Music

Jazz: Miles Dewey Davis III, Trompeter considered the creator of cool jazz and one of the most influent jazz compositors, he was born in Alton, Illinois U.S in 1926 and died in California U.S in 1991. His music can be described as a mixure of past present and future becouse of the great rhythmic variety,and can be clasify as jazz-rock;fusin. Main albums: Birth of the Cool (1949),Kind of Blue in (1959), Nefertiti (1967),Bitches Brew (1969) among about 40 other masterpieces of jazz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTfBpKzu6XA

Rock: James Marshall Hendrix, is widely considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in musical history, jimi was born in november 1942 in Seattle U.S and died in september 1970 in London England, his music plenty of talent can be described as hypnotic and powerfull becouse of its riffs and can be clasified as: Psychedelic rock, hard rock, blues rock, acid rock, funk rock. Main Albums :Are You Experienced(1967); Axis: Bold as Love(1967);Electric Ladyland (1968) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xTfFm5kol4&feature=related

Grunge: Nirvana is one of the most famous grunge bands ,formed by: bassist krist Novoselik, the longest-lasting drummer Dave Grohl, and the singer/guitarist kurt cobain. Nirvana was active from 1987 to 1994 and its music is a sort of punk-rock and is characterized by energic and heavily distorted guitars,catchy vocal melodies and rythm changes. Main albums:Bleach in 1989; Nevermind in1991;In Utero in1993 and MTV Unplugged in New York (1994) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvwqSMRtoSI&feature=related

Country music: George Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Frecuently reffered as the king of Country. He was born in 1952 in texas U.S and continues today with his music that can be described as a unique style of western swing, ballads and honky-tonk country (type of bar that provides musical entertainment,usually country music). Main albums: Strait Country (1981),Something Special (1985),Blue Clear Sky (1996),Honkytonkville (2003),Here for a Good Time (2011). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkDf1he-ZQ

Metal: Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983. Founded by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, but the Current members are Dave Mustaine,Dave Ellefson,Chris Broderick guitar, backing vocals (2008present) and Shawn Drover drums, percussion (2004present). The music of Megadeth has a technical instrumental style with intricate passages of complex guitar solos and can also be classified as: thrash metal, speed metal and hard rock. Main albums: Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985),Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986),So Far, So Good... So What! (1988),Rust in Peace (1990),Youthanasia (1994),Risk (1999),The System Has Failed (2004) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAFYNhzv4w

Visual arts
Landscape painting: Frederic Edwin Church was an American landscape painter born in 1826 in Connecticut, U.S and died in New york in 1900. He was known mainly for painting colossal views , often in exotic locations.he was "always concerned with including a spiritual dimension in his works." and this is clearly expressed on his work. Main paintings:The Heart of the Andes (1859), Metropolitan Museum of Art; Cotopaxi (1862), Detroit Institute of Arts;The River Of Light, (1877), National Gallery of Art; Twilight in the Wilderness (1860), Cleveland Museum of Art

Twilight in the Wilderness (1860), Cleveland Museum of Art

The Heart of the Andes (1859)

Abstract Expressionism: Arshile Gorky (Vostanik Manuk Adoyan) was an Armenian-born American painter who had a fundamental influence on Abstract Expressionism, he was born in 1904 and died in connecticut ,U.S in1948.His paints reflects the hard time of the armenian genocide but also the love for his family and memories from chilhood: "My art is therefore a growth art where forms, shapes, memories of Armenia germinate, breathe, expand and contract, multiply and therby create new paths for exploration".

Main paintings: The Artist and His Mother (1926),The Liver is the Cock's Comb (ca. 1926-1936),Portrait of Master Bill (1929).

The Liver is the Cock's Comb (1944)

The Artist and His Mother (ca. 1926-1936)

Realism: William Sidney Mount was an American genre painter, he was born in1807 in Setauket ,U.S and died in New York in 1868. His art as part of the realism express reality through the paintings,He also cultivated the portrait and eventually turned to the representation of scenes of everyday life. His works are simple in composition, but its drawing is excellent as the coloring and the brightness of his paintings. Main paintings:The Power of Music (1847),Eel Spearing at Setauket (1845)

Eel Spearing at Setauket (1845)

The Power of Music (1847)

Pop art: Andrew Warhola, Jr. Known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art,Andy was born in 1928 in pensylvania , U.S an died in 1987 in New York ,U.S. He tried to interpret the commercial and popular culture in an artistic way for example painting product like coca cola bottles or like the painting Campbell's Soup (1968) or even the dollar sign and famous people.

Main paintings: Mick Jagger (1975),Dollar Sign(1982), Michael Jackson (1984), Campbell's Soup (1968),Jean Michel Basquiat (1984)

Mick Jagger (1975)

Jean Michel Basquiat (1984)