Assignment #6

 Dada is an artistic movement to react about the World War 1. Artists who suffered from the war or who had been influenced protested and fought for the showing nonsense of the war by depicting a ridiculous artwork. Artists used common objects and made it very ridiculously. For example, this picture is “Fountain” by Marcel Duchamp. Unfortunately, the genuine artwork was lost. He used standard urinal and laid flat on its back rather than upright in its usual position. The artwork seems very ridiculous and meaningless. It happened because of harmful consequences of World War 1. The trend of literature or art was chaotic or unrealistic.

Jacob Lawrence is an African-American artist who was born in America. Mostly, his artwork is about black labors and he was influenced by Goya, Daumier, Roscoe, Harlem Renaissance, and African-American history. Also, his art work was influenced by European Modernist Metis. He was good at using brilliant colors, flat space, and usage of patterns. This picture is “The Shoemaker” by Jacob Lawrence.