Humanities 108

Although all of the other photos are very influential I decided to choose this one. It stood out to me especially after reading the description. In this photo the main focus is a poor little boy who looks like he’s starving. He’s crouched down in a ball crying and there is a vulture staring at the boy like it is preying on him. The color of this photo is in color but the color is sort of faded which I think can depict a sad emotion. Another reason I chose this photo is because this picture is not staged it’s real life, it was in the moment. The photographer heard this Boy whimpering because he was so weak and hungry he collapsed while on his way to a feeding center. And the vulture was not staged either the photographer actually had to scare the vulture away so the boy can continue to walk to the feeding center.

After I conducted a little research on Aaron Douglas I found that he was an African American painter and graphic artist. He played a major role in Harlem Renaissance, which is considered the “blossoming of African American culture”, specifically in the creative arts. It was the most influential movement in African American literary history. Now that I have some background on the painter and the events that we’re going on when it was created, I think this painting conveys African culture and history. The figure of the woman sitting down looks sort of like she’s Egyptian which I think means there is some sort of linkage between Egyptian and African culture. I notice there are arms with chains on them which represents the African slaves. It’s quite interesting on how it shows the slaves on the bottom of the painting and then two men in the middle painting to something that looks likely the city, as if they’re pointing to freedom. It’s like a story of Africans overcoming slavery and fina...

I feel the Spring far off, far off,  The faint far scent of bud and leaf--  Oh how can Spring take heart to come  To a world in grief,  Deep grief? The sun turns north, the days grow long,  Later the evening star grows bright--  How can the daylight linger on  For men to fight,  Still fight? The grass is waking in the ground,  Soon it will rise and blow in waves--  How can it have the heart to sway  Over the graves,  New graves? Under the boughs where lovers walked  The apple-blooms will shed their breath--  But what of all the lovers now  Parted by death,  Gray Death?  https://www.poemhunter.com/poems/war/page-1/32256/ -------------------------------------------------------- I chose this poem by Sara Teasdale, a famous american poet. This is a very gloomy poem which you wouldn't expect only reading the title because spring is meant to be a happy and joyful time. It sort of proves a point that war is...

People are queer, they're always crowing, scrambling and rushing about; Why don't they stop someday, address themselves this way? Why are we here? Where are we going? It's time that we found out. We're not here to stay; we're on a short holiday. Life is just a bowl of cherries. Don't take it serious; it's too mysterious. You work, you save, you worry so, But you can't take your dough when you go, go, go. So keep repeating it's the berries, The strongest oak must fall, The sweet things in life, to you were just loaned So how can you lose what you've never owned? Life is just a bowl of cherries, So live and laugh at it all. Life is just a bowl of cherries. Don't take it serious; it's too mysterious. At eight each morning I have got a date, To take my plunge 'round the Empire State. You'll admit it's not the berries, In a building that's so tall; There's a guy in the show, the girls love to kiss; Get thousands a week jus...

I found this play very interesting because of the story line and how they used shadows as a form of German Expressionism. Without using any subtitles and sounds the story is told through shadows which is fascinating and eery. Some background information I gathered up in this 1923 film by Author Robison is he uses shadows to create a morality play for a gathering of rich friends. The play acts as warning about the consequences of adultery and possessiveness. The shadows depict what might happen if the baron stays jealous and suitors don't not reduce their advances towards his wife. The theme is that the truth is found within the darkness. I think I would add this to my cultural diet because it makes sense in a way that although this couldn't really happen where shadows move and tell a story but in the real world the shadows can be seen as a persons morals. That everyone should see things in other perspectives and think about what their actions could cause, such as adultery. i...

While looking at this painting my first impression is that it looks very cluttered and it makes me feel overwhelmed. Like I don't know what to focus on or what the main focus is exactly. Mainly because I'm seeing so many weird faces, shapes, movement and objects it's a bit confusing. Even though there is a lot going on I can make out that it looks like there are a bunch of people in some sort of room fighting, because I see people on the floor and someone with a knife. Also there is someone or something coming through the door. It looks rather chaotic. I did research on the painting and found it that at the time Picasso made this painting the Nazi’s did a bombing practice on the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. And this painting shows the emotion of the war and the people who suffered. It is said that this painting is a reminder of a tragedy. After reading this I started to see the war in the painting. It started to make more sense and I wasn't seei...