Michelangelo Carving

The Famous Michelangelo was many things a sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer who influenced the development of western art. He was considered to be the best artist of his life time. He was born march 6, 1475 in Caprese, Tuscany. At the age of six his mother died so Michelangelo lived with a stonecutter and his wife and family in Settigano. He began to sculpt all kinds of things from his wooden crucifix for the Florentine church to the huge statue of Hercules he sent to France. His most known Carving is the Statue of David. Carving is the cutting of material such as stone or wood to form a figure or design. The 17 foot statue of David was created to symbolize the freedom of Florentine during the 1500. The statue was created out of a marble block from the quarries at Carrara. Michelangelo displayed to the world that he was a sculptor with extraordinary technical skill and strength of symbolic imagination. My favorite part about the piece is all the detail put into it. The challenges he had to face when carving the hair and the face had to be difficult. Even the slightest whack of the chisel and mallet can destroy a whole sculpture instantly. This sculpture has gone down in history as the greatest of all time.

Andy Goldsworthy Earth Art

Andy Goldsworthy is a British Sculptor, photographer and environmentalist. He was born in Cheshire, England where he worked on his family farm everyday as a laborer. He would turn his farm task into making sculptures out of nature. Andy felt that working on the farm was his motivation to do earth art. Earth art emerged in the United States in the late 1960s early 1970. Earth art is art of altering the natural environment around you to create earthworks. People use the landscape around them and raw materials to create magnificence forms of art. In this imagine of Goldsworthy earth art he bends back two trees and intertwines each individual branch until there linked together. I like this imagine because it creates a door or a tunnel along the path way. Once you cross through that circular hole you are in the thick brush of Mother Nature. Andy Goldsworthy knows how to create a work of art out of nothing.

Robert Arneson Modeling

Robert Arneson was born in Benicia California and at a young age he was a cartoonist for the local newspaper. Later in life he went on to study at California College of the arts and received his MFA in 1958. Robert is a peculiar artist; he started a movement called funk art. His work interest me because it’s so different, he creates sculpture made out of ceramics of him. The majority of the sculptures I found were all of him some of just his head and other were a full body sculpture. Modeling art is making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material, expression or indication of a solid form. This sculpture is called self-portrait in bronze. He creates a sculpture of his head and made fifteen different variation of it. He uses bronze to symbolize durability and he made the faces look desperate maybe signifying his death was near. He stacks the heads on top of each other to show all the adversity and challenges he has face throughout life. Robert Arneson was an unusual man but he started a new wave of art.

Henri Cartier Bresson Decisive Moment

Henri Carter Bresson was a French photographer who was considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. Bresson was born in Chaneteloup-en-Brie France and was the oldest of five children. His family was very wealthy and owned a textile manufacturer. Originally Henri tried to learn music but was unsuccessful so his uncle Louis introduced him to oil painting. He was fascinated of art but when his uncle died in World War I; his painting lesson got cut short.  Eventually he moved on to photography. He was an early adopter of the 35mm format and the master of candid photography; he influenced the development of street photography to future generation.  This photograph taken in Hyères, France is a great example of Decisive Moment. Decisive Moment happens when the action reaches and apex, when a subject portrays the perfect expression, for example when the animal conveys a special look or a light becomes its most dramatic. In this image we see Henri capture the imagine at exactly the right time. The bike is flying by and right before he passes the wall Henri gets the shot. I like how the stair way is so perfectly visible and the bike rider is a little blurrier. It could represent that walking is much slower than riding your bike to your destination every day. Henri Bresson was the pioneer of Decisive moment photography.

Annie Liebovitz Portrait Photography

Annie Liebovitz was born in Waterbury Connecticut; were she was the third child out of six. She enjoyed art and music at a young age due to her father’s military duties which kept them in the Philippians for a big portion of her life. When she returned to the United States she started to blossom an became the chief photographer of Rolling stones magazines. She was well known for her Portrait Photography which is the capture by means of photography of the likeness of a person or a small group of people, in which the face and expression is predominant. Usually the objective is to display the likeness, personality and even the mood of the subject. In this portrait of the famous punk rock star Iggy Pop she displays him with his shirt off. Maybe representing that, even though he may look old he is still young in his heart. he still has sign of a six pack when you look at the picture to the left but when he turns around you see many wrinkles on his lower back. when you look at his depressing face is could symbolize that rock stars party like their kids and one day it catches up with to them.  I really like Liebovitz work because she really knows how to capture emotion.

