...Origami: the ancient art of folding paper into different beautiful objects, like the classic crane. If you were asked me how it has affected me, or how I think it’ll affect me in the future, this is what I’d say. Origami has not affected me, but I think it will in the future, through the things I used to do with it, and being complete trash at it, I think it will affect me later though. As of right now, oragami has not inspired me or affected me. Is say this because as of today i have not made that much oragami items. As a child i did make fortune tellers, but, I wasn’t that good at the time. So, I got to work to get better, and in time, I was. Then I started trying more, and learned that there was much harder than i thought. But, I do not...
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...Art Paper Assignment For this assignment, I really wanted to specifically choose three pieces that conveyed not just my senses, but rather, I wanted something to reach out and pull me in, like a moth drawn to flames. As naïve as this might sound, I searched for pieces that had a certain quality that would take my breath away, make me feel as if time had stopped; I guess what I was searching for was something that appealed to my emotions. Even though the museum was filled with many beautiful pieces of art, I only found one piece that stood out and grabbed me in the way that I wanted. With the other two pieces that I chose, I found myself asking why the artists of those pieces would go about doing things in the way that they did. I found myself drawn to the last two pieces, not in an emotional manner, but rather enthralled by an intellectual curiosity. Regardless of the way I was drawn to each piece, I found the analysis of piece to be equally interesting. I will describe, to the best of my abilities, the physical description of each piece, their individual significance, what the pieces conveyed, and my personal reflections on each of the pieces. The artist of the first piece, entitled “Motherhood” (1930-1931), is Roberto Montenegro, a Mexican artist (1885-1968), and it was done through the medium of watercolor on paper. The first thing that is noticeable in the painting are the two figures, one feminine and the other masculine, that are seated with their backs against...
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...Reading Art – Understanding Iconography The art work that I chose was Pablo Picasso’s painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. The four roles that an artist take on is one to make us the public experience and see the world in new and innovative ways. I think that the second role that the artist takes is to make a visual record of places, places and events of their time. The third role that the artist takes on is to make functional things such as objects and structures more pleasurable and elevate these things with some sort of meaning. The fourth role that the artist takes on is to be able to give some sort of form to the immaterial which is said to be defined as universal truths, spiritual forces and personal feelings. The reason that I chose that particular painting is because I feel that it expresses an example of personal feelings spiritual truths. I think that in his painting he was able to find some sort of freedom expression from both the current and the classical French influence and he was able to make his own path. I think that with this painting he was able to think as they say outside of the box and do something that was very much his own type of work. I think that the iconographic significance of this painting was that this painting would become one of the most important ones of that century. This painting started out as a narrative brothel scene with five prostitutes and a two men who would be a sailor and a medical student. It was said that as Picasso began to paint...
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...Student Name: samantha heilman Student Email: samanthaheilman@yahoo.com Site Title: MyArtsLab for A World of Art, 6e Book's Title: A World of Art Book's Author: Sayre Location on Site: Resources > Simulations > ELEMENTS OF FORM: LINE 83% Correct of 6 Scored items: 5 correct: 83% 1 incorrect: 17% Submitted on August 16, 2012 at 5:06 PM (UTC/GMT) Time Spent:: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 1 Because line is an element that describes __________, it can be used in many ways to show shape and mass. Correct: one dimension ------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 2 The outlines or edges of a figure are shown with: Correct: contour drawing ------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 3 Lines that are created by the relationships in a picture but do not actually appear in it are called: Correct: implied ------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 4 In Birth of Venus, the lines are: Correct: curved and flowing, expressing softness and peace ------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 5 Line that is used to create a sense of movement or feeling is called: Incorrect: impressive ------------------------------------------------------------------- Question 6 The...
