Extra Credit

1. I enjoyed the color wheel and shading project because it was simple and fun. I mostly liked it because I am not a good artist or drawer.

2. The video assignments because they took a lot of time and did not really help me learn much.

3. I enjoyed the Blackboard site it was very helpful and useful during this course.

4. The discussion groups I thought were pretty useless. Looking through the comments of my work I could tell people could care less about it.

5. No I did not.

6. I would remove the discussion forums and video watching blogs. 

7. Yes, it is a lot of work but easy if you manage it right.

Reflections of AED 200

 What do you expect to learn in this course?
          I hope to learn more about the basics of art and to learn some important facts about art.
1. From looking at my first blog posting, my expectations were met by learning about the basics of art and important facts of artist. 

2. I still believe that art to me is defined as painting, drawing, sculptures, and museums. I also think of it as a process and time consuming process especially for actual artists. It is a very special in different ways to different people. It can be very emotional or very straight forward to some people. It is also seen as story telling.

3. I did not have a favorite artist for the start of this course. But now looking back at all of the artwork I had looked through I would say Andy Warhol is now a favorite of mine because of the way he presented his art.

4. My first thought of taking an online class was pretty excited to experience something so different than what I was used to. It is still the same, I really like the idea of an online class so next semester and on I will try to take online classes. 

Art Gallery Visit #3/ Self-Portrait

Madonna 

Self-Portrait

Cindy Shermand

Gelatin Silver Print

1975

Jean-François Millet

The J. Paul Getty Museum

Painting

1841

Marie-Gabrielle Capet

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Painting

1783

All these paintings are from the Google Art Project website.

#1. I picked these portraits of these women mostly because I will be creating a self-portrait and since I am a women also I wanted to share something between these portraits. I picked these because I like looking at older photos and seeing how different they are from these days. 

#2. I chose to use pencil and colored pencils because they are very easy to work with and I have many of these around the house.

#3. My biggest problem was making myself look like my picture, I did not overcome it because the only thing I can easily draw is a stick figure but I tried my best.

#4. It represents me in everyday life, with a smile on my face.

#5. The elements I used was shape for creating my face, eyes and nose. Color to make it look better and to show what my eyes, skin, and hair color are.

#6. I liked it because it is way different than any of my other classes instead of studying and reading I got to color and draw. 

#7. My final is not that good as I thought it would be but then again I am the opposite of an artist so it is kind of what I should have expected. 

Project #4 Reflection

During this process of looking for artworks and a theme, I wanted a theme that was either about nature and flowers or beach themes. But looking through the sites I could not find enough artworks that supported the themes I wanted so instead a theme that easily stood out to me was love/ curiosity. It is a mixture of both because they tie into each other. With these there was a lot of color, almost explosive color because it gives off the impression of how love makes you feel, also the way it can make your mind question some things, hence my title "The Beauty of Street Art". For the background of my slides, I used the same for all of them, it was like a a graffiti on the top with a yellow-mustard for the color. Even though my theme is love and curiosity I used the graffiti slide to contradict with the love but it also was similar because it is also street art just not the kind I picked. Throughout the entire project I did not find the websites helpful, they gave minimal information to complete the required elements of each artwork. I did figure it out by taking a huge amount of time to search every site to find the artwork to get as much information as possible. I also had a little difficulty on the description of the artwork because it was hard to not make the descriptions sound too much alike. After I found the theme I wanted it was not hard to incorporate other artworks that were similar.

Week #13 & #14

#1. Key Concepts:

The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art
-Pop culture, folk art, and car culture have had major influences in the genre
-Lowbrow art is a kind of art that is not categorized or recognized with any other type of art
-Lowbrow had consumer and pop culture references
-Some galleries would not display the Lowbrow art
-Emergence of the female artists
-Lowbrow had a difficult time being recognized or noticed with the mainstream art
-The punk rock generation propelled the Lowbrow art

Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology
-More than 10,000 Native Americans remains are unearthed at the archaeological sites across the United States in museums like Smithsonian
-Anthropologists differ in the fact whether or not the remains should be returned to their fellow ancestors
-Currently the Native Americans design the exhibits in New York's Native American Museum
-To this day some ancestors' bones are brought home

Displaying Modern Art: The Tate Approach
-Art was displayed in chronological order that represented each of the art movements
-Aesthetic and intellectual issues associated with the display of art
-Art was displayed on white walls
-Used flexible lighting
-1970, the traditional way was questioned
-The art came off the walls
-The Tate Modern display approach
-Tate provided striking and abrupt transitions from the individual displaying rooms

An Acquiring Mind: Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan
-Philippee de Montebello had served for 31 years as the Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
-Guided the acquisition of more than 84,000 works of art
-Demanded innovation in conservation techniques

#2. I found these videos relating to the my Art Exhibition project. It showed what kind of art should be in an exhibit and then how it should be displayed. It showed what the influences of art displays.

