Reflection

1.     1.   A lot more came out of this course than expected so I would say my expectations were definitely met.

2.     2.   I believe art is a lot of things – it’s simply beauty. Art is in everything, regardless of wether or not everyone chooses to see it.

3.      3.  Pablo Picasso was my original favorite artist and that still remains the same – I believe I have just learned to understand and respect his art in a different way.

4.     4.   I did not enjoy taking an online course, it was unbelievably difficult for myself and I think I would have succeeded in the course had it been in person. This would be my first and last online course. 

Art Analysis Project

1.     1.   This work of art shows extreme emotion. The faces of the people are completely devastated. This painting also has a lot of use of line within it. The values between the people, the background and the images inbetween are strong and show a huge difference, almost as if there are multiple layers to the piece.

2.        2. This piece was an oil on canvas painting using the colors grey, black and white.

3.     3.   Guernica was painted during the time of the Spanish Civil War and it is a political piece of art. It was painted after the Germans had devastatingly bombed the Spanish city of Guernica.  Some symbols within this art is the bull that reminds viewers of the Spanish bull. And the horse probably represents the Spanish citizens that were scared, as the horse looks.

4.        4. The expressions on the faces of the people and animals evoke an emotional response because their fear in the faces are strong and concerning. Also, the lack of actual color makes the viewer feel the emptiness and sadness of the piece.

5.      5.  Strengths of the work: the line definition brings a strong separation throughout the work, like the separation during the Spanish civil war. Weaknesses: I believe if there was slight color added, not a lot, it would bring a very strong emphasis to parts of the work, making it even more emotional.

1.      1.  The West Coast Pop Art Video:

Lowbrow art – hard to categorize but a form of art, thought to be a reaction against highbrow culture. Lowbrow was seen as “lacking of taste”. Paintings included naked women and hot rods. Originally meant pornography. Some say it’s like pop surrealism. It’s origin was in the 1960’s.

Tate Modern Video:

Modern art museum with five million visitors a year. Interactive events happen in the art. It’s contempary art. “Temple of the far art” Tate Modern represents a social change. Contempary art became more valued because of Tate Modern. Wolff Olins, the creater, utilized the space very well. People had a personal and collective experience.

2.      2.  The video of Tate Modern helped me realize I wanted to do the unique medium as my choice of theme for my exhibit for the project.

3.   3.    I really enjoyed the films. I had never heard of the term “low brow” because and it was interesting to see a name put to that form of art and the history behind it. And watching the Tate Modern video made me realize how big of an effect art has on culture and people.

Art Gallery Visit 2

1.       Relief exhibit

2.       The theme of the exhibit was relaxed.

3.       The lighting in this exhibit was dim.

4.       The walls were an off white color.

5.       The materials in the interior architechture were all simple.

6.       The movement around this art piece was nice because this exhibit sat at the top of the stairs and was the first room you could walk into.

7.       The artworks in this exhibit were all lined on one wall.

8.       The artworks were similar in color and value.

9.       The artworks were different in shape.

10.   The artworks were identified on the wall to the left of them

11.   The artworks were all right next to each other.

1.       I lost the photo of the title of this exhibit.

2.       The theme of the exhibit was to show the history of the Albright.

3.       The light was bright and directly on the photos.

4.       There were simple materials used in the interior architecture.

5.       The photos laid across the wall that the viewers tended to walk left to right across to view.

6.       The artworks were organized in a perfect rectangle.

7.       Each picture was in the same black and white color.

8.       The artworks each held a different picture showing different events in the history of the museum.

9.       The artworks were framed in small black rectangle frames.

10.   They were identied by a description on the wall.

11.   The artwork was all close.

1.       This exhibit was the outside of the museum.

2.       The theme of the artwork on the outside of the museum is not one single theme.

3.       The lighting is natural lighting.

4.       N/A

5.       N/A

6.       The viewers of the outside of the museum get to move freely.

7.       The artworks are not organized in any particalur order.

8.       The artworks are all similar in the fact that they all seem to be made out of natural materials.

9.       They are different in the face that some have to do with actual people, other have to do with objects.

10.   The artworks are labeled on signs, typically on the ground.

11.   The proximity of the artwork is not close to each other.

1.       1. I chose both African Art videos for this assignment. I chose these videos because I thought they would paid nicely together and I would be able to gain more knowledge on this type of art. I also am very much interested in African art, it has always caught my attention and I know slim to none about the history behind it.

