Art Inquiry

Video Reviews 1. I chose the Renaissance and Baroque videos to help gain a better understanding within each movement. I studied the Renaissance in previous classes, but I wanted to refresh my knowledge. On the other hand, I've never went into depth, beyond a few artworks, about the Baroque movement. I wanted to learn about its architecture. Florence: Heart of the Renaissance The first great dome of the Renaissance was built in Europe by Filippo Brunelleschi. This dome combined with the art on the facade of the Florence Cathedral defined the first century of the Renaissance. Once completed in the fifteenth century, the duomo was the largest anywhere in the world. Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise can be seen across form the Florence Cathedral. His use of perspective gave the bronze panels depth. The scenes depicted on the doors of the Baptistery had a clear foreground, middle ground, and background. Understanding Art: Baroque Part I The Baroque movement doesn...

Exploring Line  1. It was fun using my hand as the subject matter for this drawing. I was able to study them and really focus on all of the different creases and wrinkles. 2. I decided to use pencil for this drawing. I've used charcoal in the past, but I wasn't successful at capturing small details using that media. 3. The upper hand was done using my non-dominant hand. I don't use my left hand for anything making it hard to get even strokes. I had to draw slower, but that caused me to shake more often. 4. I think these drawings are a good base study. I wanted to focus and capture the outlines of both hands.  5. I most likely won't be using my non dominant-hand to create future artworks. My left hand is so sad and shaky. 

Art of Faith Series  Islam Video Various significant Islamic mosques were examined. This video started out by describing the first great masterpiece of Islamic art built in the seventh century, the Dome of the Rock. I'm familiar with both this mosque and the Hagia Sophia, but I've never heard of the other mosques listed in the video before. The Great Mosque of Kairouan immediately caught my attention. The amount of columns in the prayer room is remarkable. It was said that the intended propose of these series of columns was to create a sort of forest to block the view between those who pray and the imam. It was also dim, faintly light by countless chandeliers, in the prayer hall to help people focus on their prayers. In Islam, the relationship between people who pray and god is direct. Hinduism Video   The Kailashanatha Temple, Kandariya Temple, and the Temple of Vishnu of Angkor Wat stood out to me. It was amazing to see the Kailashanatha Temple carved out from a...

M6 Video Review Question 1: The three videos gave great examples of Greek architecture. The first video went into detail about one of the most iconic buildings ever made. The Parthenon is considered to be one of the greatest structures associated with western civilization. It also features one of the earliest uses of the Doric order, which is the most basic of the three Classical Greek orders. The second video goes into more detail about the Parthenon. The structure has been through earthquakes, wars and fires since construction started. However a more recent problem arose with the introduction of cars. Pollution has been eating away at the marble. Since 1975, it has been undergoing preservation work. The third video then described the site in which the Olympic Games were held in Olympia, 150 miles from Athens. Olympia was a complex of temples, dwellings and public buildings. These games became popular due to the obsession with the male body. The athletes, men only since wom...

Blog Reviews  Kimberlin's Blog Project 1 Project 2 Autumn's Blog Project 1 Project 2 Question 1: I agree with both of the above artists choices on their elements and principles assignment. Kimberlin used fun travel photos that she took in various locations. It made the project interesting. I also like Autumn's choices. In both of them, they had multiple photos that overlap into different categories. Question 2:  I didn't use the same photos as my classmates. Since this project was based around personal photographs that we had to take for ourselves, we went to different locations. Question 3: I love the travel photographs that Kimberlin used. She used a photo of the window from inside a plane and photos of an aquarium. She combined them with photos that were taken around campus. By doing that she made her project visually interesting. Question 4: I absolutely loved reading the comments on my blog! It was fun to interact ...