Which two artworks are not belong to Camille

(above) Edge of the Woods                                                                   (above)The woodcutter

(beyond) Nympheas                                                                              (beyond) Hoafrost

(beyond) Le Petit Jardinier





Find out five different things

con. his artworks

Orchar in Bloom, Louveciennes

Hoafrost

Cafe au Lait

con. his artworks

The Woodcutter

                        View from My Window, Eragny

                 Chennevieres on the Banks of Marne

Edge of the Woods or Undergrowth in Summer

Camille Pissarro

Camille Pissarro call

Artist

Model of new art

Impressionist

Leader of impressionists

Living art

Elegant printer

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Identity Art

I draw a picture of a businessman who sitting on a chair with classmates last week. Professor divided into six parts and let us draw it part by part. It has been shown by the projector and had to see it while I draw it. When I saw the first part of it only, I could not guess what picture is about. Different types of lines move in different directions, and some of them are intersecting with each other. Thus, it was an interesting moment to guess several possibilities of the full image. Since I draw third part of it, I could guess its full image uniquely like a person who has long nails and huge body but I could not think its sitting position makes a person look huge. After I drew some lines in the last part (I did not finish drawing), I might recognize its appearance and position, and also, I could understand that how I misunderstand the view of the picture when I just see the picture part by part. Moreover, I learned that the view of photo, pictures, and objects are diverse depending on looking method. If I did not see it in full picture, I would not still recognize that its upside and downside was changed. There is another fact that upside parts of a drawing, look bigger and thicker than downside parts of the drawings. From these activities, I learn that how drawing can be changed depending on methods. If I know the full image of the picture before I start the drawing, then I would calculate its balance and measurement of a body part to make this picture fit better on a paper. The businessman from my drawing looks monster which has unbalance and weird body portion. However, it was one of the greatest experience I ever had in my life. I would not know that contrast between part by part drawing and whole drawing and qualities.

Artist Frank O Gehry verses Zaha Hadid

Artist Frank O Gehry and Zaha Hadid’s architectures are amazing architecture in this chapter. They will design the buildings which are very creative and seem attached to present society as they break the matrix about traditional view or form of the architectures.

Their buildings ‘Guggenheim Museum’ and ‘Center for Contemporary Art’ have some similarities. These buildings have been used geometric shapes of the buildings and more than one shape attach to eh building like the squares and rectangle figures attach to the Center for Contemporary Art and flower shape figure attach to the Guggenheim Museum. Their buildings are also placed in areas where huge population lives. Furthermore, rectangular columns inside the building hold up the entire building.

Artist Frank’s architecture ‘Guggenheim Museum’ I place on the river, and long round bridge around or surround the building. Its color is silver, it looks cold image but also, he will cover this image by different forms by different both geometric and non-geometric shapes. Its total appearance looks ‘unfolded flower’ when look it from the sky. By arrangement with several different shapes, it seems unbalanced, and unsafe. In addition, entire building seems shiny as jewelry and provides some its texture of art under the direction and brightness of the light.

Unlike Artist Frank’s architecture ‘Guggenheim Museum’, Artist Zaha’s architecture ‘Center for Contemporary Art’ has two geometric shapes like squares and rectangles. These shapes of the building provide balanced, safe, and comfortable feeling. In other hand, different size of shapes blocking sunlight in some area of the building with long shadow. The glass wall of the Center for Contemporary Art well defines ground floor and gain some energy through it. Artist Zaha has been using the quality of the window.

I want to live in this kind of house in the future if they or somebody add more windows on their buildings. The design of buildings is very creative and makes my eye fun.

A Day without Electricity

It is not easy to spend a day without the electricity, and I fail to spend a day without electricity because most important objects such as the refrigerator and the light bulb are necessary in daily life. Without the electricity on the refrigerator a day, most foods can go to spoil and no longer to eat them as meals. My mom probably needs to buy all foods again. Most foods in the refrigerator are Korean foods and they are easily spoiled if they keep in lower temperature unlike junk food such as hamburger. Additionally, it is harder to use the bathroom without the electricity. Bathroom is placed in the middle of the apartment, and there is no window; therefore, the bathroom always dark and hard to see anything without the electricity. Even though use the candle, it can place on washing desk only and not help to take a shower unless there are some place in the wall which the water from water pipe cannot reach and there is not possibility to I might touch it mistakenly during showering. Hard and thick shower- curtain block between the bathtub and bath area. Moreover, I can neither turn off the home phone nor not hear voice messages on home phone every day. Sometimes, emergency messages such as some problem with the bank delivering the messages and my parents unable to understand it because they cannot speak and listen the English- they can speak Korean only. Thus, it is my job to translate the important message to them and help them to solve both banks and their mistake sometimes with the bank cooperation through the phone. I would miss important messages and hard to solve the problem later. Furthermore, I cannot avoid using the computer every day. I check my e- mails every day because my parents write down my e- mail address on important documents such as bank and one of them car insurance. Important messages were sent by these companies if there are some changes in their company or some emergency problem is occurring. There will be serious problem might occur if I do not use any electricity for the computer. There are some reasons what happen might occur without electricity and why I fail to not use the electricity. The electricity charging important part of my family and my life. I cannot imagine the world without the electricity.

