New Question: What does Dali mean when he says "I lived through my death before living my life." Explan the statement.
Friday, July 20, 2012
FILMS 14: POLLOCK / EVANS
New Question: What is the "flying couch"? Who did Pollock and Patsy go see when they went to NYC?
FILM 12: PICASSO / BRAQUE / GLIMCHER
New question: Describe Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon." How does it control your eye? Do you think it is a great work of art?
FILM 10: VANGOGH / SCHAMA
New Question: Do you think "The Potato-eaters by Van Gogh is a master piece? Why or Why not?
Thursday, July 19, 2012
FILM 9: IMPRESSIONISM / COLLINGS
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Film 8: Goya/Hughes
Film 9: Civilization/Collings
Art of feeling: choose one of Goya's paintings and tell us how it makes you feel.
Film 7: David/Schama
Film 6: Rembrandt/Greenaway
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Film 5:Caravaggio/Schama
New Question: In Caravaggio's "David with the head of Goliath," what do you feel is going on here? What do you think Caravaggio is trying to convey with this piece?
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Film 3: Michelangelo/Marlow
2. My favorite of Michelangelo is "The Doni Tondo". Tondo refers to the circular format that the portrait is created in. This painting is depicts the union between two families, the Doni and Strozzi. Viewers see Mary taking control of her child from Joseph. In the background is nude figures, which is the outside world. John the Baptist is also visible holding the cross over his shoulder. The whole picture overall depicts the transition from the pagan times (naked figures) to the christian world (the family). Between the two is John the baptist. When glancing at the painting, viewers look at the background with the naked male figures first, the scene with the family, and then John the baptists. Viewers look at the photo in this way because it does not go with the story. First, you want to know why there are naked males in the background. Second, you want to see what is going on with the family. Last, you want to know why John the baptist is sitting between the two scenes. Together they tell a story.
3. Marlow chooses to tell his story in different locations because he wanted viewers to actually see where the sculptures and painting reside. Each one tells a different story. By going to the location, Marlow tells the story, while viewers get a sense of how people in that time felt given the location of the statue. The most effective locations are when Marlow stands in the foreground with the painting or sculpture in the background. This is so effective because we hear and see Marlow discussing the piece, but we also see the piece to add to our understanding of the piece.
4. What is the painting/mural on the ceiling of the sistene chapel about?
Film 2: Da Vinci/Bruce
1. Fiona Bruce is the presenter of Leonardo's paintings and his life from start to finish. In this film, she takes us through Leonardo's life as a painter. She also introduces the world to a new painting "The savior of the world." We should believe her stories because she tells Leonardo's life by visiting certain locations where he resided and painted, but also having restorers, curators, art historians, and Leonardo biographers tell the story of the great painter.
2.My favorite painting of Leonardo is The lady with the Ermine. This portrait is the elegant young mistress of Duke Ludovico Sforza. I like this because the young girl is filled with life. To me, it seems as if this was captured through the lenses of a camera. The portrait is so vivid down to the facial structure and the bones and muscles in her hand grasping the ermine. According to Fiona, the ermine symbolizes their relationship, her purity, sex and power. An ermine is said to be pure because it does not get its white coat dirty. It has survived two world wars and resides in Poland. At first glance, I follow the direction that her eyes are pointed toward. Then, I look at her face. Last, I look at the mysterious looking animal that she holds in her hand. The reason that I look at these things in this order because Leonardo places emphasis on each item. He feels like he wants the viewer to follow her eyes, look at her face,and then the animal in her hand.
3. Fiona chooses to use other experts to tell parts of the story because it adds credibility to her story. To listen to these experts we actually get a sense of how each portrait was created, Leonardo's style of painting, and significant parts of his life. The most effective interviews were the ones in which Fiona actually sat down with the curator, restorer, or art historian to discuss the paintings and how they believed it was Leonardo's work. During these interviews, the expert provided us with knowledge based on their experience of his work. These were effective because these individuals shed light on Leonardo's life, but also helped the audience and Fiona understand Leonardo's paintings.
