Module 9: Exploring Line

1. What was it like using your hand as subject matter for a drawing?

• It was interesting using my hand as a subject matter because I never really look at the details that make my hand what it is. I'm always so busy focusing on what my hands can do but I never really take the time to really look at them.

2. What media did you select - pencil or charcoal? Why?

• I selected Pencil because its easier for my to handle and I feel more comfortable using this media.

3. How did it feel to create a drawing with your non-dominant hand?

• It felt very different because I only use my left hand when I really have too. I wasn't as confident as I was using my right hand.

4. Compare and contrast your final drawings. Do you think they are successful studies?

• I'm right handed so my left hand is my subject I like the subject hand better because it looks exactly like the inside of my left hand. The right hand which is the second hand in the drawing is like my right hand in the inside but it is a little bigger compared to the left hand. I think they are successful studies of my hands because they are very similar to my real hands.

5. Would you consider using your non-dominant hand to create artwork in the future?

•  Unless my dominant hand was broken, I would probably not do artwork in the future with my non-dominant hand because I prefer my dominant hand.

Model 9: Video Review Questions

1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.

• I chose the video Velázquez because I heard about in the past and I wanted to know more about him. I chose the video Albrecht Durer:Image of Master because after reading the description it seemed interesting.

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

Velazquez key concepts:

• King Phillip The Fourth-engaged in foreign wars
• Prado Collection-collection of his paintings in Prado museum 
• Greatest Painters of Spain Quartet-Velazquez,El Greco,Goya and Picasso
• Court Painter-an artist who painted for the members of a royal or noble family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not to undertake other work.

Albrect Durer: Image of Master key concepts:

• Northern Renaissance-Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps.
• Albrect Durer-gifted and versatile, considered one of the greats
• Print-maker- a individual who uses techniques such as woodcuts or silk screens to create image which are transposed onto surfaces, generally using a printing press.
• Landscape artist-an individual who paints natural scenery like mountains, trees, rivers and valleys.
• Gothic Art-a style of medieval art that developed in Northern France out of Romanesque art in the 12th century AD.

2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

• The videos relate to the readings in the text because they both talk discuss the Renaissance in the North, the 17th and 18th centuries.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

• I think the films did a good job adding depth to the readings by going into details of the lives of these very different artists. It was nice to read and see visuals about the Renaissance of the North.

Module 8: Video Review

Videos: More Human Than Human, Cairo Museum

1. Explain why you selected the video you choose from the selection listed above.

• I choose the video "Cairo Museum" because I really like Museums, that made me pick the video but I found it very interesting when I watched it my favorite part was when the man was showing us a foot from a mummy it had a plastic toe and they said it was probably the first plastic surgery in history.

2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

More Human Than Human Key Terms

• Exaggerate-the artists in the video often exaggerated the human body, big hips, legs and boobs
• Human Body-they aimed for the perfect body
• Figurines-tall sculptures as tall as human men
• unrealistic-many artists make sculptures that look disproportion and unreal from the human body

Cairo Museum Key Terms

• Egypt- a country of northwest Africa 
• Cairo- capital of Egypt
• Museums basement-the basement holds secrets, and its like a tomb in its self
• Cairo Museum-may be the best museums in the world
• Exhibition- an organized presentation and display of a selection of items
• Acetone-used to gently clean artifacts

3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

• The videos relate to the readings in the text by both talking about "Human figures in sculptures", they both talk about the idea trying to prefect the human body.

4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?

• I really liked the films I think they definitely added depth to the understanding of the readings and the art concepts, I now have a better appreciation for sculptures, now when I see a sculpture instead of waling past I'll stop and really look at it for a different perspective.

Module 7: Blog Video Rewiew

Videos: Architecture:The Science of Design and Prairie Style

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

• Modern Architecture-simplified, ornamented building style from the 19th and 20th century
• Architect-a person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction
• Prairie Style-innovative style of the early 20th century
• Smart House- a house highly advanced automatic systems for lighting, temp control, multi media, security, and window and door operations.
• Wind Tunnel-a tunnel- like apparatus for producing an air-stream of known velocity past models of aircraft, buildings,etc.
• Skyscraper-a very tall building of many stories
• Concrete-existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract
• Superstructure-a structure build on top of something else
• Underground Substructure- foundation of a building

2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

• The videos relate to the readings in the text because like the videos it talks about the construction of architecture.

3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of Architecture?

• The film adds the visuals and gives examples of different forms of architecture.

4. Why did you choose the films that you watched?

• I chose these films because they had the most interesting titles.

Blog Posting Experience (Module 6)

1. http://anneslifewithart.blogspot.com/
    http://artistsnotion.blogspot.com/

2. Looking at Project #1 I definitely agree with the images of the elements and principles I really loved her space, movement and emphasis images. In her image for balance I also saw space.

2b. Looking at Project #1 I think she really understood the idea of elements and principles she had some good images.

3. Looking at Project #2 we both picked the image by Alberto Magnelli (Peinture NO.0528), we did not have the same reasons for choosing this painting for me it was a extra piece that I really wanted to share for her she wanted to know more about it.

