Blog-8 Response

Blog-8 Response: “Blog 8 Gods of the Modern World”

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The Mexican mural painting is very colorful, and contains lots of details. These pictures are usually very “busy” and don’t have a simple layout to them. This particular Mexican mural contains lots of “messages” and meanings not simply portraying a scenery. Many of Mexican murals, due to the time at which they were painted, had a strong political message in them. They were a way to express political views artistically.

Blog-8 Response: “Latin American Art”

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These blog contained some very interesting art, I found these works of art rather interesting when reading through the assigned reading. Its interesting how by exaggerating human characteristics the art becomes so comical. I liked these paintings because they are lighthearted and are simply there for enjoyment. I like when an artist likes to not only express himself but also help others lighten up their audience’s moods.

Blog-7 response

Blog – 7 Response: “Blog 7 Ming Dynasty Planting Chrysanthemums”

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I liked this selection of art from China. I found it fascinating how with such simplicity so much can be expressed. The simple, pale but colorful chines scroll gave a large amount of detail and beautiful by the simply and few brush strokes. In many ways I think that this work of art give more detail and is more appealing than many of the very full and “busy” types of paintings done in Europe during eras like the Baroque era. It would be interesting if this is how the chines artist preferred to paint or if it was simply because limited resources at the time kept them from using lots of color?

Blog – 7 Response: “An Overwhelming Breath”

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This type of painting is the exact opposite of the chines painting in the blog above. This type of art work contains large amounts of color, contrasts, and very little details. Personally I prefer the chines painting since it contains more detail and is more structured. The blurry type of painting seems more like children’s finger painting. I do like the “Echo of an Echo” painting in that it mirrors its self.

Blog-8 Non-Western

Diego Rivera “Self Portrait,” 1907

Diego Rivera was born in Mexico on December 8, 1886. He lived in Mexico until he got a travel grant in 1907 and went to Spain, where he began his many travels in Europe. During this time he developed his passion for art which he had since a little boy. While he was in Europe he meet many other prominent artists and politicians, especially Russian communist, and became a very influential person. But when World War I broke out and Mexico itself began to have a revolution he felt that he should return to Mexico. While in Mexico he became very active and joined the Mexican Communist Party. Most of his artistic work is in the form of murals.

I like this painting because it seems to be a mix between serious and light hearted art. Although the character in the painting, Diego himself, looks serious it also has a cartoonist quality to it. His murals were usually simple but full of color.

Blog-7 Non Western

Demba Camara

Demba Camara's "Untitled", 2006

Demba Camara’s “Untitled”, 2006

This is one of many of Demba Camara’s works of art, it is untitled and was created in 2006. Demba Camara was born in Bouaké, Ivory Coast in the year 1970. Today he still lives and works on all of his art in the Ivory Coast. His work is uniquely African and has many of his  pieces on display in the  Guggenheim Museum which is  in Spain (http://www.caacart.com/pigozzi-artist.php?i=Camara-Demba&bio=en&m=70).

I liked his art because it is so unique not only since it has a strong African influence but the artist himself has put allot of unique features into the work. The first thing that struck me when seeing this work was that it seemed to mix time eras, a large influence of ancient African culture but with a touch of modern robot appeal. Secondly was that most of his works are untitled, and in fact only a description and year of production are able to be given. I am not sure why he decides to leave them untitled but it definitely adds to his unique style.

Blog-6 Response

Blog 6 Response: “Post Modern – Conceptual Photography – Challenging the System”

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I found this blog very well written and meet all of the blog requirements; it contains both information on the artist as well as each work. Both of which contain the required information, artist, title, and date. All of these facts are supported by a citation at the end of the blog. All of the works fit in the required time period and fit within the chosen theme.

Blog 6 Response: “An Exhibit on Anamorphosis”

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I really enjoyed this blog, mostly because the subject matter and theme which were chosen is very interesting! The blog gave both descriptions about the artist’s life and backgrounds as well as information on their works. All of the displayed pieces of art fit the chosen theme very well, and were placed within the blog for easy viewing. I enjoyed this blog so much because the 3D drawings seem so mind boggling.

Blog-6 Post Modern

Theme: Post Modern Art, large and unusal.

