...IWT Task 1 (0813) This paper will analyze, critique, and help us to understand the music of the Harlem Renaissance and the Pop Art periods. The social conditions that influenced the art and the characteristics of the artists’ style were in many ways similar; however, with advancing technology, they had differing struggles to overcome. The Harlem Renaissance was sparked by the Great Migration from 1919 – 1926 in which African Americans began moving to northern cities to find employment and a better way of life. The musicians of this era were very influential in renewing the culture and history of the United States. Jazz, race, and class divided Harlem and New York cities. Some historians have said the best way to understand the Harlem Renaissance is by understanding the music (http://historyoftheharlemrenaissance.weebly.com/index.html; www.1920s-fashion-and-music.com/Harlem-Renaissance-1920s.html). With the roots of jazz coming from slave songs, it is truly an African-American invention. This newly formed music utilized the dissonant “blue” note. This modification to the to the standard major scale allowed the musician to play the note flat; usually the third, fifth, or seventh note of the scale. Music critic Sidney Finkelstein stated, “It expresses the hope and struggle for freedom, the vitality which enables a people to wrest joy out of misery and to assert the triumph of human beings over the obstacles that would grind them down.” ("MindEdge," 2014) Jazz was the sound...
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...a Black American Art Form : Definitions of the Jazz Preservation Act JEFF FARLEY Jazz music and culture have experienced a surge in popularity after the passage of the Jazz Preservation Act (JPA) in 1987. This resolution defined jazz as a black American art form, thus using race, national identity, and cultural value as key aspects in making jazz one of the nation’s most subsidized arts. Led by new cultural institutions and educational programs, millions of Americans have engaged with the history and canon of jazz that represent the values endorsed by the JPA. Record companies, book publishers, archivists, academia, and private foundations have also contributed to the effort to preserve jazz music and history. Such preservation has not always been a simple process, especially in identifying jazz with black culture and with America as a whole. This has required a careful balancing of social and musical aspects of jazz. For instance, many consider two of the most important aspects of jazz to be the blues aesthetic, which inevitably expresses racist oppression in America, and the democratic ethic, wherein each musician’s individual expression equally contributes to the whole. Balanced explanations of race and nationality are useful not only for musicologists, but also for musicians and teachers wishing to use jazz as an example of both national achievement and confrontation with racism. Another important aspect of the JPA is the definition of jazz as a ‘‘ high ’’ art. While there remains...
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...trivium which include the study of Latin grammar, rhetoric and logic. These studies covered the literature, law and dialectic. After the structure of trivium is established, the degree of Bachelor of Arts was officially formed in the higher-educational institutions and set the model for the modern universities. According...
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...Significance of Music within the Ancient Greek Culture Abstract: What is Greece? This questions can be answered in a variety of areas. The history of music in Greece plays a significant role in the history of the country. Because music played a integral role in the daily lives of the Ancient Greek citizens, it is evident that music has played a role in shaping the culture into what it is today. We live in a society where we are completely devoted and immersed in music. Whether it be a simple tune we hear on a radio or the hustle of city life, music is all around us. The way we react to music, is very similar to how music was in the ancient Greek times. Music allowed the citizens to express emotion, to worship, to prepare for sporting events, to mourn, to celebrate, and in essence to be happy. Music was their special gift from the gods, and they did everything in their power to make sure the gods understood their appreciation. They honored music and created an artistry that stands as a guiding role in, not only the history of the Greek culture, but also a significant role in the history of music in general. What is Greece? This question can be explored in many different areas. From a political aspect to the beautiful geography, Greece offers a wide range of history and culture that one cannot pass on learning about. The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as it’s history. Music can be highly regarded as an integral part in the history of Greek culture...
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...The Cleveland Art Museum and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame offer two very different experiences to the museum goer. Though they are both types of museums, they have completely different atmospheres and content. My experience cannot offer a true critique to anyone else who might be considering going, because I will have had an infinitely different experience than what anyone else will have. An art critic named John Berger once said, “Every image embodies a way of seeing, our perception or appreciation of an image depends also upon our own way of seeing,” and this is why a critique holds next to no real value from one person to the next. I can share my experience and opinions, but they will be different from anyone else’s, though they will influence...
