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2005-08-02T12:13:00.000-04:00

Hey Power,
From studying heraldry, I remembered seeing the bend and bend sinister in shields. One day, you and I were talking about shields and we had a conversation about hockey and how much the game has gone down hill in the past few years. Check out the old shield (with the orange lettering) and the new shield (that was on www.nhl.com since the lockout ended two weeks ago.)

Old Shield:

And the shield shown on www.nhl.com:

Heraldry at its finest if I must say

Here is the FINAL final...yay!

2005-05-06T13:37:00.000-04:00

Katie Walker's top 5 Vis Com Blogs!

2005-05-06T11:48:00.000-04:00

http://viscomcm235.blogspot.com/2005/02/medal-of-honor.html

http://viscomcm235.blogspot.com/2005/02/medal-of-honor.html

http://viscomcm235.blogspot.com/2005/02/rosarium-between-sun-and-moon.html

http://viscomcm235.blogspot.com/2005/03/golden-mean_29.html

http://viscomcm235.blogspot.com/2005/04/leonardo-da-vinci-by-kenneth-clark.html

Kevin's Top Five Blogs

2005-05-06T10:31:00.000-04:00

http://viscomcm235.blogspot.com/2005/05/designers-photographer-make-award.html

http://viscomcm235.blogspot.com/2005/04/peter-paul-rubens-wealthy-student-of.html

http://viscomcm235.blogspot.com/2005/04/wassily-kandinsky.html

http://viscomcm235.blogspot.com/2005/02/rosarium-and-naturalism.html

http://viscomcm235.blogspot.com/2005/02/sir-isaac-newton.html

Designers, Photographer Make Award-Winning Website

2005-05-06T10:22:00.000-04:00

When the world renowned photographer Chris McPherson decided to put his portfolio on the internet, he had some specific demands: he wanted to be able to update the site himself, the ability to upload his most recent photographs and text, and requested that all illustrations be based on his photography. McPherson made these demands with a goal in mind—for the viewer’s eye to go directly to his work. These demands were a challenge for his project design and development team, Heavenspot, because their design had to stay simple. As it turns out, the result of this challenge has blossomed into an excellent fusion of photography and design.

The Heavenspot team, comprised of Chevron Hicks and Rich Rodecker took three months to create a site they say “blew Chris [McPherson] away.” By creating a flash animation site based on the simple concepts of functionality and appearance, the team decided that a minimalist approach to logo, navigation, and scheme would best draw attention to the photography itself. Heavenspot explains they used “clean geometric shapes that fit into a smashed grid—like a depressed Mondrian,” to accomplish an alluring display that would capture the attention of first time, and repeat visitors to the website, alike.

The artwork and flash animations are all spot-colored versions of McPherson’s photography. That is, Hicks and Rodecker simplified McPherson’s photography by posterizing the works and then used solid ‘spot-colors’ to fill in those posterizations.

The portfolio aspect of McPherson’s site allows the photographer to post not only his most recent commercial works for companies such as Nike, Coke, and Hewlett-Packard, but it also allows him the ability to have an online photo-journal. These photographs, along with a short autobiography, allow McPherson’s personality to stand out, a tribute to the collaborations efforts between the artist and the artists on the Heavenspot team. Designers can appreciate a mastery of the creative process with this website.

McPherson is a popular photography of big Hollywood names, and many of these stars, such as Will Ferrell, Dave Grohl, Curt Gowdy, Avril Lavigne, Brittany Murphy, and Elijah Wood are featured on his site. The keen photography and simple design qualities allow even those who do not appreciate the design aspects to appreciate the site, because of its dedication to McPherson’s work. McPherson and Heavenspot have collaborated to establish a website that stands as a staple of web-design that is worth an examination by any designer or photographer from amateur to professional.

To visit Chris McPherson’s website, got to http://www.chrismcpherson.com.

olympic poster

2005-05-06T01:38:00.000-04:00

any comments.... i know i dont have the rings. i need the pantone color system to do them... so in progress... thinking top right corner...? anyone?

Raphael Sabatini

2005-05-05T20:38:00.000-04:00

	"Lighthouse" This picture uses a degree of abstraction around the lighthouse to create a more concrete image of that particular building. The white and other light colors are confined within from darker shades of colors that better bring out the lighthouse when looking at the painting as a whole.
	This illustration is different from the above. Known as the "Chorus Girl", Sabatini sticks with two colors rather than using an array of colors. There is a similarity with these two pictures--they both focus on a concrete object but also use abstraction in the background to highlight the main focal point within the paintings.
	One of Sabatini's main methods for painting was to use abstraction. In this painting, abstraction is the only element. Unlike the previous two works, this painting does not incorporate abstraction around a concrete object. The color is also more elaborate, with different hues, contrasting from top to bottom.
	This is another very abstract painting much like the one directly above. Sabatini uses various brush strokes to capture an image that appears to be engulfed in the forest--however, this can only be an assumption, as the abstraction leaves room for interpretation.
	"Masquerade" is completely different than the rest of the pictures. This picture sends off a sense of American pride, where the only trace of abstraction is behind the two people--the American flag. The faces on the two characters, however, are a bit abstract--their facial features are not highly defined.

