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… was 1945; the sun was slowly lowering over New York City. Most people were just settling down for the night. That is, if they weren't planning to go out on the town. New York was a hot spot for after hour nightclubs. These were real social events,…

… popular way of speaking among African Americans many years ago. Many southerners have spoken Gullah during and after the period of slavery. The Gullah language has been a very distinctive feature that has attributed to the Gullah culture. Within…

… considered the father of Political cartoons, Thomas Nast developed a style of reporting the news that captured the attention of his audience in a way that reporters never knew existed. His style of political reporting comically mocked Government…

… height and one foot in width. It is in the Vatican in Rome, or perhaps in the Louvre in Paris. It was painted during the Renaissance by Leonardo DaVinci, an inventor, scientist, architect, and artist. It is not known of whom the painting is of, or why…

… Fauvism, is exemplified by Pablo Picasso. In this movement the flattened space including background and foreground are related in a new and more abrupt manner. The first effect is of a camera in motion, a kaleidoscopic impression of the…

… and scrutinising the sometimes bold, meaninless, useless, exciting, energized and subtleties around us, we find they are mere fragments of the intertwined world we live in. We can only but try to examine the fruits of our labours, trying to define…

… Renaissance, was born in Urbino in 1483. He is considered one of the greatest and most popular artists of all time by many. Giovanni Santi, his father and minor artist, gave Raphael his first instructions on painting techniques. He is also said to have…

… practical knowledge with artistic ability to turn abstract ideas into formal designs for the clothes that we wear, the living and office space that we inhabit, and the merchandise that we buy. Designers usually specialize in a particular area of…

… sculpture and two-dimensional painting. You have to imagine walking around an object and piecing it together from several different sides in order to decide what the artist is trying to do (Ernest Goldstein). When Diego Rivera painted…

… reasons, which will be explored. As well as just how they are representative of a conscious or unconscious revival of antiquity. The Aachen chapel illustrates a vast following from ancient Roman civilization for several reasons. Firstly due to…