1. From this class I was under the impression that I would learn more about art so that I would get a better understanding for it and what the purpose of it is. This class achieved it and also helped me grasp an appreciation of art.
2. Art to me is something that triggers a response emotionally; something that makes you feel something. The principles and elements help create art and help trigger those responses.
3. I didn't really have a favorite artist at the beginning of this class but I have grown to like Van Gogh. I think I'm able to start having a favorite artist now because I've been more exposed to art and different kinds of art.
4. After taking this class online, I think I would take another class online if I had the opportunity. It helped me improve my time management skills. I wouldn't be as nervous about taking an online class like how I said before. They are like regular classes but you have to depend more on yourself.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Self Portraits
Inspiration Images:
Frida Kahlo
Self-Portrait with Monkey, 1938
Oil on Masonite
Vincent Van Gogh
Self Portrait, 1889
Oil on Canvas
Bess Norriss Tait
Self Portrait, 1909
Watercolor and Body color on Cardboard
My Photograph and Self Portrait:
1. For my inspiration pieces I choose those because I went to the Albright Knox Art Gallery and the self-portrait by Frida Kahlo was the only one they had and I liked it, the one by Van Gogh because I like his art, and also the one by Bess Norriss Tait because I like the way that her self portrait came out.
2. I decided to choose pencil on paper because I like the control of pencil and I also like how there's the option of erasing with pencil. I'm not 100% into drawing people, especially when its a self portrait.
3. For the self portrait, I faced the challenged of actually coming to the conclusion that it was finished. I was going to add more detail with the lines and shadowing that comes with making it seem more dimensional, but I didn't like the way it looked; it looked like it was aging me. I started to shade and add in more lines, but it was hard to see what they actually were and they didn't look right, so I erased them and decided that my self portrait was going to look like this and look a little more simple.
4. I think this look helps represent that I'm still growing and changing, and leaving it more simple gives me more room to grow.
5. For this piece, I used line which creates the whole image, value which can be seen with the different degrees of lightness and darkness that I created with the pencil, space which surrounds the image and which is also in the image itself separating different lines, symmetrical balance, and proportion because the elements are combined harmoniously and don't out weigh each other.
6. I did enjoy this project because whenever we have to go on an art gallery visit, I end up going with my grandma. but the creation of the self portrait was a little stressful because I really wanted it to look like the picture because I like the picture, but it is hard to draw a human, especially when it is yourself and you want it to be perfect.
7. I think my self portrait resembles the photo I took, but I do think that I should of added some pops of color like Bess Norriss Tait did because I do like the affect it has on the image. But overall, I can say that I am content with my self portrait.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Module 13 & 14 Video Review
1.
The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art: I never knew what pop art was until watching this video. I did recognize it while viewing the video, but I just never realized what it was called. Lowbrow is all about surrealism; its reactionary. I didn't know that it was originally pornography. But I do like that it is open to everyone and that anyone can participate in it. It was interesting to see the little galleries that there are and where the artists can be exposed and let fans buy their art. It is also interesting to learn that lowbrow is always narrative and hardly still born. I think this art is most representative for cities, especially New York City because NYC is known as the city that never sleeps. But lowbrow is more known on the west coast. It makes sense that the art is hard to be accepted because you don't really hear of lowbrow art or artists while being taught art in school. I think once it is more accepting and grows more, schools will start to teach it.
Tate Modern: I think this video was my favorite to watch. After seeing this video I do want to be one of those tourists that go and visit the art gallery. I think its uniqueness sets it apart from other galleries. I've heard of galleries changing their exhibits, but I've never heard of a gallery having an exhibit built into it for the time being. The one exhibit that stuck out most to me was the crack. It was interesting to see it and to actually see it in person must have been a great experience. I also liked this one the most because it is always there. There is the remains of the crack which can create lifelong impact on the gallery and the visitors. I also liked the sunset exhibit and how people started to lay on the ground and look up at the ceiling to find their bodies in the mirror. I like how art can mean different things different people, and that people take what they want to take from it.
