I came across an African artist that really caught my eye, Leslie Lumeh of Liberia. His paintings have an impressionist style that really appeals to me. In the piece I chose to share,.

I am doing my analysis on. Portrait of Pope Innocent X. By Diego Velázquez of Spain. It was created in Italy and finished around 1650. It is now housed in Rome. This Portrait has lots of reds and that instantly attracted me.

The Taj Mahal stands in Arga, India and was built starting in 1632 and was finished in 1653 with a renovation in 1903. The Mughal emperor at the time, Shah Jahan, was the one behind the Taj Mahal. It was built in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, and construction started a year after her death.

The subject I have chosen for the second part of the Non-Western portion of this assignment is Japanese theater; more specifically Noh theater. The costumes are often elaborate and colorful, thought to help keep the audiences attention on the character. The costumes are also very thickly made so that the physical form of the actor is indistinguishable. There are two types of Noh theater,.

This video installation by Adrian Piper is a favorite of mine. It is about being Black and having to explain that to people. Many people found this to be very controversial. 1986; charcoal and oil crayon drawing on newsprint, 22 x 13.

By Kobina Nyarko reminds me of heavy traffic of vehicles bustling about on a busy intersection on a Friday. One traffic going one way and the other traffic going the other way. Sorry I could not figure out when and where the painting was made. Nyarko was officially taught at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where he graduated with a BA in 2003.

The poem at the top of the piece reads below. Where clouds of leaves and frost-covered flowers vie in wondrous splendor. I too have built a new residence at Zhixing Mountain,. May I share some of your autumn colors on my eastern hedge.

For my second Non-western blog, I chose to do another Latin American artist named Maria Jose Arjona. Under most circumstances I think performance art is kind of strange and its hard to grasp the meaning of it. This particular piece, entitled.

Upon looking at the fine art of Africa, I was amazed at how they were so bright, colorful, and full of life. I found an artist whose work instantly attracted me and hooked me in. Collage, paint on canvas. 35 cm x 80 cm. I love the bright orange colors of this work and how the name,.