AED 200 Review

1. My expectations were to be able to carry on a professional conversation about art. This expectation was met. I feel like I have learned so much about art and the vocabulary that comes with it.

2. My first post describe art as the expression that has come out of a person. It is creative and usually includes a part of the artist. It can be considered a painting, drawing, music, lyrical, or pretty much anything else. I personally still agree with this definition of art. It's everywhere.

3. My favorite artist in the beginning of the semester was Andy Warhol. He still is my favorite artist because I love what he creates. There is always a meaning behind his creations.

4. I would still take another online course which is what I said in the beginning of the semester. I learn a lot through online courses.   

Art Gallery Visit 3

I visited the Director's Gallery: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston online for this Project.

Title: Simplon Pass: Reading

Artist: John Singer Sargent

Size: 35.7cm x 51cm

Medium: Translucent and opaque watercolors, with wax resist, over graphite on paper

Year: Unknown

Title: Xie Kitchin Asleep on Sofa

Artist: Lewis Carroll

Size: 15.2cm x 21cm

Medium: Photograph

Year: 1873

Title: Commemorative Head of a Defeated Neighboring Leader

Artist: Unidentified

Size: 20.3cm x 15.9cm

Medium: copper alloy, iron

Year: late 15^th century

Reflection:

1. I chose these three inspirational pieces because I wanted to look at pieces that weren't the basic self-portrait type. The first piece Simplon Pass: Reading has more than one person in it, and they are reading. The next piece shows a little girl sleeping, and the third is a sculpture of a head. These stood out to me because the people in them look different than a regular self-portrait.

2. I chose pencil because my picture was black and white. There was a ton of shading and I thought that would be easiest to do with pencil.

3. It ended up being really hard to draw. I'm not a great artist to begin with, but this was by far the hardest. I couldn't do the shading very well, and I think the piece looks bad as a whole. I overcame this by doing the best I could.

4. This piece shows my face. It's similar to the sculpture I picked for one of my inspiration pieces.

5. I applied color, line, variety, and proportion.

6. I liked doing this project. It made me realize that self-portraits don't all consist of a person sitting in a specific pose and having an artist paint them.

7. I think my final artwork is horrible. It doesn't look like me at all.

Project 5 Reflection

1. I reviewed The Seasons...Reintroduced by Kelsey Lauer, Demi Flynn's Nature's Finest, and Warhol is Art by Brian Schiralli.

2. I ended up choosing Nature's Finest by Demi Flynn because it was similar to the exhibit that I completed. I wanted to see how she portrayed the same idea that I chose.

3. I had a hard time relating the exhibit to current events. I couldn't think of anything that would relate to the entire exhibit, so I went through each artwork inside the exhibit and came up with different events and historical places that way.

4. I found critiquing to be hard to do. I didn't want to critique it to the point that I was hurting someone's feelings, but I wanted to give enough constructive criticism so that they had some ideas to think about when improving their exhibit.

5. I would be interested in reading about what my peers have said about my exhibit. I became a little attached to my exhibit so I would be intrigued to see what others had to say about it.

6. I would rate my article a nine because I wasn't able to come up with a ton of current events that related to the exhibit.

7. I really did enjoy working on this project. Like I said, I became attached to my exhibit, and found it to be interesting to see some of the other exhibits that my classmates came up with.   

Module 15 Video Blog

1. The first video I chose was called Jackson Pollock: Michael Fried and T.J. Clark in Conservatism. It talks about how Michael Fried and T.J. Clark try to find common ground when discussing Jackson Pollock's paintings. It talks about the history of each piece and what both people feel when looking at them. Michael Fired believed that Jackson Pollock tried to paint pictorial elements while T.J. Clark believed he tried to paint with an experimental subject matter. The second video I chose was called The Colonial Encounter: Views of Non-Western Art and Culture. This film talks about the Western opinion has changed art from different cultures. It has made certain art unpopular in the West, and has effected how the world views it.