Artist El Anatsui verses Josiah McElheny

Artist El Anatsui and Josiah McElheny are second favorite artists in this chapter. Artist El took the formal inspiration form then textiles and worked with metal. Artist Josiah took inspiration from the conversation between sculptor Isamu and visionary architect and designer Buckminster.

Artist El and Josiah’s artworks ‘Sasa’ and ‘Extended Landscape Model for Total Reflexive Abstraction’ have some similarities. Both artworks have some patterns and used unfamiliar art materials but live materials such as metals or the mirrors. The surface on their artworks are very smooth and shiny.

Artist El’s artworks ‘Sasa’ are made by the aluminums and copper wires and hang out on the wall like long fabric. Right side has almost one color of aluminums in one pattern when left side has diverse colors of aluminum in diversity patterns like dots and rectangle. Some parts of it are wrinkled and bent. Bottom part of it has only one shape (dot) unlike the upper and middle part of it. Its total appearance is similar to the appearance of the Kente that Africa America made for something.

Unlike Artist El, Artist Josiah’s artwork ‘Extended Landscape Model for Total Reflexive Abstraction’ is in solid form. It has only one color in diversity shapes such as donuts, half round, and etc. Its interesting fact it that it does not have any shadow. All figures in this artist’s artwork are made by the mirror; and it makes entire figures on the flat mirror are reflecting. Furthermore, its brightness can be changed by the angle and degree of the light. It is very interesting art pieces.

I still cannot imagine that the metal can look like reflective fabric in diverse colors. It must necessary the talent hand skill to create it.

Artist Toots Zynsky verses Betty Woodman

Artist Toots Zynsky and Betty Woodman are first favorite artists in this chapter. Their combination artwork by art, craft, and design seems fantastic and very creative. Artist Toot made has artworks as ‘Night Street Chaos’ after long experiment with the traditional blowing and modeling techniques such as glass threads and long filaments when Artist Betty was practicing with clay, cylindrical pots, and vessels.

Their artworks have some similarities. Both artworks ‘Night Street Chaos’ and ‘Aztec Vase Number 5’ are very colorful and used more than one material to create it. In addition, the shapes from these two artworks are unfamiliar and weird. Their artworks also have diverse views by the position and place that audiences are standing.

Artist Toot’s artwork ‘Night Street Chaos’ is a good balance on the ground even though upper part is multiple bigger than the bottom part. Its shape looks like the flower; the bottom part of it was small and round as a bud, and upper part of it curved in zigzag form. It has strong and natural colors such as green, yellow, and blue; therefore, its gives wildness, vividness, and activeness in atmosphere. I just can feel happy and fresh while I view his artwork.

Unlike Artist Toot, Artist Betty’s artwork ‘Aztec Vase Number 5’ has similar volume and size to the top and the bottom. It also has diversity shapes on an artwork: knife, cup, cylinder, and etc. She did neither use strong paints nor not completed paintings (I can see some blanks). Furthermore, her artwork has more than one texture such as dots, curved line, and vertical lines with some boundaries. These characteristics are very impressing me.

I can learn my lessons while I see their great artworks and read this section of chapter 11. I did not know that craft can more creative and look smoother than the one through the canvas. I should try it.

Visual Literacy/ Curator Activity

An art is in everywhere; we can find it from our circumstance such as mirror or bulb or from living subjects such as bird or tree. Every subject has different shapes, sizes, qualities, and colors as each person have different thoughts and views toward the subject. Therefore, people can both create several artworks and have several comments for a subject. Last Tuesday, my classmates and I received some time by professor to create an artwork through the school’s landscape in art class. I was searching a good area for the artwork with my group members, and we found two pictures which face to the glass wall of our artwork by taping in rectangular shape. It was amazing art pieces. When we look at it with some distances, it just looks dirty on the glass wall or some dot which hang on the wall. Also, it seems nothing and boring. However, we went to it closely, we definitely could see two wonderful artworks. One artwork is about a portrait about some queen and the other artwork is the picture in different subject (these two pieces artworks place in the same space of the wall together). There were also light upward. Under the light, our artwork’s appearances were changed by different shadow and texture. Some side of the pictures seems softly and lightly with lighter shadow; and other side of the pictures seems rough and depress with darker shadow. Its combinational appearance on same picture was giving me strong impression and fresh feeling. Additionally, the shape of the pictures is changing by distance. When I stand in front to the wall, I can see a clear figure such as human form; however, its figure looks animal or plants such as fat tree or bear if moving a few steps backward. If step far away from the picture, it just look some large circle on the wall. After this activity, I learned that how the distance and light can give us diversity view amazingly.

David Smith verses Roxy Paine

Artist David Smith and Roxy Paine are creative artists in this chapter. They also have an amazing talent for a sculpture. They used a material-steel- that are never used for art works before. The steel usually used as a furniture, tools, and transportations create ‘Cubi 12’ and ‘Conjoined’.

