Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2010 by daleowen. There were five major types of masks, men, women, the elderly, Gods,and demons. This is an old man mask. This is a mask of a male, this masks name is Jyuroku. I like this mask because it has a very simple expression, yet however if the directio.

Rivera was commissioned to paint a two-panel mural but was so taken with the work and the industrial complex in which the .

For the second part of this blog, I chose the exploration link for Cuba. Wilfredo Lam was a Cuban artist whose art portrayed the Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. He had a unique style that used hybrid figures. He was mainly a painter, but also did artwork in sculpting, ceramics, and printmaking. The piece of artwork by Wilfredo Lam that I chose is titled. And was created in 1940.

Diego Rivera was born on December 8, 1886, in Guanajuato, Mexico to the parents Diego and Maria Barrientos Rivera. Being an unfortunate family of little wealth, they lived in Guanajuato until young Diego was six and then they moved to Mexico City. Four years later at age ten Diego was enthralled with a new passion of drawing and then later took night classes for painting at San Carlos Academy.

Kwadwo Ani is an artist from Ghana. He strives to portray basic emotions, truths, and sincerity that are seen through the eyes of young children. His paintings are always very self explanatory with a short, simple title. 1992, Malindi, Kenya.

The Great Wall of China. Han Dynasty, Great Wall. Walls over the Dynasties, Click to Enlarge. The Great Wall of China Wikipedia. Planting Chrysanthemums, Ming Dynasty. I hear you have opened up a Dao path near the ocean,. Where clouds of leaves and frost-covered flowers vie in wondrous splendor. I too have built a new residence at Zhixing Mountain,.

There is also something therapeutic in the music produced by a steel drum band. Really, what difference does it make? Western view from Africa. Was done by Richard Onyango. Anyway, that is my struggle with the art of the period with the exception of this street art of sidewalk.

This work of art is called. It is a piece from the Chinese Ming Dynasty in the 15th century. The artist is unidentified, which I was disappointed to learn. I would have been fascinated to know a little bit more about the creator of this fabulous piece. There is actually quite a bit of symbolism in this piece. The idea of nature and the arrival of the spring and the rejuvenation of it all ties in with the Chinese concept of.