October 13‚ 2014 Romare Bearden’s "The Family" (1941) & "The Family (1975) Comparisons Romare Bearden‚ a great artist that expresses many feelings throughout his photos. He expresses different types of feelings and meanings through colors‚ background‚ character demeanor‚ and even the posture of the characters in the picture. My favorite painting by Romare Bearden has to be "The Family"(1941) due to the fact that I had a personal connection to the picture. I never knew of Romare Bearden’s other painting
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The art of Romare Bearden has been viewed and influential to many artists‚ musicians‚ political figures‚ scholars‚ and everyday people. Born in Charlotte‚ North Carolina in 1911‚ and soon moved to New York‚ also spending little time in Pittsburgh ‚ Pennsylvania‚ Bearden was raised in a middle class household where both his parents held decent jobs. At an early age Bearden was exposed to great diversity of artists‚ musicians and writers‚ his home was a frequent hangout spot for major figures such
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Romare Bearden was an African-American artist whose art reflected his heritage. He was born in Charlotte‚ North Carolina and eventually moved to New York City‚ where he attended New York University. He studied many subjects throughout his life‚ but art was consistently a part of his life. He expressed his love for the arts through many outlets. Bearden took part in writing jazz songs‚ illustrating and writing books and he even was a political cartoonist. Throughout his career Bearden took pride in
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Color Space was created by Robert Gamblin because of the Smithsonian Institution commissioning him to recreate one hundred and fifty oil paint colors from the 17th and 18th century. His job is to sort out and make color mixing easier. Thus‚ we have Color Space‚ a quick way to identify and mix colors. Robert defines Color Space by three different attributes such as hue‚ value‚ and intensity. The intense colors are located on the outer edges‚ the center more neutral‚ and value moves up and down the
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Traveling is an aspect of what is perceived from our day to day lives‚ to something new that has never been seen. Ellis Wilson traveled throughout life with many struggles‚ and trials that created barriers in his overall success as an artist. Faced with many obstacles‚ he set on a journey with a paintbrush‚ visions‚ and stories all throughout his life. Regardless what life presented to him he kept treading on. He was met with new opportunities with each experience and that led him to his epiphany
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Romare Bearden was an American artist who was born in the South in 1911. As an African American‚ Bearden sought to convey the experiences shared by Americans of color. Bearden’s early work consisted of more oil paintings‚ but his work evolved into collage art around 1964. Bearden began using spray paint and other techniques to make the collages seem almost like an oil painting themselves‚ which added to their complexity and intrigue. The colors and layers of his works were meant to provoke tension
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Tiffany Walker Examination 1 Art 220 Dr.J.W. Cyril Art Appreciation: 9:30 a.m. 10/2/12 Essay Romare Bearden‚ Prevalence of Ritual‚ Tidings‚ 1967 had a bright mind about the African American culture. Bearden took a little from his background and what he was seeing in his time or that was around him to use in his paintings. In this piece he was using an angel to send a message to the woman as letting her know that things will get better. When I look at this piece I see there is church to
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17 2015 Jazzy Collage of Memories: Romare Bearden’s Tomorrow I may be far away Bearden’s Tomorrow I may be far away in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C is a collage piece that was inspired by the blues classic: “Good Chib Blues‚” recorded by Edith North Johnson in 1929. The song is of the female ballad blues singer‚ who sings of lost love and heartbreak but eventually overcomes both of the terrible experiences. In Tomorrow I May Be Far Away‚ Bearden tried to express the history and culture
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Romare Howard Bearden was born on September 2‚ 1911 under Richard Howard and Bessaye Bearden in Charlotte‚ North Carolina and died on March 12‚ 1988 in New York City. His life was marked by encompassing a broad range of intellectual and scholarly interest‚ including art‚ music‚ history‚ literature‚ and world art. Romare Bearden began his studies at Lincoln University‚ then transferred to Boston University‚ but then graduated at New York University with a degree in education. Bearden took more courses
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Riley Thompson Dr. Zhuk 1 November 2014 HIST150 Rock and Roll in the Rocket City Rock and Roll in the Rocket City was an interesting book because‚ the book described westernization of youth culture in one "closed" city in Soviet Ukraine during the very important historical period. One reason why this book was so interesting was that it was not the typical readings of blood-thirsty wars‚ magnificent rulers‚ etc. After reading this book‚ one would learn about so-called Soviet closed cities which
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