Jerry Uelsmann's Manipulated Photography

Jerry Uelsmanns was born in Detroit, Michigan and at a young age he was fascinated by photography. He believed that through photography he could exist outside of himself, to live in a world captured through the lens. He went on to get his degree at Rochester Institute of Technology and then became a professor of photography at the University of Florida. Manipulated photography is the application of imagine editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception. The Unique thing about Jerry is that in a time when digital photography and Photoshop did not exist he was still able to create images that seemed to come from scenes in your dream. He spent countless hours in the dark room to create these images. In this photograph called Tree House he use two different imagines and combines them to make a beautiful piece. He’s trying to symbolize that where you live and grow up is the roots in your life. The area you grow up in helps build character and make you who you are, that’s why we’re all different. Jerry always liked to stress the idea that photography is not an art that can be contained; it can be pushed as far as your dreams will go.

Diego Rivera Fresco

Rivera was descended from Spanish nobility on his dad side. From the age of ten Rivera studied art at the academy of San Carlos in Mexico City. In the summer of 1911 he left for Paris and did not return until 1921 after his return he turned away from cubism back ground. He soon went to Detroit and began doing fresco paintings. Fresco paintings are paintings on plaster, either dry or wet. Back then the paint is an independent layer separate from the plaster proper. Latter on them did it by chemically bounding the plaster and is integral to the wall. Fresco paintings are usually done on a large scale. In this piece done by Diego he paints all different class of people working together. On the bottom you have the upper class people the business men look at blue prints. On the top you have lower class blue collar workers doing the steal. He’s symbolizing that everyone has to work together to create the finish product.

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh is one of the most well know artist in the world. He was known for his rough beauty, emotional honesty and cold color. One of Vincent early aspiration was to become a pastor but he enjoyed art too much. He also had a mental illness which affected his painting and was the reason for his death. Van Gogh would use art to express his emotion because he was mentally unstable. Some of his work would be in all blue because he was depressed or some of his work would be in all red to express his anger. Vincent was one of a kind and he was best known for his oil paintings. Oil paint is a medium using linseed oil as a binder that became particularly popular in the beginning of the fifth teen century. In his work here it shows a couple holding hands during the night. He uses a lot of blue maybe representing he’s depressed. Next you see the couple walking away maybe symbolizing resentment towards couple’s .Van Gogh had lustful feelings towards women and you see that throughout his work.

Jess Collins Collage

Jess Collins is a well-rounded individual he was drafted into the military at a young age and painted on his free time. After the service he gave up his scientific career as an atomic engineer and enrolled at California school of art. After parting ways with his family he referred to himself as jess. Jess had strong political views and you see that a lot in his work. A collage is work made by pasting various scrapes or piece of material onto the surface of the composition. Jess collages are very different from other collages; he takes a lot of time in placing his objects. Each piece is layer in a certain place for a certain reason. He just doesn’t through things in his collage to cover up space.

Emil Nolde Water Colors

Emil Nolde was a German painter and printmaker. He was very well known for his oil paintings and water colors. Water color is a painting medium consisting of pigments suspended in a solution of water and gum Arabic. In his water color called Blue Mountain his brushwork is very vigorous. If you look at the clouds to the right compared to the water fall in the middle they have different brush strokes and mixtures of colors. He has expressive choice of colors to with his golden yellows and multiple blues. The tone of this piece is very soothing. It reminded me of Niagara Falls and how the water looks so fresh and beautiful. His work really jumps out at you because of his use of vivid colors and the way he blends them together.