Olympic Posters

2005-05-04T13:15:00.000-04:00

Here is my logo. As I often go to Boston, I looked around with a different mindframe over the last month or two. You can't deny that you see crains everytime you go into Boston! Sooo thought I'd integrate that into the poster

This poster is obviously for the winter games. As with all options,
I included fireworks simply because that is another tradition that is
a well known aspect of Boston's 4th of July display.

Below I worked with a black and white image. This makes the
fireworks stand out as well as the Citgo (wanted to get the Sox
in some how! and this is a subtle yet known icon!) You didn't
know Boston had ski slops huh? ;)

I think this is the one I am going to use. I have my
fireworks and Sox piece. The Charles River is a nice
element to incorporate because unlike those crains,
the river will be there permentately (although the
crains have come to be quite fixed figures!)

Eminem's "Mosh"

2005-05-03T14:16:00.000-04:00

A great example of a representative music video was seen in this fall’s comm. In advertising class. That video was Eminem’s “Mosh”. Mosh was made just before the election with the goal of getting young voters to go to the polls and vote against George W. Bush. The song was full of anti-Bush lines and took shots at the Bush Administration. The video was a cartoon, which began with Eminem in a black hooded sweatshirt walking down a city street. As he walks down the streets crowds of people don black hooded sweatshirts as well and begin to walk with him. The people in the video come from all types of backgrounds and races. All the people in the video had been affected by Bush or his administration in some negative way. There were people who had lost family members to war, people who were going without food or shelter and people who felt that they had been lied to and wanted to make a change. This video is a great example of how artists use their talents to try to voice their opinions and attempt to make a change. The video likely led to increased voting by young adults, as they might listen to Eminem and want to associate with what he says. The symbolism in this video was very cool because it showed the power that votes could have if everyone came to the polls and also that it didn’t matter who you are or where you are from, if you went to the polls your vote would be heard.

2005-05-02T15:25:00.000-04:00

Power, this is my final Olympic poster...what do ya think?

olympic poster draft

2005-05-02T14:30:00.000-04:00

The Golden Ratio

2005-05-02T13:28:00.000-04:00

The Golden Ratio, or Golden Mean, is an irrational number, approximately 1.618. Shapes defined by the golden ratio have long been considered aesthetically pleasing in western cultures, reflecting nature's balance between symmetry and asymmetry and the ancient Pythagorean belief that reality is a numerical reality, except that numbers were not units as we define them today, but were expressions of ratios. The golden ratio is still used frequently in art and design (Wikipedia.org).

The Golden Ratio is also defined as the Divine Ratio. It can be seen everywhere: in nature, in art, in fashion, in advertising, in architecture. It was studied by early mathematicians because of its constant presence in geometry. It was apparently understood and used by the ancient Egyptians.

If the whole is to the larger as the larger is to the smaller well, we have the Golden Ratio. Here is the ratio: a/b = b/a-b. This proves irrationality because if a/b is a fraction in lowest terms, then b/(a − b) is in even lower terms, a blatant contradiction.

The Parthenon was a clear example in the real world of the Golden Mean. I won't get into the mathematics of the Ratio because quite frankly I don't really understand it, but the uses of the ratio are widespread. It's clear when you view gorgeous structures such as the Parthenon that the Mean truly does add an aestheticly pleasing aspect.

Here's the final...yay!

2005-05-02T13:02:00.000-04:00

Kirchner - An Expressionist

2005-05-02T12:59:00.000-04:00

"Self-Portrait as a Soldier" Painted in 1915, this painting ws Kirchner's was of expressing his fear that war would destroy his creative powers. This painting also symbolizes the mental and physical damage that Kirchner invisioned himself suffering should he be forced to enter the war effort.

"Girl Under Japanese Umbrella" Painted in 1909, Kirchner uses bold, obtrusive colors to hint at uninhibited sexuality. Feminists have criticized Kirchner for his overly-conventional view of women.

"Berlin Street Scene" Kirchner painted this sometime in the years after he moved to Berlin in 1911. This is one of Krichner's most famous work and it commonly used as an example of extremely expressionist art.

"Five Women in the Street" Painted in 1913, Kirchner favors tones of black and yellow. Some believe that this painting was inspired by the prostitutes that Kirchner was said to frequent on the streets of Berlin.

"The Street" Also painted in 1913 and is said to be a kind of social commentary. Kirchner's prostitutes show up once again, this time next to gentlemen and statesmen of Berlin.

In 1938, Kirchner committed suicide after destroying much of his artwork. He was deeply disturbed by the Nazi attacks on modern art.

POSTER & LOGO

2005-05-02T12:32:00.000-04:00

Final Olympic Poster

Logo

Logotypes Overview, Five Posts info, Final Poster

2005-05-02T12:10:00.000-04:00

On Friday, May 6, we have two major items, a short quiz on Logos and related terms and you will hand in your top five posts.