2.      2.  In the first African Art video I watched I found out that art, from sound, color and dance were all strong forms of art that they use in rituals. Masks were used in ceremonies along with dance and music and they all worked together. Africa’s oldest art can be found out stones were you can see paintings and carvings of pictures. A lot of Africa’s art is unrealistic, the faces are most time distorted. Gods and Spirits were represented through the masks. In the African Art: the legacy of oppression video it was discussed that a lot of art was magical, especially masks. The magic was sometimes a negative thing but still represented in their art. The art was meant to make people scared and fear certain things such as disease.

3.       3. The videos relate to the text in the book that discusses the Arts of Africa. The book goes further into certain objects, other than masks. The book talked a little more about the religious aspect of African art and how they used it to worship their gods while the video showed how dance and ceremony was an important form of art. Both emphasize the sacredness of African art.

4.       4.  I found the videos to be informative, as I earlier stated, I did not know much about African art so that’s why I chose these videos but now I further understand the meaning behind some of their art and now I can look at a certain mask and be able to understand a little more why it is decorated the way it is.

1.     1.   I chose the Drawings of Michelangelo and Velazquez videos. I chose the Michelangelo video because I have knowledge about his sculptures and his technique behind them but I still did not know too much about his drawing techniques and his thought process throughout. I chose the Velazquez video because I had known little about him and figured it would be nice to see a new artist and what he created and his life and techniques behind his artwork.

2.    2.   The Drawings of Michelangelo video: Michelangelo used cross hatching in many of his sketches in order to show and create mass, form and depth whether it be in muscle or clothing. He was extremely knowledgeable about the human body, especially muscles and how to create movement within a sketch. There was a point that one of the speakers in the video made that stuck out to me a lot and she had said that his lines aren’t just repeated strokes, they’re sculptural. Meaning that he didn’t just add lines for thickness but rather every line in his sketch was going to hold value in the overall artwork.

The Velazquez video: This video talked a lot about his life, I found it interesting that at only 24 he was named Court Painter and that he served at the palace gaining nobility from the king and that him and the king were very good friends. As an artists, he was very good at being able to paint the moment and make things that aren’t seen with the naked eye, like air, present in his paintings. He mainly painted portraits.

3.    3.   These videos relate to the text. In chapter 16, Michelangelo’s ability to contour and twisting of muscles and body parts is discussed and the video further explained. As with Velazquez, the book discusses his use and importance of light in his paintings but the video showed me more in depth how and where he used light.

4.      4.  I enjoyed the films. I liked that the films I chose had two different themes one being about sketches and the other about portrait paintings. These videos definitely helped me understand different art concepts, these videos gave me a further understanding to the importance of sketches and how even a simple Michelangelo sketch had so much technique. 

Architecture

1.

Frank Lloyd Video:

Horizontal Living Spaces – Prairie style

Changed the way people lived. From box like homes to open living spaces

Long bands, laying of horizontals making the house look like it grows out of the land

Worked his houses around the bushes, kept them around the porch for privacy

Panoramic windows

His ideas were used by other architects

ARCHTITECHTURE SCIENCE OF DESIGN:

Sky scrapers – steel (new material) made up of 2 distinct parts – the super structure and the underground structure

The bottom surfaces needs to be able to hold dead weight and living weight and the wind

Buildings sway in the wind

Wind tunnel research is helping architects to understand the effect of wind on buildings and how the surroundings will react to the wind and the building

To help – the either build a bigger surfaces or plants trees in certain areas to help

Snow accumulation on rooftops or the air quality

Concrete can be found in all forms of architecture

2.

The videos relate strongly to the readings in the text. There is a section in the book that discusses Frank Lloyd Wright. The book touches on all of the things the video did but also touched on his past and more buildings that he had worked on. The book also talked about concrete and reinforced concrete and its importance in past and present architecture. The book also discusses steel frame construction and the multiple styles of buildings / skyscrapers.

3.

The films I watched were very informative. Often people do not see architecture as an art form or take time to step back and realize all the work and beauty is in just one building, house or skyscraper because often all we see is the finished product. The videos definitely added depth to my understanding of architecture, especially the “Architecture: The Science of Design” video. I never knew that architects had to know how the wind would affect the building or that there was a giant underground slab on concrete for support.

4.

