blog#8

Taking these class as a paired was a very nice experience to me. It is an interesting way to learn about art at the same time that I learning English. In this class I learned how to see and enjoy art at the same time that I improve my abilities to write and  to express my feeling about art.

"Blog Post #7 - Reflection Blog

• What have you learned from creating your own blog?

learn many important things such as to create post where I use my imagination to create many thins. 

• Have you spent very much time outside of class working on blog posts?
• Do you think that creating blogs is a type of art?

creating blog post we use our creativity implanting ideas. we make connection we other people work that is an interesting way to learn sharing ideas..

• What blog activities have been your favorite? all activities were interesting in this class, but  one that was my favorite was to make comments to other people works because many time we can learn from others people works.

practice post #6

Henry de toulouse lautrec.

"The French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec depicted the Parisian night life of cafés, bars, and brothels (houses of prostitution, where sexual acts are traded for money)—the world that he inhabited at the height of his career."

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a direct descendant of an aristocratic family of a thousand years, was born on November 24, 1864, at Albi, France, to Alphonse-Charles and Adèle Zoë. His wild and colorful father lived in moderate luxury, hunting with falcons and collecting exotic weapons. Henri began to draw at an early age and found the arts an escape from his loving but over-protective family. 

An illustrator, who immersion in the colorful and theatical and provocative image

Reclining Nude

 Art at the Moulin Rouge

oil canvas 

Self-portrait in the crowd, at the  Moulin Rouge
Acording to theArtform, Henrry Lautret painted the gaslit interior of parisian nightclud and brothels.
He was masterly at capturing crowd scenes in which the figures are highly individualized. At the time that they were painted, the individual figures in his larger paintings could be identified by silhouette alone, and the names of many of these characters have been recorded. His treatment of his subject matter, whether as portraits, scenes of Parisian night-life, or intimate studies, has been described as both sympathetic and dispassionate.

 I like his work because their painting show us a realistic image expressing feelings and symbolism of depths of emotions like love,loneliness fear and death.

MTROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (BP #4)

AMNH

Acording to the AMNH Africa covers nearly twelve million square miles. More than 686 million people live in Africa in many different nations, societies and cultures. Africa is the cradle of humanity; our species' earliest remains have been found in this continent. The hall reflects Africa's diversity of geographical areas: grasslands, deserts, woodlands, tropical rain forests; of peoples; and of cultural features. The Marikoto's costume, used in Yoruba's ceremonies, is made of red snail shells. This fantastic costume plays a significant role in the life of the culture in which it was produced.

 Is very interesting  to explore the great diversity of  traditional life styles in tha african culture. Afriaca Ceremonial sculpture, masks, and crafts produced by African tribal cultures, as well as by the African cultures of colonial and post-colonial periods. African art, the continent is full of people, societies, and civilizations, each with a unique visual special culture.Emphasis on sculpture: sculpture of Africa, distorting human features and limbs in a dramatically expressive manner. A figure may represent an ancestor, destined to stand in a shrine.

African masks should be seen as part of a ceremonial costume. They are used in religious and social events to represent the spirits of ancestors or to control the good and evil forces in the community. They come to life, possessed by their spirit. During the mask ceremony the dancer goes into deep trance, and during this state of mind he  "communicate" with his ancestors African masks are made from different materials: wood, bronze, brass, copper, ivory, terra cotta and glazed pottery, raffia and textiles. They are often decorated with cowrie shells, colored beads, bone, animal skins and vegetable fibre.However, the majority of masks and sculptures are made of wood

 A mask may be intended for use by a shaman just once a year in a special dance. A post may be designed to prop up a chief's verandah or to form part of a palisade round his house. An elaborate chair is likely to be for the chief himself to sit on. All of them will be better if carved in a dramatic or propitious way.

Form in  african art works:

African artists tend to favor three-dimensional artworks over two-dimensional works. Even many African paintings or cloth works were meant to be experienced three-dimensionally 

blog# 3

Elisabeth louise vigiee lebrun

self portrait with daughter julie

Formal theories :the painting is in oil canvas, The painting method is in brushwork. The work use an innovative  composition, the fond in the painting is in black color making a contrast with the girl's dress.  the figuer of the women with the girl in her lap make emphasis to our attention. The women's eye make a directional force making the impression that are looking us.  Contextual theories:  The painting  reflect a traditional way to dress in the old days. the image of the lady with the girls show us a fraternal feeling of love. Expressive theories:the expression is involved to the connection of love between mother and daughter.

blog post # 2 cave art 101

last week  in art class we formed group of three to make a painting reflecting how  be safe in society. it was a wonderful way to put our ideas by the way we make art at the same time. was very interesting do this because we learn how the language of art can express feeling and is interpreted in different ways." a picture is worth than1000 words "and is true because the ways people to see art is different. Sometimes we connect art and reality unifying what we see in the physical word.there are many symbol to represent something and it what we did in last class; together we made connection drawing our ideas in a piece of paper using colors and  expressing our feelings. In the painting that my group made we use unity and pattern. It was asymmetrical painting reflecting different scene and making contrast. Each  of us making emphasis in our personal idea but unifying in one pieces of paper.