An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and the Metropolitan: I think this video was interesting to me because I have visited the Metropolitan a few years ago. I think that if I never visited it, I would never really find too much interest in the video. It was interesting to see the long process of obtaining art for the museum and how in depth it was. I also didn't know that the museum has such a huge team of people who can preserve art in all different ways. I think it was interesting, but it got me to think that the art isn't 100% original. But I guess that's just how they do it. It was also cool to learn that the curators and their experties are the best currency for the MET. I also liked how they added that obtaining new art is not the end of the discovery process and how its a learning experience. I also didn't know that the MET has the largest stained glass collection. It was interesting to see that they have so much art on display but also a lot of art that is still behind the scenes.
2.
I think the last video relates most to my exhibit because of the process of picking art. The whole thing about process is what connects to my exhibit. Even though I didn't have a board of Trustees to pick the art or have a 5 minute presentation for each piece to persuade me to pick each piece, it was the process that can connect. It was hard to pick each piece because I wasn't quite sure what each meant, but that's ok. The viewer can interpret the meaning themselves. But it felt like a long process just to pick each painting.
3.
I liked watching these videos because it opened up my attention to the world of art. For example, I never realized what pop art was, and also learning about the Tate Modern was interesting because it was different than the norm. I also liked the third video because it connected to an experience I had. I think all of these videos do add depth to art concepts because they open up different areas of art and help view art differently but also put the concept of art is what you make it to be.
The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art: I never knew what pop art was until watching this video. I did recognize it while viewing the video, but I just never realized what it was called. Lowbrow is all about surrealism; its reactionary. I didn't know that it was originally pornography. But I do like that it is open to everyone and that anyone can participate in it. It was interesting to see the little galleries that there are and where the artists can be exposed and let fans buy their art. It is also interesting to learn that lowbrow is always narrative and hardly still born. I think this art is most representative for cities, especially New York City because NYC is known as the city that never sleeps. But lowbrow is more known on the west coast. It makes sense that the art is hard to be accepted because you don't really hear of lowbrow art or artists while being taught art in school. I think once it is more accepting and grows more, schools will start to teach it.
Tate Modern: I think this video was my favorite to watch. After seeing this video I do want to be one of those tourists that go and visit the art gallery. I think its uniqueness sets it apart from other galleries. I've heard of galleries changing their exhibits, but I've never heard of a gallery having an exhibit built into it for the time being. The one exhibit that stuck out most to me was the crack. It was interesting to see it and to actually see it in person must have been a great experience. I also liked this one the most because it is always there. There is the remains of the crack which can create lifelong impact on the gallery and the visitors. I also liked the sunset exhibit and how people started to lay on the ground and look up at the ceiling to find their bodies in the mirror. I like how art can mean different things different people, and that people take what they want to take from it.
An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and the Metropolitan: I think this video was interesting to me because I have visited the Metropolitan a few years ago. I think that if I never visited it, I would never really find too much interest in the video. It was interesting to see the long process of obtaining art for the museum and how in depth it was. I also didn't know that the museum has such a huge team of people who can preserve art in all different ways. I think it was interesting, but it got me to think that the art isn't 100% original. But I guess that's just how they do it. It was also cool to learn that the curators and their experties are the best currency for the MET. I also liked how they added that obtaining new art is not the end of the discovery process and how its a learning experience. I also didn't know that the MET has the largest stained glass collection. It was interesting to see that they have so much art on display but also a lot of art that is still behind the scenes.
2.
I think the last video relates most to my exhibit because of the process of picking art. The whole thing about process is what connects to my exhibit. Even though I didn't have a board of Trustees to pick the art or have a 5 minute presentation for each piece to persuade me to pick each piece, it was the process that can connect. It was hard to pick each piece because I wasn't quite sure what each meant, but that's ok. The viewer can interpret the meaning themselves. But it felt like a long process just to pick each painting.