I chose the film “Prairie Style (Frank Lloyd Wright) because I live on the same street as the Martin House and I pass it multiple times on a day. I have never visited yet but I am sure I will someday, especially after watching that video. It was nice to gather information on something that hits close to home. I chose the “Architecture: The Science of Design” video because before watching the video, I did not know there was a true science behind architecture, I mainly thought it was mostly math and man power but it completely changed my view behind it. I realize now that there truly is a science to it and especially in some expensive, modern homes that are computerized to make your life easier and more convenient. 

Reviewing Peers Artwork

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1. Project One was a fun project to be able to look at other's choice in elements. It was like seeing life through another's point of view considering Carly chose all of her pictures based on things she say in her daily life and Jamie's photos showed a little bit of artichture which I always enjoy. I agreed with both students and their choices on what they viewed that compared to the elements. 

2. N/A

3. Jamie chose Blooming City Marks by Jose Parla as one artwork that made an impression and I completely agree after seeing the photo of it. I think it is a beautiful work of art that has many different elements such as line, value and space that make the picture full of life. I'd love to know the thought process behind this work of art and why the artist chose to go strong such strong, vibrant colors at the top to dark blue, black and grey towards the bottom. 

4. I found this to not only be interesting and fun but also extremely valuable in learning. I think that when a person does these kinds of projects, they already have a set idea in their minds and often don't see "outside of the box" but when we get the chance to look at another student's perspective which helps let us see what another person thought of or their expierence when doing these assignments. 

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11.     Through The Eyes Of A Sculptor

This video held an interesting perspective on sculpting, instead of just listing facts about sculpting and the steps behind making a sculptor the video showed the personal experience of being a sculptor. There are multiply people that are behind making a sculpture besides just the actual sculpture, there are the people who add on the clay before the marble, there are the people who help find the right marble for the artist. That was one of the most interesting parts of the video – watching the sculpture try and find the perfect marble he envisioned for this piece of art.

   The Glass and Ceramics video

This video was extremely interesting because people often don’t think about how glass objects are made and the technique is takes to make simple objects such as glasses. Watching the work it takes behind making a stained glass window was also beautiful. Ceramics is another art that takes a lot of work and is often underrated. Clay played a big role is both stained glass windows and ceramics, helping the objects hold their form and shape. Temperature also played a large role in making ceramics strongly hold their shape. The evolution of ceramics is also interesting, the way ceramics is used in the medical field, cats and even in a kitchen at home. It is more than just a form of art.

2.     The videos relate to the text in many ways. The book discusses how clay is made and the different techniques such as slab construction and coiling. The book reading goes more in depth on the history behind clay and the uses for them. The book, like the video, discusses stained glass and the technique behind it. The importance of light against and through glass is also brought up in both the video and text.

3.   The films were both full of information that I did not know before. The sculpture video emphasized how much work goes into making one sculpture, a lot of work and people go into one piece of art that is a sculpture than I had realized before. The ceramics video was a lot more interesting to me, I saw how much work goes into ceramics and that it is a lot bigger than just a form of art where people making little objects and/or ceramic pots. Ceramics are in almost every aspect of life, when the video showed how it has helped in medicine, at home and on the road in cars. The videos have added depth to the understanding of craft, sculpture and installation. The videos helped understand the hard work and skill it takes to make a sculpture.

Primary Colors
Value Scale

1. I found creating the value scale and color wheel to be interesting, I remember doing something simlar in one of my high school classes and it was enjoyable.

2. The color wheel was definitely more fun to create than the value scale just because I enjoy working with paint more than just pencil / charcoal.

3. I found the most important creation found in these studies was that the primary colors are not truly only red, blue and green but rather cyan, magenta and yellow.

4. The most important thing I learned from watching these videos was the importance of value in artwork and how it can effect the strength of a piece. I found these videos to be more like hands on tutorials considering I was watching them in order to learn what I had to do for the assignment which were different from the past few weeks.

PROJECT ONE

 COLOR
CONTRAST
TEXTURE
BALANCE
SPACE
EMPHASIS
PROPORTION
PATTERN

1. Describe Color and it's effects on emotions. Use the appropriate vocabulary of color in your posting. 

Color is extremely important on the effect of emotion. The association between color and emotion is stronger than average people realize. The intensity and different expressive qualities and can change a person’s emotion without much realization.

2. What is a theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues/fascinates you? Why? 

The theoretical aspect of color that most fanscinated me was the stop and go sign. When the colors were switched on the two signs, it became a confusing question of if someone were to come upon one of the two signs, what decision would they make. Would they follow the words or the color?

