Wifredo Lam is a Cuban artist that used his art to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. He met with and was inspired by some of the most renowned artists of the 20. Century such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Lam worked mainly as a painter but also worked with sculpture, ceramics and printmaking. The Jungle by Wifredo Lam. I think why I like this painting is because of the colors and elongated shapes.

This video is of a Jamaican band playing One Love by Bob Marley. I picked this clip because the firs time I heard the steel drums was in Jamaican. They were very strange to me when I first saw them but then they started playing it was a amazing and I have loved the steel drums since.

Art from the Faithful Rose. This gallery contains 3 photos. Here are a couple of recent watercolor paintings done by my six year old daughter that for some reason I found shockingly remarkable when completed. Not speaking merely as a proud parent, these were different.

Agyō 阿形 and Ungyō 吽形. These massive men were said to have traveled with the Buddha and protected him from harm. For a peaceful and typically pacifist religion they were also used as reasoning to use force to protect tradition. Ungyo represented the end, the omega, the protector.

That was a lot to take in so here is a run down of the significance of these characters. 8220;Posada was highly respected by Rivera, who claimed him as one his artistic luminaries and teachers. Who is frequently represented with a skull. El Hombre en la encrucijada.

Below, you will find a work of art created by Alexei Alpatov in 2010 titled. I was pulled in by the depth of this piece. My curiosity piqued, I proceeded to delve into Contemporary Russian Art.

For my second Non-Western blog I decided to write about the noh play Dojoji by an unknown author. I have included the 5th and final section of the play below. If you wish to watch the play from the beginning, you can find parts 1-4 on Youtube. I have also taken kabuki dancing class.

A traveler is to reverenced as such. His profession is the best symbol of our life. Going from-toward, it is the history of every one of us. The steel drum originated out of Trinidad in the early 20. 2008; uploaded by percussiveone on YouTube.

Painting during the Ming Dynasty. However, this stability was due, at least in part, to an increase in control. Poetic Feeling at Qixia Monastery,.