module 8, video review

1. Explain why you selected the video you choose from the selection listed above.

I choose the video, the measure of all things: Greek art and the human figure, because it caught my attention immediately. The title about human figure and art was what did it for me. After watching the video I was very intrigued through the full video. It was very interesting and eye opening for me, for this people to understand things back in B.C that is still sometimes tough for people to grasp today.  

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

The Measure of All Things: Greek Art and the Human Figure

- All about the human body, obsessed with it
- 3000 BC when it started
- inspired 20th century artists -picasso
- used marble
- mostly women sculptures, connected with fertility
-  6th century started to produce realism, in 3-d, movement
- during point in western art(revolution)
- sole and inner beauty
- statutes that actually make you think they move
- all greek stone in buildings/sculptures were painted, usually in bright colors
- paintings are missing but lots of pottery, depicting everyday life in greece
- Greek dominant culture of the mediterranean, spread across the whole world then

More human than human

- all images/sculptures/paintings etc.  of the body are unrealistic
- north east Austria, statue of woman found, made 25,000 years ago, barely 10cm high, first clue of why world is dominated by unrealistic images of the body.

- exaggerating parts of the body because thats what was liked back then (venus figure)

- Thousands of images of the body in the tomb, of ramesses the 6th

- exaggerating the body was not part of art anymore in Egyptian art
- Egyptian style of creating the image of people/body never changed through generations and centuries
- Grind style is what everyone used in Egyptian style of creating pictures of people/body  and everything of every picture had to be the same and done with precision

- they wanted images of the body to last forever
- culture, society is how we depict the body
- culture is king when depicting the body
- in greece the better body you had the more you were like a god, gods took human form

3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
Both the readings in the text and the videos relate through how art came out through the image of the body. Each part of the world back then depicted the body in different ways, some inspired by others but with different intentions. The book and the videos go on about how the history of this images back out, also what inspired these images and sculptures, mainly culture.

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

I enjoyed both films, I also I watched other one just based on curiosity. These films reiterated what the text had already said but also gave a further depth of understanding about the history of how the image of the body was depicted and also a better understand of how culture had a major impact on the image of the body. Each country, area had a different understand and image of the body based on their society, culture and their beliefs.

module 6 video review

1. I never realized how many different textures and material can be used to make sculptures(piece of art). What really caught my eye was the limestone carving from Italy. The methods they used back in the day and the methods today are very different but are used to have the same results. The buildings they made from these carvings are immense. Glass making is what is the most impressive to me. My family owns many of these pieces of art and to this day I am still amused by them and how they were made. The art of making glass making is very hard process and possess someone with a steady and focused hand.

2. These videos give a further insight on the process of sculptures, glass making and different artworks. The text describes the material and how it is used to make certain artworks with all these different materials. These videos demonstrate the process of how the artwork is made. Going through the steps and history of the material and artwork. Both resources, text and videos, are very insightful and give you better understanding of the process, material and final artwork.

3. I believe the videos were very helpful on giving history and background information on the material and artwork. I believe this helps better understand the process artists going through to create their wonderful pieces of art. It shows the process of getting the material, creating/installing the artwork and the final piece. Its not just a one day thing, these pieces of art go through many thoughts and planning types before they are experimented then created.

Peer review

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2. When I was looking from project one and the slideshow that was created with all the picture representing different elements and principles it was great. I did agree with all the elements and principles used for each picture. I believe there was a few pictures that could have represented different elements and principles but the elements and principles used were good. Like I stated in the comment about the slideshow, there was a grace about it, it was very harmonious to go through and view the picture, even the order they were in.

3. When looking through my peers blogs, I didn't recognize any images that I used for my blog. In saying so though there were many pictures that caught my eye and really had an impression on me. After reading what my peers had to say about the image it gave a different point of view on the image then I originally had. It was great to do this to get different perspectives on different images.

4. Like I stated in question 3, there were many images that caught my eye and piqued my interest. A few that had the biggest impression on me were, G. Peter Jemison’s Ansley’s Fish, after reading my peers post about it I agreed that the image was very refreshing, to me it was like a summertime feeling. It changes your mood (happy). After image from the same blog posting was, John Pfhal’s Vaporous Sunrise created by using digital print mounted on Plexiglas with polycarbonate laminate, the image really caught my eye. Its a very relaxing photo. What i'd like to know more about it is the artists inspiration in creating the photo, where he was when he thought about it, if he seen that image then recreated it, and what his intended perspective is on it.

5. I believe that reading your peers posting about blogs and images is very helpful. By doing this it helps you better understand the work and information also it gives you a different view point. I my opinion the most helpful part about it is the different view points on the work. It makes you think in a different way and gives you new ideas for work in the future. Now every time you do a project or posting you have different ways to think about it.

6. There was no posting from the peers on my blog. But I do believe that getting feedback from your peers does help and is useful for when creating a new blog and maybe redoing the one they commented on taking their feedback into consideration 

Art visit

a.) The artwork that made the big impact and impression on me was the wall drawing. It is amazing how very few artist took little time a day and penciled in that whole mural. The time and patience it took with a steady hand to create the “electricity” effect is amazing. What also caught my eye was the cubes, rectangles, boxes and containers piece of art. What caught my eye the most out of that was the color scheme used for the boxes and how they sit in each other in different.

b.) Millie Chen wallpaper I had a connection with. With those symbols on the way it makes you think, “what is it trying to say”, what are the symbols saying to me and it always caught me guessing and this is what really caught my eye and connected with me. Anselm Kiefer: beyond landscape I also felt a connection with. Again along the same lines as the wallpaper connection, it was more of a blurry piece of art that had you harmoniously trying to understand where you were in life and what you were trying to achieve.  

c.) What artwork I saw briefly and was unable to get the name and I also tried looking it up on the website but I couldn’t find it was the cloth piece of art. It was art made I believe of cloth and I believe was a few people at a market shopping for food. It was very interesting to me. Edgar Degas photo of women looking at their reflection in water, I would like to know what his thought process was behind creating this painting.

BSC soccer logo

1&2. The logo I decided to create was from the name of my blog that I created at the start of the semester for this class. Buffalo state college soccer. In my logo I used the colors black and orange because those are the colors of our school so I thought it would only be fitting to use them, also with black and orange they complement each other. I create a bold B and a regular “S” and “C”. I chose to put the “s” and “c” together to represent a soccer ball and also to represent a circle. Reasoning why is because with a circle there is no ending, you can always achieve more. I also wrote out Buffalo State College soccer out so you could see what the logo represents.

3. I believe the most important discovery I made during the creation of my logo is the circle that does not have an ending and it also represents a ball. I believe that there is never an ending to anything and you can always achieve more.

4. The most important thing I learned after watching the videos, powerpoint and reading material is the colors that you use to create your logo. Color can change someones perspective on it. With colors that attract people, it makes people like the logo more, or the company and what it represents.