Charles Burchfield Wallpaper

Charles E. Burchfield grew up in Ohio painting watercolors of nature and insect in a exuberant style where color had deep emotional resonance. he eventually moved to buffalo NY where he worked as a designer at the H.M. Birge wallpaper company. we all know that wall paper is pasted in vertical strips over walls in a room to provide a decorative or textured surface. but Charles wallpaper was much more than that. in his piece Morning glories he creates a scenery of three different flowers. these flowers really stand out because he makes the back ground out of dark colors such as black,brown and gray. he probably signifying a fresh start to each morning. every morning flower blossom up and its a new start to a day. I like how he creates shapes in the leaves and the flowers. if you look at the leafs to the left their like hearts with all different kinds of shapes in side of them.

Albert Durer Wood Engraving

Albrecht Durer was more than just an artist he was a printmarker, engraver, mathematician and theorist. He grew up in German and fell in love with art and eventually was known as the greatest artist of the northern renaissance. His woodcuts were astonishing; they had a gothic flavor to them. A Wood engraving is a relief printmaking technique, in which fine lines are carved into the block, resulting in a print consisting of white lines on a black background. In this piece from his apocalypse series he creates a Jesus like figure, with glowing lights above his head. Probably symbolizing a need for reform in the kingdom. The men are being blinded by his glowing light. One solider is dead a sleep, while the others look hung over. Remember Durer comes from the time of the renaissance when there was corruption and plague. I like the way he creates the scenery in the back ground carving fine lines for the grass and trees but then makes the hills to the left really stand out by turning them white with repetitive engraving.

Scale

this photo graph by Jonas Bendiksen is a great example of scale. Scale is size in relation to normal or constant size compare with proportion. if you look at the black arrow you see two men that look like ants in this photograph. compare these men to the white line which are the bleachers of Sheriff field stadium. this picture taken behind them shows you the scale of a stadium bleacher compare to the common man. scale art is fun to look at because you realize how small certain things truly are. I like this piece because men created this huge stadium even though they are so small compare to it.

Visual movement

this work by Raphael called Holy Family with the Lamb is great piece to show Visual movement which is used to guide the viewer through the piece with lines,shapes,color,depth and hierarchy can be used to guide the viewer from one point to another. when you look at the mothers eyes and arm they are both pointing towards the new born baby, making your eyes look towards him. then if you look at the man his eyes and walking stick are point towards the baby probably representing  how the baby is a significant figure to them. both the man and the woman body are point towards the baby all leading you to the holy son on the lamb.

Contrast

this painting by Vincent Van Gogh called Plain at Auvers is a great representation of contrast. Contrast is the arrangement of opposite elements like Light and Dark or rough and smooth. if you look at the white arrow it shows a very dark sky.
Van Gogh made the sky very dark to contrast the light orange plains as seen in the black arrow. if you look at the black arrow it shows how light the color of the plains are but also the rough texture. you see multiple lines making leafs and hay. compared to the smooth sky that are just strokes of grey paint. Van Gogh work usually has a lot of contrast

Repetition and Rhythem

This art work was created by Yayoi Kusama and its called Stamens Sorrow. When asked to find Repetition and Rhythm I figured the best person to show that was Yayoi Kusama and here unique idea of dots. Repetition is when objects, shapes, space and lighting are repeated in artwork. Rhythm is when the regular repatition of particular form or elements occurs in art. This is a great piece to show that. The top arrow shows how she repeats the egg like figure in a rectangle. The second arrow shows her repetition of the blue sparkles in the middle. When looking at it from a distance you see the rhythm and how it goes from larger circles on the outside, to smaller blue circles on the inside. This is repeated 120 times to make a gigantic wall of rectangles.

Emphasis

 This painting is called the Beeches by Asher Brown Durand; it’s a great example of Emphasis. Emphasis is a principle of art which occurs any time an element of a piece is given dominance by the artist. Basically means the artist makes a part of the work stand out more and it draws your eyes there first. When you first look at this piece your eyes go Right to the man walking his sheep because the artist grouped the sheep and the man together. Second your eyes get drawn towards the large tree in the front because it’s isolated from the rest of the picture and right in front of you. Finally the third thing your eyes are drawn to is the lake and the sky because of the use of contrast. By making the sky different colors it lures your eyes over there at the end. Emphasis art is very cool how it grasps your eyes.