#3. The video that caught my eye the most was the Lowdown on Lowbrow mainly because the it did not have a specific theme and I have not heard of this before so I thought it would be interesting to learn more.

Module #12 Video Review

#1. I chose Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the 50's and 60's because I always liked the 60's decade it was a crazy decade. I also chose the Andy Warhol video because I have heard of his name before but do not know much of him and I would like to know more about him.

#2. Abstract Expressionism and Pop: Art of the 50's and 60's
Key Concepts:
-The attitudes of European avant-grande art and American art came together to make Abstract Expressionism.
-But it was soon rejected because it was seen as an egocentric character and nonfigurative which was then replaced by ultra-objective: Pop Art.
-Frankenthaler was known as mystical and feminine and likes to make the observer want to feel a warming and exhilarating sense of expressionism.
-Andy Warhol was known as the most famous artist of the Pop Art movement.

Andy Warhol: Images of an Image
Key Concepts:
-Known as a commercial artist and used advertising images in his work.
-Used Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor as his inspiration.
-Liked to use silk screening.
-His photographs were blown up and put onto silk screens then transferred to paper and canvas using ink and paint.
-Used consumer products as silk screen images.
-Shot around 100 films.
-Made dozens of self portraits.
-Used his world to address race rioted, the cultural revolution in China, the conquest of the moon, and the universal reign of the dollar.

#3. The text and videos relate to each other because they both talk about the starting of the Expressionism and Pop Art, art works and artists during these movements, and the inspiration of Andy Warhol's art.

#4. I liked the films because it helped me to learn about the leaders of the art movements and the characteristics involved with the works of art that were used to define Expressionism and Pop Art.

Art Gallery #2

https://www.burchfieldpenney.org/exhibitions/exhibition:07-12-2013-09-15-2013-ben-perrone-illusion-dellusion/

Step 1:
#1. Ben Perrone: Illusion/Delusion

#2. A tribute made to service men and women.

Step 2:
#1. Track lighting to focus on the piece mainly.

#2. Just plain white.

#3. Regular dry wall, not much else I think so that the art catches the eye first

#4. It is kind of all over but it leads you to making a decision of where you want to go and it is like little surprises each time.

Step 3:
#1. Very organized, easy viewing access.

#2. After seeing the tribute to service men and women I noticed many other things pertaining to service men.

#3. The way that some were represented through objects like bags displayed to show the lives lost then there were actual photos.

#4. Inside a glass case.

#5. It gave a description on a piece of paper saying name, title, dates, and media.

#6. Spaced a great amount away from each other. I think to ensure that the viewer actually can study the artwork and try to understand the meaning behind it, symbolizing the importance.

Artwork #1:
Phillip Burke
Neil Young
Oil on canvas
1956
48x60 inches
 

This painting shows a man that looks like a rockstar. It is very colorful and catches the eye easily with the vibrant colors. This is a old man, smoking a cigarette, and playing the guitar, it seems very 80's to me. The principles used include rhythm in the use of the color in the entire painting and emphasis on the entire man himself in the way of the colors. The elements used include color used within himself, the guitar, and shirt. Shape in the way it resembles the man himself and the guitar. I think the artist tries to represent the way a musician can bring so much life and happiness in their music.

Artwork #2: 

Emil Schult

Robert Moog

Reverse Glass Painting

This picture looks like it could be very old with the old style man and what looks like a machine with a splash of color to give it a little life. The principles used in this painting include movement in the way the painting looks like it is being pulled in the middle to one side. Pattern in the colors used and the proportion of orange and yellow. Elements used include color in the way orange and yellow are incorporated. Line and shape both in the way the painting seems to be getting pulled to one side. 

Artwork #3:

Ben Perrone

Illusion/Delusion

Black paper bags

2009

At first looking at this artwork it gets my mind thinking of what could this artwork represent? Then after reading the description it seems dark and sad. The paper bags looking small to a huge amount on the top looking like an upside down pyramid. The principles used include proportion with the way the bags are aligned. Emphasis with light to create an importance on the black bags. Elements used include shape how it looks like an upside down pyramid. I think this artist is trying to show the significance of the people lost during war. 

Question:

It was cool to go see how the artists are different from each other and how they are incorporated with each other.