ARH 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Treasury Relief Art Project, Federal Art Project, David Stone Martin
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Primitive art: description which refers to cultural artifacts of primitive people that is, those ethnic groups deemed to have relatively low standard of technological development by. Mural art: any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling, or other permanent surface. A distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture. Artist throughout 1920s-1950s, used a lot of color in his photos, would use realism and naturalism. Jacob lawrence painted the migration series, 1940-41. Was supposed to show the great migration of african american ex slaves migrating from the south to the north. Started creating mythic murals which would express mexican culture and how mexico came to be. in 1932-1933 was called the king of the murals . National director of federal art project (fap), a federal patron of an art that existed between. 1935 and 1943 as part of the new deal"s works progress administration.
