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I took this picture in the Free Expression Tunnel on NC State's campus back in November during Homecoming week. For the 2019 season, NC State played Clemson for the annual Homecoming game. This game happened to be ABC's Saturday Night Primetime Game…

This is a picture of Childish Gambino's "Awaken, My Love" album cover. I chose this item because it has a beautiful design and Gambino's follow up album was released this morning. The artwork is striking and bold which was something seemed to…

Within the Free Expression Tunnel, anyone is allowed to spray paint or in some other way decorate the walls, floors, and ceiling of the tunnel. Student organizations use it to advertise, social movement groups use it to get the word out, and amateur…

"Judith Slaying Holofernes" is a painting done by Artemisia Gentileschi. Although a depiction of a story already told, it reflects her own anger and frustrations during this period of her life. After confronting her rapist in a public trial where he…

This is the album cover of Bruce Springsteen's 1973 debut album. The cover is meant to look like an old postcard people used to send from their vacation destinations back in the day. In these postcards, the name of the city is in huge block print…

This is a mural in downtown Raleigh, it is in fact one of many murals in downtown Raleigh. Murals are excellent examples of street art that stems from graphic design. Recently, I fell as if murals have become a trendy art piece popping up in popular…

This is an untitled painting by Polish surrealist Zdzislaw Beksinski, who is notorious for his fantastic and often disturbing work. In Helmers' article, she outlined different ways that viewers participate in meaning construction, often…

This is a small alabaster sculpture I saw at the Met. It was made by Jacques Juliot in the mid 1500s. The piece shows the Virgin Mary on her deathbed and the apostles gathered around her. The apostles are each doing a classic action seen in the…

This is a painting depicting the mythical lovers Tristan and Iseult. After her fiance is killed, Tristan is sent to retrieve Iseult from Ireland for his uncle, king of Cornwall, to marry. However, along the way they fall in love and though Iseult…

This photo is, to me, the quintessential depiction of contemporary society at the time it was taken. World War II had just ended and the US and the world was celebrating. This shows the pure joy that everyone felt upon the return of the soldiers who…