3. In the Color video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?

Watching the progess of June’s painting and how the different colors affected the mood of it had a very big impact on me. You can slowly see the progress of her paintings and as she makes the changes in certain colors, you can see that although the painting is still of the same photo the entire time, the mood is changing and becoming more appropriate to what she wants.

4. In the Feelings video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?

 In the painting by David with swearing of the oath had the biggest impact on me in regards to color and it’s effect on emotion. The darkness in the background highlights the people in the painting. The red on the men creates an intense and masculine feeling between them and the darkness in the woman’s clothing shows how submissive and fearful they were. 

Art And Aesthics

1.  Video: Aesthetics: Philosophy of Art 

Before watching this video, I knew what aesthetics was and I could assume that it was extremely important in art but I never realized how it came about and how many artists and philosophers built onto this concept. I learned that not everyone can look at art the same way, many people can look at a painting or sculpture and realize that it art and that is looks nice but you need to be knowledgeable to understand why it looks nice and what the artist did to bring all the different aspects of art together to make a masterpiece.

   Video: Carta: Neurobiology Neurobiology and Art and Aesthetics

In this video I learned that the brain plays an extremely important role in the act of preserving art. The way your eye and brain work to make a connection and understand what you are looking it is incredible. Both speakers made good points on the subject of how the human brain effects aesthics. I learned about how strongly art can effect ones empathy and make it grow due to the fact that artists tend to become more aware of other people and themselves. I also learned how excited the human brain gets when it catches certain parts of art and realizes that there are hidden pieces within some art works.

   CNN Article: Art and Neuroscience

In this article, it just expanded on the idea that there is more to art than just a picture. It’s the science behind it and how our brains can able to perceive certain things. When the writer discusses the fact that you can look around the room you are sitting in and realize that there are no bold lines outlining all of the objects for you but if someone were to draw the room using lines, you’d be able to recognize it was interesting to me because it is not something a person thinks about. The writer also discusses the “peak-shift” idea that Ramachandron spoke about in his lecture which is a phenomenon that amazes me.

2. Many philosophers added a lot of great theories and facts to the understanding of aesthetics. Many of them built off of old ideas, making the old ideas more modern and understanding. I, personally, felt that Friedrich Von Schiner from the 18^th century was extremely important in aiding people to better understand art and aesthetics. He contributed to aesthetic education, saying that understanding aesthetics makes us more human.

3. I truly enjoyed watching and listening to Changuex and Ramachandron’s scientific views on art. I had never heard that point of view on art and it makes art more interesting for me. The most interesting fact I learned from Changuex’s lecture was when he spoke of consensus partum, discussing that art works together as many different things, creating harmony. And from Ramachandron’s lecture my favorite part was when he spoke about the three different horses drawn by a seven year old autistic child, Vincent Van Goh and a healthy eight old. He was making the point that the human brain can “isolate a single cue to optimally excite cortical visual areas” and the difference between the artist’s horses was based almost solely on how their brain chose to see the horse they were drawing and what their brain was able to focus on while drawing it.

4. The book’s discussion of aesthetics connected a lot to the videos and article. The book spoke about many of the same things such as the fact that many people see art and feel a level of comfort and happiness because what they are seeing and how their brain is reacting causes them a positive reaction. The book, articles and videos all showed examples of art that when you look at them at first, you may just see art but after a while your brain begins to make shape and sense out of the piece you are looking at, giving yourself a sense of accomplishment and understanding.

5. After watching the videos and reading the article I truly believe I know have a better understanding of the aesthetics in art. It’s a beautiful thing that almost all human brains pick up certain aspects the same way simply because that is how they are wired. There are many, many things in the aesthetics of art that I learned and never had thought about before. I hope to continue to learn new things like this so that I can better understand art and the history behind it. 

Creating My First Blog

1. The process of setting up my gmail account and then setting up the blog was very easy. Google gave the proper steps in order to follow along and create what I needed in order to complete my tasks.

2. In this course, I expect to learn how to properly view art. I also would like to learn about various types of art and their origins. I know slim to none about art, the fundementals of it or the history behind it and would be glad to gain knowledge in this subject as learning new things is important to me.

3. I feel confident in taking an online course. I think it will be different and it is a lot of responsibility to make sure I keep track of my work load and make sure I am completeing assignments on time but I am excited to try something new and, hopefully, succeed.