Asymmetrically Balanced

This piece is called July fourth teen by Childe Hassam. He’s well known for his asymmetrically balanced art. Which is off center or created with an odd or mismatch number of disparate elements. In this art it is not balanced in the middle it’s balanced to the left. You have a crowd of people in the street to the left of the line, while the right side is all the building. He makes the streets feel exposed while the buildings are much heavier than the left portion. If you look at the top of the page it’s emptier with the sky while the bottom is crowded with people. He shows great asymmetrically balance throughout this painting.

Impasto

the work of art is called incision by Jay Defeo its a perfect example of impasto which is paint applied very thickly to a canvas or support. when doing impasto it gives your work texture along with a three D look. if you look to the bottom of the picture the artist applied more paint making it stick out more with a rough texture. it almost looks and probably feels like a rock that was smashed. this type of work is used to give art a different look. if you look at the white spots less paint was applied their making it more smooth and not having that rough texture or drip effect like the bottom.

Pattern

This work of art is called spider by Alexander Calder its a perfect example of a pattern. A pattern is a repetitive motif or design. in Calder work the pattern goes out then in then out again creating a hump on the inside. it goes in sequence to and towards the end they get closer and closer. if you look on the outside the black peaces are all point backwards towards the stand making another pattern

Local Color

This painting is called Impression Sunrise by Claude Monet. its a great example of local color which is the ways colors might be mixed or how different conditions of light and atmosphere might affect the color. in this painting the sun rising is affecting the sky causing it to be a peach color like the sun. also the lighting affect the picture the back ground is more colorful while the front of the picture is dark because the sun hasn't hit the men and the water yet. I really like the colors and how the artist used the affect of the sun rising to change the lighting of the picture.

Arbitrary Color

This piece is called Corner of the table by Pierre Bonnard. hes well know for his Arbitrary color which is colors that has no realistic or natural relation to the object that is depicted like a blue horse or a green dog. in this work of art he has brownish yellowish fruits on the table. in the middle we see yellow grapes. on the side we see brown apples and yellow apples. all of these fruits match the the basket at the top maybe signify they should be at a picnic instead of table. the table cloth is white making the fruits all stand out much more. you also see a blue and orange pear near the basket. all of these fruits are not their real color.

Cross-Hatching

This drawing is called Male Nude by Michelangelo Buonarroti and its a great example of Cross Hatching. Cross Hatching is when one set of hatches is crossed at an angle by a second and sometimes a third set. its very similar to hatching except the lines don't run parallel the cross over each other. As you can see on his ribs the lines are crossing over each other but there is not a third set or it be much darker. if you look near his arm pits there is a lot more layer due to how dark it is giving it more area. the denser the lines, the darker the area.

Hatching

This piece is called Solomon asleep in his bed by Erhard Schoen this is a great example of Hatching which is an area of closely spaced parallel lines, or hatches. the closer the spacing of the lines the darker the area is you can see that near the window the line are very close to each other it gives the area more depth. if you look at the bed sheets the parallel lines are father apart making it more white and it doesn't jump out as much as the lines near the window. overall this picture from ARTstor is a great example of hatching and how parallel can create art.

Modern experiments

One of the coolest Modern experiment art I read about in this chapter was the over head shot or birds eye view art. in Umbo weird street photo it was crazy how small and little the people look and how crammed they were but yet its a huge street. I saw a similarity in this Photo by Tyler Brill it gives you the overhead shot view in a high school hall way. Tyler is on top of the lockers but he seems so much bigger. one of his feet is three times as big as one person. its very unique how looking down below on something makes it look so much tinnier. this picture the  student look jammed against each other and seem so small just because of the overhead view. I think its a cool modern art experiment artist should use more.

Positive and Negative Shapes

These two sculputres created by Dame Barbara Hepworth are perfect examples of positive and negative shape. negative shape is the art spaced around the main imagine in this example it would be the wooden bottoms because its flat and not part of the sculpture but is going to help the sculpture stick out more. the gray sculptures would be the positive shape because they are the main point of this piece, they have a three dimensional look to really help them stand out . artist use this to make their piece stand out more. as you can see the gray sculptures really pop out because of the wood foundation.