First artist is Maya Lin: Maya Lin was born in Ohio on October 5th 1959. She grew up in the United States and studied both art and archietecture, and her artwork easily portrays this backgound. She mostly known for designing the Vietnam Veterians Memorial which she complete when she was only 21 years old. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Lin) I have chosen her art because it easily fits in my category large and unual art.

The second artist which I selected is actually two, a husband and wife team, Christos and Jean Claude. Both were born on the same day in 1935, June 13 and were married in October of 1958. They have produced numerous works which all fall into the environmental category. Their work is know to be controversial because of its size, which makes it a good fit for large and usual art.

Wave Field-Maya Lin, 1995

Wraped Side Walk-Cluade, 1978

11 Minute Line-Maya, 2004 Lin

Rock Field-Maya Lin, 2006

Running Fence-Cluade, 1976

Surounded Islands-Claude, 1983

Blog-5 Response

Blog 5 Response to “Frantisek Kupa and Abstract Art”

http://alaskaindigenous.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/frantisek-kupka-and-abstract-art/

I liked this blog and found it well written. This blog contained a wealth of historical information about the artist, his life and his works. Although the facts were cited well there was definitely plenty of information. It would have been nice to get a little more feed back why the author picked this artist and his work. What aspects about the Abstract Artist did the author of this blog like and enjoy the most. But over all this was an excellent blog and gave a good historical view and description of the artist.

Blog 5 Response to “Early Modern Glory”

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This blog was excellent. And in many ways complemented in the above blog in that, this blog gave strong reasoning as to why the author chose this artist and the particular paintings. While lacking in a detailed description the artists history this blog does very well at describing the work and giving the personal likes and dislikes of various paintings as well as why they like this painter. The blog does not strongly tie these paintings of artist to one of the subjects, but is very well written and offers a good description positive feed back on Maxfield Parish.

Blog-5 Early Modern

I liked Dorothea Lange’s photograph Migrant Mother taken in 1936 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Lange). This photograph, while still black and white, shows many aspects of life in America during the Great Depression. I found this picture interesting not only because it is intriguing at how well it depicts the events but how it is tied in with both the technological and Great Depression influences on Early Modern art.

This photo is obviously greatly influenced by the Great Depression. The Great Depression gave the subject and content of the work of art, while the technological innovations made this work possible. I like how the photograph captures the moment in such detail that a greatly strived over painting would produce.

Blog 4-Response

Blog 4-Response to “Impressionism and Postimpressionism”    http://fsmeo3.wordpress.com/

I liked this blog, and found that it definitely describes Impressionist painting and why the author enjoys it. I also think that the impressionist painting seems to depict life better than the classical painting. The impressionist seem to focus more on the here and now of what they are painting, actually catching the moment like a photograph. I like how the author of this blog said “Impressionism captured the elusive moment in a way the classical painting captures an object,” I think that this sums up impressionist painting very well.

Blog 4-Response to “Clockworks: Impressionism”    http://fsjsp6.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/light-in-shadows/

 I enjoyed reading this blog, and found that the author makes many arguments which I agree with. I would say that I like many impressionist paintings, but as stated in this blog there are paintings which are simply hard on the eyes and make no sense. I really liked the use of examples through the blog, and how as you read you were “forced” to look at the paintings. The names and dates of the artists should have been cited, but overall I greatly enjoyed this blog and found that it gave a strong honest opinion of impressionism.

Blog-4 Impressionism

I enjoy the Impressionist paintings. These paintings offer bright colors, vivid style, and can either be detailed or vague but still give an accurate description. I have found these impressionistic paintings to be very similar to a photograph, both take a “snap shot” from life. Looking at Claude Monet’s, Impression, soleil levant it is almost like a hand done picture, a snap shot of the sun and surrounding scenery. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism)

These paintings also seem to be livelier in their subject matter. Since most are taken right from everyday events things like parties, pretty scenery, and towns or cities are often painted. For example Alfred Sisley’s, Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne in 1872 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism). In which this painting not only shows a cute little country bridge but contains the vibrant summer colors. I like the impressionistic paintings for the most part, and believe that it could have been steps which helped give photography a strong place among art forms.