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Grishin, Sasha. "Art Deco 1910-1939." Craft Arts International 74 (2008): 82-84. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010.

This article gives a timeline of Art Deco's history starting with its preceeding movement leading up to Art Deco's height. There are examples of the different mediums Art Deco is demonstrated through such as fashion, architecture and artwork. The article mentions collections that have great examples of Art Deco. This article also mentions how Art Deco touched other countries, which proves that Art Deco was an international hit. This article includes several pictures which is a great way to obtain visual images of Art Deco.

Glazer, Diane L. "AMONG FRIENDS: ITALIAN FUTURISM COMES TO AMERICA." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 62-75. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. This article is the description of the first Futurist artist in America and how Futurism changed when it came over from Italy. It is mostly an analysis of "the first American futurist", Joseph Stella, and a "futurist composer", Edgar Varese. The author also compares these American futurists with the founding Italian futurist, Filippo Marinetti.

Glazer, Diane L. "Among Friends: Italian Futurism Comes to America." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 62-75. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. This article is about the arrival and spread of Italian Futurist ideas throughout the New York City culture in the early 20th century. It goes into detail the lives of the first American Futurist painter, Joseph Stella and a composer by the name of Edgard Varèse. In the article, the lives of these two artists are analyzed from the perspective of the work that they created. Through their works a friendship was made. Through this friendship and contribution to the art community Futurism grew through New York.

Byrne, L. "Picasso, Guernica, History." Art Book 14.3 (2007): OhioLINK: Electronic Journal Center. Web. 1 November 2010. Byrne reviews a work by Fransisco Calvo Serraller and Jorge Semprun on Picasso's Guernica. The painting was painted for the Spanish Pavilion at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1937. Guernica is a summary of the wars of the past one hundred years (Byrne 13). Serraller's thinks that the painting is one of the greatest paintings of all time because it was created out of "historical tradition" genius which he believed only Picasso and a select few were capable of.

Mikić, Vesna. "Musics Futurista - The Art of Noises. Music and Words from the Italian Futurists Movement 1909-1935, Including Original Recordings by Marinetti/Russolo/Pratella (Salon LTMCD 2401, 2006)." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 111-113. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. A review of a C.D. of futurist music which was done in line with the futurist manifesto that was written by Marinetti. Some of the tracks also include pieces of Marinetti's actual speaches which, according to the article, give the C.D. an unarguably Futuristic tone.

Ve Poljanski, Branko. "Dialogue Marinetti - Poljanski." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 3-5. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. In English traslation of a conversation between Marinetti, the founder of futurism, and Poljanski, i leaded in Zenitistm in France. The two men respect each other but the converstion does get tense at one moment and then they talk things out. Things end well.

Glazer, Diane L. "Among Friends: Italian Futurism Comes to America." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 62-75. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. This article is about the arrival and spread of Italian Futurist ideas throughout the New York City culture in the early 20th century. It goes into detail the lives of the first American Futurist painter, Joseph Stella and a composer by the name of Edgard Varèse. In the article, the lives of these two artists are analyzed from the perspective of the work that they created. Through their works a friendship was made. Through this friendship and contribution to the art community Futurism grew through New York.

Weston, Neville. "THE REAL VAN GOGH: the artist and his letters." Craft Arts International 79 (2010): 78-80. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. In this article it explains the life of Van Gogh. It turns out he had health problems and did not take care of himself. Van Gogh did not eat at times, drank excessively, and smoked. His bipolar mood greatly influenced his paintings. Throughout his life he wrote letter to his brother, which today are translated. The letters are considered to be real literature and inform the reader about his life.

Shanes, Eric. "The Pop Art Tradition: Responding to Mass Culture." Parkstone Press International (2006): Ohiolink. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Shanes traces the roots of popular mass culture in the late 18th century when the industrial and political revolutions industrialized the Western World. Pop Art is said to have originated from Surrealism in Britain when Eduardo Paolozzi, Peter Blake, and Richard Hamilton began exploring comic books, advertising, and folk culture. Artist, Claes Oldenberg, began works of art that connected to "store exhibitions," which filled galleries with common American objects. This emphasized and worshiped consumer goods.

Mitchell, Tony. Global Noise: Rap and Hip-hop outside the USA. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan UP, 2001. Print.T his book describes how rap has grown in other countries other than the U.S. Most people don't think of rap as being something that is international, but it has grown to almost all of Europe and is even getting started in Asia. Rap is becoming the most popular type of music in the whole world and reading this book confirms that. Rap is huge and it's only going to get bigger as time moves on because soon the generation that listens to rap will become older and take up more of the population.

Clark, Philip. "Beethoven 'Moonlight' Sonata." International Piano 3 (2010): 50-3. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010 A comparison between Beethoven's editions of his "Moonlight" sonata is portrayed in this article. This sonata was composed in 1801 in C sharp minor. Beethoven's original name for the piece was "Almost a Fantasy." It also gives descriptions on more recent composers and the influence Beethoven had on their music, specifically through the "Moonlight" sonata. One composer, Wilhelm Kempff, is particularly mentioned because he was best-known for his Beethoven-like style of music.

Harmon, Melissa Burdick. "The Mad, Magnificent Salvador Dali." Biography 5.1 (2001): 106. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article provides an insight into the life of Salvador Dali's, specifically his childhood. It shows his interest in art at a young age. It explains the relationships with the people who were close to Dali throughout his life. In addition, it begins to explain what Surrealism is.

Kato, M. T. From Kung Fu to Hip Hop: Globalization, Revolution, and Popular Culture. Albany: State University of New York, 2007. Print. This book describes how much pop culture has changed over the years. In the old days, action heros were cowboys and policemen, whereas now, they are thugs with guns and muscle that look scary and talk tough. Culture has just changed so much and this book does an excellent job of pointing that out