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  What symbolizes art in Japan? The criteria and expectations were formed during Japan's opening to the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries have often restricted the study of Japanese art. Japanese art includes calligraphy, painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, jade carving, bronzes, and other ornamental or fine visual arts created throughout the country's history from about 10,000 BCE to the present.   The most enduring source of influence was Buddhism, which spread throughout Asia after emerging in India. Understanding the natural environment as a source of spiritual knowledge and a teaching mirror of human feeling is what Japanese art is all about. Long before Buddhism, an indigenous religious sensibility believed that there was a spiritual realm evident in nature. Japanese art demonstrates a great deal of contact with or response to outside influences.  Japan's distinct culture and history are reflected in the abundance of symbols and meanings found in

  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