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Peters, Jennifer L. "The Rise of Hip-Hop." Know Your World Extra 36.8 (2003): 12. Middle Search Plus. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Brought up in the Bronx in the 70's. Many people didn't like disco music and thought it was for rich white people. Decided this is more interesting than disco. It is more spoken along with and not sung. It says how you feel and what you go through.

WOLDU, GAIL HILSON. "The Kaleidoscope of Writing on Hip-Hop Culture." Notes 67.1 (2010): 9-38. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Hip hop was discovered in late 1970's and early 1980's. It was referred to as "party" music at the time. Had rhyming words and bass with a rhythm. Moved into the early 1990s with Tupac, Biggie Smalls, and Snoop Dogg.

WOLDU, GAIL HILSON. "THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF WRITING ON HIP-HOP CULTURE." Notes 67.1 (2010): 9-38. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.

This is a shorter article from the UK vogue website. It gives the main facts about Chanel's life. When she lived and died. How she got started with her fashion line. About the building where the clothes are still designed. Not a very long article but it gives the important facts about Coco Chanels life.

Charles, Marilyn, and Karen Telis. "Pattern as Inspiration and Mode of Communication in the Works of Van Gogh." American Journal of Psychoanalysis 69.3 (2009): 238-262. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. This articles is a close study of specific patterning in Van Gogh's drawings. It is able to provide new insight into patterns he uses. Due to a direct expression of nonverbal meaning. The article takes a look at his articulation of pattern through form, plus a close reading of the letters he wrote about the difficulties he encountered because of his unique vision. It concludes that Van Gogh's unique and personal perceptual style served his developmental needs. While also contributing to both his mental instability and his artistic greatness.

Charles, Marilyn, and Karen Telis. "Pattern as Inspiration and Mode of Communication in the Works of Van Gogh." \n American Journal of Psychoanalysis 69.3 (2009): 238-262. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 31 Oct. 2010. In "Pattern as Inspiration and Mode of Communication in the works of Van Gogh" it talks about how his black and white paintings still convey meaning. Van Gogh is an impressionist and has the talent of using line and shapes in order to evoke an emotional response. Van Gogh was interested in ideas rather than images, which inspired many of his pieces of work. The history of his life is shown and describes who he is and his work. In the beginning of his life Gogh did not know he wanted to be an artist, but later traveled and studied art.

Beardsley, J. Pablo Picasso. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1991. Print. A biography on the life of Pablo Picasso. Beadsley examines Picasso through his years; from early childhood to adulthood. Also, Beadsley write about the movements in which Picasso was involved in. The influences of Picasso are also discussed about Picasso and his works, as well as his most famous works of art.

Martin, R. Picasso's War: The Destruction of Guernica and the Masterpiece that Changed the World. New York: Dutton, 2002. Print. Martin's book describes Adolf Hitler's target practice on the Basque village of Guernica in 1937. This attack sparked Picasso into depicting the terrible event; the painting is known as Guernica. Although Picasso was living in Paris, France at the time of the attack he felt an obligation to depicting the terror that Hitler unleashed on his beloved homeland. The themes, events and individual scenes are discussed throughout the book.

Davis, Mary. "Chanel, Stravinsky, and Musical Chic." Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture 10.4 (2006): 431-460. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 3 Nov. 2010.

This article is about how Chanel change the fashion world. How she went to the streets of France to get the inpiration for her designs. The simple style was the new Chic after the war. Being comfortable took precedence over the elegance of an outfit. The article also is about how her style changed otherr aspects of modern art in the 1900s.

Criel, Gaston. "Surrealism." Books Abroad 26. 2 (1952): 133-136 University of Oklahoma. Web. 9 Nov. 2010 In this article, Surrealism is explained as one's immediate interpretation of life and reality. It is not a question regarding literature of art anymore because the concept of surrealism is becoming clearer to viewers today. It started with the works of Dada (Salvador Dali) and has grown into self-realization of our wildest dreams. This self-realization has progressed through works of literature and famous poetry throughout history. Surrealism is described as an unrestricted vision between the world and reality. This leaves us in an exciting environment where everything is pleasant and enjoyable. According to Andre Breton, "Surrealism arose from an affirmation of faith in the genius of youth (135)." Surrealism gives us back our youth. It allows us to aim for the sky because nothing is holding us back.