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...happening in the history and how all the culture is being past from our ancestors to us. Since human have been born, we have used philosophy, literature, religion, art, music, history and language to understand and improve our world. These methods of expression are the major expression that is being taught under humanities to us. This knowledge of the human experience in the past help to give us the opportunity to feel a sense of connection with the people who came before us and also help us to learn from their mistakes or enjoy what wonderful experience that they have experienced in the past. The Humanities are also essential for understanding the past which is responsible for the creation of what is happening at the present. The humanities are academic disciplines which is use to study the human condition using methods that are analytic, critical, or speculative. On the other hand human inquiry is about studying non-human subjects as well as expression. These two things can’t be study but only experienced in our daily life while we are communicating with each other. It is because when communicating with people they are so many factors that may affect the overall conversation and the outcome. A great example of arts would be arts that are related to the history, cultures and past life experience. These arts can help the youngsters to know more about their ancestors as well as learn to appreciate history. Learning history will give them more...
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...Art and Culture Paper Bryce Barbee ART/125 March 14, 2016 Jamie Welch Art and Culture Paper This paper will contain information about the Feminist Art Movement and how their art work help then towards the goal of women have equal rights as to men. This will also include the ethnic minorities and how their influence affected the art works. There will be a Section of this paper that will take about the influence of art and how it affected the culture of 20th century. Then this paper will so contain information about how the culture of 20th century influences the arts of the 20th century. Feminist Art Movement Well the Feminist Art Movement started in 1969 because there was a group of women artists in revolution (WAR). This group decided to split off from the Art Workers’ Coalition (AWC) the reason the split from the AWC because it was Male-dominated. This group would not help the women artists. Then in 1971 the women artists had started to strike out of the Corcoran Biennial in Washington D.C. because they had excluded the women artists. The women artists started to protest against gallery owners because they would not show off their work here. Judy Chicago is the first woman that acted on and to help the Feminist Art movement. Her role was the most prominent and the earliest activists in the movement because she had established the feminist art program for women to paint freely without having the rejections from the outside world. The place of the program...
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...social history. The general culture is the sum of all the material and spiritual wealth created by human beings. Exactly speaking, culture refers to a country or a nation's history, geographical conditions, traditions, customs, way of life, literature, art, normative behavior, ways of thinking, values, and so on. According to the definition of British anthropologist Edward teller, culture "includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and as a member of the society the ability and habits that complex whole". Its core is as spiritual products of all kinds of knowledge, this matter is spread. Culture is a phenomenon peculiar to human beings. Culture is created by people, being unique.The culture is the product of human social practice. Chinese traditional culture is the civilization evolution and exchange integrated a reflect the national character and style of the national culture is nation in the history of all kinds of thoughts and ideology of the overall characterization, refers to the living in the area of Chinese nation and the ancestors created and inherited from generation to generation for the development of the Chinese nation, with distinctive ethnic characteristics, has a long history, profound connotation and excellent traditional culture. In simple terms is represented by different cultural forms of civilization, customs, the spirit of collectively. The Chinese traditional culture, Chinese civilization is the fundamental creativity, is the overall history of...
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...The Visual and Performing Arts ARTS/100CA March 9, 2014 In DQ3 of this week I stated that I had visited the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Visual and performing arts enrich our lives in a many of ways, they entertain us, and educate us about the world we live in, its past and the current time. It is also a way to record our times for future generations. I would like to go into further detail about the amazing artistic talents of Michelangelo. Michelangelo indeed possessed many talents, he was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance. When asked at first about painting the Sistine Chapel he was reluctant to do so, because his passion was sculpting. He decided to take on this project and paint. He used watercolors to paint the ceiling. Since he was painting on plaster this process is called fresco. Frescoes are made by adding pigment to lime water and then applied to a wet plaster wall("Life Art And Travel In Italy", 2014). It is the way Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo was by far the most famous, and greatest artist during the Italian renaissance. Michelangelo's great love was for sculpting, so he did very few paintings, but the paintings that he did do, are breathtakingly beautiful. What God brought to life with a fingertip, is part of Michelangelo's creation story. The Sistine Chapel is amazing, All I can think about is the length of time it had to take to fresco the ceiling. Michelangelo painted the...
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...Did you know, in the African culture that its history is based on a combination if African oral traditions. Celebrations of African arts have drawn international audiences. Africans erroneously and inadvertently conceptualize culture as “drumming and dancing” and therefore fail to see any contribution culture makes or made to the struggle for socioeconomic development. Creative expressions of African peoples are a complex blend of many media that each offers a unique perspective. Humanities that enrich life in each African community influence societies wherever peoples of African settled. African art has been of great importance in the 20th century development art in Europe. European materials and forms of art has influence Africans to...
