Project #5 Art Criticism Article

1. Which projects did you review?
I reviewed simone zinns emotion and art project
2. Why did you select the Exhibit you critiqued?
Because feeling and art go hand in hand and i believe that it would be  the easiest to do.
3. What challenges did you face in writing the critique article and how did you overcome them?
None it was pretty staright forward and easy i enjoyed thiis last project and had a good time.
4. How do you feel about critiquing your peers work?
It was ok but i dont think i would be to harsh to my peers because they are not professionals and its hard to really critic them to the fullest.
5. Would you like to read the critique your peers wrote about your Art Curation Project?
no i would not because i dont like to be critiqued to harsh my feelings would be hurt if they graded me to hard.
6. On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your finished article and why?
Im not really a good writer but i would give my final a 10

Create a reflection journal on your Blog and answer the following questions:
1. Why did you select the inspiration pieces?

2. Why did you select the media to create your self-portrait?

I prefer to draw with pen or pencil because they have fine tips and it is easier to draw detail and get into small corners with the media.
3. What challenges did you face in creating your self-portrait and how did you overcome them?

Getting everything centered and proportional on my face. I drew center lines in order to help me draw my nose and other guides to help with my eyes and lips.
4. How does this piece represent you?

Its my face so I guess that it represents me to the fullest.
5. What elements and principles of art did you apply in this work?

Lines, unity and shape.
6. Did you enjoy working on this project?

Yes I like to draw anime and cartoon faces so it was a good experience.
7. What do you think of your final artwork?

It could be better with some practice, but with the time I had it does me justice.

Week Eleven - Video Review Blog

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
critics are analytical they see things in a different way. They say they love thier jobs because it always changes. To be in their field they have to capture the readers attention and be credible, state facts and just dont give their simple opinion.
2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Criticism project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.
They do relate but i believe in this class we are not professionals so we would critique each others work so harsh. 
3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of art criticism?
The films were good just a little long. They basically got to the point in the first 10 minutes the rest of it just got more specific in a certain critics life.

EXTRA CREDIT (FINAL CHANCE!

1. Which assignment did you ENJOY working on the best? Why?
The best assignment was Elements and principles. I enjoyed going around and taking pictures of these things, it wasnt to hard but it made you move and be active.

2. Which assignment did you ENJOY working on the least? Why?

i didnt really enjoy the mask making project i thought it was to high school i dont like cutting things out and gluing it just took me back some years. I dont know if everybody who takes this class is and art major because they might enjoy it but for me it wasnt that fun.

 

3. How did you like using ANGEL?

Angel is very useful when the teacher is on it all the time to respond to your questions and concerns and responds in a timely manner its better than being in class

4. If you had the opportunity to change this course:

What would you keep?What would you remove?What would you add? I would change the fact that it goes throughout the whole not just in a session.

5. Would you recommend this course to your peers?

Yes most deffinately. I failed this course in class but online i did so much better

6. Please list any other comments you would like to share.
i had a good time taking my first online course

1. What were you expectations for this course and where they met?
This course made me reach far beyond myself, i did not expect to do this many art projects and i did not know that the class was through the whole summer. I expected it to be easy and i would breeze through it. But it was very demanding.
2. Now that you've been through this course, What is art? How would you define it now compared to your intial posting?
Art to me is something that differs from person to person. i learned that that skills and art are two different things and i still have the same opinion as i did before but after all is said in done i have broadened my knowledge of art.
3. Who was your favorite artist in your original posting and who is your favorite visual artist now? If there is a difference, why do you think so? If you have the same favorite artist, why do you think so?
I never really had a favorite artist and to this day i dont believe i can say that i will ever have one but i do like certain pieces by certain people like Picasso.
4. Now that you've completed this course, how do you feel about taking an online course? Is your answer the same as it was in your first posting? How is it the same or different?
This was my first online course like a said in my first posting but  i think that im going to take more of these classes because its way easier and you can monitor your grades easier and you can just do everything on your own time and not have to limit yourself to a classroom. 

Week Ten - Blog: Video Review

Yes theses videos show the process needed to make and exhibit. I learned alot from these and it gave me my idea to do Black art. I had to ask myself what would be the easiest thing for me to show and relate to. It was either sports or nature, and everybody else was probably going to do nature. The videos were good to give you a concept but when deciding what to put what i put in my exhibit it came from the heart. No video could determine what i did.

Project #4: Art Curator Exhibition

This project took me about a week to complete with each day i found a new painting to put on my slide. I had many ideas but one stood out in my mind. The theme was black people and art. This means alot to me and my culture so thats why i decided to do it. This project was fun, i got a chance to view alot of pieces of art. I learned why certain artist created their paintings and it was an all around great experience. The only down part was that if you had similiar paintings or similiar artist you would seem like things were becoming repetative. It wasa good experience for me because my major is math and this is a long way away from doin equations. Its just a grueling of a process though.

