Shovel As A Work Of Art

become art over time. These photographs picture members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, the first being a picture of a posed portrait of a crew, a second of them at work, and the third of them eating lunch at the worksite. The first photograph is a black and white portrait taken in California. It is of a CCC crew standing around and sitting on a truck. They may be near the worksite because far in the background is a mountain. This is a formal picture taken with everyone in their work clothes

In any work of writing an author has to use humor or literary devices to get his or her point across. A literary device is a technique used by an author to produce a special effect on his or her writing. On November 30th, 1835 a great author was born. His real name was Samuel Clemens, but went by a pen name of “Mark Twain”. For his time no one wrote like Twain because of his unique use of literary devices. His writing was hilarious and told the truth. There are three main ways that Mark Twain uses

When people were still perplexed by Xu Bing’s nonsense writing and atypical interpretations of traditional Chinese idioms around the early 2000s, Xu Bing started to work on an unconventional interior installation in 2008, after his return from the United States. The whole project, which is made of made of construction debris and light emitting diodes (Xu Bing Studio), took two years to finish and named as Feng Huang in Chinese, the same as Phoenix in English. The integrated representations of Xu

you a sandwich everyday at four o’clock.” (Crowe, x:xx) Dylan would much rather draw in his journal than to have to deal with Lily everyday. Later in the story, Dylan refuses to work at the zoo; instead Dylan would rather find some corner and work in his art journal. In an argument, his dad even says to “pick up a shovel, dig a hole. Do SOMETHING!” (Crowe, x:xx) This causes Dylan to isolate himself even more; but, the next day

and sleep around, they never take into consideration the consequences that will follow and leave them suffering a permanent aftermath. It is quite ironic the hall’s name is “Golden Shovel” (Brooks 782), when the boys’ mutinous acts are far but golden as they ditch a future of success for a short life of danger. The shovel represents an early grave that the boys continue to dig themselves, as they put their lives at risk to appear “cool” in front of their friends who all fall into peer pressure. It

How Heaney Moldes his Roots Through Farming and Forging Seamus Heaney’s poems “Digging” and “The Forge” demonstrate how he perceives his purpose as a writer in comparison to farming and blacksmithing. His first poem, “Digging” was Heaney’s debut to the world of poetry. He had begun to write poetry in 1962, but “Digging” was the first poem he officially published. This poem highlights Heaney’s relationship with his father and grandfather, contrasting his profession from theirs. He describes them as

Brooks is a stream of the thoughts of poor inner city African-Americans who have adopted a hoodlum lifestyle. Though many can have different interpretations of this poem, it is fair to look at the life and career or the works and influences of Gwendolyn Brooks. The life and art of the black American poet, Gwendolyn Brooks, began on June 7, 1917 when she was born in Topeka, Kansas. She was the first child of Keziah Corine Wims and David Anderson Brooks. When she was four, her family moved to their

In our modern world, we often neglect the cultural importance of art. Large collections of traditional artifacts are present in museums across the world, but the number of annual visitors shrinks every decade. Because of the decreasing demand of live works of art, those who manage museums must choose every exhibit and display case wisely to ensure maximum appeal to the general public. Important decisions regarding museum structure change museums every few years, similar to how “Peale’s Museum

of readymade forms in the art world. Particularly, it focuses on two art movements that come to challenge the notion of art: found art and conceptual art. Both conceptual art and found art challenge the unity between form and content in art. Both seek the superiority of the one in opposition to the other, that is, form in found art and content in conceptual art. But could art survive merely as form or concept? According to Danto, the meaning of these works and their art identity does not depend on

The Supreme Court held the decision that Varsity Brand’s had a right to copyright their designs because the feature can be perceived as a two- or three-dimensional work of art separate from the useful article, and it would qualify as a protectable pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work, either on its own or fixed in some other tangible medium of expression arrangements of lines, chevrons, and colorful shapes appearing on surface of cheerleading uniforms were eligible for