- Five (5) items, should take 5 minutes.

See this link for material to study:
MediumIsMessage.com logos

- Print out your best posts. Make sure they are relevant, scholarly and well written. Feel free to edit (or create them. :( ) Black and white is fine, and if you are having issues printing out imagery relax - I can always reference them if I have questions.

Hand them in on Friday please.

- Final Poster, 11 x 17 in Color, is due Tuesday, May 10, dropped off in office. Late submissions will not be accepted. Such is the nature of deadlines.

Importance of Music Videos

2005-04-29T13:00:00.000-04:00

Since the early 80's, the music video has been a pivitol part of the music world. In today's society, it is almost impossible for a band to make a top 40 hit without the benefit of a video. The video is essentially a commercial for the band. It advertises the both the song and the image that the band wants to convey to its fans. In some instances, videos have made average, or even below average songs into major hits. Eminem gained much of his fame through this tactic. His first video, "My name is" turned what was an extremely average song into a hit largely because of the comedic video. Videos can draw fans of the song or just fans the video, making the group even more popular and successful. A Great example of this is The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony". This song gained a great deal of fame through its video which featured the lead singer walking down a sidewalk and bumping into people as he passed them.
Videos are a massive industry in today's world. Some bands have multi-million dollar budgets for 3-5 minute videos. Special effects and celebrity appearances are the norm at this point. Some videos are even done in movie style, taking breaks in the song to create a backstory. Michael Jackson made this famous in the 80s with groundbreaking videos like "Bad" and "Beat it". Some artists now use the video to visualise what they want the song to mean(Genesis- "Land of Confusion", Pearl Jam- "Do the Evolution", ect.). Others just want to make their concerts look like they are the place to be. (Van Halen- "Jump") However, no matter what the style of video is, the artist benefits from the video and the publicity it creates.

Help!

2005-04-29T12:36:00.000-04:00

Hey guys! I have no idea where to put the rings. I hate where they are now, but don't know where to put them. Ideas VERY welcome!

powers ayumi pix site

2005-04-29T12:30:00.000-04:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27021437@N00/2484944/in/photostream/

2005-04-29T12:23:00.000-04:00

Raphael was born in 1483 as Raffaello Sanzio in Urbino. He was born with an immense talent in art and was trained by his father Giovanni Santi. He often studied with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. His talent and emotions were expressed as Serenity and Beauty. In 1499 he studied under a painter Perugino. At age25 he was called upon to paint the rooms in the Vatican Palace. He strived with many other projects in Rome throughout the next fifteen years. On his 37th birthday Raphael passed away, the day was April 6, 1520.
He painted many religious paintings that were done using oil and wood. With his studies under such great artists at such a young age he was able to develop emotions and feelings in his artwork. He was considered a high Renaissance painter and one of the greatest designers. He was admired for the way he would make you feel when looking at his work. Raphael was considered to have changed the art world with his detailed and emotion filled work. Below is a self portrait of Raphael.

Boston Olympics Logo

2005-04-27T21:21:00.000-04:00

Olympic Logo...Thoughts?

2005-04-27T20:44:00.000-04:00

This is what I have so far for my logo for my Olympic Poster. Does anyone have any thoughts or feedback? Things I could change? Things you like/dislike? Id really appreciate it. Thanks!

2 Different Options

2005-04-27T12:49:00.000-04:00

So I had to change my original poster because I don't think there was an appripriate logo on it. This is what I came up with. I don't like either one and would much rather keep my original. Any ideas?

Option 1:

Option 2:

CUBISM

2005-04-27T12:14:00.000-04:00

Cubism is one of the most influential art movements (1907-1914) of the twentieth century, Cubism was begun by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1882-1973) and Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) in 1907. They were greatly inspired by African sculpture, by painters Paul Cezanne (French, 1839-1906) and Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891), and by the Fauves. In Cubism the subject matter is broken up, analyzed, and reassembled in an abstract form. Picasso and Braque initiated the movement when they followed the advice of Paul Cézanne, who in 1904 said artists should treat nature "in terms of the cylinder, the sphere and the cone." The movement itself was not long-lived or widespread, but it began an immense creative explosion which resonated through all of 20th century art. Cubism had run its course by the end of World War I, but among the movements directly influenced by it were Orphism, Purism, Precisionism, Futurism, Constructivism, and, to some degree, Expressionism.
Pablo Picasso- "Guernica" (1937)
Georges Braque- "Viaduct at L'Estaque" (1908)
Henri Laurens- "Head of a Young Woman" (1920)

HEY LOOK!!

2005-04-27T11:55:00.000-04:00

Hey everyone! I'm doing a fundraiser today for my final group comm project and we would totally appreciate if you could donate any spare change you have today! We will have a table set up INSIDE the sak right outside the cafe, you can't miss us, we have a dog!

PLEASE COME HELP THE ANIMALS AT THE MSPCA!!

