The Blue Mask

Lou Reed’s, The Blue Mask Although the visionary singer, song writer, Lou Reed, gained his fame in the 70’s, he reached the highest peak of his career with the album “The Blue Mask,” in which he explored the elements of human flaws. With this album, he stripped down from his dramatic work in the 70’s and explored new techniques along with his small, tight-knit band. “The Blue Mask” received excellent reviews from critics and consumers because it allowed listeners to have a personal connection

“Black And Blue”, by Louis Armstrong and “We Wear The Mask”, by Paul Laurence Dunbar both take a further meaning in a profound way of Ellison's work. Louis Armstrong poetically writes “what did I do? Tell me, what did I do to be so black and blue?” The way in which it flows suggests that Armstrong brings what happens in society (desegregation) and incorporates it into his lyrics. The tempo of the song makes me question, was he sad or happy. Are the lyrics making him out to be black or white? “Black

sterile white operating room, I begin to panic. This is my first surgery, and I feel as if I am in a living nightmare. Before I can even think about it, the nurses guide me onto the skinny white operating room bed. A few seconds later, the blue-green anesthesia mask is put on my face, and I feel like I am going underwater with my eyes closed. Then everything around me goes completely black. I was diagnosed with a rare, non-agressive type of skin cancer on my scalp in 2011. Soon after diagnosis, I

the colors themselves to evoke emotion, without it having to relate back to the natural world. In Blue Nude and Bathers, they achieved this goal successfully. I think that Matisse’s Blue Nude painting was inspiration for Derain’s painting Bathers. They both depict naked women lying outside, however Blue Nude was painted first. After analyzing these two pieces, I’ve concluded that Henri Matisse’s Blue Nude painting (1907) & Andre Derain’s painting Bathers (1908) were both influential representations

As I explored the James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, I came across two paintings that really stood out to me because of their relevance to what we have been learning in class. In muted tones of blue and yellow, Harry Oosahwee’s (Cherokee) One Fall Morning depicts a Cherokee family in a barren rural landscape; animals and plants dot the landscape, and a small wooden house sits on the far right of the painting accompanied by a father, mother, and child

Mask Explanation and/or Reflection There are multiple different symbols and hidden meanings on my mask. These symbols mainly have to do with events from the past and my current state in the present. When one looks upon the mask, the first thing they may notice is the black line going down the middle, separating the past from present. Another good distinction between the past and present are the words written on the both halves of the mask. On the brighter, more “positive” side, there lie the words

Reconstruction, African Americans faced the novel task of constructing new identities for themselves post-slavery. Although they had more freedom, archaic and racist hierarchies persisted, denying them the full empowerment they deserved. In “We Wear the Mask” and “The Wife of His Youth,” Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt explore how African Americans respond to oppression, in the context of Reconstruction and beyond. Systemic racism dehumanizes Black individuals by fostering the belief that survival

her skin color is very light that gives that beautiful glow. Her long black dress has a mixture of dark blue and white. She is standing with her arms semi-crossed with one hand holding a small white fan. The small fan has a design of brown flowers. She is standing sideways on the right of the canvas with a piece of light green fabric around her arms; the light green material has a tent of light blue and

Tutankhamun’s Death Mask By Sanuli Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty who lived in a period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom or the New Empire Period. He began his reign when he was only 9! He reigned for about 10 years and soon died. Most scientists have concluded that the most likely cause of his death was from a broken leg but there are several valid reasons that makes the answer never for certain. His death mask was an important artefact in history. It was bright

color belongs to each group, for the warm colors are red, orange, and yellow, and cool colors are blue, green and light purple. First example, Romare Bearden’s She-ba painting, an African-American artist born in North Carolina. This is one painting that shows both warm and cool colors. She-ba, is an art piece that has blocks of color that contrast in areas of red, yellow and orange combination of cool blues and greens. Without doubt, this artwork reflects