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.

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.

Blogging is not my thing. The piece makes me wonder how many bottles of liquor were drunk that contributed to this piece and in what circumstance the artist acquire the labels and aluminum used.

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,.

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.

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,.