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...Experience Timeless Coastal Beauty, Style and Sophistication Only the best will do ... Best wishes on your upcoming special day, and thank you for your interest in InterContinental The Clement Monterey as your wedding destination. Our spectacular ocean front hotel is situated right in the heart of historic Cannery Row and on the Monterey Bay, where mesmerizing ocean views, bay breezes and coastal scenery will captivate your soul and enchant your guests. Wedding ceremonies are staged on an expansive courtyard facing the sapphire-blue waters of the bay. Couples say their vows against this stunning azure backdrop, enlivened by marine life such as frolicking sea otters, harbor seals and sea lions. To enhance enjoyment of this picturesque setting, your social hour can take place in the inspiring ocean air as well. While the wedding party is posing for pictures, guests can enjoy the hotel’s boardwalk and pier, which extends out over the bay. Cut-outs on the boardwalk reveal tantalizing peeks down into the tidal zone and the teeming underwater world of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. We specialize in offering all of the extras that will make your wedding memorable: Wedding Showers Engagement Parties Rehearsal Dinners Wedding Ceremonies Wedding Cocktail Hours Dinners and Dancing Late Night Snacks Farewell Wedding Brunch Hotel Guestrooms Wedding Party Suite Spa Services to Include Hair and Makeup Ocean Terrace Ceremony and Reception Ocean Terrace Ceremony The...
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...caught my eye was the Marble Statue of Aphrodite- the so-called Venus Genetrix. This particular statue interested me because in high school, I was assigned the role of Aphrodite in a skit. Ever since then, her mythological story interested me. Aphrodite is the Greek Goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality. The sculpture that I picked seemed unique to me and different from the sculpture of her in the Art Through The Ages textbook. This piece was created in the Imperial time period, between the 1st and 2nd century A.D., and is from the Roman Culture. This piece classifies as a stone sculpture. Aphrodite is a Greek Goddess, which means the goddess of love. With that being said, the original sculpture was Greek and made of bronze. The museum states that Kallimachos created this particular sculpture. He lived in the second half of the first century B.C.E in Corinth. After examining the sculpture, it is portrayed as if Aphrodite is walking. It seems as though her body is leaning more on the weight of her left leg. A term that describes this is Contrapposto. This term is used in the visual arts that describe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that the shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs. This leaves the statue of Aphrodite looking very naturalistic. This sculpture is classified under the Late Classical period. Greek artists at this time were fascinated with the movement and the nature of human bodies, which is what this statue portrays....
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...Jacob D’Alessandro Museum Art Assignment Professor Huntington April 29th 2014 The Daiitoku Myoo “King of Wisdom” was an important figure to the Heian period of Japan during the late 12th century and followed along with the idea of Buddhism and the continuation of Japanese styled art. During the development of Japan culture the Japanese went through many eras of changes in art and religion that led up and developed the Heian period. These eras were called the Jomon period which dated between 10,500-300 B.C. during this era clay ceramics were used especially in the northeastern portion of Japan, the Yamai period also used clay figurines. The Kofun Period was different because the “Government had developed centralized and could control the flow of resources from outlying regions to its center near Nara on the island of honshu”(Pearson Richards 5). They establishment of Haji made with a coil and slab technique. In the Asuka period they started importing three colored ware from china. However once Japan developed into the 8th century (Heian period) the establishment of dark color and green ware were seen in Japanese culture art work. Now what was the Heian period? There were to different era’s of this time the early Heian period and the late Heian era. The earlier stage of the Heian era is characterized by “attempts to the incorporate Chinese influence”(Shoten18). There was a distinct difference in the later Heian era regarding the style of the Japanese art. The works of the early...
