Module 15- Critique Blog

1.     1. Which projects did you review?I reviewed the projects Any Landscape is a Condition of the Spirit, Aquarium of Niagara and Who run the world?

2. Why did you select the Exhibit you critiqued?I selected Any Landscape is a Condition of the Spirit because it clear to read and it was done most closely to how I completed my presentation.

3. What challenges did you face in writing the critique article and how did you overcome them?The challenge I had as to analyze the whole exhibit as a whole instead being able to analyze specific slides. I had to view the exhibit and look and read closely to what the artist had written about the art so that I could get a generalized idea about the whole exhibit.

4. How do you feel about critiquing your peers work? I didn’t not really like critiquing my peers because I do not know if I portrayed their idea correctly. Also, I am not an expert of artwork so I did not feel like I even had a place for doing so.

5. Would you like to read the critique your peers wrote about your Art Curation Project?I would like to see what my peers said to see if they had the same perspective I had.

6. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your finished article and why?I would rate my article a 7, I rated it this because I completed the steps of critiquing to the best of my ability.

7. Did you enjoy working on this project? I did enjoy creating my project because it was something that I enjoyed before this class so being able to incorporate the two was fun.

Module 15:Video Review

Videos Viewed: Greenburg on Art Criticism:An Interview by T.J. Clark & Jackson Pollack:Michael Fried and T.J. Clark in Conversation.

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
Greenburg discusses perception as being something that everyone has to get used to not using when they arelooking at art. He said to place limits on nothing is what we need to do and to keep everthing relevant is the key to being a good critic of art.
Freid and Clark had two different perspectives on modern art. Fried thought that it was more important to think about art as a individuality persective. On the other hand Clark looked at the art as more of a historical sense. All  three artists did express energy being one of the key aspects of art that needs to representative. Energy is something that they can see and feel while looking at the art.
2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Criticism project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.
 I believe that these videos gave good reference on what to start thinking about when I view other individuals art creation projects.
3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of art criticism?
My opinion of these films are that one they are informative to the viewer however, I would of liked to hear more about how they got to where they could be critics. I guess the explainations of the art was unclear to me. They have way more experience that me in viewing the art, I would have liked to hear how they came to the information to begin with.

Art Curator Experience Blog- Project 4

My first step into completing this project was to first figure out what Art Curator meant. Through the videos and Google helped me understand what the definition was. Now, I had to figure out what I wanted to create in my Exhibit. I decided that I will go with something I know and that is sports. My theme was For The Love Of The Game. After I got the hang of what I should be looking for and how I wanted to represent my idea. I thought this project was very exciting and fun to do. It was different to look at the pieces of art differently now since the beginning of the class. I actually see the principles and elements and can explain them. To do this project on something that I knew was also very fun, because their are so many art figures that I wanted to put into my exhibit I had to pick and chose. 

Module 13 + 14 Video Review

1.The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art

                It is reactionary art; lacking in taste saying that surrealism is a strict manifesto, saying that lowbrow is all inclusive and any artist can do this kind of art, it is more of a “people thing”, it is a social scene at that point in time. They have a common love or experience that they want to add to it. It reaches out to the masses and people can really relate to this art and people are interested, it goes back to folk art. Rock posters are huge with bright colors and psychedelic art. This started underground comics. There is always a narrative punch a lot of dynamics in this art. This video illustrates that Highbrow requires some sort of intelligence; it is something that is learned. They still are not accepted into the art culture.

Displaying Modern Art: The Tate Approach: International modern art museum in the first year had 4 million visitors which makes it the most popular one in the world. This time period looked at ideologies and how the art was moving throughout the centuries. How class and power were looked at, also gender and race in later expanding fields of arts. Chronologies were used a lot even in the artwork to explain what previously influenced the art. Tate is a museum for everyone.

Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology: A study began within the culture to collect Native American craniums to try to preserve their heritage. Until, people approached museums to have these people really buried. The new American Native American act of 1990 that made museums take out the remains for the Native americans.  But because of this act many studies are not able to be studied. Repatriation is in progress and it takes a lot of time. Archeologists are only looking at the bone fragments and a lot of the Native Americans are upset because they are not being treated like they are human because they do not go with the bigger society.

 An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan:  Museums are never complete there are never the prefect art. Multiple acquisitions of the world over time is what Philippe trys to accomplish to make this Museum one of the best. The director of the museum not only wants the best pieces of art but he wants the best of the best that represents the living ability are able to express, and touch the people of today. Can never have total objectivity, but you can try. Knowledge is what makes the museum works.Conservation for works on paper is so hard to do. And it takes a lot of time. How to repair drawings is the total emergence into tap water even Nyc water is used. Even works of stone and metal are fragile. Using of xrays to examine the pieces and useful to see what breaks the art has. Restoration is sometimes noticed but the restorians do not want people to only focus on it, they want people to focus on the originals.

2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Exhibition project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not. I do believe that these videos relate to my are exhibition project because it shows how to be creative and to understand what you like but also be open to objectivism.

3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of the art concepts you practiced while creating your curation project? Yes in my opinion these videos helped me be able to illustrate exactly what I wanted in my curation project.

Module12- video reviews

Video: Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the ’50s and ’60s

Video: Uncertainty: Modernity and Art

1.

Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.

The reason why I selected both of these movies because they both are about uncertainty art. Abstract art is interesting to me to learn how different artists approach the creation aspect of the art work. Then to see the artworks explanation in the words of the artists, I like to see if I have the same outlook on that piece of work as well.  

2.

For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

The keys concepts that I learned in the Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the ’50s and ’60s videowas the meaning of expressionism. The style and color of the painting creates the subject matter. No matter if the color was bright and of a person portrait or if the color was light and the art was so obscure you can only imagine what the arists was trying to create. In the 1960 the landscape was so important but I could hardly tell whether it was landscape or just another image in the art work. Abstract expressionism was the most influential style for modern art. The way that John created a new “flag” image like we have never viewed before, encaustic used this method of brush stroke. He said is this the abstract notion of the current flag. Also he used different colors to express different aspects like in maps to use blue where green land would be most appropriate. This type seduces the eyes. Pattern was also important it was just something that the artists just felt like doing.

The key concepts that I learned in Video: Uncertainty: Modernity and Art video was that something broke 100 years ago and modern art was created.  I learned that in the early year art was inspirational and idealized and now the art works in the modern society it is all about changing values. What used to be called obscure which was not accepted in the prior years in this modern world just that is promoted now. Abstract expressionism was all about values/morals now those are also out of the question now it is just random.

3.

How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

Both of these videos relates to the text very well, the abstract expressionism was explained in the text as something that was developed because of so many changes happened in the world like the world war2.Also this is a thought of the uncertainty of art video, because so many changes that have occurred the artists created modern art in regards to what we are as people. I believe that the uncertainty was a perfect concept that is defined to abstract modern art.

4.

What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

My opinion of both of these videos was that they went so far into depth with the description of the types of modern art and how the artists became interested with the art works in general, I looked at the historical artists work to see where that artist was coming from.  I was very interested to that aspect, to view to previous works of art to now the current modern art helped me understand the readings and the art concepts.

Module 11- Museum Visit #2

For this second visit I went to Burchfield Penny Art Center, here is an image from the Gallery Store.

When I first entered the Gallery- there was an exibit called Let there be light. Which was ironic because it was completely dark besides what the art light was giving off. The walls were black and were of a clothe like material. The element of this art would be line. Here is the image Light which is pretty cool because I used to used one of these light games when I was little.
The next artpiece was a portrait of an older woman on an off white wall kind of shaped like a hallway where this exhibit was. The lighting was not bring but not dark, on each end of this hallway the light was a little brighter. The image is bordered with a frame whick is black.
The last is an illusion/delusion Image which I thought was the most interesting one of all. I had to stand there for a very long time to see what the artist was trying to convey. I still do not really understand but I tried. This was made out of what it seemed like blocks of wood that were painted black and hung with string in this certain way. You can see that this light is very dull in the room with the off white walls. With only the light from the bottom and the very top which is why the artists made it this way so you couldnt see through the blocks that well.
These works of art were on different sides of the gallery. The illusion was all the way in the back and the portrait was in the middle of the gallery and the lights were before you entered the gallery(was a new collection).
To look at these images differently in the way they are put together and constructed is very different than really anything I have had to do. So, this took me a while to even get what I was suppose to be looking for. I enjoyed this gallery visit. 

