James frazer end of trait for the viewer the first he sees the status as '' an image of ashamed, defeated Indian.'' that exactly the same feeling that I had when I saw the sculpture before I read his comments all the way to the end. Because the statue represents a soldier on his horse holding his daughter or a random young girl they all looking down. That is not really how we would represent resistance when you first see the statue resistane is not what will come into your mind directly. But later in the story, she said '' End of the Trail Screenprinted on flags used in ceremonies honoring veterans and prisoners of war.''' That gave us another view of the sculpture because making a statue of a soldier strong and ready to go defend his territory is what everyone would expect but by doing this sad and strong image of a soldier in despair he catches people's attention. Plus the soldier still has his weapon on his other arm there no other sign of resistance than this image. Despite the pain the shame he never let his weapon fell down he holds it as a sign of resistance.
Among the twentieth century’s most influential art photographers, Edward Weston (United States, 1886–1958) is widely respected for his many contributions to the field of photography. Along with Ansel Adams, Weston pioneered a modernist style characterized by the use of a large-format camera to create sharply focused and richly detailed black-and-white photographs. The combination of Weston’s stark objectivity and his passionate love of nature and form gave his still lifes, portraits, landscapes, and nudes qualities that seemed particularly suited for expressing the new American lifestyle and aesthetic that emerged from California and the West between the two world wars. He spent the years 1923–1926 in Mexico City as a part of an international milieu of creative minds attracted by the post-revolutionary excitement of political activists and artists such as Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, Tina Modotti, and others. From the moment he returned to the United States, he began maki
Hi Samba,
ReplyDeleteGood- Did that change your perspective? Try to describe more in detail how your thoughts changed after reading the essay.
Prof Harmon