Saturday, July 31, 2010
Journal for Power Point Presentation
At first I had a difficult time coming up with an theme. My family did help me. We made an adventure out of the project. We went to Niagara Falls for the day and I started taking pictures. The waterfalls leading up to the falls is what gave me my theme and ideas for the project. The project did take lots of time. I found out when I started describing and analyzing how my waterfalls had a new meaning. I really felt some thing for each picture. Upon studying the artworks, I could recognize the elements and principles. I was very interested in all of the colors in the artwork. Visiting the NACC art museum was amazing. The art work there is tremendous. Everyone should visit there. I enjoy this project and I can believe how much I learned.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Lowbrow, Eastmant etc. Videos
Anthony Aussang says it is essentially reactionary to highbrow and upper class culture. Lowbrow definition is “a person regarded as uncultivated and lacking in taste. Robert Williams invented the term. Some believe Lowbrow Surrealism is a better term while others prefer Lowbrow. Lowbrow art appeals to the mass. Pop culture, car culture and folk art have had very important influences in the genre. Lisa Petrruci says the art is more relatable than esoteric art. The Atomic Age is also an important part of the genre. “Big Daddy” known as Ed Roth was popular in the 1960 with his psychedelic rock posters. Robert Crumb inspired rock poster artists to start doing underground comics. Laguna Art Museum put on a show featuring Ed Roth, Von Dutch, and Robert Williams at a time when galleries were not willing to display Lowbrow. MAD Magazine had a large impact on the art culture. Tiki themes were popular in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Lowbrow artist liked this theme and used it in their works or art. While conceptualism brought through to art it excluded viewers who were not trained in art history. Ausgang says Lowbrow blitzkriegs the idea that upper class culture requires a certain level of intelligence. Williams thinks the established art world is set up to recognize only certain types of art like minimalism and abstract. The mainstream art world and the fine art scenes in NY would not except Lowbrow. Artist created their own scene. The internet had an effect on art in general and on Lowbrow. Punk rock generation propelled Lowbrow art cultures. Artists were able to get their work on album covers and fliers.
Modern art in the MOMA from 1929 onward was displayed primarily in Chronological order representing each art movement. Art is displayed on white walls with flexible lighting. By 1970 art came off the walls and the artist began to explore the political and ideological context of the museum itself. The Tate’s thematic approach to displaying art prompts controversy and the viewers are provided with striking and often abrupt transitions between the individual display rooms. Critics believe that art should be more than entertainment. Abstract artist wanted to convey emotions, aesthetic effects or social vision.
Native American’s bones were collected as a scientific curiosity during the US genocide against Indians. Yankton fights for the bones of a Native American who is taken for study. Anglo bones are reburied but Native bones are studied. Van Horn was charged with criminal possession of Native bone. Burial mounds are thought to be too civilized to have been built by Native Americans. Native American skulls are collected and stored in museums. Harjo leads the fight for Native people’s objects of worship be returned. The Smithsonian’s reveals that 18,000 Native’s bones are stored there. Grave Protection and Repatriation Act prevent anthropologist Barnes from doing research. Lebeau rejects theories of evolution and migration and the Sioux people emerged from the Black Hills and did not migrate. Repatriation requires that scientist determine the bones tribal affiliation. Skull measurement helps to identify where the bones should be returned. Native Americans have ceremonies to discover whether the bones are the ancestors and their past is conveyed through an oral tradition. Native Americans do not want the scientist history Rothschild an arthritis researcher theorizes that arthritis is anew disease who trigger may come from the Tennessee River region. Omaha women die earlier due to small pox and their bones reveal hard work that wore them down which lead to a lower birthrate and life expectancy. Scientist and tribes have started analyzing bones prior to burial which gave the new knowledge. Native Americans design the exhibits in NY’s Native American Museum, thanks to Archaeology.
George Eastman created the first user friendly camera and Eastman Kodak Company. His home celebrates and contributes the company he founded and advances in art, science and the phenomenon of photography. His house has a visual history of 14,000 amateurs and professional photographers. The technology collection contains about 16,000 objects including 5,000 cameras. The house holds the largest Daguerreotype collection outside of France. The Brownie cameras changed photography and the motion picture film stock he invented with Thomas Edison became the industry standard. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made George Eastman a lifetime member to honor his contributions to the film industry. In 1966 East man’s House established the first school in North America to teach the restoration, preservation and archiving of motion pictures.
2. The video’s put me in perspective on lots of issues. The Lowbrow especially. I understand the fact that certain types of money and price tags mean a lot to certain people in this world, but art is art and not all artists become popular. Being an artist to me has no price tag. Every human being has some form of beauty inside that could become some form of art work. It is up to mankind weather they choose to display it or not and lets not get me going on the politics involved. I would have to write a 10 page paper on my political thoughts. I enjoyed seeing how art evolved from Native Americans to the MAD Magazine. In learning what a curator tries to achieve I am surprised that it does not create certain controversies.
