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  Street Art and its Significance Artwork that is exhibited publicly on nearby buildings, roadways, trains, and other surfaces that are visible to everyone is known as street art. Street art is fundamentally a means of self-expression. Regardless of the artist's residence, it frequently responds directly to the challenges of the local community in which they work, and it has a significant social and political influence. While some street artists may produce installations or sculptures, their use of unusual artistic techniques including wheat paste posters, spray paint, stencils, and stickers has made them more well-known.    Street Art and Post-Modernism Street art is the most comprehensive representation of the hybrid diversity of post-modernism of all the art movements that have emerged in this century. This movement aims to eliminate all barriers and divisions between high and low culture, mocking labels and the approval of the art establishment. Street art attempts to simultane

Influence of African Americans on Early Modern Art  Between the end of World War I in 1917 and the start of the Great Depression and the years leading up to World War II in the 1930s, African Americans embarked on a thriving period of cross-disciplinary artistic and cultural activity known as the Harlem Renaissance.  African Americans had a significant influence on the visual arts produced in the Early Modern Era. It marked the start of the artistic realm where African-American culture served as the primary subject matter for works of art such as paintings, sculptures, and photos. I chose this subject because I believe the influence African Americans had during this era was powerful and uplifting.                  Hayden, Palmer, “Midsummer Night in Harlem,” 1936.  The Museum of African-American Art The purpose of Midsummer Night in Harlem was to represent the community. Through the use of vivid colors and positive facial expressions, this painting conveys the people's energy and o

    Claude Monet,  Nymphéas , 1916-19. Fondation Beyeler. Claude Monet contributed to the establishment of the Impressionist style in late 1800s France, and his lush, light-dappled plein-air paintings reflect its aesthetics. The botanical name for a water lily is "Nymphaea." In 1893, he planted a water garden at Giverny, where he raised white water lilies. This painting is so pastel and aesthetic. The extraordinary detail with which he painted the shadows and shimmering light in this painting sets it apart from the rest of his works. The square structure of the painting supports its neutral tone. The lack of a structure gives the portion a limitless quality. He focused his attention just on the pond's surface, discarding standard perspective. The constant reflecting qualities of light in nature were recreated with small, flowing color brushstrokes. The final outcome was an idea that was truly adventurous for its time. Pierre-Auguste Renoir,  Sunset , 1879 or 1881, Clark

  Jean-Honoré Fragonard,  The Swing , 1767 (Wallace Collection, London) Among aesthetic designs, Rococo was arguably the most rebellious. It was incredibly visually appealing and dramatic, a style free of customs, and was frequently referred to as the Baroque movement's greatest manifestation. A portion of the Rococo period's artistic output was a response to the Baroque Era's strict regulations and wealth. The nobility, who were a rather frivolous group, served as primary supporters of the arts throughout this time. The aristocracy was a class of people who valued luxury and the pursuit of pleasure in addition to their money and influence in politics.  The painting's radiant pastel colors, soft lighting, and the way the girl's dress ruffles mimic the pattern of the surrounding greenery all serve to highlight its delightful scene of the French Revolution. A young woman is depicted in the painting swinging. One man is swinging her around, and the other is lounging on

 The Entombment of Christ Caravaggio, Bacchus, 1603-04,  The Entombment of Christ ,  Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City. Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, also known as Caravaggio, spent the majority of his career in Rome. During his lifetime, his violent actions brought him more fame than his works of art. Like his paintings, he had a very dramatic life and is thought of committing serious crimes more than once during his life. He passed away at the age of 38 in Tuscany, under unknown circumstances.  His most well-known pieces of art include Sick Bacchus, The Musicians, The Conversion of St. Paul, The Entombment of Christ, and The Beheading of St. John. Caravaggio committed to painting two major paintings for the side walls of the Contarelli Chapel of San Luigi dei Francesi, the French church in Rome, on July 23, 1599. His sponsor Cardinal del Monte, whose connections to the Medici meant that he had intimate ties to the French society in Rome, was able to get the comm

 School of Athens Raphael, School of Athens , 1508–11; in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican. A room in Pope Julius II's private places at the Vatican contains a painting by artist Raphael named School of Athens. The School of Athens was one of the most important works of art created during the Renaissance and the most well-known of all of Raphael's paintings. Donato Bramante suggested to Julius II and summoned Raphael to Rome at the end of 1508.  Raffaello Santi, who would later become known as Raphael, was born in Urbino in central Italy during the early Renaissance. His father, Duke Federigo da Montefeltro's court painter Giovanni Santi, taught his son his first lessons in painting. His art is praised for its simplicity and ability to visually realize the Neoplatonic ideal of human magnificence. The well-known room, the Stanza della Segnatura, contains murals with the historical explanation of the Roman Catholic Church's dominance through Neoplatonic philosoph