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.