Hockney on Photography
I chose this video because the word  hockney looked interesting and it was this video showed this artist and his progress in his work. It showed his collges and how his worked changed and how he dared to explore the art of the nude. they showed a bunch of his works just like the other videos and showed how he experimented with other things like paint, fax art and photocopying. They also said most of his artwork is not made for public viewing because in my opinion people are afraid of being nude or naked it scares them and when somebody shares it with the world its a problem.

Andy Warhol: Images of an Image

 the works of Andy Warhol symbolize modern America. This program takes a look at the Pop Art movement and the life of Warhol through his portrayal of the Ten Lizes. This painting shows his fascination with and his problem. He wants to show celebrities as objects no less commodified than a simple can of soup. Andy warhol is one of my favorite modern day artist.

The Mystical North: Spanish Art from the 19th Century to the Present

lol I picked them randomly, i had no prior knowledge of any of these videos. This video provided some background information of the fascist movement, and the brutality of the Spanish Civil War, and the psychological effects it posed for artists who lived through it.  The video started with Goya, and it was interesting to see his Black Paintings,which is a gruesome painting, was hanging over his dining room table.  I also thought it was interesting to learn that Picasso donated much of his private things to the city of Barcelona before he died. His piece 'Les Demoiselles d' Avignon" shows the influence of African Art by his use of the mask in his painting. Northern Spain has produced some of the world’s most celebrated artists, including Picasso, Miró, Dalí—and Goya, who foreshadowed modern painting with his dark political consciousness.  The problems that overwhelmed Spain as the 20th century came and moved  forward.

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884 (Seurat)

The title caught my eye on this one it kind of remiinded me of sunday in the square  in downtown buffalo.Georges Seurat produced, in La Grande Jatte. People discuss and want to know what the fishing woman really fishing for and what do the monke revealed by X-rays to be a last-minute add and the luminous little girl symbolize. Its proportions are all messed up. This video basically critisizes and scrutinizes this painter and his works and shows us a little more than the book would. It gave me an in depth look at other peoples views and how they critisize others works

Week Eight- Art Making/Material Exploration Blog

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Golden masks excavated in Kalmakareh,Lorestan, Iran. First half of first Millennium BC. National Museum of Iran.

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Wolf mask

Quechua people, Ecuador

18 inches, painted wood

A large, hardwood mask that is beginning to develope a nice patina. Better quality than the masks now being made in Ecuador.

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Animal spirit mask
Piaroa-Huarime people, Orinoko River region, Venezuela
12 inches, basketry covered with beeswax and mud, bark cloth hood

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Line is the path of a point moving through space. i wanted to just keep it basic throughout this process and considering that i cant draw that good. I also tried to use patterns and use rhythm and movement to the unity of the lines. And also the lines show a bit of a pattern. But my inspiration was from the 3 drawings above mine but all in all the basic concept is fire  i showed emphasis on the colors red yellow and orange and a little blue. I used pencil, paint, and markers.

I didnt really enjoy this project because i felt that it was too high school but it did like researching different cultures and there traditions and learning why they use these  mask. I learned alot about african cultures and south american cultures.

Week Eight - Blog: Video Review

1. Explain why you selected each of the FOUR videos you choose from the selection listed above.
no reason i just picked randomly


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


The area covered stretches from Spain in the west to Uzbekistan and Afghanistan in the east, taking in important centres of artistic production in the Arab lands, Turkey and Iran. The new Jameel Gallery houses over 400 objects, including ceramics, textiles, carpets, metalwork, glass and woodwork, .The rapid rise of Islam in the 7th century AD transformed the history of the Middle East. The religion’s founder,  Two hundred years later this single Islamic empire had been replaced by a number of competing states. Despite their rivalries, the Muslim rulers of the time shared many ideas on culture and politics, as well as religion.

A three-year-long renovation and re-design of the V&A's Islamic Gallery created an outstanding new home for the collection.

This common Islamic heritage was maintained until the 1920s. By then, almost the whole region was divided between European colonial powers and local regimes with a secular outlook.Throughout this long period Islamic art continued to be produced. It included sophisticated court pieces as well as works of religious art, reflecting Islam’s role both as a religion and a political system.
the Great Wave is arguably the best-known image of Japanese art in the Western world today, the multiple meanings of The Great Wave, explains the mechanics of woodblock printing, 
Belgium's Tervuren Museum contains the world's largest collection of Central African art, which consists of approximately 250,000 pieces. Noted journalist Paul Solman discusses the power and the true price of this collection with art historian Ramona Austin and journalist/author Adam Hochschild
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
They are similar but do not give us as much info as the text. They are more focused on the subject so if you wanted to know about that particular subject it was very informational


3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
They basically just give us information about art and give me a backround history on each topic

Week Seven - Art Gallery Visit #2

Questions about the exhibit:
1. What is the title of the exhibit?
Videosphere

2. What is the theme of the exhibition? 

Extruded video Engine # 

Questions about the physical space:1. What type of lighting is used?
The only light came from the engine

2. What colors are used on the walls?
The Walls were all dark so that the engine can stick out. it seemed like they ussed glow in the dark lights.