3.
I liked watching these videos because it opened up my attention to the world of art. For example, I never realized what pop art was, and also learning about the Tate Modern was interesting because it was different than the norm. I also liked the third video because it connected to an experience I had. I think all of these videos do add depth to art concepts because they open up different areas of art and help view art differently but also put the concept of art is what you make it to be.
Reflection Journal on Exhibit
For my exhibit, I decided to focus on women as being subjects for art. It was hard to choose pieces for it because I wanted to chose a variety and not have them all the same style or the same artist. For my power point i decided to chose a pink for the first slide with the title and also a pink text for the names each of the pieces. I chose pink because pink is usually referred to as being feminine and usually refers to women. It was interesting putting this exhibit together because all of the images were different and all of the women were depicted differently. There were some portraits in my exhibit but even then, those weren't all the same. There were different postures, different clothing, and different backgrounds. I think my favorite piece that I chose was the Woman with a Parasol because that one is most visually appealing to me. There just seems to be an overall unity with it. I'm not quite sure why I prefer it over all the other ones, but I do. Creating the exhibit was an overall good experience because I liked how we were able to explore art on our own and pick what we wanted to pick.
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Module 12 Video and Text Review
1. For this module I chose Abstract Expressionism and Pop:Art of the 50s & 60s and Andy Warhol: Images of an Image. I chose these two because I wanted to pick the first video on the list and then I chose the other one because I recognized Andy Warhol's name and wanted to learn more about his art.
2. Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the 50s & 60s: With this video I learned that bright colors can be important for abstract art and that abstract art grabs the audience faster and leaves them with a quicker impulse of emotional reaction. Franz Kline's art was interesting to look at because he didn't really use much color but his pieces had layers of different understandings. Even when he used color, he was still able to preserve his vigorous strokes. I liked looking at Andrew Pollock's paintings because I remember seeing his paintings in grade school and it was interesting to make a connection back to things that I was shown years ago. His drip technique is so weird but yet so intriguing. He just rolled with it and let the paint just drip off of his tools. With Ellen Frankenthaler, it was interesting to see as she was exposed to more art and surroundings, she had realized that the landscape belonged to her. I also liked the idea of a cotton cloth that she used as her canvas. It had a different affect and absorbed the paint differently than a regular canvas and I liked the results and how the cotton embodied her art. Looking at Jasper Johns works of art is also quite weird. His painting of the flag was more than just a flag. It looked like there was newspaper underneath the paint which kind of made it seem like it had a deeper meaning. I also counted the stars and found only 40 stars, but 13 strips which kind of made me question it a little. But I did like how he used every day objects that had a symbolic meaning and exploited their meaning. His piece of the map was interesting too. I wasn't sure what I was looking at but it seemed to work. It was also interesting that when giving it a closer look he did have labels on the states. Seeing Warhol's pieces at the end were interesting just because I've seen lots of his art, like the Campbell's soup and the Marilyn Monroe. Lastly, Lichtenstein's pieces of work were interesting because I always thought of comic books as just being a comic book and never being art. He makes it art though. It was simple and sophisticated. It was interesting to see his view on love and war.
Andy Warhol: Images of an Image: With this video I liked how it opened with the Ten Lizes and also ended with it too. I didn't realize that Marilyn Monroe's face made him famous, I always thought he was famous before it. I liked how they included the process of creating a silk screen to show how Warhol would do it. I always questioned on why he would produce so much of one print just because I feel like the value would go down, but everyone still is amazed by his work. It was interesting to see the different faces that he had reproduced, but the focus was mainly on Elizabeth Taylor. When they were getting a closer look at the prints that Warhol had created with the same silk screen on Elizabeth Taylor it was interesting to see how none of them were exactly the same due to the flow of the ink with the screen, some had more some had less, and some had clogged pores. It was interesting on how these prints could show the flaws. She was a beautiful woman and his work can reveal that but yet at the same time it shows flaws. It is interesting how it can do that and make it work at the same time. I also didn't realize that his work revolved around death. The prints of Marilyn Monroe weren't created until after her death and the prints of Elizabeth Taylor weren't created until she became deathly ill. He also had silk screens that incorporated electric chairs, car accidents, suicides, and skulls. Its just interesting to see how one person can be so fantasized with death at such a level, but yet the audience might not realize it.