The Rembrandt Top 5

2005-04-26T18:13:00.000-04:00

1) "Jupiter and Mercury visiting Philemon and Baucis", 1658
I like the shading that he uses with the fireplace adding the only light in the painting.

2) "The Three Crosses", 1653
The use of no color in the painting shows the despair that the people went through during the say that Christ died.

3) "The Return of the Prodigal Son", 1665-1667
Was quoted as the "First portrait for which God himself actually posed". I like the dark backrond which makes you focus on the prodigal son coming back home. He doesnt turn your attention anywhere else in the painting

4) "Christ and the woman taken in adultry", 1644
The detail of the chapel is amazing.

5) "Concord within the state" 1641
The detail of the crowd is astonishing. Your focus is driven throughout the painting. There is a lot of action and movement in the piece.

2005-04-25T12:49:00.000-04:00

Edvard Munch's Works

2005-04-25T11:56:00.000-04:00

"Art is the antithesis of nature." -Munch
Expressionism is the movement in fine arts that emphasized the expression of inner experience rather than solely realistic portrayal, seeking to depict not objective reality but the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse in the artist.

A text from Munch's diary in 1892 relates to The Scream:
"I was walking along a path with two friends the sun was setting. I felt a breath of melancholy. Suddenly the sky turned blood-red. I stopped and leant against the railing,deathly tiredlooking out across flaming clouds that hunglike - blood and a sword over the deep blue fjord and town. My friends walked on - I stood there trembling with anxiety and I felt a great, infinite scream pass through nature."

In terms of motif, Red and White is related to The Woman/Sphinx, but instead of the naked and challenging female of that picture, in Red and White the central woman is dressed in strong red - the colour of love. The work was also painted over at a later date. To the right between the trees a dark figure can still be distinguished.

Young Woman on the Shore -The motif is burnished and scraped out with a burnisher, and the plate is then inked with the finest nuances in blue, yellow and red using dollies. A total of 11 colour prints of this aquatint are known, and all differ in some respect. The female figure in white appears in several of Munch's works, and represents innocence, purity and beauty.

Munch painted a number of variations of the motif Kiss, placing the couple in various positions but always expressing the tension between life rushing past outside and the timeless, frozen moment inside. In this version Munch explores the effect of back lighting, which contributes to the abstract, surface-like nature of the couple whose bodies glide across each other into a single shape. "As soon as they were together, an echo ran through them...and they seemed totally different from when they were on their own. It was like a symphony."-Munch

Death in the Sickroom goes back to the memory of the death of Munch`s beloved sister, Sophie. Otherwise the models are depicted at the ages they were when the motif was painted, not their ages when the event took place. Here Munch may have wished to express a dimension of contemporaneousness - demonstrating that the family would always be affected by Sophie`s death.

Jealousy explains a time of loneliness: the feeling of being an outcast, of being completely alone in the world. The man facing us shows us with his eyes, his evil thoughts.

The pictures either make us aware of our problems of confirm their existence.
Munch thought the pictures important because they help us "gain a true understanding of life."

2005-04-25T11:54:00.000-04:00

Andy was born in 1928 in Pittsburgh as the son of Slovak immigrants. His original name was Andrew Warhola. His father was as a construction worker and died in an accident when Andy was 13 years old.

Andy showed an early talent in drawing and painting. After high school he studied commercial art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. Warhol graduated in 1949 and went to New York where he worked as an illustrator for magazines like Vogue and Harpar's Bazaar and for commercial advertising. He soon became one of New York's most sought of and successful commercial illustrators.

The quintessence of Andy Warhol art was to remove the difference between fine arts and the commercial arts used for magazine illustrations, comic books, record albums or advertising campaigns. Warhol once expressed his philosophy in one poignant sentence:

"When you think about it, department stores are kind of like museums".

Jackson Pollock

2005-04-25T11:00:00.000-04:00

Jackson Pollock was an American painter who lived 1912-1956. He had a very unique style of painting called action painting. He would put his canvas on the floor and drip paint on instead of using a brush and used other objects such as sticks to move the paint. The above are some of Pollock's paintings I like most because they are very visually interesting and while at first they look chaotic, when you really examine them you start to see order and balance to them.

These paintings are earlier than the other two and they are very different. I still like them mostly because of their vibrant colors. I think what I like more about the others however is their movement. It is interesting to look at how different some of Pollock's paintings were from each other and how his style changed drastically over the years.
http://www.kaliweb.com/jacksonpollock/art.htm
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/pollock/

Peter Paul Rubens: Wealthy Student of Michelangelo

2005-04-25T10:02:00.000-04:00

Peter Paul Rubens is known for his study of Micaelangelo because of the perfect or extremely athletic forms of his bodies, sometimes refered to as "Athletes of God." Rubens was also able to turn his masteries into small fortunes by traveling Europe throughout his career. Perhaps Rubens' greatest legacy besides his own works were those of his most gifted pupil, Anthony Van Dyck.

