self portrait

Self-Portrait

Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)  (Dutch, Leiden 1606–1669 Amsterdam)

Date:

1660

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

31 5/8 x 26 1/2 in. (80.3 x 67.3 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Self-Portrait

Henri Fantin-Latour  (French, Grenoble 1836–1904 Buré)

Date:

ca. 1858

Medium:

Oil on canvas, laid down on canvas

Dimensions:

Overall 10 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (26.4 x 21.3 cm); original canvas 10 x 7 7/8 in. (25.4 x 20 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

 

Self-Portrait

Anthony van Dyck  (Flemish, Antwerp 1599–1641 London)

Date:

ca. 1620–21

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

47 1/8 x 34 5/8 in. (119.7 x 87.9 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

1.       Why did you select the inspiration pieces?

a.       I liked the different angles that each piece showed.

2.       Why did you select the media to create your self-portrait?

a.       Honestly, it’s the only thing that was easy to get to in my apartment. I have started packing and have packed some of my art supplies.

3.       What challenges did you face in creating your self-portrait and how did you overcome them?

a.       The shading was rather hard. I had few options in color and tried my hardest to match. Some aspects came out really well while others didn’t.

4.       How does this piece represent you?

a.       I think the background is a better representation. It is very bold and know where it wants to go, but needs refining. Which is exactly how I feel about my life.

5.       What elements and principles of art did you apply in this work?

a.       Color, texture, shading

6.       Did you enjoy working on this project?

a.       Painting is still difficult but I like blending the colors on the canvas

7.       What do you think of your final artwork?

a.       It needs more work. I can see the start to a decent piece but it has a long way to go. 

reflections of class

Step 2:

Questions and Topics for Your Blog Posting:

1. What were you expectations for this course and where they met?

I expect to learn how to appreciate art more. I expect this to be a course that teaches us about the different styles and techniques and gives us basic skills on how to look at art and see what the painter saw and how they created their work.

I think for the most part these were met. I think I expected to spend more time on the topics as the course went really fast. 

2. Now that you've been through this course, What is art? How would you define it now compared to your intial posting?

 Art is what we create. It can come in many forms and is often messy(at least for me). Art is what makes this world beautiful. Art is all around us.

Art is still so many things to me. It Is scultpture, paintings, masks. It can be here one second and gone the next. Art is ever changing.

3. Who was your favorite artist in your original posting and who is your favorite visual artist now? If there is a difference, why do you think so? If you have the same favorite artist, why do you think so?

Favorite Artist: Edgar Degas. I love the way that he depicts movement, especeially with his paintings of bellerinas. I think that the techniques he used make his paintings seem life like. 

I still really like Degas. I appreciate the style of painting that he does, and the way he represents movement. I am not a fan of abstract and Degas is all about showing real life and the way that we actually see it. 

4. Now that you've completed this course, how do you feel about taking an online course? Is your answer the same as it was in your first posting? How is it the same or different?

 I am normally ok with online courses, although this one seems to be different. In other courses the content and activities were all on angel and other forums were not required. I think after I get a hand on how these other forums work I will do very well in this course also

This art course was more involved than others I have taken. In the beginning I struggled with aligning my time with the deadlines. Toward the end I started to do better and turn assignments in on time. I think that I had so much going on in the beginning that I pushed this to the last second and I learned that I couldn't do that with this class. 

critique

I reviewed The World of Nature by Kailee Wainwright, Perfectly Imperfect by Nicole Pacensia, and Relaxation is a Cure to Happiness by Edmund Barfour

I selected The World is Nature because it grabbed my interest the most and I had also done an exhibit on nature and I liked seeing the images that Kailee choose and how they differed from mine.

I found it very hard to find things to critique about. I thought that I was nit-picking her work while I thought that most of it was very good.

I don't really like to critique others works. I don't want others to tell me what is wrong with mine and there-fore would rather not do it to others work

Yes I would like to read the critique of my work. It would let me know what others thought, and how I could have improved upon my exhibit.

I would rate my article at about an 8. I found it very hard to fill two pages.

I did enjoy working on this project, yet I wish it had come sooner in the semester.

Week Fifteen video reviews

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

The Colonial Encounter: Views of Non-Western Art and Culture: This video explored different aspects of non-western art and culture. A key concept I learned was about the world fair. The 1900 the Paris World Fair ran for 8 months with 15 million visitors. The colonial factions exposed the underlying nationalism of the event. Half the area was devoted to French imperialism while the rest represented other nations' colonies.

