Chapter 4 Artist Comparison Part 2 Theodore Gericault " The Raft of Medusa" vs Jean- Antoine Watteau " The Embarkation for Cythera"

Now these two artists are pretty good at getting my attention to focus on a certain path on each art canvas respectively. In " The Raft of the Medusa" there is strong saturation and lighting that makes my eyes scan the picture in a certain way. It all leads to the man that the rest of the people are reaching out to. This is strong linear movement that he uses. In a way it is not intentional, but since the human mind is curious to see what they are raising their hands to we follow it up to that man. You focus on the pain and death in the beginning and follow the bodies and then you see the reaching hands towards him. His linear movement is very effective and is by far very strong. Watteau has a similar linear movement in her portrait. You focus in on the kids to the right and follow the curvature lines that lead down the hill and into what looks to be a boat in a pond or ocean. The fact that she uses dark colors on the right side draws us back to view more since we are expecting something to be there. Its a good effective trick to use so that the viewer can see the whole portrait and not just one part of it. At one point you want to examine all that is going on by the boat, and at the same time you want to focus on the people around the Venus statue. It flows so greatly together. Both these artist can use linear movement effectively and it is fascinating to see that. Whether its intentional or not, it is amazing how some simple lines can lead you to explore the whole portraits.

Chapter 4 Artist Comparison Part 1 Keith Haring VS Jennifer Pastor,Winged Merman vs The Perfect Ride

Keith Haring and Jennifer Pastor both have a similar style of art in these paintings. They both use some type of line to attract attention to their art. Keith Haring used strong thick lines to make the viewer focus on the winged merman. He used different types of lines to symbolize certain points in his art. In Haring’s case wavy lines can symbolize energy or some sort of heat radiation. Wavy lines can symbolize waves or sounds coming from an object. The perspective of the viewer can change the meaning of a picture since no two minds see a picture the same. In Jennifer Pastor’s case, she used outlines and contours to draw the viewer into the picture. Using contours and outlines in art tricks the brain into seeing a three dimensional drawings on a two dimensional object. Both artists can use lines so differently but can attract a viewer into what they are trying to symbolize. I feel that Haring’s art takes a bit more to understand since his interpretation of certain lines varies depending on the viewer. To me, Pastor’s art is a lot more fun. You can see an animation happening right before your eyes and it flows so smoothly with the contours she uses. Tricking the brain into seeing these 3 dimensional objects takes a lot of planning. Both artist’s use lines effectively but I feel that Pastor’s are easier to understand.

September 20th lecture- NONE

Sorry i was not able to make it to class, im sure it was quite fun since im reading the blogs of other classmates! I now know that for a fact i cant miss any more days because this class is just too fun. sorry :) but i will be doing my chapter 4 artist sets :)

Gears of War 3 is out!

I have been waiting for this day since the Beta in May. It's finally here!

9/13 Art Lecture..... sortaa

Well this day was by far the least amount of work done in class. We met in a different art room, but for 1 main reason, FOOD. Haha. Although I didn't mind at all that we would have a potluck, the food was delicious. ESPECIALLY the warm homemade chocolate chip cookies. Pigging out is not all we did, Glenn taught us how to video blog and upload our videos to YouTube. Although it may seem awkward to talk to a camera right in front of your face, I feel it is a bit easier to express yourself with a video blog. All in all the night was very laid back and cool. I wish we had more days like this, not to say the class is boring but being interactive like that makes time go by a lot faster :)

Tuesday 9/6 Lecture

The class stared off peculiar.  I was not expecting to start off the night with a clip from the movie Inception. The clip was fairly long, but had an important message to it. How do we know what reality really is?

Afterwards we had a mini discussion about the literal meaning the reality. Before long we watched yet another clip from a comparable movie The Matrix. This clip had yet the same meaning of what we perceive is a real reality. We each see reality in our own perspective. Identifying reality is really up to the eye of the beholder. We cannot judge one another's  reality since reality can hold different meanings.

After we had a mini discussion about reality, we focused on a cave in France that was discovered by a young kid named Marcel. These caves held some artwork from long ago. It is interesting how artistic people were on the walls of these caves. How they managed to build things to paint on the walls of these caves. If this kid would have never gone to explore we would have never known about these caves and the artwork that they hold til this day. All in all the lecture of this day had me wondering what really is real and what if what we believe to be real is really real. It confused me for some time, but what we know and believe is what we know is real. :)

Tuesday August 30 Lecture

Lecture- We talked about all different types of art forms. Some recognizable, some interesting. From prehistoric times, to modern times. I myself have a thing for graffiti. Although i have no skill in it whatsoever, it is visually pleasing to my eyes. The creativity and passion that goes into it is beyond awesome.

A lot of vibrant colors and expressions can be made through graffiti. The graffiti artist takes his time to add the special touches to express his emotions. When it comes to graffiti, every artist has a different style. Most cannot be replicated so that is what makes graffiti unique to 1 artist.

Regardless of  the time, there has always been in impact on art over time. It doesnt necessarily need to be paint and colors; literature and music are also considered a type of art. I also learned how the font TRAJAN,  came to be. I now see that it is used in many movie posters. Its interesting to see how its come a long way into our society and how often we see it on a daily basis.