"The Elevation of the Cross" Rubens, 1610.
Rubens' "Elevation of the Cross" was painted in a triptic and shows what a great study of Michaelango Rubens actually was. By raising a beatifully athletic Christ onto the cross, Rubens creates an "Athlete of God." Also the men that raise Christ are vigorously muscled. The piece is dynamic in both composition and color, and the bodies are heavily modeled with a skilled chiaroscuro technique.

"Arrival of Mari de Medici at Merseilles" (1622)
This piece was done as a tribute to an extremely respected family in France that actually had political power, extending to the Vatican City. Notice the use of three dimensions on one canvas; from bottom to top: Hell, Earth, and Heaven. Also, notice the surrealism of certain Heavenly figures actually interacting with Mari de Medici, herself. This piece was flattering, to say the least.

"The Judgement of Paris" 1638-39
This piece has been compared with Picasso's "Les Demioselles d'Avignon," because in both paintings, the use of displayed female flesh are important parts to the story. In this image, the women are competing for the men, while one looks out onto the viewer (Edmund Burke Feldman "Varieties of Visual Experience, Fourth Edition, p501).

"The Allegory of the Outbreak of War" 1638
With war raging between Spain and The Netherlands for 30 years, the actual outbreak of war was a common thing. Here, Rubens attempts to capture the anguish and spiritual angst that physically disturbs people preparing for war. While the right half of the composition is dark and chaotic, the left half could also be considered chaotic, but notice the light source (Heavenly) and the way in which the figures almost float, while reaching out toward perhaps the divine power.

"Charles I Dismounted" (1635)
Here, Rubens made his sitter look better than he was, as Charles I was known to be a short and ugly man. Because of his height, the King stands on a noticeable rise whle the landscape falls off below him, to give him a larger perspective over the slumped horse and the sage. To take attention off the subject, as not to notice these subtleties, one can really get lost looking at the colors, though this print does not do the actual piece much justice.

Marcel Duchamp

2005-04-25T09:49:00.000-04:00

Marcel Duchamp

"Known as a intrepid innovator for whom painting was a gate to knowledge an not merely a trade"

Duchamp took part in the Dadaism movement. Some of his famous works consist of and

He believed art was the psychological experience, not necessarily what was drawn on the paper.(http://www.mrs.umn.edu/~krohnk/dada/two.shtml)

Duchamp was also considered to be sly in regards to English and art. Today its common for children and bored adults alike to alter pictures, some with the addition of a mustache or beard. Well Duchamp was the same. In 1919 on a postcard of the Mona Lisa he drew in a mustache and on the bottom wrote the letters L.H. O O Q... when read aloud resembles the phrase "elle a chaud au cul", which in English, means, "She has a hot ass.

Duchamp also was a film maker, but loved to use his sly regard to language in
films as well. his film Anemic Cinema ( which both words can spell each other,
both contain the same letters) contains a shot using rotating disks...which are
assembled in-between each other.

Its genius when they are moving because "Avez vous déja mis la moelle de
l'épée dans le poêle de l'aimée?" (Roughly, "Is it necessary to put the pith of
the sword into the oven of the beloved?") is a metaphorical take on copulation
from a male point of view. The genius of the pun's creation shows itself in the
way Duchamp transposes two letters -- m for p -- between two words: moelle
de l'epee (pith of the sword) and poêle de l'aimée (oven of
the beloved). "

(http://www.mrs.umn.edu/~krohnk/dada/three.shtml)

The definition of DADAISM according to dictionary.com is "A European artistic
and literary movement (1916-1923) that flouted conventional aesthetic and
cultural values by producing works marked by nonsense, travesty, and
incongruity.".... I'de say Duchamp mastered it.

Works of Paul Cézanne (By M.Lee)

2005-04-24T22:04:00.000-04:00

The French painter Paul Cézanne was born at Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on January 19, 1839 and lived until October 22, 1906 when he past away due to pneumonia. Cézanne’s innovative style, use of perspective, composition and color profoundly influenced 20th century art. Picasso developed Cézanne’s planar compositions into cubism, and Matisse greatly admired his use of color. Cézanne was seen as an outsider and was misunderstood during most of his life. Success came little and late, however, he is regarded today as one of the great forerunners of modern painting. This is due to both the way that he evolved of putting down on canvas exactly what his eye saw in nature and for the qualities of pictorial form that he achieved through a unique treatment of space, mass, and color. He used color with passion and creativity, giving his brush strokes structure, solidity, and durability. He was a contemporary of the impressionists, but he went beyond their interests in the individual brushstroke and the fall of light onto objects, to create, in his words, “something more solid and durable, like the art of the museums.''

The Card Players

The “Card Players” was painted in 1892. It is found in the Courtauld Institute Galleries in London. The subject of the “Card Players” was treated in a group of five oil paintings and a few studies. These pictures were painted at the “Jas de Bouffan” about 1892.

The Boy in the Red Waistcoat

This work was painted around the time 1890-1894. The same model, a young Italian, was portrayed by Cézanne in three further oil paintings and one watercolour.

View of Gardanne (“Les trois moulins.”)