3. These videos really can relate to chapter 22 of the textbook. They go over Jackson Pollock with his drip art, to Warhol and his pop art, and then into the 90s with the abstract that we see today. But with chapter 23 there was a connection to the videos, but the videos didn't really go over what was in the text. This chapter had the same concepts with color but it also added in sculptures and shows abstract differently and shows an evolved form of it compared to the movies and the chapter previous to it.
4. I liked the films, but I think I liked previous films from differently modules more than I did with this module. The videos were informative but they seemed more dull than others. Even though they were talking about abstract art, which isn't dull, they brought it together in a way which I didn't think fit the presence of the abstract art. I wish the videos were more up beat and captured my attention more, just like how the abstract art had grabbed my attention. But besides that, I do think the videos were very informative and were on the same track as the text but did give more depth to what the text was trying to say.
2. Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the 50s & 60s: With this video I learned that bright colors can be important for abstract art and that abstract art grabs the audience faster and leaves them with a quicker impulse of emotional reaction. Franz Kline's art was interesting to look at because he didn't really use much color but his pieces had layers of different understandings. Even when he used color, he was still able to preserve his vigorous strokes. I liked looking at Andrew Pollock's paintings because I remember seeing his paintings in grade school and it was interesting to make a connection back to things that I was shown years ago. His drip technique is so weird but yet so intriguing. He just rolled with it and let the paint just drip off of his tools. With Ellen Frankenthaler, it was interesting to see as she was exposed to more art and surroundings, she had realized that the landscape belonged to her. I also liked the idea of a cotton cloth that she used as her canvas. It had a different affect and absorbed the paint differently than a regular canvas and I liked the results and how the cotton embodied her art. Looking at Jasper Johns works of art is also quite weird. His painting of the flag was more than just a flag. It looked like there was newspaper underneath the paint which kind of made it seem like it had a deeper meaning. I also counted the stars and found only 40 stars, but 13 strips which kind of made me question it a little. But I did like how he used every day objects that had a symbolic meaning and exploited their meaning. His piece of the map was interesting too. I wasn't sure what I was looking at but it seemed to work. It was also interesting that when giving it a closer look he did have labels on the states. Seeing Warhol's pieces at the end were interesting just because I've seen lots of his art, like the Campbell's soup and the Marilyn Monroe. Lastly, Lichtenstein's pieces of work were interesting because I always thought of comic books as just being a comic book and never being art. He makes it art though. It was simple and sophisticated. It was interesting to see his view on love and war.
Andy Warhol: Images of an Image: With this video I liked how it opened with the Ten Lizes and also ended with it too. I didn't realize that Marilyn Monroe's face made him famous, I always thought he was famous before it. I liked how they included the process of creating a silk screen to show how Warhol would do it. I always questioned on why he would produce so much of one print just because I feel like the value would go down, but everyone still is amazed by his work. It was interesting to see the different faces that he had reproduced, but the focus was mainly on Elizabeth Taylor. When they were getting a closer look at the prints that Warhol had created with the same silk screen on Elizabeth Taylor it was interesting to see how none of them were exactly the same due to the flow of the ink with the screen, some had more some had less, and some had clogged pores. It was interesting on how these prints could show the flaws. She was a beautiful woman and his work can reveal that but yet at the same time it shows flaws. It is interesting how it can do that and make it work at the same time. I also didn't realize that his work revolved around death. The prints of Marilyn Monroe weren't created until after her death and the prints of Elizabeth Taylor weren't created until she became deathly ill. He also had silk screens that incorporated electric chairs, car accidents, suicides, and skulls. Its just interesting to see how one person can be so fantasized with death at such a level, but yet the audience might not realize it.