3. I enjoyed the films and the points of interest. All of the videos we have viewed gave me more depth and understanding to all aspects of art.
Modern art in the MOMA from 1929 onward was displayed primarily in Chronological order representing each art movement. Art is displayed on white walls with flexible lighting. By 1970 art came off the walls and the artist began to explore the political and ideological context of the museum itself. The Tate’s thematic approach to displaying art prompts controversy and the viewers are provided with striking and often abrupt transitions between the individual display rooms. Critics believe that art should be more than entertainment. Abstract artist wanted to convey emotions, aesthetic effects or social vision.
Native American’s bones were collected as a scientific curiosity during the US genocide against Indians. Yankton fights for the bones of a Native American who is taken for study. Anglo bones are reburied but Native bones are studied. Van Horn was charged with criminal possession of Native bone. Burial mounds are thought to be too civilized to have been built by Native Americans. Native American skulls are collected and stored in museums. Harjo leads the fight for Native people’s objects of worship be returned. The Smithsonian’s reveals that 18,000 Native’s bones are stored there. Grave Protection and Repatriation Act prevent anthropologist Barnes from doing research. Lebeau rejects theories of evolution and migration and the Sioux people emerged from the Black Hills and did not migrate. Repatriation requires that scientist determine the bones tribal affiliation. Skull measurement helps to identify where the bones should be returned. Native Americans have ceremonies to discover whether the bones are the ancestors and their past is conveyed through an oral tradition. Native Americans do not want the scientist history Rothschild an arthritis researcher theorizes that arthritis is anew disease who trigger may come from the Tennessee River region. Omaha women die earlier due to small pox and their bones reveal hard work that wore them down which lead to a lower birthrate and life expectancy. Scientist and tribes have started analyzing bones prior to burial which gave the new knowledge. Native Americans design the exhibits in NY’s Native American Museum, thanks to Archaeology.
George Eastman created the first user friendly camera and Eastman Kodak Company. His home celebrates and contributes the company he founded and advances in art, science and the phenomenon of photography. His house has a visual history of 14,000 amateurs and professional photographers. The technology collection contains about 16,000 objects including 5,000 cameras. The house holds the largest Daguerreotype collection outside of France. The Brownie cameras changed photography and the motion picture film stock he invented with Thomas Edison became the industry standard. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made George Eastman a lifetime member to honor his contributions to the film industry. In 1966 East man’s House established the first school in North America to teach the restoration, preservation and archiving of motion pictures.
2. The video’s put me in perspective on lots of issues. The Lowbrow especially. I understand the fact that certain types of money and price tags mean a lot to certain people in this world, but art is art and not all artists become popular. Being an artist to me has no price tag. Every human being has some form of beauty inside that could become some form of art work. It is up to mankind weather they choose to display it or not and lets not get me going on the politics involved. I would have to write a 10 page paper on my political thoughts. I enjoyed seeing how art evolved from Native Americans to the MAD Magazine. In learning what a curator tries to achieve I am surprised that it does not create certain controversies.
3. I enjoyed the films and the points of interest. All of the videos we have viewed gave me more depth and understanding to all aspects of art.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Four Videos
1. I choose Dance at the Moulin do la Galette because I am fascinated by the cost the painting sold for and the passion there was for the artwork. Georges Seurat: Mysterious Man and Artist caught my imagination of extreme. The impact of Cubism was the era of art I felt reconnected with the art word. Studying and learning about the history of art was not very interesting to me. I enjoyed learning about art in the 20th century. The Mystical North: Spanish Art for the 19th Century to the Present : Goya was an indifferent artist.
2.
Dance at eh Moulin de al Galette stand for pleasure and takes the viewer back in time to Paris. This was a very controversial painting. In 1990 it sold for 78.1 million dollars, a record price. Renoir painted two copies, which became the major quality of Impressionism. Renoir used local people as models. The painting represented two worlds of bohemian and fashionable men and lower class women. Montmartre is a place where people socialize in classless harmony. Renoir was aware of the poverty and organized charity balls. This painting was conceived during a time of political oppression. Renoir turned to escapist and reactionary art. Zandomeneghi, Lautrec, Picasso and Vangoghfelt that the painting depicts sinister, somber and dark versions of Renoirs romantic vision of life. Renoirs technique included bright, separate colors and a variety of brushwork. There is still controversy on weather he actually painted at the dance hall or in his studio. Renoirs large version shows his mastery of painting a large number of people in a compact space. The gap in the lower left corner invites the viewer in and the cut off side figures give a sense of informality. The first showing had mixed responses. Renoir wanted to spread beauty and happiness. The marketing of his products included Rod Stewarts 1976 album cover.