 

Module 11- Video Reviews

1.       Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.

                  -The reason I chose the movies expressionism and the impact of Cubism because       these two periods of style are the most interesting to me.

 

2.        For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

-I learned that in The Expressionism that space and time are no longer a factor is this art. That the art is all about emotions which was shown by the feeling or more often by the expressions that the artist portrayed in the piece of art. Like in Munch portrait of faces are pure expressionless and are mostly like masks to depict this emotion. This style also questioned the value of the Conservationist society because it actually have a picture of how the society really was going. Color was the sense of nature, and nature has it own sense of direction and value, they needed to be separate of each other. Like in the painting of the Blue Horse by Marc obviously horses are not blue but Marc wanted society to see the beauty of the horse without the true colors.

- I learned in the Impact of Cubism video that patterns were produced with human impressions. One artist was saying he used spiritual elements from the imagination. He said that they use abstract things and turn them in concrete or moving general things into particular thing. For example he turns a cylinder into a bottle not the other way around. The connection with tradition is very important in this style of art. Also the emotions are depicted in such an abstract way to try to bring out the inner sound like in music is what the artist said. Displacement also was big in Cubism- looking for the inner voice or sound, a very abstract piece of art and making it something of your own on how to feel about it.

 

3.       How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

-The reading and the videos really reinforced each other on both of these videos. The videos showed in both the history of how the art style came about with what artists and how it was viewed in the societies.

 

4.       What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

-          I enjoyed both of these films because, when a certain style is described a work of art is represented and shown so that I get a image so that it helps to be able to depict what they the meaning of the styles are.

Module10 video review

1. The reason why I chose this movie Buddhism  because the book was interesting so I thought that watching a video on it would further my liking of this art culture. I think it is so fascinating that he sat under a tree and when he stopped meditating that he became an enlightened one. The Hinduism video is also an interesting time because of it exotic forms.

2.

The keys concept that I learned in the Buddhism movie were as follows torana, the door to understanding the gateway to the temple. Sanchi which was the center of the art and architecture for Buddhism. Every stone is like thestupa has a story to tell. Buddha is all symbolism he is never see in human form. In the Hinduism video the key concepts are Artti which means the removal of pain, which is ceremony for mothers that bathe in her waters. Cave art is very common in India. Architecture went from wood to stone.

3.

The chapter relates to this movie in Buddhism was all about  the beginning way in which it was created to who the people of India followed Buddha even after he passed away. It gave a more in depth look on how on pilgrim would go through finding enlightenment.  The Hinduism relates that the gods and goddesses are the same as Christianity but the elaborate decoration is what they love doing the most. The temples are a something to worship as well that is why they are so decorated.  That everything is symbolism in Hinduism.

4.

My opinion of these videos are I really like the Buddhism video it put to the fact that Buddhism is also found in upstate NY. Hinduism is also just interesting and I learned even more of the why this art culture was formed. Also how the art has transformed over time.

Module 9 Video Reviews

Videos Review:Albrecht Dürer: Image of a Master and Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance


1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.
            The reason why I selected these two videos was because I have started to like what da Vinci works of art and also the Renaissance is very interesting with all the new changed.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
          Albrecht Durer video is all about landscape and the new techniques of steel engraving which is engraving on copper.
          da Vinci video was all about him being so multi faced that he helped develope the Italian Renaissance.
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
         The videos related to the text by describing the Italian Renaissance with Leonardo da Vinci and other. Also the Religious aspects of both films were brought out as such an important aspect of artwork.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
       My opinion of the films were that they were in depth and to the point. I think that the Albrecht was more interesting because it was a new person to me and the Renaissance I think is so different that I enjoyed it alot.