2. The videos helped me with my Art Criticism paper because they helped me analyze the subject matter of each picture in the PowerPoint. It helped me look beyond the main points of the painting. The movies brought me deeper into each piece instead of just scratching the surface.

3. I enjoyed Jackson Pollock: Michael Fried and T.J. Clark in Conservatism, and The Colonial Encounter: Views of Non-Western Art and Culture because they helped me view pieces that I normally wouldn't look at. This helped me to critique each piece because they talked about pictures from different time periods. There were plenty of those in the PowerPoint that I chose to analyze, so these videos helped tremendously.  

Project 4 Reflection

          The theme of my art exhibit is called Nature: the Medium of Art. I showed that in many different pieces, artists use nature in order to fill in around a main subject, and to help create an effect of beauty.

          Overall, I learned a ton by completing this project. I learned how to group pieces together, and I learned about many different types of art. I tried to incorporate many different styles, not just oil on canvas or landscapes. My favorite pieces to learn about were the installations, and architecture because of how they incorporated nature into them.

          The hardest part for me to complete was the description. It was hard to break down each piece and try to figure out what the artist was trying to say by using the principles and techniques of art. I really enjoyed learning and doing this project. It kept my interest, and was fun to complete my own art exhibition.   

Project 4 Video Blog

1. The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coasts Pop Art talks about the culture of Pop Surrealism. They mention the places that artists pull from such as comic books and rock 'n' roll. It also talks about why it is similar to Abstract Expressionism. Displaying Modern Art: The Tate Approach talks about how the presentation of art has changed over time. Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology talks about the many different pieces that have been found in Native American digs throughout the United States. It also talks about the arguments that the people involved in the digs had to go through. Great Museums: An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan talks about the director of the Metropolitan Museum and his career there. He extended the amount of artwork at the museum and created a cultural institution.

2. The pictures that were mentioned in The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coasts Pop Art about the Cold War relate to my theme about nature. There was nature portrayed in most of the pictures and it helped the artist bring out what they were trying to say. Displaying Modern Art: The Tate Approach helped with my exhibit because it showed the best ways to display the artworks that I choose. It also showed how to choose an artwork so that they are blend together. Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology didn't really help me with the topic of my exhibit. Great Museums: An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and the Metropolitan helped me a little bit with my exhibit. It showed me more ideas on how to present my artwork.

3. I enjoyed most of the films that we had to watch. They were interesting and defiantly gave me some ideas for my fourth project. They helped me with analyzing the portraits I chose because of where they came from. For example, I chose one piece that is from the Pop Art time period and it helped to figure out what the artist was trying to say. 

Module 12 Video Blog

   1. I chose Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the 50’s and 60’s, and Andy Warhol: Images of an Image because they both consisted of things I wanted to learn more about.  The Expressionism movie was chosen because I find art from the 50’s and 60’s to be interesting and cool to look at.  I chose to watch the movie about Andy Warhol because I love the artwork that he creates.  He takes everyday objects and makes them into a masterpiece.

   2.  Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the 50’s and 60’s talks about where it was born and how it was born.  It talks about a few artists that are a part of Abstract Expressionism such as Helen Frankenthaler.  It continues to talk about why people rejected it because of what it represented.  Finally, they talk about why it was replaced with Pop Art.  Andy Warhol: Images of an Image talks about his work of art called the Ten Lizes.  He explains that his artwork demonstrates how indifferent he feels towards famous people and compares them to a can of soup.  He also talks about Pop Art as a whole and what the role of Pop Art signifies inside society.

   3. The videos relate to the readings in the textbook because they cover Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism.  These are talked about in the textbook in a brief discussion and summary of the time period.  The videos elaborate on what the textbook has talked about and add in different details that the textbook didn't mention

   4. I found the videos to be informative and informational.  They add depth into the readings and art concepts because each video talks about a different time period within art culture.  Andy Warhol talks about what Pop Art signifies inside society and what materials are used in the artworks.  The Abstract Expressionism video talks about why it was rejected and replace with Pop Art.