Georges Seurat’s is described as unfathomable. His work with conte crayon on textured paper shoes contrasts of light and shadow. The island of la Grande Jatte was a place where prostitutes piled their trade. X rays of the painting reveal that the monkey was added later. Audiences wanted to know what the money symbolized. His paintings depict contrasting ideologies and social commentary and for the final painting he experimented with different characters, character placements and light. The artist believed that dots of pure pigment situated next to each other made the colors come alive and created luminosity. Seurat’s depiction of fashion emphasizes bustles and corsets and the figures resemble the rigid, cut out forms of Egyptian art in which figures are viewed only from the side. Influence of classical sculpture such as the Parthenon frieze. Impressionist artists did not want their artwork next to Seurat’s and his artwork was ignored. The art work is displayed in the Art Institute of Chicago. The painting was saved for destruction in NY. Sunday in the Park with George is a musical take off of the painting. In Ohio there is a topiary tribute to the painting covering an acre of land and including 12 feet high figures. The display takes the painting out of the context of high art and puts it in a pedestrian atmosphere. The painting is common lore and remains enigmatic and paradoxical.
The Impact of Cubism: Juan Gris, The Breakfast Table reveals his independence using spiritual elements and imagination. He starts with abstraction and ends with the real object in exciting contrasts and interesting side by side positions. The Violin he uses techniques of musical composition to layer elements of sound and incorporates collage as a tribute to the austerity of the Spanish tradition. Sad Young Man on a Train, Marcel Duchamp uses and experimental approach to represent movement of a figure evolving in space and time. The elasticity of the figure is achieved through small dark oblique angles. Nude on a Staircase controlled motion is balanced in a fixed setting which is compared to stop photography. Delaunay’s Champ de Mars combines several points of view, nontraditional laws of perspective, elements of time and memory to reveal the Eiffel Tower as a confused, exciting statement about life. He explores the inner laws of light and color in an abstract approach. In circular forms he used color as the subject of the painting to guide the viewers perception of the picture as a whole. Spiral forms establish direction, focus attentions and symbolize Paris electric lights. Embedded text represents the harmonious collaboration of the verbal and visual, the poet and the artist.Sonis Delaunay’s makes art a part of life. Her concept is represented as a fashion designer and interior decorator. Malevish’s An Englishman in Moscow invites the viewer to look for meaning in the painting separate from the world and he overturns conventional logic to find inner meaning. Kazimir Malevich’s Mysticism searches for mystical experiences represented in religions icons to order to find the essence of abstraction. White Cross is the purest presentation of forces, emotions and imagination. Umberto Boccioni’s Farewells is inspired by the cinema screen to paint a fractured vision of modern city life synthesized in many moods and Boccioni’s Cubism movement as a visual phenomenon, line and color connected figures and create an environment of powerful moods and settings to reveal personal values and visual complexity.
Goya was often referred to as the father of modern art and revealed his dark political consciousness. He was completely deaf and focused his art work on death, wrath of God and mans inhumanity to man. At the start of the 20th century Spain became a powerhouse of modern art. Park Guell is representation of Barcelona’s spirit. Gaudi belief was that he was Gods architect. A block of flats designed by Gaudi represents his play full experimentation with architectural form and the organic nature of his designs. An interior tour reveals the details and comfort of the quarters. Gaudi’s Casa Mila earned the name La Pedrers because its series of curvy, cave like balconies looked like a stone quarry. This movement towards the primitive is similar to Henry Moore’s abstract monumental bronzes. Surrealism emerged out of exploration of the unconscious and irrational. Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory reveals all life is subject to death and decay. He claimed that the museum itself was the world’s largest surreal object and he paints in the language of dreams. Franco’s tyranny against art forced artist into exile. Franks Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbabo is a Picasso-inspired monument to Spain’s past and future. Santiago Calatrava is at eh forefront of the new wave of Spanish architects.
3 The videos all along help to personalize the artwork and the artist. The videos help to visualize a time and place. They help to understand the cultural differences and why and artist creates his artwork. I found these videos to be more political driven. More art works of political and social issues.
4. I liked the videos. I need the personal aspects of the videos to help me understand the era and the new forms of art.
2.
Dance at eh Moulin de al Galette stand for pleasure and takes the viewer back in time to Paris. This was a very controversial painting. In 1990 it sold for 78.1 million dollars, a record price. Renoir painted two copies, which became the major quality of Impressionism. Renoir used local people as models. The painting represented two worlds of bohemian and fashionable men and lower class women. Montmartre is a place where people socialize in classless harmony. Renoir was aware of the poverty and organized charity balls. This painting was conceived during a time of political oppression. Renoir turned to escapist and reactionary art. Zandomeneghi, Lautrec, Picasso and Vangoghfelt that the painting depicts sinister, somber and dark versions of Renoirs romantic vision of life. Renoirs technique included bright, separate colors and a variety of brushwork. There is still controversy on weather he actually painted at the dance hall or in his studio. Renoirs large version shows his mastery of painting a large number of people in a compact space. The gap in the lower left corner invites the viewer in and the cut off side figures give a sense of informality. The first showing had mixed responses. Renoir wanted to spread beauty and happiness. The marketing of his products included Rod Stewarts 1976 album cover.
