Hi everyone, I’m sure that many of you are putting the finishing touches on your brochures tonight — please be sure to upload them to the site using the form on the class page before tomorrow’s meeting. For printing: I… Continue Reading →
Hi everyone, I’ve updated the task list for next Tuesday, the 28th, to have you submit your brochure in advance. We will go over these in class on Tuesday and then I will print them and leave them in the… Continue Reading →
Overview Known as one of the most iconic and influential artists of the 1960s, Roy Lichtenstein was a pop artists who pioneered the new art movement of the mid 20th century. The popularization of pop art and art through parody… Continue Reading →
West Side Story (1961) Full Movie Summary West Side Story directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise in 1961 focuses on the romantic relationship between Maria and Tony. Although the two are in different gangs who want to dominate the… Continue Reading →
Background Information Ornette Coleman was born on March 9, 1930, in Fort Worth, Texas and died on June 11, 2015, in New York, New York. He was an American composer and jazz saxophonist that was a large influence on… Continue Reading →
John Cage Background John Milton Cage, Jr. was both a significant musical and cultural influence in New York City in the post-World War II era. As a composer, he played an important role in shaping the music of the time…. Continue Reading →
Background Information Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25th, 1918, in Lawrence, Massachusetts and died on October 14th, 1990 when he was 72 years old from emphysema. He was a conductor and composer originally named Louis Bernstein, but… Continue Reading →
Background Jackson Pollock was an influential American painter who became the leading force behind the abstract expressionist movement. Pollock’s unique and innovative abstract style opened new opportunities to contemporary modern art and redefined the meaning of aesthetic paintings. His courage… Continue Reading →
Synopsis Factory Girl, released in 2006, is the dramatic biography of Edie Sedgwick which portrays her rise in the film industry and eventually ends with her demise due to a drug overdose. It focuses on the intertwined stories of young… Continue Reading →
Early Life Charlie Parker was born on August 29,1920 in Kansas City, Kansas, to Charles and Addie Parker. As he was the only child, him and his parents moved to Kansas City, Missouri in 1927, when he was only seven… Continue Reading →
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