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The Battle for History
Victor Arnautoff, “a Russian-American painter and professor of art” was commissioned by the government through the WPA Federal Art Project to paint murals for the newly constructed George Washington High School in San Francisco (19356-1936). This project was a part of a larger initiative meant to provide economic relief to the unemployed during the Great Depression. Arnautoff used his knowledge of the first president of the United States to render a brilliantly colored fresco narrative depicting various scenes from his life. While the images are based on fact, there has been a great deal of debate over the nature of two of the scenes. The first shows the activities at Mount Vernon where President George Washington grew wheat that was harvested by African-American Slaves. The other displays the body of a murdered Native American.
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Humans
No Justification Required
Art for art’s sake was coined in the early 19th century by the French philosopher Victor Cousin. This phrase expresses the belief that art needs no justification and that it does not need to have a purpose (Britannica). In How Art Works, Ellen Winner, challenges the reader to consider the questions like “Can This Be Art?” (Winner 6). Other questions to consider are: "What is Art?” and “What do people think art is?" The answers to these questions are subjective. Literally, the definition of art is in the eye of the observer. Mark Rothko expresses that art is more than the object when he says:
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Humans
To Be or Not To Be Moved
Many years ago, I worked in the hospital as a peripheral vascular technician; completing studies on various veins and arteries. As a student, my favorite area of the body was the brain and the vascular system of the brain. I found the brain incredibly fascinating and mysterious. As a musician, I can attest to the physical responses to music and the feelings that accompany different pieces of music. In her book, How Art Works, Ellen Winner discusses the biological responses to music sharing that
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Humans
Diego Rivera:
The challenges Diego Rivera faced as a Latin American artist are not unlike the challenges that artists have faced throughout history around the world. It is important to note that Rivera was adamant about being truthful in imagery and stated that he had "been in conflict with those who wanted me to paint not what I saw, but what they wished me to see".
By Rebecca A Hyde Gonzales4 years ago in Humans
Technicolor Aching
Very seldom, if ever that I can readily recall, has a piece of art actually moved me to tears, but this picture had that effect on me the first time I saw it. Being a twin on my twin flame journey has been a gut wrenching – while simultaneously beautiful, inspiring, and soul shaping – experience, and this picture seems to perfectly encapsulate all of those emotions and my experience.
By Kathryn Dorbeck4 years ago in Humans
Porches and Nostalgia
On Monday I started working myself around some writing. My chosen topic was loose, but there was a direction: porches. So here it went. “The porch is an intermediary space. Intermediary spaces in architecture are a thing of magic. The space where different things meet. The boundary. They are places of possibility and ephemeral.”
By Jo Petroni4 years ago in Humans
An Artist's Self Portrait Demonstrates His Own Descent Into Alzheimer's Hell. Top Story - April 2022.
In my Alzheimer’s articles, I give you solid, proven information on how to deal with Alzheimer’s behaviors. In the last two articles, Learning Not to Argue, and Communication Strategies, I discussed the difficulty of communicating with a person with Alzheimer’s Disease. I explained the reasons for, and solutions to how to deal with the unusual, difficult to understand, often inexplicable behaviors related to communication disorders, displayed by your Alzheimer’s loved one. I did this by giving you a glimpse of what it’s like to live inside the Alzheimer’s brain -Blankness, confusion, and fear.
By Joan Gershman4 years ago in Humans
