Contemporary African artist Wiz Kudowor. I chose the African piece. Kudowor says he had a difficult time painting outside of the African art confines, such as ritualistic paintings, until he was able to view art pieces from other places in the world. He then learned how to paint as a human being first .

Africa has never been an area of the world that has brought image of art to mind for me. While researching African art I discovered Kobina Nyarko. Born in Ghana in 1972, Nyarko aggressively pursued his love of art. In 2003 he graduated from college with a BA in Industrial Art.

Calypso was generated from Trinidad and Tobago. Fire in Me Wire , Takin my Time , Wah She Go Do.

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,.

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.

Non Western Art Blog 8. Posted by lcwiley in Uncategorized. Fernando Botero was born Colombian in 1932. Posted by lcwiley in Uncategorized. Posted by lcwiley in Uncategorized.

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,.

The Plump Art of Botero. Botero likes to copy existing paintings using his unique style and technique of painting and he also likes to paint subjects based on themes such as family life and still life. Original; Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres,.

Currently holds the record for the high price of all sculptures ever sold at auction. Because it was meant to symbolize a bird gliding through space.

The Sugpiaq people dancing again. Perry Eaton Mask on Dancer. The film has won several awards at film festivals in recent years. The cinematography is wonderful, and I wish I could show you the entir.