4. Why is only 20% of Leonardo's "The Last Supper" remaining of the fresco painting?
2.My favorite painting of Leonardo is The lady with the Ermine. This portrait is the elegant young mistress of Duke Ludovico Sforza. I like this because the young girl is filled with life. To me, it seems as if this was captured through the lenses of a camera. The portrait is so vivid down to the facial structure and the bones and muscles in her hand grasping the ermine. According to Fiona, the ermine symbolizes their relationship, her purity, sex and power. An ermine is said to be pure because it does not get its white coat dirty. It has survived two world wars and resides in Poland. At first glance, I follow the direction that her eyes are pointed toward. Then, I look at her face. Last, I look at the mysterious looking animal that she holds in her hand. The reason that I look at these things in this order because Leonardo places emphasis on each item. He feels like he wants the viewer to follow her eyes, look at her face,and then the animal in her hand.
3. Fiona chooses to use other experts to tell parts of the story because it adds credibility to her story. To listen to these experts we actually get a sense of how each portrait was created, Leonardo's style of painting, and significant parts of his life. The most effective interviews were the ones in which Fiona actually sat down with the curator, restorer, or art historian to discuss the paintings and how they believed it was Leonardo's work. During these interviews, the expert provided us with knowledge based on their experience of his work. These were effective because these individuals shed light on Leonardo's life, but also helped the audience and Fiona understand Leonardo's paintings.
4. Why is only 20% of Leonardo's "The Last Supper" remaining of the fresco painting?
Film 1: Paint/History
1. Paint is a liquid that dries to form a solid protected film. This basic transformation makes paint easy to apply, but difficult to remove. There are three components to paint: binder (holds everything together), pigment (color), and solvent (helps paint flow as it is applied).
2. I believe that the most significant evolution of paint is the discovery of titanium dioxide, latex resin, and water mixed together. Ti-02 prevents damage from the surface by blocking ultra violet rays. The good thing about this is that it is safer than lead and plentiful. Lead makes an excellent white paint, but is harmful to the nervous system. At Du point, they cook dry ti-02 in furnaces and turns it white. After WWII, latex resin was discovered. It dries quick when the water evaporates. It was first sold in 1947. The biggest paint factory in Newark produces vast amounts of the mixture of the three. Later they add the pigment, but also commence to break it down to get accurate colors.
3. A painting is adding pigment, paint, chalk, etc. to any surface like building, walls or canvases. It is important that a painting lasts for 500 years and 30,000 years because they yield bright and vivid colors. They also are very stable. If paintings last this long, scientists can examine and continue with the ever-growing development of paint. Scientists need this information to continue to find better solvents and binders for paint. During the earliest of times (caveman years), they found genius ways to produce paint using tempura (water and egg yolk) and synthetic Vermilion. Either way painters still relied on the minerals from the ground.
New Question: What is the process that painters use to create the thin layer of paint that covers the cars we drive today?
2. I believe that the most significant evolution of paint is the discovery of titanium dioxide, latex resin, and water mixed together. Ti-02 prevents damage from the surface by blocking ultra violet rays. The good thing about this is that it is safer than lead and plentiful. Lead makes an excellent white paint, but is harmful to the nervous system. At Du point, they cook dry ti-02 in furnaces and turns it white. After WWII, latex resin was discovered. It dries quick when the water evaporates. It was first sold in 1947. The biggest paint factory in Newark produces vast amounts of the mixture of the three. Later they add the pigment, but also commence to break it down to get accurate colors.
3. A painting is adding pigment, paint, chalk, etc. to any surface like building, walls or canvases. It is important that a painting lasts for 500 years and 30,000 years because they yield bright and vivid colors. They also are very stable. If paintings last this long, scientists can examine and continue with the ever-growing development of paint. Scientists need this information to continue to find better solvents and binders for paint. During the earliest of times (caveman years), they found genius ways to produce paint using tempura (water and egg yolk) and synthetic Vermilion. Either way painters still relied on the minerals from the ground.
New Question: What is the process that painters use to create the thin layer of paint that covers the cars we drive today?
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