Georges Seurat’s is described as unfathomable. His work with conte crayon on textured paper shoes contrasts of light and shadow. The island of la Grande Jatte was a place where prostitutes piled their trade. X rays of the painting reveal that the monkey was added later. Audiences wanted to know what the money symbolized. His paintings depict contrasting ideologies and social commentary and for the final painting he experimented with different characters, character placements and light. The artist believed that dots of pure pigment situated next to each other made the colors come alive and created luminosity. Seurat’s depiction of fashion emphasizes bustles and corsets and the figures resemble the rigid, cut out forms of Egyptian art in which figures are viewed only from the side. Influence of classical sculpture such as the Parthenon frieze. Impressionist artists did not want their artwork next to Seurat’s and his artwork was ignored. The art work is displayed in the Art Institute of Chicago. The painting was saved for destruction in NY. Sunday in the Park with George is a musical take off of the painting. In Ohio there is a topiary tribute to the painting covering an acre of land and including 12 feet high figures. The display takes the painting out of the context of high art and puts it in a pedestrian atmosphere. The painting is common lore and remains enigmatic and paradoxical.
The Impact of Cubism: Juan Gris, The Breakfast Table reveals his independence using spiritual elements and imagination. He starts with abstraction and ends with the real object in exciting contrasts and interesting side by side positions. The Violin he uses techniques of musical composition to layer elements of sound and incorporates collage as a tribute to the austerity of the Spanish tradition. Sad Young Man on a Train, Marcel Duchamp uses and experimental approach to represent movement of a figure evolving in space and time. The elasticity of the figure is achieved through small dark oblique angles. Nude on a Staircase controlled motion is balanced in a fixed setting which is compared to stop photography. Delaunay’s Champ de Mars combines several points of view, nontraditional laws of perspective, elements of time and memory to reveal the Eiffel Tower as a confused, exciting statement about life. He explores the inner laws of light and color in an abstract approach. In circular forms he used color as the subject of the painting to guide the viewers perception of the picture as a whole. Spiral forms establish direction, focus attentions and symbolize Paris electric lights. Embedded text represents the harmonious collaboration of the verbal and visual, the poet and the artist.Sonis Delaunay’s makes art a part of life. Her concept is represented as a fashion designer and interior decorator. Malevish’s An Englishman in Moscow invites the viewer to look for meaning in the painting separate from the world and he overturns conventional logic to find inner meaning. Kazimir Malevich’s Mysticism searches for mystical experiences represented in religions icons to order to find the essence of abstraction. White Cross is the purest presentation of forces, emotions and imagination. Umberto Boccioni’s Farewells is inspired by the cinema screen to paint a fractured vision of modern city life synthesized in many moods and Boccioni’s Cubism movement as a visual phenomenon, line and color connected figures and create an environment of powerful moods and settings to reveal personal values and visual complexity.
Goya was often referred to as the father of modern art and revealed his dark political consciousness. He was completely deaf and focused his art work on death, wrath of God and mans inhumanity to man. At the start of the 20th century Spain became a powerhouse of modern art. Park Guell is representation of Barcelona’s spirit. Gaudi belief was that he was Gods architect. A block of flats designed by Gaudi represents his play full experimentation with architectural form and the organic nature of his designs. An interior tour reveals the details and comfort of the quarters. Gaudi’s Casa Mila earned the name La Pedrers because its series of curvy, cave like balconies looked like a stone quarry. This movement towards the primitive is similar to Henry Moore’s abstract monumental bronzes. Surrealism emerged out of exploration of the unconscious and irrational. Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory reveals all life is subject to death and decay. He claimed that the museum itself was the world’s largest surreal object and he paints in the language of dreams. Franco’s tyranny against art forced artist into exile. Franks Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbabo is a Picasso-inspired monument to Spain’s past and future. Santiago Calatrava is at eh forefront of the new wave of Spanish architects.
3 The videos all along help to personalize the artwork and the artist. The videos help to visualize a time and place. They help to understand the cultural differences and why and artist creates his artwork. I found these videos to be more political driven. More art works of political and social issues.
4. I liked the videos. I need the personal aspects of the videos to help me understand the era and the new forms of art.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Garden of Eden Mask
I found myself selecting masks that definitely displayed elements and principles. Visually I wanted to see color and shapes. Masks that were developed more for fun. I did not like the masks that looked mean or evil. I know that masks are used for rituals and cultural beliefs and in viewing them I tried to relate what the culture might be trying to say.