One point linear perspective

The work by Robter Dubovy is a great example of one point linear perspective which is lines drawn to converge in a single vanishing point located on the horizon line, as seen by a stationary viewer. when viewing this picture you have store that are very close but the road continues all the way down and then vanish off. the art does on prupose to make you focus on where those lines vanish off to. in this case the road goes all the way down to a shining city. you have gloomy clouds and a moon and at the of the road is a glowing city probably representing hope.

Foreshortening

in this piece called Saint in the wilderness by John Walters is a perfect example of foreshortening art. which creates a unique  affect when looking at art.it makes an object closer than it is or having less depth or distance, as and effect of perspective or the angle. in Walters art he has the man foot feel as if it was right in your grasp and his head and body feel like they are much farther away. foreshortening art gives you the scenes that your right in the art or next to the object. also their is more detail where the foreshortening starts, look at his foot their more shading and it looks like the artist went  in more depth with all the wrinkles and dirt marks.

Oblique Projection

In this picture created by David Hockney he shows great Oblique projection.which is a simple type of graphical projection used for producing pictorial, two dimensional images of three dimensional objects and they are parallel.in this piece  all the objects are parallel with each other but their also facing parallel to the picture to. the chair legs, the chair and the steps going down are 3d objects put in a two dimensional picture. even the house figure in the back round has a three dimensional look.

Image vs content

I thought Pablo Picasso's Bust of a Women Picture as a good example of imagine vs.content.When you first look at the imagine is looks like a women drawn very differently but if you understand the content behind it theirs much more.Picasso had Repulsion towards women he had a lot of heart breaks through out his life so he truly had a hatred towards women. the content behind this imagine is very different then the image itself. he drew two faces of the women probably representing their two faced. next he drew a pig noise maybe representing their greedy or selfish. when you know a little back ground on the artist it helps to explain their story they are portraying through their art.

Iconoclasm

Iconoclasm art is very hard to find but also difficult to understand to in this imagine called the Collapses of the Berlin wall was taken by Ardee Man. its a perfect example of Iconoclasm art which is art that is taking action on making a difference. sometimes its art that is a symbol for a cutlrue being destroyed by a different culture.you saw a lot of that in Israeli different culture destroying other art so it would be lost in history. in this imagine the German citizens are knocking down the Berlin wall that split Germany during world war two.this imagine a great example of inconclasm because the people are removing a symbol that represented the old culture so a new one can now take place. by removing this wall it made Germany a much more power nation and put a end to world war 2.

Icon

Icon art is a pop culture art that is know world wide by people. its when a imagine becomes so powerful its bigger then its self. for example if you saw a imagine of a yellow big M everyone worldwide knows that the M is for Mc Donalds. another example would be a Coke bottle you know red, white, black always has represented the famous soft drink coke a cola. in this imagine by Ferdi Rizkivanto called coca cola zero has the famous cultural known coke bottle. in this imagine thought it uses a dead pond lily to show how low of calories are in  the new coke zero because its fly away. this Is Icon art because its uses a coke bottle which is know world wide in many cultures as a franchise symbol.

NonRepresentational

Nonrepresentational art does not refer to the natural or objetctive world at all. the work has to do nothing with realism to be consider nonrepresentational art.in this painting called Golden summer by Makoto Fujimura it does not contain any recognizable objects and is therefore nonrepresentational.we have tan boxes falling with red and blue in the back ground non of those objects represent anything real. this art work does not represent anything of real nature but kinda tells its own story.when I look at it I feel like its saying anything can deteriorate or collapses. you have multiple objects falling down with gaps in between almost like a puzzle falling apart.

Abstract

Abstract art is very different because the less the work resembles real things in the real world the more is it abstract. abstract art is almost like an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality. in a way you hide your imagine with abstract art by having different shapes and sizes all mixed together to make one object. when you look closer at he work you see the real imagine. in this piece Wine and Dine by Paul Lewis he uses different objects and shapes to represent two people drinking wine. the use of the blocks and colors makes a abstract picture. if you look to the left you have a bottle of wine being pored then in the middle theirs and man with a bow tie on and all the way to the right we have a women I believe with a hat and lipstick on. the unique thing about abstract art is you really have to look to see what the artist is trying to show you.

