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The novel Esperanza Rising, written by Pam Munoz Ryan, tells the story of a young girl named Esperanza Ortega who goes from riches to rags. The story takes place in Aguascalientes, Mexico, starting out in the Ortega’s wealthy home in the 1930s and ending in a camp for immigrants in Arvin, California. The Great Depression, one of the deepest and long-lasting downturns in economic history, was also taking place during the time of the story, though the Great Depression did not affect the Ortega’s daily life. Esperanza, a 12 year old gifted and wealthy girl, lives on el Rancho de los Rosas in Mexico with her Papa, Mama, Abuelita, and several servants and workers. One day, while Papa is out working on the fields, he gets killed by bandits leaving
It is easy today for someone to see the effects famous artworks have had: the toy clocks that look like they are melting and dripping off the table, the parodies of artworks on coffee mugs, and the artistic styles that still appear across the world. Many of these products and influences originated from the 1930s. This time was characterized by the Great Depression, upcoming World War II, the entering of communism on the world stage. Economic strife and political orientation found their way into the world of art, helping to develop new movements of Surrealism, Social Realism, and Regionalism along with artists, such as Salvador Dali, that will continue to captivate large audiences for times to come. For much of the decade, Surrealism and Social
“The Most Dangerous Game” is a story which features two main characters General Zaroff and Rainsford. Both characters are into big game hunting. The story opens with Rainsford traveling to New York on his yacht, which he then falls off of and proceeds to swim to the nearest land he can find. Rainsford then ends up on an island to which he ends up at General Zaroff’s house and is kindly invited in. Later that night when the two hunters are eating together Zaroff proceeds to tell Rainsford about how big game hunting has started to bore him.
The art produced today has been influenced by the rebellious founders and their development of the impressionism movement. Even though the first exhibition of the impressionism movement was not as successful as they hoped, it was the starting point for a new way of thinking about and creating
Henri Matisse drew some outstanding paintings. In the beginning of the 20th century was the modernism era. It included amazing and famous painters, sculptors, draughtsmen, and printmakers. In this era an amazing artist was born called Henri Matisse.
Throughout mankind, the concept of art has developed and changed. We have observed a variety of artistic forms and styles through paintings and sculptures. Numerous amount of cultures and time periods we 're established in history from art. Some include the Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque time periods of art. During each of those time periods, new artistic styles were created and transformed.