The Study of Art

1. I chose “Andy Warhol: Images of an Image”  because I enjoy Warhol’s work and his story. He is the beginner of pop art, and made the silkscreen something greater than it ever was. I chose “The Art of Henry Moore” because he was an artist I didn’t remember learning about and I wanted to know what his work was like. Both artists use a greater meaning to why they chose the art style that they have. 2. “Andy Warhol: Images of an Image” is a discussion on Warhol’s famous tendencies. Warhol made reproductions of advertisements from newspaper with a projector and acrylics. H eventually used silk screen printing. He could create a single screen for many works, which lead him to be able to mass produce them. His lack of midtones and color variation allows his work to convey little to no original emotional meaning, but re develop what the image means. Warhol used his work to demonstrate his opinion on societal and political problems at the time. His work was about materialism and society’s ob

1. I chose “Impact of Cubism” and “Matisse and Picasso” because I enjoy learning about Picasso and his work. I knew he was one of the lead artists in cubism. I also thought that the book could’ve talked more about cubism and its connection to other genres.  2. The video “Impact of Cubism” explained the genre of art and how it has changed the art movement before it and inspired new genres. Cubism involves an image dissected into its basic structures and then reconstructed into a more dynamic, complicated image. Cubism is based around using collage and oblique angles. There is no linear perspective, instead there are multiple perspectives. Cubism compared to stop motion images. Balla’s “Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash” reflects the basic principles of cubism, in terms of perspective. Cubism can also be used to talk about political views and conflict at the time. One of the more famous artists to lead cubism on was Duchamp, who, at his most abstract, created flowing boxes that moved throug

I visited To Point a Naked Finger by Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader. The exhibition was about the use of facial expressions as a form of communication. The exhibition was made by two influencers in the Deaf community, Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader. It is comprised of three videos which featured them using sign language with one another. The room is the secluded room which is painted black on all four sides and often features filmography. It is a dim-lit room but the videos are bright themselves. There are black cushioned benches for the viewer use while they take in the videos. The videos are projected from the ceiling on either side. The wall that faces the viewer when they first walk in is normally the wall that projects the videos, but instead this wall was blank. The wall hidden from the viewer and those on either side are being used to project the videos. The viewer stays relatively still, looking back and forth from the middle of the room. The videos themselves c

I chose these three images because I believe they provide a good example of the variation of masks in the African art world. In the first mask the artists uses repetition and pattern through the cut out triangles, but also through the placement of the triangles a new form of line is made; implied line. This unrealistic, representation of a face appears to be mimicking that of a frilled lizard with its shield out to scare prey and predators. There is also a strong sense of symmetry. In the second mask the artist takes a more realistic approach to a face, although it is still abstracted and exaggerated. There is exaggeration in the forehead which is emphasized by the beaded hair that is attached. There is symmetry in this mask as well, although it is less exact than the first mask. The artist uses curvilinear geometric shapes like the circle and and the curving X. As well, the lines shown follow the contours of the face, and the shapes could be representing a hairline.

1. I selected “African Art” because I thought it could give me more of a perspective on African Mask making. I chose “Buddhism” because I enjoy listening to information about the religion, mainly because it seems to be the least controversial and most interesting to me. 2. The video “African Art” described the culture of early Africa and its artifacts, as well as how they were used. In early African art the use of repetition and rhythm is similar to the music of the culture, with distinct patterns. The artworks were based in forms of masks, sculptures, and bronze statues. These were made to represent the divine and animals, each having a unique and individual style. They were known for their exotic exploration of representation rather than realism; much of the art is conceptually based. Statues were often meant to be the icon worshiped, rather than being a representation of the deity. As well, masks were used for dance rituals that connected the community to their deities. 3. The c