This picture from the years 1885-86, is obviously unfinished, but in the case of many other oil paintings by Cézanne it is doubtful, and has been disputed, whether or not they have been completed. The title “Les trois moulins” refers to the cylindrical foundations of three windmills on the hill at the left. This painting is found in the museum in Brooklyn, NY.

Colline des Pauvres: View of the “Domaine Saint-Joseph” near Le Tholonet

This painting is located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. It was painted around 1895. A building, now rebuilt, on the estate “Saint-Joseph,” was originally owned by the Jesuits, near the road to Le Tholonet. On the slope behind lies the quarry “Bibémus,” where Cézanne painted several landscapes during the years around 1900.

Still Life

Apples, Peaches, Pears, and Grapes (1879-80), Still Life with Commode (1883-87), Still Life with Water Jug (1892-3)

Most of Cézanne's pictures are still lifes. These were done in the studio, with simple props; a cloth, some apples, a vase or bowl and, later in his career, plaster sculptures. His still lifes are both traditional and modern. The fruits and objects are readily identifiable, but they have no aroma, no sensual or tactile appeal and no other function other than as passive decorative objects coexisting in the same flat space. They bear no relation to the colorful vegetables of Provence, such as gorgeous red tomatoes, purple aubergines, and bright green courgettes. In his pursuit of the essence of art, Cézanne had to suppress earthly delights.

Painters of the Bauhaus

2005-04-24T21:37:00.000-04:00

The Bauhaus masters on the roof of the Bauhaus building in Dessau. From the left: Josef Albers, Hinnerk Scheper, Georg Muche, László Moholy-Nagy, Herbert Bayer, Joost Schmidt, Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Vassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Gunta Stölzl and Oskar Schlemmer.

"The Bauhaus began with an utopian definition: "The building of the future" was to combine all the arts in ideal unity. This required a new type of artist beyond academic specialisation, for whom the Bauhaus would offer adequate education. In order to reach this goal, the founder, Walter Gropius, saw the necessity to develop new teaching methods and was convinced that the base for any art was to be found in handcraft: "the school will gradually turn into a workshop". Indeed, artists and craftsmen directed classes and production together at the Bauhaus in Weimar. This was intended to remove any distinction between fine arts and applied arts. " (http://www.bauhaus.de/english/index.htm)

There are many different painters that contribute to the school of Bauhaus. I could not find any of the paintings from my book online, but here is an explanation and my opinions of a few of these artists.

1. Lyonel Feininger "Little Masque". Feininger was the first of the Bauhaus movement. In his pictures: time stands still. Movement is frozen into a moment of pure existence alone in space. This painting appealed to me because of the contrast in colors and the mysteriousness of the women in the mask. The structure of the lines all blend together in a way, but the women is a distinct image on the canvas. There is a very curvy theme to the painting. there is a gloomy shading to the painting, except for the woman who seems deceptive in her pinkish toned clothing.

2. Lyonel Feininger "The High Shore". I liked this picture because of the simple display of a beach. The rocks on the shore are very geometric and the sky and clouds take that effect also. The two people down near the water are are small items in the painting. Their features are not distinctly noticeable. The colors contrast nicely and are enjoyable for the viewer. It is a simple painting, but I think that is what makes it appealing. A painting of a beach is always pleasant to look at and I like how Feininger displaying his version of a high shore.

3. Johannes Itten "The Red Tower". Itten's work at the Bauhaus was often stormy and controversial. He was a believer in a "system" and has a tendency to elevate his ideas into dogmas. This painting caught my eye because of the array of colors Itten used. The many colors blend and form patterns that are easily distinctable. The Red Line up the middle displays the tower and on top is a yellow angelic halo wrapping around the tower. The painting does display a grid-like quality in order to put some order into the design. The painting immediately catches your eye and could be analyzed for a long time since there are so many elements of the painting.

4. Paul Klee "Garden Architecture". Klee tended to see the world as a model, a kind of orrery run up by the cosmic clockmaker - a Swiss God - to demonstrate spiritual truth. This helps account for the toylike character of his fantasies; if the world had no final reality, it could be represented with the freest, most schematic wit, and this Klee set out to do. In his teachings at the Bauhaus, Kelle attempted to formulate the laws of nature-physical and Mathematical- in relation to our perception of them. This can be seen in the painting "Garden Architecture". You can immediately see the grid-like nature, The brush strokes are long and seem quick. In a weird way you almost look at it like a math equation because of the symbols throughout the painting. When taking a literal interpretation of it to see the Garden qualities, you can pick outsome grass, a door, and plantlike objects. I really would not have noticed these if I did not look at the title of the painting. I like it. It is simple, yet very involved.

