How Does Art Reflect on American Culture?

The Blues?

The blues has its deep roots in American history, mostly African-American history. The blues began on Southern plantations in the 19th Century. The people who really started the blues were slaves, ex-slaves and the descendants of slaves, who sang as they toiled in the cotton and vegetable fields. It's believed that the music developed from African spirituals, chants, work songs, field hollers, rural fife and drum music, revivalist hymns, and country dance music.

Are There Other Types of Blues?

Jump blues: A danceable amalgam of swing and blues and a precursor to R&B. Jump blues was pioneered by Louis Jordan;

Boogie-woogie: A piano-based blues popularized by Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammos and Pete Johnson, and derived from barrel house and ragtime;

Chicago blues: Delta blues electrified;

Cool blues: A sophisticated piano-based form that owes much to jazz;

West Coast blues: Popularized mainly by Texas musicians who moved to California. West Coast blues is heavily influenced by the swing beat.

Famous Photographers?

Painters?

Over the years there have been many, many photographers coming from America. Over the years photographers have used cameras to photograph important events in American history.

We have had our fair share of painters come out of America too.

Jackson Pollock an American Painter his real name was Paul Jackson Pollock, but was known professionally as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was well known for his unique style of drip painting.

Just to name a few,

• photographer Ansel Adams
• photographer Richard Avedon
• photographer Robert Mapplethorpe

May 15, 1923 - Oct 01, 2004 (age 81)

Feb 20, 1902 - Apr 22, 1984 (age 82)

Georgia O'Keeffe is another America Artist. Her full name was Georgia Totto O'Keeffe. Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916. She is best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the "Mother of American modernism".

Jan 28, 1912 - Aug 11, 1956 (age 44)

Nov 04, 1946 - Mar 09, 1989 (age 43)

Nov 15, 1887 - Mar 06, 1986 (age 98)

America and The Arts

Graffiti?

What is Art?

Before we can really answer the question of How Does Art Reflect on American Culture, we have to look a little deeper, so.... What exactly is Art?

Graffiti are writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or painted illicitly on a wall or other surface, often in a public place. Graffiti range from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and they have existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and the Roman Empire.

Americans use graffiti to express mass feeling for something to the point that they don't do it in the legalist of ways.

America and the Arts

The United States is known around the world as a leader in mass media productions, such as television and movies. The United States comprises one-third of the worldwide media and entertainment industry.

The American television industry really too off in the United States in the early 1950s. America also has a very large movie industry, based out of Hollywood, California.

There are more than just movies and television coming from America though. Americans have a rich theatrical history, counting Broadway in New York. American folk arts are quilts and other hand crafted items such as totem poles and baskets to name a few. American music is very diverse with an amazing rang coming from rhythm, to blues, jazz, gospel, country, to western, bluegrass, rock 'n' roll, and hip hop.

Well...

Art: noun

• the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power
• the various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance
• subjects of study primarily concerned with the processes and products of human creativity and social life, such as languages, literature, and history (as contrasted with scientific or technical subjects)
• a skill at doing a specified thing, typically one acquired through practice

Looking through this whole Prezi we say some different types of art and how people use them to tell a story, and bring problems to life that people might not know about. So.. how do you think art reflects on American culture?

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How Does Art Reflect on American Culture?

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