The 1920's The Whispers From The Walls

In the 1920’s there were many name like the roaring twenties, the jazz age, and age of paranoia. Flappers and bootleggers were found at this time. They smuggled rum in small flasks inside their boots; this is where they get the name bootleggers from. All of the men who smuggled the rum in their boots had a run-in with the cops; this is how the sport NASCAR came around. Flappers were women who cut their hair short and wear skirts about their knees. The well known things of the 1920s were the roaring twenties, the jazz age, and the age of paranoia.

“The Roaring Twenties was the period of great American prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.” For decades, the 1920’s have been interpreted as a period of economic prosperity and social change in which the novel The Great Gatsby was born. In the early 1920’s, the United States experienced a period of immense reorganization of social and economical life; therefore, this post- World War I era became referred to as “The Roaring 20’s”, “The Jazz Age”, or “The Age of Intolerance.” As the early twentieth century was the aftermath of the 1890s depression, corruption was quickly brought into scope, thus the issues with unstable partnerships and unethical trusts were addressed during this progressive era. World War I brought an abrupt end to the progressive era and stimulated a period of economic boom. This era is well depicted in The Great Gatsby and in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life as all three included a sequence of events beginning with prosperity, followed by stability and ending with a collapse. The prosperity and collapse of this time period is expressed through its three nicknames, “The Roaring 20’s”, “The Jazz Age”, and “The Age of Intolerance,” each of which highlight an aspect of this roaring time period.

One of the bestselling books out of the 1920’s is All Quite on the Western Front. It gives us a look at how brutal and horrifying the war was in that period of time. Describing two stories, the book the precisely chronicles the thoughts of a soldier in World War I (WWI) while simultaneously describing the horrors of all wars. It does not try to make any of its chapters seem unrealistic to the audience for example, each account is not only a separate experience, but a new representation of the fighting. Like all other books, it tells the depth and how it took a great toll on how the world perceived the war. Before, everyone had this romantic theme almost on how the war had such great love stories and its semi-horrifying experiences that had brought them back together. This book has the horrifying tragedies on how a soldier’s life really was in the 20’s. How it took the soldiers emotional and psychical being to a whole new level. The war is seen through the eyes of Paul Baumer (the main character). His mindset is more superior than his comrades’, but to take on a godly role that he takes to serve as the connections between WWI and all past and future disorders. He represents all man and through him the reader comes to see such human struggle.

Therefore, the work engages the mind in a lot and this happens because of the powerful impact of color and texture, which serves to demonstrate emphasis and variety, which also occurs because the artist has combined them in a perfectly symmetrical manner (John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts 2014). The thoughts relating to the body are powerful to the reader, and they serve to remind the audience that death is inevitable and that we all have to face it as some point in our lives. Therefore, the principles of texture and color trigger remembrance especially because of the numerous repetitions that help to create balance, unity, harmony, and symmetry (Sayre 2012).

Throughout the piece Walker installs the forms and shape of a trapezoid to create a motif throughout the works that ingrains the sense of comfort and contortion even further in the piece. Almost every aspect of Four Cornered from the floors to the images on the fabric on the walls, to the bags held against the walls and dropped down on the floor is a trapezoid. This use of repetition creates a sense of familiarity, as if you have experienced the room before, as well as enforces the feeling of unity the palette of the piece created by placing the familiar pattern throughout the piece. However, the constant use of the trapezoid is haunting, as the shape covers the room presents a jarring effect to the mind. This effect causes a sense of reflection of how we find comfort in the human body and our minds. As humans, we live our lives through repetitions and schedules rules, and we find comfort in the fact that we have an excellent sense knowing how our day will progress. However, the startling reality that we are wasting our lives away doing the same thing day in and day out occasionally creeps into our minds and the sense of familiarity and comfort, soon turns into remoteness and coldness, as we attempt to pull ourselves away from our

Within the piece we are able to notice several principles of design that are used in order to enhance the message the artist is trying to convey. The position in which the hanging arms are placed within the plane is very interesting since it is in the center of the piece, causing for it to become the clear focal point for the viewer, where we notice first this emphasized part and then start recognizing other details of the piece. The direction the hands are going is south or downwards, this may be intended by the artist to further represent the falling of this children and strengthen the motif of death conveyed. This artwork uses tridimensional art since not only the arms are sculptures, but also the pieces of steel and wire that stand out from the tarp used. The three dimensions add up to the texture of it, which is both physical and visual. The arms look smooth even though the upper parts have broken pieces that are clearly noticeable, while the tarp as a whole has rugs and stains that create visual texture, and also has pieces of steel that look rough. The repetition of the

The artist of this artwork chooses to portray many things within the constraints of their paper. I will attempt to dissect such things. Firstly, the town. It’s bleak, black, and blazing, with a fews spots of color: the windows. I see this as a representation of the individuality of what small amount of culture remains, especially for those of color. It epitomizes the assimilation of their culture to that of the white majority.

In additional, the illusion of space was created. The artist used a lot of this element in order to more realistic and representational. He used overlapping, size, placement on surface and color/ value clearly

Her use of 3D forms also add to the realism of the piece and add depth into her art. All these elements come together to make the painting feel complete or have unity. There is also a lot of rhythm in the artwork with texture. The highlights and the glassy look are all throughout the painting and give it a shiny look. Another prominent principle of design is the use of variety.

At simple glance, this space shows an elegant room of a rustic aesthetic, yet as seen through this interpretation, one can achieve a relatively deep understanding of the

But I see the shadows and light as inviting me into the room. In many cultures, people view a doorway as a symbolic boundary between life and death, but because the door is open, I can see hope, not death and darkness. Even though the vines and darkness within the room create a kind of creepy feeling, the picture is inviting and appealing while emphasizing a mystery and uncertainty. The old blocks used to construct the building along with the rustic door, and primitive broom indicates a time back in history. In the center of the photograph, the vertical frame of the doorway appears in contrast to the diagonal shadows, but I see a relationship between the angled broom which is leaning and the shadow on the door.

In the picture of a little girl looking out of the window to see the raining streets has the basic principle of design. You can see the unity in the colors of the picture and in how the girl looks. While variety is in the maturely each item is and the meaning behind each object and how it looks in the picture. Then there is a mixture of how all of these colors and images combine into a picture we have now.

The strong linear pattern in this painting is directly related to the one-point perspective used in crafting the room and the furniture in it. The floor boards are the strongest representation of the linear pattern, pushing the viewers eye diagonally back from the negative space in the bottom left corner, to lively back wall of the room that is cluttered with a bar, an open door, and fellow civilians sitting at a table. Other objects like the pool table in the middle of the room, assorted side tables and the paneling on the walls also helps to guide the eye in the same way. The inherent nature of this line pattern is to create a sense of depth in the room and a sense of space across the entirety of the picture plane. The rhythm of the objects in the room follow a mostly mellow, legato pattern with some staccato characteristics. A legato rhythm is found in the

Some elements of art and principles of design I can see in this painting is color and balance. The color is very balanced in this painting and if I put a line in the middle of the painting you could be able to tell what the other half should look like. Another is line and repetition, the painting has a lot of stems since it is a

This was one of his works that he has done. He has used different patterns covering all the furnishings and the walls. Detailed and elaborated designs were used. In my opinion there are too much patterns in one room. One pattern will be strong enough to communicate a very good design. For example the wallpaper will be strong enough, if it was only it, in the room and then the other furnishings will be picking up colours from it and also using different shades of the colour chosen. The inspiration from the countryside and natural elements can be easily seen.in elaborate and detailed designs.