Blog Post 7

Hello again - Welcome to the final installment of this blog where we take a look at photography and sculpture. Hope you've enjoyed the posts.

1) Henri Cartier Bresson Decisive Moment

2) Annie Liebovitz Portrait Photography

3) Jerry Uelsmann's Manipulated Photography

4) Robert Arneson Modeling

5) Luis Jiminez Casting

6) Andy Goldsworthy Earth Art

Blog Post 6

Hello all -
Today we are taking a look at some additional mediums and techniques that artists use.
1) Albrecht_Durer - Wood_Carving

2) Emil_Nolde - Woodcut

3) Jasper_Johns - Encaustic

3a) Close up of "Flag" by Jasper Johns

4) Diego_Rivera - Fresco

5) Jackson_Pollock - Oil_Paints

6) Charles_Burchfield - Watercolor

Blog Assignment 5

Hello again. Today we are taking a look at some of the principles of design.

1) Asymmetrical Balance

2) Emphasis

3) Rhythm

4) Variety

5) Visual Movement

6) Scale

Hello Again!
Today we will be looking at Light, Color and some of the other formal elements of Art.

1) Hatching - "The Map" by Mary Cassatt

2) Tenebrism - "Judith and Holofernes" by Artemisia Gentileschi

3) Analogous Color Schemes -  "Tree Shadows" by Romare Bearden

4) Arbitrary Color - "Grapes" by Pierre Bonnard

5) Pattern - Carpet Page from the Lindisfarne Gospels inscribed by Eadfrith

6) Op Art - Study for an Untitled Painting by Bridget Riley

Blog 3 - Chapters 4 & 5

Hello - Today we'll be taking a look at 6 concepts relating to Line and Space by looking into one represtative works of each concept.

Expressive Line - Vincent van Gogh

Implied Line - Titian

Outline - Sol LeWitt

Positive and Negative Space - Cezanne

Modern Experiments - Umbo

Virtual Space - Second Life - The work below is by Greg Miller and can be found here along with additional information about Art in Second Life.

Blog assignment 2: Form vs. Content, Representational, Abstract, Non-Objective, Icon or Iconocloast

Hello All -

Today we are going to take a look at 6 different Artistic terms and try to better understand them by looking at examples of each.

1) Form vs. Content - "Bouncing Ball: a study of trajectory" by Etienne-Jules Marey

2) Representational -  "Yosemite Falls" by Albert Bierstadt

3) Abstract - "The Flame" by Jackson Pollock

4) Non-Objective - "Airplan Flying" by Kasimir Malevich

5) Icons - "Christ on the Cross" by Michelangelo

6) Faith Ringgold's "The Flag is Bleeding"

Blog Assignment 1 - Roles of the Artist

Hello All -

Today we are looking into the 4 Roles of an Artist by taking a look at archetypal examples of each. The last 2 links will also examine "Aestetic Beauty" and "Kitsch". Please take a look and feel free to let me know what you think.

http://screencast.com/t/HyvJIiwLwi - Yayoi Kusama's "The Door to the 21st Century"
http://screencast.com/t/irf6G3oy8YsF - Ahearn and Torres's "Melissa with Garden Tools"
http://screencast.com/t/NzbOvkhiPbhx - Renzo Piano's "NEMO"
http://screencast.com/t/OivqPBeTt - Ana Mendieta's Silueta Series
http://screencast.com/t/yGUxM6rr - Kane Kwei's "Hen with Chicks"
http://screencast.com/t/vHkWjJf3 - The Velvet Store's "Jesus and Elvis in Heaven"



Please note: The 4 Roles of the Artist denoted in the first 4 links are directly quoted from "A World of Art" by Henry Sayre.