Module 9 Art Making/ Material Exploration:Exploring Line

Drawing of Hands

1. It was kinda neat looking at my own hands as the subject. It made me look at all the strange lines that are on the palm of my hands
2. I used a pencil as my media for this project, because I think that pencil give a more defined representation of what I am drawing.
3. It felt very uncomfortable to use my non dominant hand, even though I used to be able to write very well with my left hand because my arm was broken when I was younger. I didnt feel like I had control over what I was drawing with my left hand.
4. The left hand is very hard handed I couldnt hardly shade or make the color light it was just one dark shade. My right hand I could make a rounded shape for my fingers and I could shade easier. I do believe that these are successful just not very pretty.
5. No I would not consider using my non dominant hand I have no control over how it comes out.

Module 8- Video Reviews

1. Explain why you selected the video you choose from the selection listed above.
The reason why I picked this movie because I like to see the correlation between religion and art.


2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
The "More human than human" key terms was exaggeration of human images.Exaggeration was used in early art but it was used for a specific reason. It was because of the culture is "indeed king" and the statues and sculptures that were created because this is how they saw there society. The order and precision of Egypt was all over everything they created because they wanted it to last forever.
The movie "beyond the classical: Byzantine and Later Greek Art"- icons were explained that this influenced contemporary art. I also learned that the icons were used to develop the painting of this period.


3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
"More human than human" related to the text by reinforcing why the life life statues were made so realistic. They believed that gods were human bodies so this is why they wanted the human body to be so precise.
and that even the human body has evolved over the centuries.
"beyond the classical: Byzantine and Later Greek Art" related to the text by explaining that the church was a huge influence and starting point of the paintings.

4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
I liked both of these films they gave more of an explanation of the meanings of the terms in the sense of how it was used in the ancient days and how it has changed in the development of the art as of today.

Module 7-Video Reviews

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

The concepts that were discussed in prairie style as are follows; the connections between nature and the structure,also with the person whom is going to reside in the structure.the nature connection is to make it feel like the structure belongs there. That the structure came from nature is what all the architects kept emphasizing.
The concepts that were discussed in Frank Gehry:architecture as art, the fact that the structures are a resemblance of the ancient buildings just with little twists of modern ideas. These structures are open and much thought is put into them.
 2.How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
The videos related to the text by exposing with each architect that this is a well thoughtful process these people do, and with the influence of previous structure they try to become better for the individuals and for nature as well. The quality of there work is what they are striving for,like in the videos these structure looked like they were built yesterday but it was in the 1800's. the ideas from modern life and incorporating it in to the structures is also a must.
3.What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of Architecture?
I really liked the films, I liked the prairie the best because it was straight to the point. The other video really dragged on and repeated itself a lot. But however it did go in depth about why current architects believe this talent is art.
4.Why did you choose the films that you watched?
I selected the first movie because it was shorter in length and also I had no idea what prairie style homes looked like so I wanted to learn something unfamiliar to me.
I also selected achitecture is are because I have never heard of frank Gehry before so that was a new person, also I wanted to see the rational behind why this talent is considered art.

Module 6- Projects Peer Reviews

Assigned Review: http://saharathegreat.blogspot.com

Personal Pick: http://justuscr01.blogspot.com/

1. When looking at Project #1: (Elements and Principles), did you agree with the element or principle the artist listed with the images? Did you see other elements and principles in the images?
  I agree with all of the images in project one for both projects. Everyone has there own perspective on each definition and how they internalize the meaning, so a couple I could see being interlinked with other elements/principles but none I couldn't see being used correctly. 

