The rise of popularity in Bare-knuckle prize fighting mirrored the complications, contradictions, and swift changes in society of 19th century United States, as Elliot Gorn interprets in his monograph The Manly Art: Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America. Despite the fact that prize fighting was never actually legalized, its popularity continued to grow from its introduction to America- as a result of Irish immigrants- and resulted in being one of the most popular sports throughout the nineteenth century, especially among working class males. Bare-knuckle prize fighting was not just a simple battle between two men, the fighting symbolized honor, class, and prowess. Although prize fighting tended to glorify violence in society, its cultural and social significance can not go unnoticed.…
Rachel Nickell was born in 1968. She had a two year old son called Alex. She was with her son in wimbledon common when she was brutally stabbed 49 times and raped. After a lengthy investigation Colin Stagg was charged before it became a cold case. In 2002 scotland yard revisited the case with more advanced investigative methods.…
The mural "Going to The Olympics, 1984" by Frank Romero, was made in 1984 and put in Hollywood Freeway (101) North between Alameda and San Pedro St. to symbolize his historic point of view of going to the Olympics. The picture had five cars in the order of the color of the Olympics rings from left to right, a blimp with the writing "A GOODYEAR" on it, an iron, two silhouettes of people fighting, a horse, a stamp, five hearts on top of each car, and four palm trees. The mural has been mostly painted with the three primary colors, which are red, yellow, and blue. I believe that everything on this picture has a symbolic message of the journey to the Olympics or activities that most likely happen in one.…
Frank Fowler was twenty-one years old, eight months, and four days old when he passed away. He was the youngest son of Matt and Ruth Fowler. Frank was shot and killed by Richard Strout because of what seemed to be jealousy. A month after the funeral, Matt and Ruth were not able to overcome the thought of Richard Strout being free from his actions. With Strout always on Matt's mind, he often times, spent time with Willis Trottier’s who was a large restaurant owner to get his mind off of things.…
The logos presented are strongly appealing to the audience. Team sports like basketball, soccer, and ultimate frisbee. Taylor shows that it can have great outcome and benefit, so can paintball. The problem with finding that paintball doesn’t usually reward violence is the lack of finding support. As Taylor exclaims “a nice dark bruise” is an outcome.…
G.M. Shepherds illustration of Bill Cummings’ behaviour portrays to the reader how sport is taken too seriously in Australia. Shepherd exhibits through Bill’s “rabid” and obsessive behaviour over his son’s sporting career, how the attitudes of sport obsessed Australians can integrate sport into their identity as well as in their culture; through this Shepherd also implies that those that do not participate in sport are excluded. Shepherd suggests how it is essential for boys to succeed in sport for their parents to be proud of them, resulting in a disregard and shunning of other extracurricular activities. Ultimately, Shepherd emphasises on encouraging other opportunities so that “whether Nick Cummings wanted to be…an avant-garde playwright…
The Rising Tide of Color against White World Supremacy by T. Lothrop Stoddard was first published in 1921. This book was about how color people is growing in pollution and he fear that the color people will take over the white world empire and colonialism. Lothrop Stoddard believe that the white race is the “Primary Race” and wanted a eugenic separation, in which he want to control human population breeding to increase heritable characteristics because Whites are superior. This book was written in a time where racism was as big deal and Stoddard really believed that the world should be controlled by the white people and the color people would only destroy it. Lothrop Stoddard says in his book that there are four primary categories: Yellows, Browns, blacks, and reds.…
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel is a novel about humanity after it has been ravaged by a monstrous flu that wiped out a loosely estimated “ninety-nine point nine nine percent” of the world’s population (from Station Eleven: a Novel p. 60). Despite being set in a ravaged, lackluster world, the novel still manages to encompass the essence of what it means to be fully human as an individual. Kirsten Raymonde, the first main character of the novel after the twenty year time skip, is a 28 year old woman, who first appeared at the beginning of the book as a child actress. Despite living through the tragedy of the epidemic, known as the Georgia Flu, she maintains a strong connection to the things that she perceives makes her who she is. Through…
There are many themes in The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne; in the first half of the book, revenge, loyalty and unity, are the most important. Because of these three feelings, most of the actions of the book happen. Both Earl Osbert and Baron Malcolm are acting off of revenge. Malcolm killed Osbert's father, because he is a violent man. Osbert wants revenge, so he launches an attack on Malcolm.…
Dierdre Logue and Allyson Mitchell’s piece ‘CAN’T/WON’T’ expresses a sense of defiance and rebellion against the desires of the oppressors. The banners are composed of crochet squares woven together to formulate a bold message located at the center of the piece. ‘CAN’T’ is made with two rows of crochet squares coloured by variations of pink with appearances of yellow and blue, accompanied by a yellow patch with bold, black letters that read “WE CAN’T COMPETE”. Three more rows of pink crochet squares are woven to complete the banner. Additionally, ‘WON’T’ consists of a similar design, But instead of pink crochet, a blue colour scheme is used.…
Analysis with the Principles of Art and Design Intertwining with the previous chapter and analysis, Epic of American Civilization: Anglo-America (panel 15) by Jose Clemente Orozco, the visual elements (line, shape, mass, light, value, color, texture, space, and possibly time and motion) must be organized in such a way as to satisfy the artists expressive intent. And this intent is where this current chapter comes into play (chapter 5). For the artist these new elements offer guidelines for making the most effective choices. These new principles of design most often identified are unity and variety, balance, emphasis and subordination, proportion and scale, and rhythm. The purpose of this analysis is to identify these values and give adequate…
There are curtains in each background with a symbol in two of them. Now, I must conduct a concextualization in this analysis. This art piece has become well known as one of the most provocative art pieces in the contemporary world. The reason why the public considers this art as provocative is because Cox is demonstrating her…
General Purpose: To inform/introduce my classmates about myself by describing and showing to object that represent me. Specific Purpose: My specific purpose is to introduce and describe myself to my classmates/ audience by using two objects. A volleyball because this sport has been a big part of my life, and oddly enough my scrubs because they represent my future career in the medical field.…
There has been an increase in the number of African- Americans in the city of Atlanta. With this rising number, there has been a rise in the culture it formulates. I was surprised the organizers included African- American galleries during the walk. My favorite piece from the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History was an abstract painting which incorporated the colors red, mustard, and green. These colors date back to African origins where the viewer can make the connection between the African flags and the different meanings represented by the colors.…
Does Charles Strite deserve the name great? I mean some might consider him great and some won’t but I’m here to tell you why he is a great man with brilliant ideas. First you might be asking who is Charles Strite, he was the man who revolutionizes the world with something you probably have in your home today that's right a pop up toaster. Some people might say well I don’t need a toaster but honestly what's worse than a soggy sandwich, almost nothing.…