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...Art Appreciation Art cannot be classified into one category, style, or period. Art is very diverse, ranging from the beginning of the human being to today. Through the years, art has evolved dramatically from stick figures and two dimensional animals to three dimensional sculptures and intricate paintings. The artwork featured at the Seattle Art Museum shows many different types of art and features several different periods in which these artworks were created. Two pieces of art that stuck out the most at the museum was Albert Bierstadt’s Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast and Robert Arneson’s Pool with Splash. Both of these pieces of art showed character and seemed to almost speak to the viewer. Although there are many different periods and types of artwork, Bierstadt’s and Arneson’s pieces were the most intriguing. Robert Arneson is an artist who was born and raised in California. Robert was “encouraged by his father to draw” (Sward), so he followed his father’s advice and began creating cartoons for a California newspaper. After attending California College of Arts and Crafts, he began teaching “for a local high school, where he became interested in ceramics” (Sward). Although Robert had an interest in ceramics, he soon showed that he wanted to break away from the rules and boundaries of sculpting. He was part of a group that created pop art with their talents. In 1977, Robert completed his work Pool with Splash, where he is able to demonstrate the pop art style. Pool with...
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...articulated in the ambulatory (chevet) of the royal abbey church of Saint-Denis, north of Paris, built under Abbot Suger between 1140 and 1144. Two concentric aisles are separated by slender columns: the outer aisle is covered by five-part and the inner aisle by four-part rib vaults. The resulting effect is one of clear spatial distribution and organic lightness: the bays are opened on all sides and the walls of the radiating chapels, no longer load-bearing. (Julien Chapuis)Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. I have seen grey and tan color cathedrals. The main color is from the multi-color hand painted stain glass windows. The subject matter is to praise God or build a house to worship God. The Cathedral is the temple for god. It is supposed to draw you in and keep you. I think it is literally depicted because it is all abut God. The message is that many Cathedrals look good but his/hers is going to be great. There are sometimes crosses put in the art work. I have seen the Virgin Mary in some of them. These buildings represent God so they have to look unreal to the human eye. “The mere detail of the Lancet style possesses the most exquisite loveliness of any style of architecture whatever. We might ransack all the edifices in the world, from the Treasury of Atreus to Henry VII's Chapel, and find nothing which can be for a...
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...Introduction This piece of art I chose to identify in my critical paper is Fig. 11-7 Fra Andrea Pozza, The Glorification of Saint Ignatius, 1691-94 Ceiling fresco, Nave of Sant’ Ignazio, Rome. The Artist of this painting is Andrea Pozzo born 30 November 1642 Trento, County of Tyrol, Holy Roman Empire and known for Architecture, painting and decorator work. The work the media used in chosen work as the book used is The Apotheosis of St Ignatius (1691-4) San Ignazio, Rome. The Dimensions of the work is 56 X 115 Ft. and the date the work was completed in 1694. Formal Analysis The Element of Design used in his painting was colors are used to create the illusion of three-dimensional space on a flat ceiling above the viewer, his acknowledged masterpiece of Christian art is the ceiling fresco painting Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuits (c.1685-94) in the Church of S.Ignazio in Rome, a work which combined architecture and painting to an almost unbelievable degree, and became a textbook example of 17th century Catholic Counter-Reformation Art. The principles of the Design that Pozzo use I would say variety of building ceiling that were on the ceiling of building. But the Style he uses is abstract from my opinion because Pozzo uses it as a “Catholic Counter-Reformation art” that describes more stringent, doctrinal style of Christian art which was developed during the period c.1560-1700. Interpretive Analysis This painting that Pozzo painting uses various of symbols...
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...style. For example, in Rococo architecture the emphasis was on grace, ornamentation and asymmetry. Neoclassical architecture is based on the principles of simplicity and symmetry. During this time there were two major movements going on, The French Revolution, and the enlightenment period. Both of which had a huge influence in how the art would be viewed and created. I am going to explain how the two events influenced artworks, and the techniques used by the artist. Neoclassical Art Paper...