2.When looking at Project #2: Where there any images in the Peer Blogs the same as your own? If yes, what were they? Where the reasons the image was selected the same or different as your own?
None of the images in both individuals were the same as mine. These two had very abstract images that you really had to interpret into what the artist is conveying. In both blogs they list why they were interested in the images and it was for the person interest which were the same as what I put as well. 

3. Where there any images that your Peers selected that pique your interest now? If yes, what are they and what is your connection with them? What would you want to know about them?
In Sahara's blog in the Art museum I liked her Black Friday image. I would have a different perspective as I am the one shopping on that day not working and seeing all the people. I know that their are a lot of people that are out that day but I don't notice the close proximity of them with me. Only someone observing would see that. 

 4.What do you think about  the process of reading your peers reflection? Do you find this to be a valuable in your learning?  
I like to read other peoples thoughts on different images and then try to see where they are coming from. It is cool to realize oh I did not think of it that way, and then maybe next time I see something similar I will look at it differently. I believe it is valuable because no one is going to have the exact same thought as you so to have different perspectives makes me more open minded I think. 

5.Check your Blog and read comments posted by your Peers. Do you find their comments helpful?
Looking at my blog comments I really appreciate the comments that were given to me. The comments that were given were helpful to keep doing what I am doing because others see where I am coming from.  

Module 6- Sculpture and Ceramic Video Review

1. The first video The Eye of the Sculpture this went through the process of the rigorous of being a master sculpture. The concepts that were talked about were the following,sculptures/carvers . Sculpture is developed by clay and put through a process to become a finished product. Many of the individuals said it took them years just to finish one project. This is because they work on more than one at the same time to get fresh ideas from each piece. Sculpting originated from 17th century and is most common in Italy.
The second video glass and ceramics the concepts were just those. Glass is made out of refined sand and other raw materials added to take it hard solid shape. It was used for many things, such as stain glass in the church window which are still there today and for numerous other things of today's time. Ceramics like glass comes to existence with fire. Unlike glass this is made from clay like in the first video. This is a very long process. Clay is used to make a putty called slip, water, clay and raw materials.

2. The videos relate to the text as in both chapters 11 and 12 it states the history, process and useful ways in which carvers and ceramics are used in history and now.

3. My opinion on the videos these really did add more to the description of sculpting and crafts. I learned that the process of making even the mold could take years to develop. Sculpting is not a craft it really is an art, you need to have an open mind to everything.

Project #2 Visit to Abright- Knox Art Museum

1. The images that made the most impact on me are Hotel Lobby and Expanded Production. These two are very different images and settings but both had me stop to think about them. The Hotel Lobby is from 1950 and this made me look close at the faces then I noticed the caption, which is exactly what I was thinking. I could tell by the images people were not happy but I could not put a place with the faces. I really liked how there is so much emotion in the image after I read the caption I looked again. This was a great capture of the atmosphere.  I did the same thing with the Expanded Horizon image tried to understand the image without the caption from the artist. This to me looked like a place to show art work, like a creativity room. By the caption this is a metaphoric piece of work seeing that it says production room but no one is shown in the image. I liked the colors on the ceiling which I believe the sky is the limit because all colors are shown at the ceiling.

2. Two works of art that I felt a connection with were Baby Girl and The Hispanic Project. I felt a connection with the Baby Girl wood media because I am a mother of a baby girl and they are a huge responsibility and this indicates they are a larger than your own life. The Hispanic Project made me have a connection with this because it shows that everyone wants to fit in. When I was younger I felt like I needed to fit in with all the other girls so I changed who I was by doing just that, changing my hair,clothes and the way I carried myself. But once I got older I found out that you need to be comfortable with who you are and you dont need to change at all for anyone. 

3. The two works of art that I want to know more about are Kill Yourself and Seaman's Belt, because both of these are such large topics in the history of America. Especially the Kill Yourself, there is so much influence in the world and media that we see. What does this image represent? The Seaman's Belt I want to know more about the  racial inequality, does this image represent the quality of life he had?

