Autumn’s Exploration Art

 Post Modern Art Blog Women’s Movement   – Feminist Art Movement (1960-2000)      I really enjoyed the choice in this week's assignment, I chose to go with the Post Modern Era (1960-2000). During this time period, we see many movements that carried from the Mid Modern Era into the late 20th century including, The Civil Rights Movement, the Women’s Movement, the war, and a lot more I'm sure.  This was a time of continued growth, expansion, and many forms of conflict as  one of the biggest conflicts of this time was equality, for both African Americans and women.  I wanted to focus on the growth and expanding the rights of women. Sadly it was common to see women as sexualized objects incapable of doing the job a man could. Some common problems women faced were mockery, unequal pay, and working rights. With limited access to services such as child care and abortions. Luckily, things began to shift during the Post Modern time period; women became more...

Early Modern Blog: The Influence of The Great Depression  (1900-1939) “Rust Red Hills,” from 1930 Georgia O’Keeffe I chose to go with Georgia O’Keeffe’s  Rust Red Hills  from 1930 because it was simple and the start of new techniques. The Rust Red Hill is one of the Brauer Museum of Art’s most beloved paintings, a masterpiece by the artist. T he Great Depression is a great epoch in American history.  It was a period in time when the economy in the United States, Europe, and other industrialized countries in the world collapsed.  It started in 1929 when the stock market crashed in the United States and lasted until about 1939.  After World War I the United States aided many countries financially to help recover from the war and when the stock market crashed millions of people lost their savings and became unemployed.  The Great Depression lead to the election of a Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.  President Roosevelt developed pr...