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...I will first start off with my trip to the museum. I decided to go to the Asian art museum in San Francisco for my project. My experience there was not as exciting as I thought it would be. I have been to this museum before and had a great time. I can only think that most likely it’s because they had a lot more sculptures and rugs out, whereas last time I went they had more paintings. I only really found three items, two paintings and 1 sculpture that interested me. Of those three I will be talking about two of them in this paper. The first painting I will be talking about is "Mount Fuji viewed from the Imai Ferry on the Tone river, Shimosa province" by Shiba Kokan. The painting has Mount Fuji in the background and the Tone River in the forefront with six boats on it. The banks of the Tone River can also be seen with lush greenery on it. I wouldn't say that this painting made me feel anything when I saw it but it more like it piqued my interest due to its vibrant colors and it looked different from the other Japanese paintings I saw. For Example, at the museum they had another painting of Mount Fuji right next to this one but it didn't look as vibrant and it looked kind of bland in my opinion. I was to find out later, after reading the Plaque in front of the Shiba painting, the reason for the difference between the two is that Shiba Kokan was experimenting with western techniques of painting (1). Another thing mentioned on the Plague at the museum, though not mentioned on...
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...Art Genre Paper Peaches University of Phoenix March 23, 2009 MMus Abstract Expressionism Genre art evolved from the Dutch Baroque painters in the 17th century. The term “genre” generally refers to the pictorial representations in various media types that represent events of daily living. Such representations can be people, places, activities, parties, a building’s interior or a scenic outdoor setting. These scenes can be realistic, imagined, or even romanticized by the artist. This paper will examine abstract expressionism’s historical development and evolution of style, characteristics of the genre, influential styles or its influence on other styles, the influence of styles on three different visual or performing arts, and any significant contributions to the development and evolution of this style. Historical Development and Evolution of Style Abstract expressionism was developed in the context of diversity and an overlapping of sources and whose major contributors came from the 1930s. During this time “The Great Depression” had begun to yield two different art movements: Regionalism and Social Realism but neither of these appealed to this group of artists. This group was seeking significant content in their work. Having broken away from accepted conventions in both technique and subject matter, these artists used work that was monumentally scaled and reared reflections of their individual psyches. Valuing spontaneity and improvisation their style...
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...Museum Paper Art 101 Starting my visit to the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum I was unsure of the artifact that I would choose to write this paper about. I have been to the Smithsonian museums countless times in my life strolling about taking the exhibits for granted like the many other people raised in the Washington metropolitan area having virtiously unlimited access to them. I was prepared for another mundane visit to the museums, however this visit was different I saw many exhibits that I have studied recently in this class such as the Lascaux caves and other prehistoric art. I found myself engaged as never before as I searched the old halls for what would be subject of this paper an ancient artifact of my very own choosing. I decided on the Cypruss crossroads of civilizations exhibit located on the museums second floor. I was drawn to this exhibit mainly due to the two large stone statues at opposing ends of it’s narrow entrance doors. Upon entry I was amazed at all of the ancient original pieces most of which I can recall learning about in this class. I decided that I would pick a piece and snap a quick picture of myself proudly standing next to it, get the dimensions and backround and be on my way to an A paper in no time. I pulled out my digital camera and began to power it up when I was immediately advised by the museum security guard that I was not authorized to take pictures inside the exhibit due to the delicate nature of the artifacts. I...
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...The Human Figure in Art Student Name University The human figure in art, sculpture and other art forms involves the study and appreciation of the beauty of the human body (Human figure (aesthetics) , 2013). It can involve the body shape, including different postures, such as sitting, standing, sleeping, or even while in motion, walking or running. I think that the human figure is one of the most interesting and beautiful to look at, and it absolutely amazing to look at how much the human figure in art has changed over time. Different cultures believed that the human body was beautiful in different ways. Some show humans in the art as perfect and almost God like, while others show them in a more realistic form. Another amazing part about the human figure is not only are we observing the way a body looks, but also we are feeling the emotions that these characters are portraying. This is what makes human figure so fascinating. In the following essay I will be selecting fifteen examples of the human body in art. One of the oldest sculptures discovered to date, was carved using simple stone tools. It is a tiny limestone figurine of a woman named the Venus of Willendorf. This sculpture was named after its find spot in Willendorf Austria. It is said that the Venus of Willendorf was made anywhere between 28,000 and 25,000 BCE, and the artist is unknown. The sculpture is tiny, and features anatomical exaggeration. It typifies Paleolithic representations of women, whose...
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