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American Medical Policies and Black Americans

rapid rate in the African-American community. Even with the growing number of new cases of HIV, some African Americans are still r...

African American Writers/On Each Other

"this beautiful/and terrible thing," which human beings find as "needful a air" and as "usable as earth," will finally belong to b...

Economic Self Sufficiency and the Role of the African American Church

This author notes that, "The church fought against the social injustices that African Americans faced in America," which is clearl...

Lorna Simpson's Impact on Postmodern Feminist Art

depictions of Black women that hide their face, their central visual identity. This is the basis through which Simpson creates a ...

African American History as Reflected Through Art

This paper traces key events in African American history dating from the time they were free in Africa to the post Civil War era. ...

Metropolitan Museum of Art and a Virtual Tour of the American Wing

represent American copies of European styles from Holland, France, and England. The craftsmanship on these pieces is excellent. Th...

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Social and Political Theory

In 9 pages this paper discusses Achebe's novel as it relates to African social and political theory considered in The Dual Mandate...

1920s' Harlem Renaissance

In six pages this paper examines the 1920s' Harlem Renaissance in a consideration of the African American music, art, and literatu...

Galleries and Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American Art

In two pages this review considers the Renwick Gallery's history and purpose in this gallery and exhibit overview. There is no bi...

Apartheid and African American Art

In five pages this paper discusses the influence of apartheid on African American artists and their art and the compassionate corr...

Escape and Myth in Comic Books

Do comic books as an art form simply represent a desire to escape from reality or are they the embodiment of a new form of modern ...

College Campuses and the Social Significance of African American Sororities and Fraternities

on their own. On the other hand, black college students who are part of a collective campus group are fortified with encouragemen...

Art and Music A Reflection of and an Impact to American Culture

This paper examines art like a diversity of art to discern its impact on our culture. World War II's Rosie the Riveter is explore...

20th Century Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

both sides of the border throughout the Southwest. Here, the boxcar is a solid black shape that fills almost the entire area of th...

Evolution of Modern Art and the Influence of Impressionism

(1899, oil on canvas, 211" x 33", Art Institute of Chicago). The objects in the painting, the bridge, flowers, water and trees hav...

The Picture of Dorian Gray and Modern Art's Aura Dissolution According to Walter Benjamin's Theory

in print sources (magazines, newspapers) where the image present on the page bears little resemblance to the image "seen by the un...

Spirituality as a Concept in Black American Literature

the first black writer of consequence in America (A Brief Biography of Phillis Wheatley, 2002). Phillis poetry is a clea...

European Modernists and African Art's Influences

Picasso was interested in African art, as were many other artists of the time. His interest in these pieces began to appear in his...

Influences of African American Art on Matisse and Picasso

in his numerous interpretations of both male and female characters. During this period, Picassos works began to shift slightly in...

Boston Museum of Fine Arts' Oceania

present themselves from this type of construction is to realize that any type of artwork may be perceived differently from the tim...

Brooklyn Museum of Art's Lee Krasner

In five pages this paper considers painter Lee Krasner within the context of her observation 'The key is what is within the artist...

Urban America and Cultural Wars

In nine pages this research paper discusses how social scientists define the inner city urban culture of African Americans and how...

Picasso, Braque and Cubism

Cubism had an enormous influence on modern art and artists. This paper discusses the work of Picasso, Braque, Leger, Uecker, Ducha...

Health Issues of African Americans in Modern Times

In this paper consisting of 5 pages, belief systems, specific health-care issues/problems and work hazards are discussed. There i...

Paint and Art

one author that Hubert is "Credited with inventing oil painting" and "was so idolizes for his discovery that his right arm was pre...

“Everyday Use” - The Importance of the Story’s Title

charming and funny and sad, all at the same time. This paper explains the significance of the title by examining it using the diff...

The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart

"a perfect bell, with a perfect pitch" calling worshipers to mass (11). On arriving in Canada, Father Gstir simply changes the loc...

Modern Americans' and Native Americans' Rites of Passage

In seven pages this paper compares the contemporary American teenager with Tukuna, Okrika, and Okiek Native American counterparts ...

Cycladic Figure Art

In five pages the Museum of the Legion of Honor's Cycladic figure is examined in terms of its goddess religious significance. Fou...