3. What materials are used in the interior artchitecture of the space?
it was designed using 3d modeling software, which sarkisian employed to combine hundreds of film clips to form a hybrid object/image.

4. How is the movement of the viewer through the gallery space?

its a big space that can fit about 20 -30 people 

 Questions about the artwork:1. How are the artworks organized? I really didnt see a pattern in the exhibit but they were all seperated by different rooms.
2. How are the artrworks similar?
They all used similiar lighting and they all used video as some part of the exibit

3. How are the artworks different?
Each artwork has a different meaning an is up for a different interpretation. They all look similiar as in lighting and the fact that it is video but when you watch the video everything changes

4. How are the artworks framed?
They are all either projected from a prjector or played from a tv or on screen 

Isaac Julien Western union: small boats, 2007 Three screen projection. He  portrays african and asian stowaways traveling 100 miles every year in order to escape harsh conditions at home. I dont know why thsi reminds me of slavery and people trying to escape the hollicaust but i enjoyed this three screen exhibit. 
Jaye Rhee Tear, 2002 Four channel video installation. This piece of work can be interpreted in many differnt ways she says that it is the singular expressive gesture cleverly contrast the diligence of the human spirit and its progress against adversity. But i thought it just showed how a person always has some sort of obsticle in front of them. and her cloth uses great symbolism along with the use of dull colors makes this piece work for me.

Week Seven - Blog: Video Reviews

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

i really didnt have any reason for picking these videos i just chose the first 4. I didnt really know anything about the videos so either way i would learn something 

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

In the drawings of Michelangelo video they just want to show us what his paintings look like together.

The leonardo da vinci video was basically a bio of his lifes work and shows how he was a great factor in the renaissance. 

The power of art video showed how paintings showed in your face drama and how the paintings made you feel as if you were there. They basically just analyze these paintings.

La primavera talks about so called unappropriate art and how stupid people can be and want to decide what can be considered art and what can be showed or not. I think people can be so ignorant

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

The videos go into a little more detail and they give us more of a visual. With this i feel i can learn better and more

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts? All the videos were basically the same but the one that stood out the most to me was the power of art and La Primavera im a very religious person and this caught my attention with these paintings. The La primavera is very interesting i love when people become unruly over something as little as art when theres way bigger issues.

Week Six - Blog: Reviewing Peer Responses to Artwork

http://clare-castelletti.blogspot.com/2011/06/art-gallery.html?showComment=1310336154776#c4062486031382599863

http://clare-castelletti.blogspot.com/2011/06/slideshow_11.html?showComment=1310337754975#c7483822398793466007

http://danielle-aed200.blogspot.com/2011/06/art-gallery-visit-extension-request.html?showComment=1310339229591#c9068409794716580935

http://danielle-aed200.blogspot.com/2011/06/creative-process-of-creating-element.html?showComment=1310339968506#c7560858576918018195

4. 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?

No they were all pretty much the same but it was nice to see peoples creative process and how they went about taking their pics

5. What do you think about  the process of reading your peers reflection? Do you find this to be a valuable in your learning?

No not really but it was a good experience. And my peers comments were helpful in a way but it did not really directly affect my process or make my learning experience any different.

6. Check your Blog and read comments posted by your Peers. Do you find their comments helpful? 

No not at all

Week Six - Blog: Video Reviews

1. Explain why you selected each of the three videos you choose from the selection listed above.
I picked the two Greek videos and the Middle ages video because i always was fascinated with the Greek culture since i was a child and the middle ages or darke ages have also been something i have found interesting for example the black plague Knights and its just something that caught my eye.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
Greeks moved toward human centered concerns and discarded religious function. the evolving in realism and telling us how greeks were working at a whole different level of sophistication during their time was a key concept throuhout these videos.

2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
They basically say the same thing as the book but gives us a visual and gives a little bit more detail so that we can have a mental pictgure and actual see the sculptures or the architecture for ourselves.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts.
The films are desent but they look old to me and the narrator is alittle boring. They do add alot of depht by giving us more detail and adding a visual aspect to it.

Week Five - Blog: Video Review (Architecture)

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
The architecture video shows us how with each building there is alot of math and strategy behind the design of these buildings. With each building they must take into consideration wind, gravity percipitation and even earthquakes so for the most parts these buildings a are stronger than they look. They also focus on concrete and how they  get skyscrapers to stand so high.
Mathematics of architecture is basically exactly how it sounds. I already knew that with each design there is an equation and they use math in creating these buildings so this video just reconfirmed what i already knew.