"Introduction to the Artistic Style of Surrealism." ArtHistory.net. Web 9 Nov. 2010. This article discusses how Surrealism has progressed and captured Modern imagination and Art. Surrealism started from the work and culture of Salvador Dali. Other surrealists, such as Andre Breton, wanted to explore further through literature, poetry, and the human mind. Breton described wrote a novel and described Surrealism as "those two seemingly contradictory states, dream and reality, into a sort of absolute reality, of surreality." One of the main reason why Surrealism grew and has effected contemporary art is because it has captured attention in numerous countries such as Europe, the United States, South America, and Mexico. It brought a sense of excitement for artists because it broadened the typical view of life as we know it. It allowed artists to create works in which they only dreamed about. Another surrealist artist, Kahlo, was very passionate about her work. An example of her work was an image of herself in a hospital bed as a victim with glaring objects hovering over her. She wanted to show viewers the sad nature of hopelessness. Kahlo was a large influence for the Surrealist movement.

Samuels, David. "The Rap On Rap." New Republic 205.20 (1991): 24-29. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Talks about how rap was started and what it was like. It talks about the transition and who was involved. It talks about the first rap ever and details about it. Also, it adds information on where it was started with the people in it.

Deahl, Rachel. "Hip-Hop Loses Bad Rap With Publishers." Publishers Weekly 252.50 (2005): 10-11. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Talks about how rappers have grown, but now there are so many of them. Around the era of Tupac, rap and hip hop was still growing. Now its becoming a cluster and there are a lot of rappers looking for deals to publish.This is a big part in the growth of hip-hop.

Royal, Leslie E. "Hip Hop On Top." Black Enterprise 30.12 (2000): 91. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how hip hops external effect. They have even changed clothes what people wear. These rappers have worn these clothes so now the young population wears it. Some of the clothes referred to were Sean John and Southpole clothing lines. It is more of an urban type of clothing.

Brettell, Richard R. Impression: Painting Quickly in France, 1860-1890. Williamstown, MA: Yale University Press, 2000. Print. This book holds a lot of information about the Impressionist Movement. The introduction defines what an "impression" is and how it came to name one of the most know art movements. It then goes on to give a brief history about the movement as a whole. After that, each chapter recognizes a famous impressionist painter, like Monet. The chapter about Monet goes into detail about his paintings and how he helped develope the Impressionists.

Stuckey, Charles F. "Claude Monet: Impressionism's leading light." USA Today Magazine 124.2606 (1995): 36. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article talks about the history of the Impressionism Movement and more specifically, Claude Monet. It goes on to describe the movements unique techniques and how it went from childish stokes to opening to realms of abstract painting. From there, it tells the readers of the many great acheivements Monet contribited to Impressionism and to art in general.

Norden, Martin F. "The Avant-Garde Cinema of the 1920s: Connections to Futurism, Precisionism, and Suprematism." Leonardo 17.2 (1984): 108-12. JSTOR. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.

Joanna Demers. Sampling the 1970s in Hip-Hop. Popular Music, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Jan., 2003), pp. 41-56. JSTOR. Web. 16 Nov. 2010 This article examines the beginning of Hip Hop. It shows where its influences came from and how they translated into what hip hop is today. It shows the founding fathers and the hoops they had to jump through in order to gain respect in the music industry.

Davis, Mary E. "Classical Chic: Music, Fashion, and Modernism". University of California Press. 2006. Print. This book is all about Classical Chic during the modernism movement. There are many different chapters including an entire chapter on Coco Chanel. The chapter started out by talking about she influenced the 1920s and the 1930s. How she turned around the fashion of the time. She kept the ideas of the "liberated women" and applied it to all of her work. It goes through each of her steps to how she became the iconic fashion designer she is today. Also, each of the types of article of clothing that made her so iconic. It then goes on to talk about how the label as taken over after her death.

"POSTIMPRESSIONISM." (n.d.): Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This source is able to provide a historical background of the postimpressionist artistic movement. The encyclopedia is a great place to start when trying to gain more knowledge about anything. The description they give about postimpressionism is both helpful and informative. This artistic style was used by Van Gogh. The movement took place during the last two decades of the 19th century.