In “Fashioning Moccasins: Detroit, the Manufacturing Frontier, and the Empire if Consumption, 1701-1835” by Catherine Cangany; the author offers an interesting outlook on the transformation of North America’s Frontier. Cangany argues that through observing the small frontier town of Detroit you can see the western frontier’s change through the study of moccasins. Her argument is persuasive because she chronologically structures her article, effectively shows Detroit’s transformation and gives a variety of examples allowing the reader to see the influence of moccasins. Catherine Cangany’s article is well-structured helping the reader follow her research. The beginning of her article consists of a summary of what she will expand upon allowing
Referred to as “the best representative of the Mexican sculptural movement at the time” by Diego Rivera, I chose to do my research on Guatemalan painter and sculptor Rafael Yela Günther. I am attracted to his work because long before I knew who he was I saw some of his sculptures personally in Guatemala and I was truly impressed. Naturally my interest to know more about his artwork grew when I learned that Rivera had some influence on him during their time working together in Teotihuacan. Rafael Yela Günther was born on September 18, 1888 in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado was a explorer through his majority if his life. He spent almost half his life in Mexico and the Americas. He was searching for a golden city. Why did Coronado to go to Mexico and the Americas? When he arrived to the Americas what did he find?
In the 1960’s, the United States went through a period of clarity and diversity in thought, analysis and action for people from Mexico or those who practiced the Mexican culture. Issues of deep resonance and problems both Mexican and American communities faced were brought to light through different platforms that include multiple socio-political mobilizations, art, and music all throughout the country (Cockcroft, 1993). This later ensued into battles of cultural reclamation and self-determination that combined into a national consciousness called the Chicano Movement. The Chicano Art Movement represents the attempts made by Mexican-American artists in establishing a unique artistic identity in the United States. Most of the Chicanos belonged
Little did he know that this hobby of his would become the start of his ever so prominent career. In 1919, he took another step in pursuing his career by becoming a newspaper artist. He attended McKinley High School in Chicago, in which he took drawing and photography classes. He was also a contributing artist for the school paper and would even take courses at the Chicago Art institute at night (biography.com). Over time his cartoon creations were brought onto the big screen.
Diego Rivera: Mexican Painter Diego Rivera was a big man both literally and figuratively. He dominated the Mexican art world from after the Mexican revolution until his death. In the online article entitled, “The Painting on the Wall”, by Peter Schjeldahl, we see Rivera revive and put to use the antique medium of fresco painting. The Fresco painting used things such as pigments to impregnate a paste of marble, dust and water-treated lime (Schjeldahl).
At the age of 13 Rembrandt was attending Latin school. The schools focus was on grammar and the art of persuasion better known as rhetoric. The study of massive amounts of classical literature would help make his paintings truly have the classical appearance since he did indeed study under the terms. At the age of 13 Rembrandt was also an apprentice to Jacob Swanenurgh, who traveled to Venice, Rome, and Naples to present and create beautiful pieces of art. Roughly six years later Rembrandt would continue to study history, and massive amounts of rhetorical gestures.
El Anatsui is an African contemporary artist, who uses art to expresses the culture of Africa post colonialization. Anatsui uses natural materials such as wood, clay, and discarded bottle caps in his artwork. Many of his pieces reflect the Ghanaian culture, by using inspirations from Kente cloth, a traditional West African cloth made from woven textiles with multiple patterns. He uses his art to take a stand by informing people on the issues that Africa currently faces. Anatsui’s art references many historical events from Africa and around the world.
Francisco Goya – Tres de Mayo Francisco Jose de Goya was born on March 30, 1746. He was born in a small town called Fuendetodos that is located in Aragon, Spain. His family later moved to Saragossa, Spain and by the age of 14, he became a student to Jose Luzan, who was a local painter. He found inspiration in the arts of many famous artists and copied their style for many years.
This stint into education in the arts served him well and later he became an art
Marc Chagall is one of the most prominent painters of the 20th century. He created lots of works that have a huge significance in our days. In addition to paintings, he also engaged in stenography, writing poems, and creating book illustrations. Chagall was born at 1887 in a poor Jewish family in Vitebsk, Belarus. He saw an importance in a good education and it was a reason of his transfer to St. Petersburg to continue his studies at the Zvantseva School of Drawing and Painting.
He was fascinated with money, he loved earning it, and he never attempted to hide this unlike the artists of the previous centuries, he understood arts as a business, thus his main focus was to earn
Agnes Martin was born in 1912 in Canada, the same year as Jackson Pollock (“Agnes Martin”). She died of pneumonia in 2004 at the age of 92 (Laing). She grew up on the open plains of Saskatchewan in Vancouver, Canada (“Agnes Martin”). She claimed to have been able to remember her birth saying she was happy until her mother held her. In an interview with Jill Johnston in 2002, Martin said her mother emotionally abused her saying that her mother “liked seeing people hurt”.
Vitus’ dance, at times he would be left bedridden for up to seven months. During these times, Andrew's mother, also a skilled artist, would give him drawing lessons. It was around this time where Andy Warhol fell in love with art. Warhol was also a fan of movies, when he was nine years old, he got his first camera and began to experiment with photography, developing a makeshift darkroom in their basement. He attended Holmes elementary school and eventually went on to take free art courses at the Carnegie Institute.
Instead he copied paintings from several churches in Italy. Also, he meets various painters who influenced him to pursue his art education. His