Artist: NA, Java, painted wood and real hair. 8inches.
I see a man with a large nose and eyes that tell a story of amazement.
The waves on the face are to visualize the brain thought.The use of color, shapes and circles create a flow of harmony. The unity and balance is clearly visual.
Nicolae Popa, Romanin Folk mask, Painted wood, cloth, fiber hair
And beans. 13”.I see a hippie. In the mask I visualize a cultural fashion. The
Mask symbolizes a certain group of individuals. The mask is
Used for tradition at Christmas and New years Eve celebrations.
There are lines, shapes and circles. The space gives a visual of real
Shin. The hair has a visual texture. The ears are rectangles with lines and
Circles for earrings. The Bandana leopard pattern creates a visual of
A hair or symbolic for the group,
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Commedia dell,art mask, Painted paper mache, 13.5 inches.
In the European Mask I visualize the artist is trying to display the
Power and knowledge of books and wise older gentleman. Books
Are knowledge. Read them.
I see lines, squares and rectangles. Visually I see a library. The
Balance of the books create the cheeks and the top of the mask
Displays pages with rectangles and long leafs. The color is what
Gives the mask drama and creates the thought of wisdom.
Kimberly Will, The mask of Eden, modeling clay, 7/2010, 10"
The subject for my mask was the garden of Eden. I used shapes of vegetables to create the face of my mask. The eyes are round blueberries. the hair is cylinder corn silk, the hat is a cabbage leaf, the earrings are long green beans with round red cherry tomatoes at the bottom. The nose is an orange carrot and the smile and teeth is an ear of yellow corn. The carrot has a visual texture and the blueberries create balance.
I enjoyed creating my mask. I used a cultural theme from my home town of Eden, we grow vegetables and we are the home of the Eden Corn Festival. This was definitely a cultural experience.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Islamic,African,Buddhism,Hinduism
1. I choose: What is Islamic Art, African Art, Hinduism, and Buddhism because of the way each culture relates their religion to art. Each culture has a different concept of worship and their artistic objects that they worship. It was interesting to visual their works of art in relationship to worship and religion.
2. Hinduism: In Varanasi the River Ganges is the symbol of life, death and rebirth. Priests perform aarti a ceremony to honor Brahma/God. Varanasi is the holiest city in India. Similar to Christian saints, Hinduism gods and goddesses provide access to Brahma. Architecture is lush and decorative. There are many sculptures of gods. If a person is cremated in Varanasi on the Ganges they will have direct access to heaven. In mamallapuram Mother Ganges turns to stone. The place is holy and highly decorated. The caves are decorated with the epic and the ordinary. They are carved in boulders of stone and the shrines in Mamallapuram are highly decorated. Shrines can rest on pillars for over 1500 years. The shore temple is a treasure house of Hindu art and architecture. In the 9th century the Chandella rules built The Kandariya Mahadev Temple, which stands in Khajuraho. Panels are covered in erotic images. Pilgrims pay homage to the lingam/phallus for its life giving and creative forces. Hinduism religion teaches that there are many ways to Brahma and Hinduism carries a deep sense of sprit in everyday life.
Buddhism; The key to Buddhist teaching is tanha. This is getting rid of all desire and all things that feed the ego and obstruct enlightenment. Hinayana and Mahanyana are the two groups of Buddhism. The Golden Age of Buddha is when art and architecture grew across India. Sanchi is a center of Buddhist art and architecture. The Bodhi Tree represents and symbolizes Buddha. As pilgrims walk clockwise around the Stupa, they let go of material things for the attainment of virtue. The walkway is a discovery of art and architecture. Borobudur is the largest Buddhist shrine. There are 432 carved Buddha’s and was uncovered in 1815. The Chuang Yen Monastery is dedicated to Buddhism. This contains the largest Buddha in the Western Hemisphere. Buddhism religion and Hinduism share beliefs.
African Art: The oldest existing African art is African rock art. The paints were of animals and humans. Bronze was used in Egyptian and Nigerian Art that display influences of agriculture. Zimbabwean Art was a form of royal art and is symbolic to architectural style of the 14th century. Picasso was influenced by Primitive Art. Most African art is conceptual. European art is perceptual. Crafts are combined with art. Traditional designs are used, but artist do show individuality. African art objects do reflect Supernatural powers. Masks and costumes are designed to be used by fire light. Much of Modern African art is used for a large retail business.
Islamic Art: Art does not play a role in Islamic rituals. The Jameel Gallery in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum is the home of the greatest collection of Islamic art. The rock crystal ewer is rare and precious. The Quranic manuscripts display the literal word of God. Ivory is used for many pieces of artwork. The Ardabil Carpet is one of the most important carpets in the world. Islamic art is directed towards objects used in every day life. Art work is very visual. Turkish silks and velvets are used in art collections. Islam art has rules and restrictions about using images of animals and humans. Poetry and romance is used in Islamic art. Art patrons have typically been rulers. Islamic Art is difficult to trace. Inlaid metalwork is one of the most wonderful traditions. Islamic art and European Art share many connections.