Representational

This painting is called Still Life with Brown Jug by David Abed, its a great example of representational art. Representational art is work that resembles what the eye sees and the more real it looks the better it is. in this imagine by David Abed we have a apples, oranges, brown jug and some ornaments. all of these are painted to look real.the realism in this piece is exceptional, the artist made the brown jug have a glare to make it look more appealing also he add in lighting to give everything a much more real look. this is a great example of representation art because everything looks real and natural the less it looks real the more likely its abstraction or nonrepresentational art.

Kitsch

Cassius Marcellus Coolidge famous painting A Friend in Need is a perfect example of a Kitsch art which is art that inferior and tasteless. you cant tell if its sentimental glamorous theatrical or creative. usually they use animals in kitsch art  to symbolize figures. in this case he uses dogs to symbolize men drinking and smoking and playing poker. I like how he has the two dogs cheating hence the title and friend in need.Coolodge does a lot of kitsch art and is best known for using dogs.

Aesthetic

Probably my most favorite piece of artwork on this planet Vincent van gogh Starry nights. the most unique thing about this painting is the detail. Vincent used multiple colors of blue to bring this beautiful art work together. the concept of this is aesthetic art. which usually has a lot of detail to it and is balance and shows true beauty. he uses everything in this piece he has multiple texture and shapes and sizes. I really like the unity of colors and how the sky almost looks like its in actually blowing because of the rhythm of the work. starry night resembles aesthetic art because of all the little detail in it.

Role 4

this sculpture is called seated couple made by an African tribe in the 16th-19th century. the concept of this sculpture is to show the fourth fundamental role of artist. this peace of art is made by hand probably to show their community that they are in a relationship. African tribes had many cultural ways and family was the most important thing.  this sculpture was made after a couple got married in a tribe to show that they are now husband and wife. a member of the tribe must of made this sculpture as a gift to represent them together. the woman has her hand around his neck probably meaning she taken by him. this relates to the fourth role because it uses personal feeling and shows you the the truth. the truth that they have become partners for life.

Role 3

this image is very different then the rest its called Carhenge by Jim Reinder. the concept of this imagine is to show the third fundamental role of artist. which is making objects and structures more pleasurable and beautiful to the human eye.Jim used scrap cars to remake the world know Stonehenge which can be found in England and dates back to 3000 Bc. this imagine shows that you can  even make art out of  the cruddiest material. Jim used a crane to place all these scrape cars in  the right order and then painted them all stone gray. this relates to the third role because it makes fundamental structures and objects more pleasurable by using scrap cars to make art. this is definitely one of a kind and takes a imaginative man to do so.

Role 2

This imagine is called Slaves by Thomas hart Benton. the concept of this art work is to show the second fundamental role which creates a visual record. this imagine shows a white man preparing to whip a African American slave. the slaves wife and children have no clothes on probably to symbolize that slave wife's and daughters were raped back in the day by the owners. If you look closely it almost looks like they are preparing to leave a boat to come to America.the reason I say America is because in the back ground you see tall buildings and houses that look like plantation in the south.also these houses are  painted white and  majority of plantation back in the 1800 were painted white to show white dominance. this image really captures the essence of brutality towards slaves during the 18 and 19 hundreds.

Role 1

this imagine is called Doorway to the stars by Josephine Wall. the concept of this picture is to show the first fundamental role which is showing the world in a new innovation way. I believe Wall is trying to show that their is something out their in the universe. he made the sun and the moon the most visible in the back ground to show their importance to us but he also put stars and planet to make you wonder what could be out their. the woman in the front is looking up at the sky also shows she wondering whats could be out their in the universe. the most unique thing about this peace of art is the three pyramids of geezer next to this glowing city.the city could be a symbol representing the begin of life started in Egypt or the city could be home to another planet. people still wonder today how the Egyptians built these pyramids but more so how did they directly line the point of the pyramids up with Orion's belt(three stars). this picture does make you wonder could their possibly be other life out their.