3b. Looking at Project #2 we did not pick any of the same images.

4. Some images that pique my interests was Round Trip 1957 by Helen Frankenthaler I  really like the colors and it looks like people or animals are falling out of the sky.

4b. One image that I really liked was Joe Zucker, Walleye it reminds me of space for some reason.

5. I think its good to do every once and a while to get a glimpse
 inside the head of my peers and what kind of works of art they come up with.


6. I don't have any comments yet I will come back to this question when I receive comments.

Module 6: Video Review

1.Key Concepts from Glass and Ceramics: 

Glass Blower-someone skilled in blowing bottles or other objects from molten glass

Molten Glass- melted or made liquid by being heated to very high temperatures

Ceramic-made of clay and hardened by heat

Transparent- allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen

Dry Pressing- to mold by compressing moist powdered clay in metal dies

Glazing- the action of installing windows

Potash-an alkaline potassium compound

Limestone- a hard sedimentary rock

Key Concepts from Through The Eyes Of The Sculptor

Sculptor-an artist who makes sculptures

Stone Carving-an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone

Restoration- the action of returning something to a former condition

Geometric Shapes- points or vertices and lines connecting the points in a closed chain

Quarry Marble- Pit, open surface

2. The videos relate to the text because they both talk about the history of sculptors and the different methods used to create a work of art.

3.The videos really help with understanding sculptor, installation and craft because they paint the picture for me, it was the perfect visual to explain each of these things.

Art Gallery #1

1

Artist: Julio Gonzalez

Title: Harlequin

Media: cast executed posthumously from original welded iron,bronze

Scale: 16 1/2 x 12 x 11 inches (49.91 x 30.48 x 27.94 cm)

2

Artist:Jasper Johns

Title: Numbers in Color

Media: Encaustic and newspaper on canvas

Scale:74 1/2 x 57 x 3 5/8 inches

Year:1958-1959

3

Artist:Robert Henri

Title: Tam Gan

Media: oil on canvas

Scale: 32 1/4 x 28 x 2 7/8 inches (81.915 x 71.12 x 7.3025 cm)

Year:1914

4

Artist:Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Title: Frauenbildnis (Portrait of A Woman)

Media: oil on canvas

Scale: 56 1/2 x 44 7/8 inches (143.51 x 113.9825 cm)

Year: 1911

5

Artist: Marsden Hartley

Title: Painting No.46

Media: oil on canvas

Scale: 40 3/4 x 33 3/16 x 1 1/4 inches (103.51 x 84.3 x 3.18 cm)

Year: 1914-1915

6

Artist: Alberto Magnelli

Title: Peinture NO.0528 (Painting NO.0528), 1915

Media: oil on canvas

Scale: 50 1/8 x 40 1/2 inches ( 127.3175 x

 102.87cm)

Year: 1915

7

Artist: Everett Shinn

Title: Theater Box

Media: oil on canvas

Scale: 26 x 30 x 3 inches (66.04 x 76.2 x 7.62 cm)

Year: 1906

A.) The artworks that make an impression on me are number 2 (Numbers in Color) and number 5  (Painting No.46) these too pieces really stood out to me I love the vibrant colors used in both and I  really like the details in the shapes in number 5 it kind of reminds me of sushi. I really like how the artist in number 2 made the numbers the star of the piece, you can't even tell it was created using newspaper.

B.) The artworks I feel a connection with are number 3 (Tam Gan)  and 4 (Frauenbildnis Portrait of A Woman)  as soon as I saw number 4 I was drawn to the fact that I saw a black women especially being created in 1911. She looks strong, she looks like a classy woman and I can relate to that.I connected to number 3 because I saw a innocent shy girl and she looks very timid and I remember being like that when I was younger.

C.) The artworks I would like to know more about are number 1 (Harlequin) and 7 (Theater Box). I want to know who the lady is in the Theater,why is her back to us, I would like to know what the expression on her face is. Number 1 is very different, I want to know was the other thinking about balance when he was creating this, was he thinking about death?  because it looks as if its a person holding a head.

Art Making/Material Exploration #2: Logo Design

1. I really liked creating my logo, I love natural hair and my natural hair is definitely apart me that's why I choose to focus on that for my logo.
2.  The process wasn't that complex. I knew I wanted to do some kind of silhouette, so I decided to do my side profile from when I was a little girl. After I sketched the profile I wanted to show one of my favorite hair styles a high puff. Inside the puff I put in different words that describe natural hair(kinky,curly, wavy,coily,nappy,afro,thick, and course) and all of this words have been used to describe my hair at some point in my life.
3. The most important discovery I made in creating this logo is i'm finally happy expressing myself, I used to think my natural hair wasn't beautiful, and now I know that's not true, and now i'm perfectly okay with being naturally me. 
4. The most important information I learned from watching the videos is you will have many prototypes, and sketches before you get your final product. In the PowerPoint I learned that logo means word and in order to set the foundation stone for a good brand career you have to have a good logo. In the readings I learned that amateurs can create their on advertisements in response to professionally produced work. I thought the videos were very informative, and very interesting they were useful in the process of making my logo.