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...The Art of Music Katrina Dudley-Proby MUS-101 Music Appreciation Michael Rader 01/11/16 Introduction Music has so many components and elements to it, from pitch, sounds, dynamics even durations. It could be someone singing a solo a cappella or with musical instruments. Music is something that is utilized in most of our daily lives rather it be contemporary, rhythm and blues or classical. The mechanisms that are used to produce sounds has a broad range ad categories such as, string, percussion, brass, woodwind, piano or keyboard. In understanding music it is so much more than just sound but it is also history music is a unit of art. Area One In my opinion the composer that was most influential would be Robert Schumann and his wife Clara...
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...HANDOUT 13 Internet Resources Muslim Contributions to Civilization: Past and Present I. Islam and Science A. (Article) Science and Civilization in Islam (Seyyed Hossein Nasr) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/med/nasr.html B. Overview of Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts (National Library of Medicine Exhibit) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/islamic_medical/islamic_00.html C. Resource page of Islam SET (Science, Environment and Technology) ( www.islamset.com) http://www.islamset.com/introd.html i. History of Islamic Science http://www.islamset.com/heritage/history.html ii. History of Muslim Pharmacology http://www.islamset.com/heritage/pharmacy/index.html D. History of Islamic Biomedicine (links to many articles on this topic, including chronology of Muslim civilization) http://www.mic.ki.se/Arab.html E. Numbers http://www.islamic-paths.org/Home/English/History/Literature/Arabic_Numerals.htm II. Environment A. Islam and the Environment, theory and practice (Dr. Mawil Izzi Dien) http://www.lampeter.ac.uk/trs/staffgallery/mawil_paper.html B. (Article) Islam and Ecology http://www.crosscurrents.org/islamecology.htm III. History and Civilization A. History of Islamic Civilization http://www.islamset.com/islam/civil/index.html - and http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html Pg. 1 HANDOUT 13 B. Influence of Islamic Culture on Western Civilization http://www.netiran.com/Htdocs/Clippings/Social/950300XXSO02...
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... Humanities Today This paper will discuss current forms of humanities and how we relate to them in present. This paper will differentiate between the humanities and other modes of human inquiry and expression. It will address the definition of humanities; provide examples of Art, Music, Architecture, Philosophy, and Literature and explain why each example reflects current developments in politics, socioeconomics, and technology. Humanities provides people from different cultural backgrounds to experience and gain knowledge about present and past differences. Humanities; also the study of opposing studies of life combined with history. Today; humanities by name are no different from the past. As the world changes from day to day, so has the age of humanities and how people define themselves through the many forms self-expression also known as humanities. Art, music, architecture, philosophy, and literature are what our society thrives on. Without these humanities the world would not have a place in history and there would be a sense of displacement. We need humanities to continue learning so we can continue teaching generations to come of how we came to be who we are and how the present would be nonexistent without a past. The saying “There is nothing new under the sun” encapsulates humanities back then to humanities today. While everything that is practiced presently...
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...This time period encompassed at least part of three major art movements, including Baroque (1600-1750), Rococo (1700-1770), and Neoclassicism (1750-1880). The Baroque art period was classified by a theatrical and dramatic style that often had a religious subject, particularly focusing on Catholicism. Other characteristics of Baroque art include “energetic movement, common people, glorification of Catholicism due to the Catholic Reformation, verticality, and ornamented architecture.” Baroque art would not have aligned with the general ideals of the Great European and American Awakening, which was largely a Protestant, not Catholic, revival. Artists of the Baroque period included Annibale Caracci, Nicolas Poussin, Artemisia Gentileschi, Caravaggio, and Bernini, with some of the best-known works of art being The Ecstasy of St. Teresa, a sculpture located at the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome, Italy, and The Calling of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio which depicts the figure of Christ appearing to a group of tax collectors, including St. Matthew. The Rococo (portmanteau of the words for “stones” and “shells”) period was characterized by an elegant and frivolous...
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...Top Ten Assignment The Enlightenment and Romanic Ages produced numerous masterpieces in art, music, architecture, and literature which people still enjoy today. These opus magnums along with the philosophies during the two periods are reflections of the developments in world events and cultural patterns. This paper will present two pieces of art, music, architecture, literature, and philosophy from the Enlightenment and Romanic Ages that best represents the developments patterns from that time. Philosophy in the Enlightenment Age focused on an individual’s right to life and liberty. One example of a philosopher from this age is Thomas Jefferson. He famously wrote the Declaration of Independence (1776) that the Continental Congress signed declaring the United States free from the oppression of England. The document begins with, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” (us history, 2013). Another such example of philosophy during the Enlightenment Age are the works of Thomas Paine. He wrote two of the most highly influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution. One such pamphlet is Common Sense (1776) (us history, 2011) the all-time bestselling book that advocates America’s independence from Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine were chosen as examples because we believe the Declaration...
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