Art 17th-century Africans had art forms that would be considered advanced even today. ... Thus, there was little opportunity for the slave to express his creativity in graphic and plastic art for the church as he had done in Africa where religion and art were inseparable. ... Incidentally, there was an outpouring of African-American art after emancipation. ... But it would be a long time yet before Black art could be fully appreciated, or even accepted as mainstream. ... In other words, phrases such as "ain't" and "wasn't" that are wrong in English would have made perfec...

• Word Count: 1049
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

African American poetics as well as all kinds of art and literature blossomed in a ghetto of New York called Harlem, where black artists began to write and make art of the subject of African Americas" share of the apple called "America". ... It is a perfect poem about the race-relations and settled prejudice in the society, especially the last stanza is very much effective in the message it tries to give: "I saw the whole of Baltimore Of all the things that happened there That's all that I remember." ... Finally, Amiri Baraka's "Black Art" is a violently toned and aggressiv...

• Word Count: 750
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The art of invention became apparent and abundant once official documents called patents guaranteed secure financial privileges to inventors. ... Social standards, although not completely perfect, united society, hence the idea of America as a giant melting pot. ...

• Word Count: 658
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Absolut Vodka created a whole new type of advertising that stretched the boundaries between advertising and art. ... The eighth ad is that of a perfect and seemingly innocent bottle standing in greatness complimented by the halo. ...

• Word Count: 1047
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School