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Reflecting Back

For the course AED 200, I expected it to be an easy art course to complete a Gen Ed requirement. I was hoping to learn about art, and I learned much more. I was able to not just learn about art techniques, but also the entire history of art and how it has developed. This course exceeded my expectations and taught me much more than I was anticipating. At the beginning, I viewed art as a form of expression for artists and also communities as a whole. It creates uniqueness within the world. Now as I consider what art is, it is everything. It is a way for an artist to express themselves, improve on their skills, or just a hobby to do something interesting. Art cannot be defined, as was learned throughout the material. Artists made sure their pieces could not be labeled by rules, and we saw an avant garde movement which is the definition of these developments. Creating art can be done in any way whether it is a painting or someone constructs and decorates their new home. It is everything an...
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Self-Portrait

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To create realistic portraits, some artist have to first use themselves as a study. Someone who did this was Vincent Van Gogh because he could not afford models. He created at least 35 portraits of himself throughout his career. I used one of his self-portraits for my art curation, and his works specifically inspired me most when wanting to create my own self-portrait. The three self-portraits I discovered of his on a virtual art gallery visit are as follows.  https://artsandculture.google.com/search?q=vincent+van+gogh+self+portrait  Self-portrait from 1887 (media and dimensions not visible for this piece).  https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/self-portrait-vincent-van-gogh/nAHHHe2ggxUGyg Self-portrait from 1889 (oil on canvas, 540x650 mm). (original inspiration from previous project).  https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/self-portrait/9gFw_1Vou2CkwQ Self-portrait from 1887 (oil on artist board, 41x32.5 cm).  https://artsandculture.google.com/...
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Art Curation: Video and Project Reflection

Curating an art exhibit is not an easy task. In the video of Philippe de Montebello and the Met, it discusses how not only how himself as a director chooses pieces, but how an entire team chooses what pieces to buy and display. A fine tooth comb must be used when creating an exhibit and analyzing works for it. Especially for the Met, they only want great quality pieces. A piece should not be selected based on personal taste, but based on the quality of the piece itself. Sometimes a person may know nothing about the work, so they have to rely on intuition. This is where research comes in, which takes place all the time. Research never ends on the pieces as there is much to learn about them. Many pieces do not come in perfect condition and have to be conserved. The conservation department revamps them without distorting what the original artist created. Another element that has to be considered in the architecture of the building and rooms the pieces will be placed in. The architecture a...
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Artwork and Influence

Artwork and it's influence has developed throughout the centuries. In the video of Jacob Lawrence, it discusses how he knew, experienced, and painted the american scene. He lived in Harlem during the Great Depression and learned much about art during this time. Lawrence speaks of the importance of passing creativity down to other generations, and how the young have creativity but lack the inspiration and outlet to use it. Important factors of art to Lawrence were color, design, pattern, texture, and especially content. First understand the media used and executed, then understand the content the image is saying or expressing. In the readings, it is learned that Lawrence continued to use basic paints that he used as a young child in Harlem for his artworks as he grew older. He continued to use unsophisticated materials because he wanted to emphasize the fact that he wanted every viewer to understand and analyze his work. Lawrence believes a painting needed to have universality, clar...
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Virtual Art Tour 2/2 Art Criticism

Here in part 2, 3 artworks will be discussed from the Uffizi Gallery. The Ognissanti Madonna is a painted piece by Giotto. Media used was tempera, size  10′ 8″ x 6′ 8″,  and was made between 1306-1310. This piece originated from the Ognissanti Church in Florence. The style is an alter piece, and it has a religious/spiritual representation. Those within the painting are life like, but many have halos around them to emphasize their grace. The artistic elements used were line to construct where the figures are sitting in the alter like form, which leads to the use of form to make the alter almost 3 dimensional, color even though muted was still used to bring attention to many areas of the work, and space which was utilized to emphasize the difference between those seated in the alter and those standing at the bottom of it. Artistic principles used are balance which is evident by how there are three figures with halos standing on each side of the painting, unity because all the ...
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Virtual Art Tour 1/2

Due to the worldwide pandemic, the only way to "visit" art galleries is virtually. It is actually quite amazing how many works of art you can view from the comfort of your home. I chose to view the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy for this project link : https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/uffizi-gallery/1AEhLnfyQCV-DQ?sv_lng=11.2551405&sv_lat=43.7679503&sv_h=-72.56694733863031&sv_p=-2.1305702986631445&sv_pid=b42xmC8f5SIHlsj4VvjZUA&sv_z=1 . I am used to seeing a lot of art from the US, so I wanted to explore art that is displayed in others areas of the world. From what I could see throughout the virtual tour, the lighting used to highlight the pieces were natural light coming from unblocked windows, and also artificial white lights above many of the pieces of art. Scanning through the photos, many of the walls that display the pictures ranged anywhere from a neutral cream color to even deep red and bright blue. As you view the pieces of works aga...
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Art in the 1900's

Art had many developments in the 1900's. The following videos were chosen because I wanted to learn more about how difficult creating art was in the countries of Italy and Germany. I specifically wanted to know more about the art in Germany because of the movies called The Monuments Men which focuses strictly on rediscovering the art that Hitler tried to hide and destroy. One of the major points started in Italy with the idea of futurism. In the Futurism: The Art/ Life Revolution video, it discusses Marinetti's influence on futurism. He said it was time for Italy to industrialize and become more modern like the rest of the world. Marinetti termed futurism as a time to reawaken intellectuals who were stuck on things from the past. His manifesto stated to destroy what was holding people in the past, cancel things such as museums, libraries, and academies. He wanted the world to focus on new things such as the speed of powerful cars, locomotives, and airplanes. At this time the ...
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