3. These videos really can relate to chapter 22 of the textbook. They go over Jackson Pollock with his drip art, to Warhol and his pop art, and then into the 90s with the abstract that we see today. But with chapter 23 there was a connection to the videos, but the videos didn't really go over what was in the text. This chapter had the same concepts with color but it also added in sculptures and shows abstract differently and shows an evolved form of it compared to the movies and the chapter previous to it.
4. I liked the films, but I think I liked previous films from differently modules more than I did with this module. The videos were informative but they seemed more dull than others. Even though they were talking about abstract art, which isn't dull, they brought it together in a way which I didn't think fit the presence of the abstract art. I wish the videos were more up beat and captured my attention more, just like how the abstract art had grabbed my attention. But besides that, I do think the videos were very informative and were on the same track as the text but did give more depth to what the text was trying to say.
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Art Gallery Visit #2
Burchfield Penney Art Center
The Exhibit:
The exhibit was called FINDING AID: Making Sense of The Charles E. Burchfield Archives. The theme of the exhibit was focused on Burchfield and his works. At one point they even included his desk and his office where he created his art.
The Gallery:
The lighting for the area wasn't too bright but it wasn't too dark. It also didn't resemble artificial light which was nice. At one part of the exhibit, the lights were more dim and had a brighter focus on his work area which was cool. The walls weren't white, but more of an off-white and more towards a very light grey. When first walking into the exhibit there was the main wall which acted as a focal point when walking into the area. It was black and had the title of the exhibit on it along with boards that had notes on them. The whole area was made of just painted drywall and wooden floors. but the layout had a nice flow to it. When first walking into the area, I didn't want to walk straight but instead I wanted to walk to the left after seeing the first wall that had the exhibit title. I thought it was different because normally you don't walk to the left first, even in movies, they don't pan the camera to the left normally because it would indicate that something bad would be going to happen. But with the exhibit it worked. After going left, it was easy to follow the flow of the exhibit and go from each work of art.
The Exhibit:
The exhibit was called FINDING AID: Making Sense of The Charles E. Burchfield Archives. The theme of the exhibit was focused on Burchfield and his works. At one point they even included his desk and his office where he created his art.
The Gallery:
The lighting for the area wasn't too bright but it wasn't too dark. It also didn't resemble artificial light which was nice. At one part of the exhibit, the lights were more dim and had a brighter focus on his work area which was cool. The walls weren't white, but more of an off-white and more towards a very light grey. When first walking into the exhibit there was the main wall which acted as a focal point when walking into the area. It was black and had the title of the exhibit on it along with boards that had notes on them. The whole area was made of just painted drywall and wooden floors. but the layout had a nice flow to it. When first walking into the area, I didn't want to walk straight but instead I wanted to walk to the left after seeing the first wall that had the exhibit title. I thought it was different because normally you don't walk to the left first, even in movies, they don't pan the camera to the left normally because it would indicate that something bad would be going to happen. But with the exhibit it worked. After going left, it was easy to follow the flow of the exhibit and go from each work of art.
The Artwork:
The pieces of art were organized in what seemed to be by medium. The first ones I saw all had graphite or charcoal as their medium, but as I continued the mediums would change and add more to it but still keep the same graphite or charcoal. The pieces of art were similar in the way that they were all around the same medium and also because they all seemed to have a similar style. But at the same time the pieces of art were different because they in a way showed the evolution of the artist. At least I think it showed the evolution of him simply because the pieces of art would become more complex when trying to add new mediums to it. Most of the pieces of art were framed with a wooden frame, but not all the same wood and same urethane finish was used for the frames. Some frames were black as well. But the frames worked. Even though the frames weren't completely the same they didn't look out of places but seemed to match at the same time. Each piece of art was identified by a white rectangular label placed to the right of the piece. Just like how they were labeled at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. The pieces of art were generally the same distance apart, but the ones that had more similarities seemed to be closer in proximity of one another. The change in distance didn't seem overwhelming though, it worked to help bring together the exhibit.
