The Archives of Sam Swift

I think that I am at a good starting stage for my project so far. After reading the description for this week's check in, I would like to do the project individually. I think this will be easier for me because of how the class is online rather than in person. I am interested to see the template you will post next week as far as planning out how to space out the project evenly, but I think that will come over time. I am also not too worried about how I am going to present my project yet because I think it is a little too early to decide that right now. I also will want to stop by in your zoom office hours occasionally as the project ramps up to make sure that I am on top of everything and that my final product will be a representation of my best work. cite: https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/basketball-news/nba-and-mlb-ratings-see-major-drop-due-to-blm-protests.html

This work of art that the guy in the middle is holding up has become the face of the Black Lives Matter movement and a symbol of support for the movement, just like how movements with Woman’s RIghts were during the Romanticism period. This feeds into the “individualism” section on my infographic which talks about how people are looking for equal rights and coming together to have a chance to gain that. Art has been a big part of the black lives matter movement. Signs are hung up and carried around and even worn/presented by people with large followings. People bring different approaches to the signs they make, which all give the same main message. Some people go for the more simple representation, like the man in the picture below, but others go for a catchy saying or something that represents how terrible all of these deaths are. Although there were probably not as many signs designed during the Women's Rights movement, they still had people coming together to fight for a common i...

 Romanticism was a time for artists to be able to express themselves and branch out into new territories. The infographic below breaks down the movement into the 5 "i's" that best describe the principals of the movement https://venngage.net/ps/8mBFNHdvZPM/romanticism-sam-swift cite:  http://bookscrounger.com/ideal-romanticism/