Beginnings of Art

The Burchfield Penney Art Gallery had some amazing works, even though the exhibits were small. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jlSPAIZsLQ1e8UUbuJ1rUJvvujVjVAYZHdvr20K0rHI/edit?usp=sharing Above is the link to the works of art that impacted me, I connected with, and wish I knew more about. The first one is by Charles Caryl Coleman, The Shores of Capri. This one impacted me because in the piece, there are only women, and they are completing many tasks. I thought this was very empowering, and I felt as though these women were strong and were able to sustain themselves without command from a male figure. I enjoyed how light and airy the work was. It provided a sense of peace and calm. Next was the Haunted Twiligh t by Charles E Burchfield. This piece I wish I knew more about. It is captivating because of the darkness of it, but the forms within the work are very interesting. From my perspective, I would like to think this work was created to be a night time scene, but I quest...

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vkb7Qp3vt3KchG8WyqYA3rY7myOdd-YE-f7T_cscbs4/edit?usp=sharing In the link, there is a slideshow that provides photos that represent each design element and principle. The photo of line is of the leaves attached to roses. Lines are the basics to building art. The lines in the leaves create a pathway from one point of the leaf to another. This leads the eye through the photo. Value was represented by black and white contrast. It is the difference between light and dark. The flowers represent the light, and the black background is the dark. Next, the spiral burner represents a shape. The single line forms a circle. It is not a conventional shape, but it looks interesting. The balloons in the next photo is the elements of forms. This element is three dimensional. Each balloon has length, width, and depth. The metallic color against the white wall made the forms aesthetically pleasing to look at. Space was represented by the shelf holding a fake p...

Value and color are very important to the world of art. When creating my value scale and color wheel, I could tell these elements were important because different values give depth to an artwork by providing contrast and shadows, while color and its different hues help in creating pieces of work that are lively. Knowing how the different colors interact is important because the base of each color, or how they are mixed creates the different shades and can provide value to art without using black and white. When creating this project, the media I enjoyed working with more was the acrylic paint. Paint is more smooth than charcoal, and the different colors are more appealing to the eye. I also found that when using the paint, I felt more relaxed and enjoyed using it. When I was using the charcoal, I felt anxious and tried to create the scale faster than when I created the color wheel. What is important to know from creating these studies is that value and color coincide with one another. ...

There is a full spectrum of color that is within white light. Through wave lengths, the human eye via the brains processing can see a specific color. An example of this is when we wake up to the wave length of blue, and when we see blue lights, we stay awake. What is very interesting about color is that it can influence our emotions. Red is one that affects us in many ways. For many, red can symbolize things such as love, danger, or violence. This color is so deeply rooted in our brains from evolution. It affects our fight or flight responses, and makes us very aware of our surroundings. If you compare competitors who wore red versus any other color, the change in their hormones can show that their confidence increased due to the affect of the color. The color blue can make people feel sad, and yellow can make someone feel happy. Evolution developed our cones and rods that can see certain wave lengths. Our ancestors attributed these colors to their survival and the experiences they had...

     Throughout the centuries, art has progressed into many different forms. Before the 1500's, art was used for church purposes, and also to show power and class. In today's time, art can be anything, and any ordinary person can have a piece of work within their home. One of the main things that has been considered over the centuries is the idea of aesthetics and its purpose when it comes to processing art. In the video Aesthetics: Philosophy of the Arts, we can see many different perspectives on the subject of aesthetics from each century. From the start, you see that Plato did not believe that art was beautiful, which is one of the main points of aesthetics. Plato saw artists as low people, and they were committing treason by replicating an idea that was formed by the real. Later, we see someone such as Francis Hutcheson develop a systematic philosophical view on the idea of aesthetics. A sense of morale creates beauty and harmony. In order to see the beauty, there are...