5. Wassily Kandinsky "The Upper Centre". Kandinsky was fascinated by music's emotional power. His "inner necessity" to express his emotional perceptions led to the development of an abstract style of painting that was based on the non-representational properties of color and form. Kandinsky's compositions were the culmination of his efforts to create a "pure painting" that would provide the same emotional power as a musical composition. This painting is in black and white and has a 3-D effect to it. There are many different styles such as checkered, lined, circled, triangled, and wavy symbols that make up this painting. The depth of the painting catches your eye and then you try to make sense of all the lines and circles that make it up. Kandinsky did a great job of focusing on the 3-D, depth aspects of the painting, which I was attracted to the most.

Sources:
Painters of the Bauhaus by Eberhard Roters
www.artchive.com
www.glyphs.com

Rene Magritte, Master of the Surreal

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René Magritte, the famous Belgian Surrealist, developed his signature techniques early in his career while working as a commercial artist-designing wallpapers, posters, sheet-music covers and collage illustrations for furriers' catalogs. Magritte's works are conceived of as riddles. In them, he explores the mysteries lurking in the unexpected. His paintings exclude symbols and myths; everything is visible.
Magritte worked from several sources, which he repeated with variations. There is always a kind of logic to Magritte's images but when asked about analysis of the content of his paintings, Magritte replied, "If one looks at a thing with the intention of trying to discover what it means, one ends up no longer seeing the thing itself, but of thinking of the question that is raised." His images are to be looked at, not into.

LA GRANDE FAMILLE

LE BLANC- SEING

LE MAL DU PAYS

LE 16 SEPTEMBRE

LES BIJOX INDISCRETS

Art of the October Revolution

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I chose to do the works of the October 1917 revolution in Russia. This was a time of great frustration and ire in Russia, as the lower class, known as the Bolsheviks, lead by Lenin was starting to rise up and overthrow the government. Czar Nicholas II had just sent 11 million peasants to war in World War I and the country was in disarray. These feelings and sentiments were reflected in the art of this era. There are images of choas, feeling and power. The canon for this timeperiod seems to be many vibrant colors, likely in an attempt to convey the passion of the times. Also there is a great deal of symbolism in the work. A great example of this can be found in one of my favorite pieces, called "The Bolshevik". This piece shows a giant sized peasant standing in front of the kremlin with crowds of peasants at his feet. The imagery of this piece is very clear and extremely profound. It is obviously trying to show the strength and unity of the lower class. Here are 5 of my favorite paintings from this period.
The Bolshevik
Boris Kustodiev
1920

A New Planet
Konstantin Yuon
1921

Sunset
Arkady Rylov
1917

Meeting
Vladimir Kozlinsky
1919

The Red Army and Fleet in Defense of the Frontiers of Russia
Vladimir Lebedev
1920

Works of Jasper Johns: Pop- Art

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Jasper Johns was born in 1930. His work is that in the Pop-Art realm which was not very popular and he was one of a only a few artists in this area. ( He is also known as an american abstract expressionist.) He also worked with sculption, collage and printmaking. He often works with flags, numbers and letters often. He was one of the first to incorporate objects into his paintings. Many of the works can be found in black and white as well as color. I think this contrast is nice to have and seeing them both shows the uniqueness each holds. Johns supposedly did not like to draw and works like flags are enjoyable because they are already drawn and he has to copy them. I like the ‘arty’ element where the brush leaves its mark but not always solid and precise. I think this is an overall trait found in the majority of Johns works. He is one of the top 10 list for most expensive living artist.

"Flag" 1955. I thought this was nicely done tying in patriotism with a colonial feeling to it. I liked how it was not perfect as it appears to have been done with a thick medium and not spread out evenly. You can see through in places that it was completed on a dark background. This flag was more effective then simply a printed out flag that shows hard work and the tones are earthier which I feel brings in another element.

"Study for Painting with Two Balls" 1960. A golden mean is easily seen as the balls with split the painting up. The shadowing/range of colors as well makes it split in such a way to draw your attention. The symmetry that appears I feels help organize this picture and shows the effort that went into it. The randomness within that organization makes you wonder how random it truly is. The balls are objects that exemplify John's incorporation of objects (one of the first to do this).

"Zero Through Nine" 1961. This caught my attention flipping through a book because the number 3 stood out. But as I looked, I could see other numbers as well. I bet other people when looking at this would see another number. It is a painting that obviously required a lot of work because of the figuring out the numbers to have them fit together as well as the rest of the space allowing a contrast to see the numbers and match enough that they did not stand out too much. I thought this was a very different piece, one of hard work. The patterns found on here are numerous when one looks closely. It definitely has a 'pop out' effect - the numbers as well as dots within the painting itself.

"Field Painting" 1963-1964. This has the most realistic and ‘alive’ feeling to it for amid the more brushed on lines, there are some well defined lines. This ties in multiple objects into it as well as symmetry. I thought it should have been horizontally placed, but apparently it is vertically done and this causes you to look at from a different perspective. The colors incorporated cover quite a range with grayish tinted colors as well as the yellow that stands out.

“Untitled” 1981”. There are quite a few variations on this painting as far as different color schemes. (This was the one I was able to put online – picture it with a dark blackish/charcoal background and blue and yellow and red lines- I liked that one). This once again has both an element of organization and randomness that combine together well. The theme of thirds is once again interwoven throughout the work. This is one that does not have direct, explicit objects, however, you find what you want out of it and appreciate it for what its worth to you.