Greenberg on Art Criticism: An Interview by T. J. Clark: In this video, T. J. Clark discusses the evolution of art criticism and issues surrounding modernist painting. This program documents their conversation, spotlighting Clement Greenberg’s reflections on his career and its place in the wider arenas of art theory, art journalism, and the philosophy of aesthetics. Clement Greenberg states that writing about art is much tougher than writing about literature or music.

2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Criticism project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.

The videos were successful in helping me to understand what art criticism is and how exactly it works. In the future I would suggest a video where they are actively criticizing the work so we know what we are looking for.

3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of art criticism?

I thought the videos were successful in exploring the different aspects of understanding art criticism. For example, the interview with Greenberg has taught me that it is very difficult and it should involve a lot of critical thinking.

Land, Land, All Around Journal

I found it difficult to find as many pictures as I did. I used three sources for pictures and searched through many internet libraries. I wanted to show the beauty that is in nature. All of my paintings are very calming.
I choose a very neutral theme and in some used a gradual green color to pick up the green pops in some pieces. I think that this was harder than I thought it was going to be. Trying to stay to the theme was the hardest part because there are so many great works out there.

video blog

1. for each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art – This movie explains the meaning of lowbrow and how it originated. Artist Anthony Aussang says it is essentially reactionary to highbrow culture. The definition is, "a person regarded as uncultivated and lacking in taste. The term lowbrow is said to be used by someone who could not find a better term.

Displaying Modern Art: The Tate Approach - A key concept that I learned from this video is that modern art in the MOMA from 1929 onwards was generally displayed in chronological order that represented each different art movement. Art is displayed on white walls with flexible lighting. The Museum of Modern art attracts a lot of curious visitors and the staff there always deals with huge crowds.

Bones of Contention: Native American Archaeology - I learned that Native Americans' bones were collected as a scientific curiosity during the U.S. genocide against Indians. Over the past 150 years, the bones of tens of thousands of American Indians accumulated in the name of science.

And Mind: Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan Museum of Art - From this video I learned about Philippe de Montebello. He was born in France and educated in Harbor. He served for 31 years as Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, marking his reputation as the 8th and longest director.

2. Do the videos relate to the creation of your Art Exhibition project? If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.

The videos relate to the creation of art exhibition because all the videos show how arts are collected and displayed, and styles of displaying art such as the MOMA style and the thematic approach of art.

3. What is your opinion of the films? Do they add depth to understanding of the art concepts you practiced while creating your curation project?

I thought the videos were in general entertaining and informative to watch. I especially liked watching the video about lowbrow art because I did not know such form of art existed before. 

Mod 12

1.            Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above.

a.            The two videos I chose were Uncertainty: Modernity and Art and Andy Worhol: Images of an Image. I chose Uncertainty because I wanted to know the direction that art is going into the future. I chose the Andy Warhol Video because I love his work. I have been obsessed with his work since tenth grad when I went on an Art Club trip to the museum in Pittsburg. To some his work may not seem like art but to me it grabs my attention and I’m looking for all the imperfections and differences in each different piece.

2.            For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.

a.            Andy Warhol never wanted to be an artist; instead he wanted to be a tap dancer. Andy was obsessed with repetition. One of the ways we can see this is in a work he created after Marilyn Monroe's death, he created a piece with the repetition of Marilyn's face. Marilyn's face made Warhol famous. Andy used screen printing in many of his works. Screen was originally made of silk, but it is now a finer material of fine or coarse mesh, depending on the desired effect. In, 1963, he bought a movie camera and shot about 10 films and turned his friends into movie stars. Andy did not value celebrities as everyone else did. He saw them as everyday objects. Turning his friends into stars shows this.

b.           In the Modern art film, I learned that all art will be connected to the past in some way due to the styles of art. Modern freedoms and ideas allow people to have much more freedom with the art they create than in the past which can make the art much better for now and into the future.

3.            How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?

a.            The book and video both discussed how Warhol and the work he did with Marilyn Monroe. They both discussed the advertisement aspect associated with art. The video just goes further in-depth.  The videos relate to the readings because they add visual imagery to what the books states when it discusses modern and post-modern art.

4.            What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts? 

a.            I enjoyed watching this video because it takes a more in depth look into certain aspects of Pop Art, including the famous artist, Andy Warhol. These videos do provide me with much more knowledge of each subject than the readings. I’m a fan of videos rather than reading because it helps me understand the concepts.