2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
Its basically the same thing but it gives us alittle mnore depth and adds the visual aspect to it which makes it more infromative for me.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of Architecture?
The films are informative very interesting and not to long to the point where i get bored with it. The show visuals helping us understand what is going on. Because it helps a person who has no knowledge of what architecture is.
4. From the group of four that you had a choice: Why did you choose that film?
I chose the architecture film because i have a little backround in it and my major is Mechanical engineering which go hand in hand. Also my uncle is an architect at the smithsonian in washington dc. I have always been .intrigued bybuildings and drawing and helping design them because ive been around it my whole life

week 5 blog video review

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
Through the eyes of a sculptor they basically showed us the sculptor Emmanual in his studio and they want us to see the process of creating a sculpture of clay then turning it into Marble.
In tjhe glass and ceramics video the show the glass-making techniques ,which are glass blowing and the art of stained glass windows and how the use of this material has become more and more common today. Especially in modern building which sometimes contain 50% glass
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
Its basically the same as the text but you have a better visual and can see the process.
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the topics: Sculpture, Installation, and Craft?
I prefer the video because i am a visual learner and i would like to see what people are talking about. They add depth by showing us the step by step and actually teach us how to do these certain things. The movies were very enlightening and way more interesting than the book.

week 4 art gallery

A.) Which artworks make an impact or impression on me? Why?
Yves Tanguy indefinite divisibility made a very good impression on me. i like cool colors like the greys and the blues. i like how he made it look like the picture fades far into tha back. i kinda reminds me of a playground.
Salvador Dali the transparent simulacrum of the feigned image,  has always made an impression on me because ive always had a thing for this painting. its real calm  and it gives me a sense of mountains and a river and i like how the blanket slips off the end of the painting.



B.) Which artworks do I feel a connection with? Why?
Storm Tharp, Miss Cloud reminds me of my great grandma that i lost 2 years ago.
john f. kensett, Coast Scene reminds me of when we were little and we were goin to beaver island.
james jacques joseph tissot Political woman reminds me of my mom and the dresses she use to wear.


 C.) Which artworks would I like to know more about? Why?

james rosenquists Nomad, Alexander Calders D and Jackson Pollocks Convergence is a very interesting piece but i have no clue what it means and would like to talk to the artist to see what he was thinking.

 

week 4 logo

1. Discuss what you thought about creating your logo.
It was a hard process, i did not know what to put on it but after a long grueling process i came up with and idea.
2. Describe the process: creative thinking skills and ideas you used in the logo creation.
I thought about things that i like, then what most decribes me and put it in the picture.
3. What was the most important discovery you made in the creation of your logo?
I discovered that i am not really a creative person. It took me along time to do this and its hard for me to draw off the top of my head it is way easier to draw knowing what it is you want to draw.
4. What is the most important information you learned from watching the videos, powerpoint, and reading material  for this project? What is your opinion of the videos?

Really nothing but i learned how to stretch my brain and my creative process got a little better because of this.

Week Four Value Scale and 6-step Color Wheel

Creating a color wheel and a value scale was a good experience and is necessary step in learning to work with different mediums.


I like working with the pencil because it is more precise. The paint was harder to use and more messier. Even though the paint is more versatile it is harder to use and i feel like im neater with the pencil.


using paint brushes and dealing with watercolors was the most important part.


How to mix colors and what colors really make black and how we use three basic colors cyan, yellow and magenta for things like printing, tv and computers etc.

slide show

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Week Two - Blog: Color Theory and Emotional Effects

1. Describe Color and it's effects on emotions. Use the appropriate vocabulary of color in your posting.
Certain colors have certain effects on your emotions. Reds usually cause Excitement, energy, passion, love, desire, speed, strength, power, heat, aggression, danger, fire, blood, war, violence, all things intense and passionate. Blues are more peace, tranquility, cold, calm, stability, harmony, unity, trust, truth, confidence, conservatism, security, cleanliness, order, loyalty, sky, water, technology, depression. And greys are more security, reliability, intelligence, staid, modesty, dignity, maturity, solid, conservative, practical, old age, sadness, boring. Silver symbolizes calm.

2. What is a theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues/fascinates you? Why?
How colors trigger our emotions and we connect them with certain objects inour everyday life for example red either can symbolizze blood or even an red light in traffic or even a stop sign.
3. In the Color video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?
I just thought it was interesting period because i used to be a psych major and it fascinating to see how these cololrs can trigger rcertain things in us.
4. In the Feelings video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?
I just thought it was interesting period because i used to be a psych major and it fascinating to see how these cololrs can trigger rcertain things in us.

Me

Creating a Gmail and blogger account was very easy.
I expect to learn more than what i know now.
This is my first online course hopefully it goes well.