Art Criticism:
Charles E. Burchfield
Study for Solitude
Charcoal and water color on paper
c. 1945
I like this painting because of the balance that is created. Neither of the sides seem to out weigh the other. When looking at this picture you can see the charcoal but also see the few colors of watercolor that he incorporated. To me this painting looks like maybe something he saw outside his window, like some sort of plant. But it could also represent something else like growth. This piece of art is full of organic lines. there is also different values in this piece of art when looking at the strokes that Burchfield took to create it. There is space here, but they are all close in proximity and overlapping each other. But they don't seem to crowd each other. The negative space around the image also works to compliment the image. The colors aren't too different but the little highlights of the peach give the piece of work more energy throughout the piece. There seems to be movement up from the bottom but also movement back down to contain it all in one place instead of letting it go. This piece of work definitely reminds me of either a tree or bush. But at the same time it also reminds me of someone's growth but how its contained into one area. I'm not quite sure what he is trying to say, but I don't think he is trying to say anything negative. The peach in the piece of work gives it a more positive tone.
Charles E. Burchfield
Spider and Grasshoppers
watercolor on mounted joined paper
1948
I like this piece of art because it is different. When I was turning the corner I wasn't expecting to run into this. Its not too vibrant but not too dull. The spider towards the bottom seems to be the focus of this piece. But then after noticing the spider your eyes start to move and you start to wonder what is around it. I wasn't really sure what I was looking at with my first glance, but then I started to notice other forms, like a flying grasshopper and the sun which is towards the top. There are a lot of lines used to create this piece of art. Some of those lines do create organic forms like the bugs and different types of wings around the spider. Unlike the other piece of art, this one has more color to it, and various colors; from yellow, to green, to blue, to red, to black. But they all seem to be ordinary colors. There is asymmetrical balance in this piece of art, but even with the different weights in the piece it does balance. There is contrast in this as well because the spider has a greater contrast than the rest of the work and stands out the most. There is also movement because after looking at the spider, your eye seems to be able to explore everything around the spider. When looking at this piece of work it reminds me of hiking and walking past two trees that have a spider web connecting them and being able to see the spider just chilling there. But then after noticing the spider you start to notice the other organisms that inhabit the area, and without noticing the spider first you wouldn't normally notice the rest of the organisms. I don't know what Burchfield was trying to say with this piece of art, but I think it could go along the lines of you don't really notice anything around you until you actually notice it.
Charles E. Burchfield
Easter Morning in the Woods (right side)
charcoal on paper
1947-1960
When I first saw this piece of art, I wasn't sure if I actually liked it, but then after looking at it for a few minutes and reading the short description they gave, I realized that I liked it. This piece of work took awhile to complete, he started it one year and then finished it years later. The interesting part of it though was that he left the left side unfinished letting the viewer see his thought process at work. I think that was the part that made me realize that I liked this piece of work because there is a better understanding of Burchfield and his process in this one. When looking at this piece you can see the woods on either side, but one is more descriptive than the other. There is line that forms this piece of art, both organic and non-organic. Those lines do form organic and non-organic shapes that create the woods and the different rocks and holes where light shines in. On the left there are simply just lines that fill the space. There is value in this piece of art, the back is darker while the objects in the front are brighter and stand out from the background. There is also space created in this piece by the how the objects are placed, some look closer while others look farther in the distance. The color is all around the same with different values of the charcoal. But I also like how there are yellow highlights in this piece. I don't think this piece of art is necessarily balanced because the right does out weigh the left, but it's not an uncomfortable difference, it works. There is movement as well. When first looking at it the viewer is drawn to the right of the piece of art and explores the right side, but then after that, there is a push to the left to view what is actually on the other side of the piece. This piece of art reminds me of the woods, but with the yellow placed in it, it seems like there is something more than just the woods in this piece. Like the other two pieces of art, I'm not sure what Burchfield was trying to say with this piece of art, especially since he started it one year and finished it years later, but I do agree with the description of the piece of how it shows his process when creating art.
