Essays on Acrylic Paint

Andrew Morrison created Chief Seattle City 1 and 2 in 2013. The paintings are made on wood using acrylic paint and aerosol lacquer spray paint. They are on display in Seattle and are often borrowed for educational purposes. Andrew Morrison’s work is beneficial for the students to get acquainted with a different cultural heritage, which is in this case Indian. The dominant object in the painting is the giant face of the Indian who is a chief and there are skyscrapers behind the face in the painting on the left while on the painting in the right, the ...

Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Checking Your Understanding page 5

- There are a variety of different ways that art can be around the world. Art can be in a book that is being read, the furniture that is being sit on, and in the video games that people play on a regular basis. Basically, art can be anything that a person sees, has seen, or might imagine like advertisements on TV, Internet, toys, fashion, cars, paintings, and movies. - Perceive means to become aware through the senses of the special nature of objects. When a person uses their sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste to perceive an object, a person will better understand ...

Amazing Terracotta

Terracotta is a material made from clay. It has been used for many centuries by various civilizations and cultures across the globe. Artifacts like tiles, sculptures and pottery from Columbia, Europe, and Africa to India and China stand testimony to its popularity down the ages. Terracotta artifacts have been found by archeologists in their excavations hailing back to more than 2500 B.C. from Mohenjo Daro and Harappa and ancient Mesopotamia. Ancient Greek figurines of Tanagra and the Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang of China are two outstanding examples of terracotta art work of the ancient times. In ...