Logo Design

1. I loved creating the logos it was fun to design something's  that interested me. It  was difficult to pick out what I wanted to do because I like so many things but it was a new experience.
2. The first thing was to  think about what I could create into a logo  that  isn't already out there in the world. I thought about all the things I liked and picked sports because that was the easiest for me.also my last name does help being its a sports  brand already.
3. The most important discovery was  that it is difficult to make the logo related to what you want it too without words..
4.  I learned from the  bottled up video what even tho their product evolved they had to somehow incorporate  the product that has been around for over 100years. They needed to make it similar to what the original was but different at the same time. And that can be very difficult Logos

Exploring Value and Color

I thought creating the color wheel and the grey scale was a good starting block of where we need to start at the very begging before we can creat something we want. I enjoyed working with the colors the most because it was a way to make me feel like a kid again that I was mixing things together and making something different. Nowadays if we are not in this kind of field then we dont do "fun" or creative things like that. The most important discovery is that you need to know the basics of color to get to the vibrant fun colors we all have now. In the videos that we watched I learned that art is not something that is easy. There are specific and critical moments that happened in history that makes it possible to even have pictures and patterns and colors. It is truly a discover.Wheel and Scale

Project #1 Photobucket Experience

The elements and principles was actually very enjoyable to complete. I love taking pictures and especially of random things so I used many of the random picture to show those elements and principles in my slideshow. Even thought it did take me reading the definitions of them a few times and being able to capture an image that would correspond well with it. Overall it was a very simple process to create a photobucket account and upload pictures.Elements and Principles



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Color and Emotions

1.       Color is what we feel; it is what we see and how we react to it. For example color is in our lives every day. The human feeling could be response to different color and can change at any second. The feelings are depicted through the shapes, lines of the colors.

2.       I think Color Theory is the most interesting to me was the actual fact of “all colors are dependent on light, and no object possesses color intrinsically.  I think it is interesting because without the color the world would be so different we would take a whole new perspective on the images we see on our day to day lives.

3.       In the Color video I thought it was awesome that when the women went to Venice and instead of using a very popular vantage place she picks a back alley way. She used so many deep colors to convey how bright the light reflects of the surfaces. The color red is really suppose to feel dark and negative but the way she uses them really makes her love the painting.

4.       In the first image of the video made me really look at the colors and how it really imposes someone thought on the painting.

AED 200- Module 2 Learning Art

1. In the videos I learned that there are a lot of different aspects of art that are very important . Lines are the first thing that an artist does but in the end you see none for the most part because the artist usually uses colors to make the outlining not so prevelent. In the video of neurology discussed about how the eye works and performs is the essence of how all the art is formed.

2. Platos thought of aesthetics is the most important to me because he not only discusses the fact the art needs to be beautiful but it also needs to be important to the society as a whole. Like for example the video was talking about a painting during a war. While this 14th century artist was not in good times the painting explains what really was happening then, so the end piece because now centuries later we can see this art and internalize it.

3.Changeux was very hard for me to get past his accent I listened to his video 3 times. All I could get from him was that there is conscience and non conscience looking at art, where you really understand the art and your brain is surprised and you will not be bored. Ramachandran was impressive to me the one aspect I got from his presentation was that he stated the charaicature is sometimes better for the brain to see the art better than the original photo.

4.the article and the videos tie in some aspects in the book reading as an example line and colors and shadows. They give more examples of these aspects of art.

5.I liked the first film about aesthetics because it really was interesting and went in depth about what it was and gave examples. The second film Changeux was very hard to understand so I didn't get very much from him but RAmachandran was actually very entertaining he was funny but very knowledgeable about Indian art. They added depth to the reading by teaching me how to look at are to be able to get the most out of it in your mind.

Setting up Blog

1. The process of setting up the Gmail account was very easy, each step was in the outline and was prompted step to step when going through. The blog on the other end was a little more difficult just the aspect of where to go after I did one step.
2. I expect to learn new techniques and aspects of art that I have not previously retained.
3.I love online classes I can make my own time lined schedule to get the work done.