Here are some photos to document the area of the exhibit:
The Visit:
I liked this art visit better than the first one. I think I like the layout of the exhibit more at the Burchfield Penney Art Center more than the layout of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. The Burchfield Penney seemed more inviting compared to the other. I also liked the flow of the exhibit and the exhibits following it. I also liked the theme of the first exhibit simply because it gives a good representation of what the building is all about, hence the name of the building. I would definitely come back to this art center again instead of going to the art gallery across the street. I also liked going into the exhibit with a different perspective of actually looking at everything around me instead of just the art works themselves.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Module 11 Video and Text Review
1.
For this module I picked the two videos, Matisse and Picasso and The Mystical North: Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present. I chose those two videos simply because they were the first two on the list. I did it this way this time because I haven't done it that way yet, I usually look at all the titles and descriptions and go from there. But even with changing the way I picked the videos, I still liked the one I chose a lot. The first one definitely caught my interest because I've heard of Picasso before and wanted to learn more about him, and the second one also caught my interest because I like Spanish culture.
2.
Matisse and Picasso: From this video I learned about their relationship together. I thought it was cool that they both came from different upbringings and still found each other to be good friends and connected with their art. I also learned how their art was a break from tradition but in different ways. Picasso was more impulsive and Matisse was more organized with his work. Picasso was more intellectual while Matisse was more innocent with his art, but they both had strength. The one quote I liked from this video was the one with Picasso, "To paint a picture is to engage in dramatic action where reality is disengaged." I like this quote simply because it shows his view of art and his connection with his pieces of art. To understand someone's passion in art gives their artwork that much more meaning. It was also interesting to learn that Matisse painted with a model while Picasso painted from memory of what he had saw, it didn't directly have to be in front of him. The two had similarities but also differences. I also never realized that Picasso had fits of depression and thoughts of suicide. I found that some what shocking because I just never thought of artists being able to show those kinds of thoughts. And Matisse had more self confidence. Even at old age, it was cool to see that they still communicated together and still respected eachother.
The Mystical North: Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present: From this video it was interesting to see the change of Spanish art over time due to the circumstances of the country and also what was introduced. I also didn't know that Northern Spain was crucial to modern art. I've never heard of Francisco de Goya, but I did recognize his work, especially his work after the war and his black paintings. It was depressing but it definitely reflected the horrors that he saw with war, I can't even imagine seeing the things that he had experienced. Saturn devouring his son was one of the paintings that I recognized from either another video we had to watch, or earlier in the textbook. Its definitely horrific but it shows how the war affected him personally and his view on life, it was ruined and dark. When Antoni Gaudi finally came around, he brought back the sense that Goya left behind. But it was interesting to see how it was the opposite of Goya; he clung to Spain's Catholic past. Gaudi considered himself God's architect but during his time the religious climate was changing and his construction of the Cathedral remained incomplete to his death. It was weird to learn that a group of Japanese men finished his creation of the Cathedral, but it didn't embody him anymore. It was cool to see a connection from this video to the one before. I didn't know that Gaudi had inspired Picasso and that he had a deep sense of Spanish art. With Salvador Dali, I had recognized his painting which can also be known as the melting clocks painting. But I didn't know that there was a deeper meaning behind it until reading about it in the text and watching this video. I didn't know that it incorporated death and corruption and that it could also represent that people are subject to decay.
3.
These videos relate to the text because it expands on certain parts of the text and helps give the text meaning. The videos actually make me learn what the text is saying. With reading the text I'm more likely to be not as focused and to just skim the words. But it was cool that the videos overlapped with the text and how they both went over Picasso, Dali, Matisse, and Gaudi.
