Even though Downtown Danville may seem lifeless and dull at times, there is actually a large street art scene. Murals are scattered throughout the area on old stores and parking garages. I feel as though these murals bring color to the dull brick buildings, and seem to clean up the area so that it seems less decrepit. Many of the buildings seem to be as though they were brought back to life thanks to the art that now decorates their boring walls. The paintings represent the history of Danville, and are painted by a street art group called the Walldogs. Their works can be seen on many different walls in many different cities, and Danville is blessing in my opinion to be one of them. I have actually learned a little more about the history of
The left side of the painting includes American icons such as Steve Irwin, Prince, Abraham Lincoln, and the “army” being led by George Washington. This could symbolize the American lifestyle that focuses and is represented mainly by society's take on who is important to the culture. This is often popular or influential celebrities, iconic presidents and/or leaders such as Abraham
It represented a couple of farmers in front of their house built in the "gothic carpenter" style. Such painting revealed the influence of German and Dutch primitive painters regarding the minute treatment of details, notably in the architecture of the farm. It symbolised the life of pioneers.
Artist Drew Hamilton’s, Street Corner Project exhibits the transformation of the view of American art and aesthetics. What was once viewed as beautiful art has changed with out modern art. The artist chose to exhibit his very own Bushwick apartment over the neighborhood bodega in Brooklyn. The artist Drew Hamilton’s artistic choice to change the standard view on aesthetic artwork depicting a true view of the neighborhood through his mini model. Drew Hamilton’s creation of the mini model that mimics the scene of everyday life of Brooklyn residents. Hamilton refashions the basic norms of aesthetics by inventing a new form of imperfect perfection and reaming true to the actual view of his apartment.
In recent years, Danville has received several honors, including a place on "Money" magazine's list of the best places to retire and the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Great American Main Street Award. The city prides itself on its ability to continually evolve, maintaining a proper balance between holding onto its history while thriving in the modern world. Part of this balance involves ensuring that paved surfaces are properly maintained so that the city always presents a good impression to the area's residents as well as the many visitors that come to Danville to shop, tour the historic sites or conduct county business. Services such as asphalt paving, concrete repairs, sealcoating, asphalt overlays, pavement markings and asphalt repairs are commonly requested by property owners in Danville.
The city of Danville, Virginia is expecting a terrorist attack to occur in the near future due to Dominion Power dumping their waste water into the Dan River. Terrorist have given the city five days to have a response before the city endures a major attack. This emergency operations plan will include all aspects for the city of Danville, Virginia to carry out the various roles and responsibilities of government organizations and providing a connection to the local, state, federal, and private organizations, and resources to address during emergencies. The emergency operation plan will be taking steps and roles necessary to provide a well throughout response to ensure the safety and well-being of the Danville’s civilians. The safety and well-being of citizens is never more threatened than during disasters and attacks. The main goal of the emergency operations plan is to ensure that we limit the severity of the situation, having preparedness, responding quickly and firmly, and making sure recovery actions exist to the public to make sure their safety and well-being stays protected. This emergency plan will provide a guidance for the Danville’s departments with a general concept of potential emergency assignments before, during, and following an emergency but making sure it does not replace county or local emergency operations plans or procedures they may have already established. This plan wants to ensure that there is and will be consistency with the now current policies and
These paintings were created after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 which gave slaves their freedom from their master and certain rights as human beings. Now thanks to this decree these former slaves can do activities that were never allowed to do by their masters like reading or going to carnivals which are depicted in the painting without the fear
The Drouth Stricken Area was painted in 1934 by Alexandre Hogue, currently the art piece located at The Dallas Museum of Art l in the American Art section level 4. The size of the art is 30X42.24 in. It is an Oil on canvas.
Affordable public transportation has been made available for the residents of Danville as there is a county local bus, that runs through the San Ramon Valley, called “ County Connection” and route 21 services Danville while transporting residents to nearby cities such as Walnut Creek’s BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit System) as well as San Ramon’s transit center. It also drops off at a park and ride in Danville as well as a nearby city called Alamo.
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The Cliff Walk at Pourville, is a painting done by impressionist artist, Claude Monet. This is a piece of art that I would display in my own home. I enjoy this piece for many reasons. First, it reminds me of one of my favorite trips to South Hero, Vermont. This is a small island off the coast of Vermont. At our campground, we went exploring and found this huge cliff that overlooked Lake Champlain. We would go sit there during the day and watch all of the sailboats go by, much like what is going on in this painting. I am also drawn to this piece because I love the water. Sitting next to a large body of water, is so calming and beautiful. It also reminds me of how big this world really is. Lastly, this painting is basically the reason why I try
To begin, a better understanding of the time period in which these paintings were created (ca. 1788-1790) is needed to fully analyze all the symbols each has to offer. During this time in American history, religion continued to be an important part of society. Of course, during the mid 1700’s the Great Awakening
The background has areas of dark and light that may be representing a dark part of this woman's life and the light area showing awakening in this woman's soul. To me the woman in the painting is staring out into the world and realizing that there is so much out there for her. That she can walk out of there and not be lost any more. Mrs. Mallard felt the same way. In the room she realized that she can now live her life on her own the way she wants to. She walked out of the room with a sense of
A mural is more than just a painting on the wall. Murals bring together a sense of community and make the city a more welcoming place. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the word mural means a painting or other work of art that is directly executed on to a wall. In many aspects, murals originated from graffiti, which comes from the Latin word graffio, meaning scratching or scribbling. Mural Arts programs are popping up in cities across the nation. However, I decided to focus on two cities that were closer to home for me. I focused my research on Newark and Asbury Park, New Jersey, in comparison to Philadelphia, PA. All of which, are cities that are not the nicest, but with the help of murals are becoming more welcoming places.
If you walk through almost any city, the buildings, bridges, and any other available spaces are seemingly filled with colors, picture, and words that are not part of the original architecture. This graffiti, which is a mix of tags, stencils, pieces, and freestyle, seems to have almost taken over cities across the world. Some of this graffiti, such as tags, are eyesores, but some pieces, such as the High Line “Love Is the Answer” and “Kiss” murals in New York City, are sites that have become iconic pieces of artwork. Unfortunately, pieces like these are also starting to be covered to a seemingly astronomical rate, which is causing outrage among those who visited to them.
Street art is progressively increasing as a forbidding magnet to charm tourists to the Bronx. People are taking benefit of the worldwide interest in street art and its strong origins as a Bronx art form, and expecting that this overpowers what Maruri named the “world-wide problem” of a bad image that the area still fights with.