video on an "Impressionism - Overview from Phil Hansen", impressionist art often depicts a scene as if taken at a glance. Many of these paintings only give an "impression" of whatever they are portraying. Impressionist paintings were full of color and often included scenes from the outdoors. On the other hand, Post-Impressionism was much more formal and had more of a structure than the freer nature of Impressionism. Many of our famous paintings today are from the Post-Impressionist time, including work from Vincent Van Gogh.  The first two paintings I will be diving into a bit more are from the Impressionist period. First off, a painting by Claude Monet who painted this piece that helped define the create the Impressionist movement.  "I...