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I like the videos because I think that I can actually learn from the videos. But the second video was quite weird for me because at times I wasn't completely sure what he was saying because of his strong accent and also because he was quite provocative but that was also because of what he was talking about. The first video was probably my favorite just because I liked the relationship between Matisse and Picasso and how they had a strong sense of mutual respect for each other and their art. The videos give a deeper understanding of the text and gives the text and second layer of understanding.
For this module I picked the two videos, Matisse and Picasso and The Mystical North: Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present. I chose those two videos simply because they were the first two on the list. I did it this way this time because I haven't done it that way yet, I usually look at all the titles and descriptions and go from there. But even with changing the way I picked the videos, I still liked the one I chose a lot. The first one definitely caught my interest because I've heard of Picasso before and wanted to learn more about him, and the second one also caught my interest because I like Spanish culture.
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Matisse and Picasso: From this video I learned about their relationship together. I thought it was cool that they both came from different upbringings and still found each other to be good friends and connected with their art. I also learned how their art was a break from tradition but in different ways. Picasso was more impulsive and Matisse was more organized with his work. Picasso was more intellectual while Matisse was more innocent with his art, but they both had strength. The one quote I liked from this video was the one with Picasso, "To paint a picture is to engage in dramatic action where reality is disengaged." I like this quote simply because it shows his view of art and his connection with his pieces of art. To understand someone's passion in art gives their artwork that much more meaning. It was also interesting to learn that Matisse painted with a model while Picasso painted from memory of what he had saw, it didn't directly have to be in front of him. The two had similarities but also differences. I also never realized that Picasso had fits of depression and thoughts of suicide. I found that some what shocking because I just never thought of artists being able to show those kinds of thoughts. And Matisse had more self confidence. Even at old age, it was cool to see that they still communicated together and still respected eachother.
The Mystical North: Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present: From this video it was interesting to see the change of Spanish art over time due to the circumstances of the country and also what was introduced. I also didn't know that Northern Spain was crucial to modern art. I've never heard of Francisco de Goya, but I did recognize his work, especially his work after the war and his black paintings. It was depressing but it definitely reflected the horrors that he saw with war, I can't even imagine seeing the things that he had experienced. Saturn devouring his son was one of the paintings that I recognized from either another video we had to watch, or earlier in the textbook. Its definitely horrific but it shows how the war affected him personally and his view on life, it was ruined and dark. When Antoni Gaudi finally came around, he brought back the sense that Goya left behind. But it was interesting to see how it was the opposite of Goya; he clung to Spain's Catholic past. Gaudi considered himself God's architect but during his time the religious climate was changing and his construction of the Cathedral remained incomplete to his death. It was weird to learn that a group of Japanese men finished his creation of the Cathedral, but it didn't embody him anymore. It was cool to see a connection from this video to the one before. I didn't know that Gaudi had inspired Picasso and that he had a deep sense of Spanish art. With Salvador Dali, I had recognized his painting which can also be known as the melting clocks painting. But I didn't know that there was a deeper meaning behind it until reading about it in the text and watching this video. I didn't know that it incorporated death and corruption and that it could also represent that people are subject to decay.
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These videos relate to the text because it expands on certain parts of the text and helps give the text meaning. The videos actually make me learn what the text is saying. With reading the text I'm more likely to be not as focused and to just skim the words. But it was cool that the videos overlapped with the text and how they both went over Picasso, Dali, Matisse, and Gaudi.
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I like the videos because I think that I can actually learn from the videos. But the second video was quite weird for me because at times I wasn't completely sure what he was saying because of his strong accent and also because he was quite provocative but that was also because of what he was talking about. The first video was probably my favorite just because I liked the relationship between Matisse and Picasso and how they had a strong sense of mutual respect for each other and their art. The videos give a deeper understanding of the text and gives the text and second layer of understanding.
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