3. I tend to find the videos give much more detail. The readings tell us about the cultures and their ways, where viewing the videos display how serious and meaningful their people feel about heir religions and their places of worship.
4. I think the films are a great way for us the see other aspects of religion and history in other parts of the world
2. Hinduism: In Varanasi the River Ganges is the symbol of life, death and rebirth. Priests perform aarti a ceremony to honor Brahma/God. Varanasi is the holiest city in India. Similar to Christian saints, Hinduism gods and goddesses provide access to Brahma. Architecture is lush and decorative. There are many sculptures of gods. If a person is cremated in Varanasi on the Ganges they will have direct access to heaven. In mamallapuram Mother Ganges turns to stone. The place is holy and highly decorated. The caves are decorated with the epic and the ordinary. They are carved in boulders of stone and the shrines in Mamallapuram are highly decorated. Shrines can rest on pillars for over 1500 years. The shore temple is a treasure house of Hindu art and architecture. In the 9th century the Chandella rules built The Kandariya Mahadev Temple, which stands in Khajuraho. Panels are covered in erotic images. Pilgrims pay homage to the lingam/phallus for its life giving and creative forces. Hinduism religion teaches that there are many ways to Brahma and Hinduism carries a deep sense of sprit in everyday life.
Buddhism; The key to Buddhist teaching is tanha. This is getting rid of all desire and all things that feed the ego and obstruct enlightenment. Hinayana and Mahanyana are the two groups of Buddhism. The Golden Age of Buddha is when art and architecture grew across India. Sanchi is a center of Buddhist art and architecture. The Bodhi Tree represents and symbolizes Buddha. As pilgrims walk clockwise around the Stupa, they let go of material things for the attainment of virtue. The walkway is a discovery of art and architecture. Borobudur is the largest Buddhist shrine. There are 432 carved Buddha’s and was uncovered in 1815. The Chuang Yen Monastery is dedicated to Buddhism. This contains the largest Buddha in the Western Hemisphere. Buddhism religion and Hinduism share beliefs.
African Art: The oldest existing African art is African rock art. The paints were of animals and humans. Bronze was used in Egyptian and Nigerian Art that display influences of agriculture. Zimbabwean Art was a form of royal art and is symbolic to architectural style of the 14th century. Picasso was influenced by Primitive Art. Most African art is conceptual. European art is perceptual. Crafts are combined with art. Traditional designs are used, but artist do show individuality. African art objects do reflect Supernatural powers. Masks and costumes are designed to be used by fire light. Much of Modern African art is used for a large retail business.
Islamic Art: Art does not play a role in Islamic rituals. The Jameel Gallery in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum is the home of the greatest collection of Islamic art. The rock crystal ewer is rare and precious. The Quranic manuscripts display the literal word of God. Ivory is used for many pieces of artwork. The Ardabil Carpet is one of the most important carpets in the world. Islamic art is directed towards objects used in every day life. Art work is very visual. Turkish silks and velvets are used in art collections. Islam art has rules and restrictions about using images of animals and humans. Poetry and romance is used in Islamic art. Art patrons have typically been rulers. Islamic Art is difficult to trace. Inlaid metalwork is one of the most wonderful traditions. Islamic art and European Art share many connections.
3. I tend to find the videos give much more detail. The readings tell us about the cultures and their ways, where viewing the videos display how serious and meaningful their people feel about heir religions and their places of worship.
4. I think the films are a great way for us the see other aspects of religion and history in other parts of the world
Saturday, July 10, 2010
I see round flowers painted in primary and secondary colors. An image of a white person turned sideways and it even looks like a bed with pillows. I see the blue sky up in the left hand corner and I see verticle circles that look like rain drops. To me it symbolizes a bedroom with wall paper . I am not quite sure what the artist is trying to say, maybe a flower bed or bedroom with flower wall paper.
This is a wooden totum pole hand carved out of wood using the subtractive process. This pole features a circus and all of the performers. The 3 dimentional pole is hand carvedand has a visual weight of heaviness. The viewers eye travels the straight line upward visualizing shapes and figures of animals, performers and complementary colors lets the circus come alive. I feel the artists wants the viewer to enjoy the circus. Circus have been around for hundreds of years and the fun of them should live on forever.
In this artwork the humans are made out of fine wire and the box housing them is made of staniless steel. There is a family if three shapped with geometric shapes and lines. The lighting from the display helps to see the blance and the unity. I feel the artist is trying to tell how fragile life can be. The delicate visual humans are symbolic of fagile mankind. 