Artist Smith and Roxy’s art works have some similarities. Both they are used ‘steel’ to create their art works and created their art works into three-dimensional from as ‘Cubi12’ and ‘Conjoined’. Therefore, an audience can enjoy a different view of their art works depending on the side that they are standing. For example, the audience will see two squares and a large rectangle only as a view if standing on the right side in the photo of ‘Cubi 12’. Additionally, they used a beauty of the steel well under the sun. Under the sun, their art works are more shiny and beautiful than jewelry; it might light up the audience’s mind and emotion.

Artist Smith used a geometric shape such as diamonds, squares, and rectangles on his artwork, ‘Cubi 12’. He built each geometric figure one by one as beside. It seems very simple and does not have special as an art; however, its appearance of sunlight is different. By the sunlight, each figure has different colors such as light silver, middle silver, and dark silver, and can see the reflection of a figure form other figure. Moreover, a tower by geometric figures in different sizes gives precarious balance with adroitness match. An idea about his artwork is very brilliant and interesting.

Unlike Artist Smith’s artwork ‘Cubi 12’, Artist Roxy’s artwork ‘conjoined’ didn't form into geometric shapes. ‘Conjoined’ used the tree shape as the natural form. In ‘Conjoined’, there are two trees in different position standing on the grass as the real trees. The steel trees in the middle of the real trees and on the grass give fresh feeling and feel steel trees are real trees in different type. Furthermore, the branches from two different steel trees connecting each other as a couple or the soldiers at the battle. As a couple, it seems to dance. As the soldiers, it seems to fight against each other with weapons. It is interesting that tree can see in several different views by just the position of the steel trees.

I wonder that there are more art works as above in different raw materials. It will be fun to search some raw materials which can use together to create a new artwork.

Artists from Maya and India

Both Mayan and Indian believed god in their way, and they believe affect on their artworks: Mayan believed that their leader, Pacal, will be raised as a god after death; therefore, one of them sculpture it on the wall of the Temple of inscriptions. Indian also sculpture basing on their believe about the god’s battle on the Mahishamardini Cave called ‘Durga Fighting the Buffalo Demon’.

Maya’s sculpture and India’s sculpture have some similarities. Both sculptures were neither painted nor drawn on the canvas. The artists from both countries used the installation; to create spaces themselves as the art, basing on their background. Mayan used part of Temple wall and Indian used part of the cave wall. Additionally, their sculptures have the specific details in smooth sculptured wall about cultural custom and background basing on their life. For example, gods form both sculptures wear tall and weird crowns, bracelets on each hand, jewelries around each foot, long necklace, and short pants. These sculptures also have the boundaries around them.

Maya’s sculpture has unknown artist and title. It shows that Mayan ruler, Pacal, dead as a god upon an altar and surrounds with waves, faces, flowers, and bird which are celebrating about his glorious death. There were some patterns in boundary such as types of the waves, x-shape, and puzzle-shapes around a ritual area. Moreover, this sculpture used low relief or bas-relief, which the figure project only slightly from the background. All shapes form the sculpture such as Pacal and the waves have been sculptured in flat from into the wall.

Unlike Maya’s sculpture, India’s sculpture has a title called ‘Durga Fighting the Buffalo Demon’ and used high relief. All figures such as gods, demons, and swords modeled in the round, forms project more boldly from their background with some depth between figures and background. In addition, it has more than one god fight against the buffalo demons for good. It shows Indian’s positive belief to their gods whose watch their lives and protect their lives from the demons. Furthermore, this sculpture’s background is rough and has some vertical lines and diagonals.

It is three birds with one stone. I can learn one of the cultures of the Maya and Indians, have a fun, and learn the technique about sculpture and installation. I have some time to sculpt in the future.

Arts in Virtual World

Art keeps on developing over the centuries and approaches more to the real every day. In the past, art was not interested as now because it was a flat, no depth. Also, there was just an ordinary appearance under traditional art. Present art is very realistic and feel like there is another word like wonder world beside this world.  For example, the movie called ’Avatar’; it is new movies in the present world. The backgrounds on the movie film look close to the real. The natures have depths, shapes, and details as the natures s in the real world. The diversity colors in this movie attach closely to the real world. The main character even has similar appearance with human and has its own characteristics; therefore, it seems like this kind of creature really alive in its own world and our world and its world just blocking by a piece of the wall. Beside Movie’ Avatar’, the Movie’ Nemo’ also close to the real world. There are vivid colors on characters and backgrounds and talking animals. The movement of speaking and swimming by fish characters are very smooth and flexible as a living fish. Additionally, the art can look real by angle and shape. ‘Steel tree’ on the grass looks real; it bents in same degree with real tree, get smaller from the bottom of a trunk to the branches, and dancing branches. Length of the steel tree is also same with real trees, and sunlight supports its appearance. Some part of the steel tree is dark or light depending on the direction of the sunlight with some shadow on the dark side as the real trees. It is interesting that some materials such as steel turn into the artistic figure that looks like real.