Let There Be Art

My first expectation was to just learn more about art and the way things have been created and my expectations were definitely met. Art is freedom. Art gives people a chance to do whatever they want and create how ever they want with no rules. Beauty is freedom and each art piece we have discovered in this course taught me that.  Henri Cartier-Bresson. is still my favorite artist. Photography is always going to be my first love when coming to art.  I love taking online courses. It makes the college life a lot easier. 

1- Taking my first glance at The Guernica, it was really hard to understand what was even happening. This oil painting is considered to be a moral with many different tortuous images created in it.  There's many elements and principals tat were brought to this piece such as; line, shape, form, value, and movement.  Looking at this picture my eyes dart from one place to another. there is no one thing that draws the attention. 2- The Guernica was made in 1937 by Picasso. This piece was created around the Civil War time period which makes sense because it seems as if the painting was a testimony of war. 3-  The painting was create in a time filled with war, death, and a lot of chaos. Picasso uses symbolism to express this time period. The painting is crazy, it's filled with shapes and forms which make the people and animals. Looking at the faces that were created, it creates a horrifying feeling.  I took this as Picasso created these figures like this to relate to the people w

The Lockdown On Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art This art is influenced by comic books,  surfing, classics cars and Cold War Imagery. The video explains the development of the unconventional artistic movements. West Coast pop art is associated with abstract expressionism and also carried along female artist to the forefront.  There was also the Lowbrow Lifestyle, which appealed to the masses. Pop Culture, Car culture, and fold art all had major influences on this genre of art.  This art was developed after World War 2. Tate Modern  I was not able to get into the link for this video.  An Acquiring Mind : Philipee de Montebello and The Metropolitan  De Montebello showed the acquisition of more than 84,000 works from around the globe,  demanded innovation in conservation techniques and oversaw the doubling of the physical size of the world-renowned curule institution.  He brought a diverse background in European painting to the Met, he took over the director in 1977. This museum was

Uncertainty: Modernity Art I picked this video because it seemed like it would be an interesting topic to learn about. I have never really heard of Modernity Art before. Art has changed throughout the years. 20th Century art put more action on negative emotions such as chaos, anxiety, and uncertainty.   The piece in the video was created by Pablo Picasso. Picasso focused on the contrast while Paul Klee worked on the abstract, and Piet Mondrian and the artitecture of Le Corbusier. Modern life's relationship with modern art helped make changes to art expressionism.  It also changed Pop at. It is very clear the way that art has changed throughout time just by looking into art down the time line.  This video goes into more than the text did. It helped getting visuals rather than relaying on text to explain everything. Andy Warhol: Images of an Image I also picked this video because I was familiar with Warhol. I liked getting to know more about him. Warhol commented on mass media

The Gallery 1. There were spotlights on everything. Each work had its own shine in the glory look to it. 2. The walls were a white creamy color. 3. The materials used on the inside were picture frames and shelves to hold up the work. 4. It as very spaced out and no one was crowded together looking at art. The Artwork 1. The artwork is organized by artist. Each artist had their group of work together in the halls. 2. The art all connected depending on the artist. All their pieces seem to work together in some way but also were completely different at the same time. 3. The art was different because of the way they were designed or the materials used. Each piece had it's own meaning. 4. Some art hangs up while others were on platforms. 5.  The art was identified by little blocks next to the art with the artist name, art name, and date. 6. Each piece was spaced out and gives viewers enough room to be in spotlight. Artist - Johnathon Rogers Title- Group Self

Expressionism- This is a type of artistic style where artist seek the subjective emotions and responses that certain objects and different events bring out in a person.  Artist normally create this type of art through distortion, exaggeration, and fantasy.  Expressionism started to become more noticeable in the 19th century.  This was because this type of art allowed a lot of people to express themselves in ways they couldn't before. I chose this video because I have heard about expressionism before and actually had an Idea of the concept.  I thought the video was dry but I learned some cool stuff that I didn't know before. The Impact of Cubism-   Cubism is a revolutionary type of modern art that was developed by Picasso and Braques. This was the first type of abstract art to exist. This art created responses that changed the world.  This type of art was created with the intentions to bring back some Western art traditions. Cubist were able to challenge the traditional