I found Burchfield Penney Museum to have different themes around the museum. It was different because there were all different types of art including furniture, pottery clay, watercolors, charcoals, oils on canvas, sketches, wall drawings, woodcarvings, fantasy,photographs,lithographs,graphic designs, leather, wire, engine parts and even some calligraphy. The Museum would have some of the art work organized by the artist and some of the pieces were random. Some of the artwork was framed with gold leaf wooden frames, some were canvas, black frames, and some were even in glass cases. I most of the pieces were mounted on white walls. Some of the walls were curved and some of them were free standing. Some of the photographs were not on the walls they were displayed at eye level easels for reading purposes. Artwork was identified by the artists and some artwork stood out on its own and identified by its theme. I found this museum to be more personalized and individualized works of art. I could see personality of the artists, as apposed to the Albright Knox I found the world of art. I am trying to figure out if it was because of the way the museum was illustrated or if it was the different types of art, being more individualized.
Friday, July 9, 2010
The Four Videos
1. Explain why you selected each of the FOUR videos you choose from the selection listed above. I choose The Drawings of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance, Cataclym: The Black Death Visits Tuscany, and Albrecht Durer: Image of a Master. My first to videos were just out of tremendous curiosity. I wanted to visualize their minds and see the difference. I liked Albert Durer and the Italian Renaissance.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
1. The Drawings of Michelangelo: Michelangelo was a true perfectionist. He taught himself to sculpt and his drawings reveal emphasis on the solar plexus of human figures. Michelangelo’s painting of the Sistine Chapel was his greatest, but most difficult. The church of San Lorenzo became a funerary chapel and family tomb. Michelangelo had a strong Christian faith and this is what drove his passion for creating faith based paintings and drawings. His crucifixion drawings were contemplation of his own death.
2. Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance. Always demonstrated exceptional gifts from infantancy. Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and student of anatomy, physiology, botany, architecture, hydrodynamics, aeronautics, and he was the Renaissance Man. Leonardo has a tremendous perspective of man, animals and nature. Leonardo loved to tour the truth. His mind worked technically and philosophically. Leonardo faced tremendous slander and caricatures the faces of the men involved in the slander. Leonardo loved to study machines and reinvent more complex ones. When sent to the court of Milan as a musician he came armed with intricate drawings of weapons and machinery. Leonardo organized entertainment and shows. He developed grand urban projects. “Beauty and harmony are the divine nature.” Leonardo designed and excavator large enough to build canals.
3. Albrecht Durer: Image of a Master. Greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance. Intrigued by aging, Durer delivered Italian Renaissance to Germany. Durer is the first true landscape artist. Durer left traditional woodcuts and started engraving on copper. Durer gave visual expression to the Protestant Reformation in Germany by mass printing his work in support of Martin Luther.
4. Cataclysm: the Black Death Visits Tuscany. From a tragedy a new spiritual inquiry would spring the way for the High Renaissance. Sienna and Florence competed with each other in their architectural achievements. Business and multinational banking failed. The plague lasted seven months and killed up to one-half of Europe’s population. The Sienese built a small cathedral in thanks to the Virgin Mary when the plague was over. Christian mosaics depict heaven, hell and other Christian motifs such as the second coming of Christ. A good death in Medieval times was a focus of a good life. Suspicions about the Plague fell upon the Jews who were thought to be poisoning Christians. Cities no longer welcomed travelers or outsiders for fear of the Plague. Painting changed after the Plague, figures emerge flatter and they would paint gruesome images of hell. Giotto treats art as a service to mankind. Depicting figures with human emotions that tell stories. Many Renaissance crafts are alive and well in Florence today. The Renaissance period left many legacies, rise of the modern city, modern banking, literature, arts, Arabic numerals, eyeglasses, charities, paved streets, and underground water systems. The greatest innovation after the plague is the new way of thinking about our selves. Naturalism changes the way we see the world.
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text? I find that the videos personalize the artists. The videos take us as viewers in the minds and souls of the artist and reveals when, why and how they create their works of arts. It was interesting to compare the different artists.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts? The videos gave more of a perspective on time and place. In the videos I could actual witness the cultures. I enjoyed the video’s, but I did find them a little harder at the end to stay focused.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
1. The Drawings of Michelangelo: Michelangelo was a true perfectionist. He taught himself to sculpt and his drawings reveal emphasis on the solar plexus of human figures. Michelangelo’s painting of the Sistine Chapel was his greatest, but most difficult. The church of San Lorenzo became a funerary chapel and family tomb. Michelangelo had a strong Christian faith and this is what drove his passion for creating faith based paintings and drawings. His crucifixion drawings were contemplation of his own death.
2. Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance. Always demonstrated exceptional gifts from infantancy. Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and student of anatomy, physiology, botany, architecture, hydrodynamics, aeronautics, and he was the Renaissance Man. Leonardo has a tremendous perspective of man, animals and nature. Leonardo loved to tour the truth. His mind worked technically and philosophically. Leonardo faced tremendous slander and caricatures the faces of the men involved in the slander. Leonardo loved to study machines and reinvent more complex ones. When sent to the court of Milan as a musician he came armed with intricate drawings of weapons and machinery. Leonardo organized entertainment and shows. He developed grand urban projects. “Beauty and harmony are the divine nature.” Leonardo designed and excavator large enough to build canals.
3. Albrecht Durer: Image of a Master. Greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance. Intrigued by aging, Durer delivered Italian Renaissance to Germany. Durer is the first true landscape artist. Durer left traditional woodcuts and started engraving on copper. Durer gave visual expression to the Protestant Reformation in Germany by mass printing his work in support of Martin Luther.
4. Cataclysm: the Black Death Visits Tuscany. From a tragedy a new spiritual inquiry would spring the way for the High Renaissance. Sienna and Florence competed with each other in their architectural achievements. Business and multinational banking failed. The plague lasted seven months and killed up to one-half of Europe’s population. The Sienese built a small cathedral in thanks to the Virgin Mary when the plague was over. Christian mosaics depict heaven, hell and other Christian motifs such as the second coming of Christ. A good death in Medieval times was a focus of a good life. Suspicions about the Plague fell upon the Jews who were thought to be poisoning Christians. Cities no longer welcomed travelers or outsiders for fear of the Plague. Painting changed after the Plague, figures emerge flatter and they would paint gruesome images of hell. Giotto treats art as a service to mankind. Depicting figures with human emotions that tell stories. Many Renaissance crafts are alive and well in Florence today. The Renaissance period left many legacies, rise of the modern city, modern banking, literature, arts, Arabic numerals, eyeglasses, charities, paved streets, and underground water systems. The greatest innovation after the plague is the new way of thinking about our selves. Naturalism changes the way we see the world.
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text? I find that the videos personalize the artists. The videos take us as viewers in the minds and souls of the artist and reveals when, why and how they create their works of arts. It was interesting to compare the different artists.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts? The videos gave more of a perspective on time and place. In the videos I could actual witness the cultures. I enjoyed the video’s, but I did find them a little harder at the end to stay focused.
Friday, July 2, 2010
My Installation Art
Installation art is art that has been installed and arranged in a space or place by an artist. The art can be site specific, indoor or out, or temporary or permanent. Installation art will become known to posterity through documentation. Installation art has difficulty being commodified. An artist can use any type of material or object or subject. EX. Wood, metal, glass, cardboard etc……. it is endless. Installation art is the art of the moment and it brings new definition and challenges to artwork. Viewers interact with artwork and expect the unexpected. Richard Wilson to me was very interesting. I liked how the artist incorporated the moving parts.
I felt a connection with Susan Hiller and her Video Installation. It was interesting and I felt like every time a new picture came up, it was a surprise. I was expecting the unexpected.
My theme is Self. I used my hair salon for the installation art piece. I used a chair, scissors, cape, mirrors, plant, blow dryer, curling iron, product, business cards, mat on the floor, hair, utility cart, and a vase. I chose this site because this is my life. My hair salon has been one of my passions. I am proud to be a business owner. How could I not express
a passion of mine. The location is 1780 Abbott Rd.
In my photograph I see the stage for performance. The salon is very busy and when I see the photographs it reminds me of how I want the customers to be sitting in the chair. The salon would not be what it is if it was not for the customers. I almost feel because the customers are not there something is missing.
I felt my space was a little busy. There are plenty of shapes. The station it self is balanced and emphasized in the photograph. I found it hard to find unity because of the busy space. The mirror creates movement and shows more of the salon. The station creates the 3-dimentional look of installation art.
Artist: Kimberly Will
Title of work: The Work is Waiting.
Media: Photograph
Date: 2010
I felt a connection with Susan Hiller and her Video Installation. It was interesting and I felt like every time a new picture came up, it was a surprise. I was expecting the unexpected.
My theme is Self. I used my hair salon for the installation art piece. I used a chair, scissors, cape, mirrors, plant, blow dryer, curling iron, product, business cards, mat on the floor, hair, utility cart, and a vase. I chose this site because this is my life. My hair salon has been one of my passions. I am proud to be a business owner. How could I not express
a passion of mine. The location is 1780 Abbott Rd.
In my photograph I see the stage for performance. The salon is very busy and when I see the photographs it reminds me of how I want the customers to be sitting in the chair. The salon would not be what it is if it was not for the customers. I almost feel because the customers are not there something is missing.
I felt my space was a little busy. There are plenty of shapes. The station it self is balanced and emphasized in the photograph. I found it hard to find unity because of the busy space. The mirror creates movement and shows more of the salon. The station creates the 3-dimentional look of installation art.
Artist: Kimberly Will
Title of work: The Work is Waiting.
Media: Photograph
Date: 2010
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