The work of Raphael

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The Coronation of the Virgin gives the idea of Mary being crowned. In the fine arts she is shown crowned by Christ, or by God the Father, or by the Trinity. It shows the belief in the Coronation of the Virgin has no basis in the Bible. It is derived from the text attributed to a Bishop Melito of Sardis.

In the picture "Crucifixion with St. Mary Virgin, Mary Magdalene, John, and Jerome", angels tiptie across tiny clouds and catch the blood of Christ in cases. The virgin mary and st john stand looking at the worshipper while mary magdaline and St. Jerome kneel in adoration.

This oil painting, called "St. George," shows him fighting a dragon. He became one of the patron saints of Genoa, Venice and Barcelona, St. George was the patron of all Christian knights. I like this painting because of the liveliness of George killing the dragon.

I like this painting, "The Vision of Ezekiel," because of the combination of the following animals into one: lion, ox, man and eagle. They were taken by many virtues of Israel and Earth. The Clouds are very strong with much detail.

I like "The Sistine Madonna" because of the detail of the faces. I also think the hair on the angels looks perfect, and the wings are also drawn very well.

5 Works of Van Gogh

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Starry Night
The stars are "ringed". This painting is oil on canvas and
Saints and angels are depicted as was 100.5 x 76.5 cm. Van Gogh
having a halo to indicate their holiness. completed the still life in
These stars have halos, which could suggest January of 1889. It is currently
this painting has a holy (godlike) undertone. located in London at the
Also, God's power and action is not static, as National Gallery. It has been
can be seen through the wavy clouds in the speculated that this painting
background. The village church is the most is actually from a copy cat artist
central and noticeable building. Its steeple trying to make money off van
is pointing directly to the heavens, as if to Gogh's art after his death.
draw attention to the heavens. Van Gogh However, van Gogh experts
died 13 months later after this painting was deny this claim and state that
completed, which may be a reason why his this is, in fact, an original van
focus was on God and the heavens. Gogh work. Some people have speculated
about the eleven stars in the painting. While it's true that Vincent didn't have
the same religious fervour in 1889, when he painted the work, as he did in his
earlier years, there is a possibility that the story of Joseph in the Old Testament
may have had an influence on the composition of the work such as 'Look, I have had
another dream' he said, 'I thought I saw the sun, the moon and eleven stars, bowing to me.' Genesis 37:9

Still Life: Vase with 15 Flowers
Van Gogh showed an interest in sunflowers as early as the summer of 1987 when
he painted "Three Sunflowers in a Vase" and "Still Life: Vase with Five Sunflowers.
Through these, he was able to create the stunning series beginning with
"Sill Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers" and "Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers"
that was completed in AUgust - September of 1888. With his excellent artistic intuition,
Van Gogh understood that "Sunflowers" were a great subject. Painting a bunch of
somewhat wilted sunflowers, in incredible nuances of yellow, ochre, and green he
arrived at fantastic outcomes in the summer of 1888. Van Gogh stylized the images
of these flowers a bit and chose matching mellow tones of colors as can first be seen
in "Three Sunflowers in a Vase" and "Still Life: Vase with Five Sunflowers". The simple
background of these paintings makes the flowers stand out more than graciously.
He was extremely happy with his "Sunflowers" and expressed his delight a number
of times to his sister mostly in the summer-autumn of 1888, which perhaps was one
of the happiest periods of his life

The Cafe Terrace on the
Place du Forum, Arles, at Night
This is an oil painting's size is 24" x 36" and was painted on canvas with a size of 72.5
in 1888. Van Gogh tried to express his new x 92 cm on September of
impressions from southern France and the 1888. This work also depicts
painting depicts an actual cafe in Arles. It is motion as in Starry Night.
unique for him in several ways, with the It is the first of a trilogy of
warmth in colors and depth. He sent a starry skies and is located
letter to his sister to show his excitement presently in Paris at the
in this painting, " Here you have a night Musee d'Orsay.
picture without any black in it, done with
nothing but beautiful blue and violet and
green. […] It amuses me enormously to
paint the night right on the spot."

Starry Night over the Rhone
In a letter to his sister, van Gogh said "I have a terrible need of --
dare I say the word? -- religion. Then I go out at night to paint the stars..." in
1888 while in Arles. Vincent was in the asylum at Saint-Rémy and his
behaviour was very erratic at the time, due to the severity of his illnesses.
Unlike most of Van Gogh's works, Starry Night over the Rhone was painted
from memory and not outdoors as was Vincent's preference. This may, in part,
explain why the emotional impact of the work is so much more powerful than
many of Van Gogh's other works from the same period.

Irises (pink/green)
This painting is an oil on canvas, sized 73.7 x 92.1 in May 1890 and is now located in the
Metropolitan Museum on Art in New York. Van Gogh painted both sunflowers and irises
because they have something in common to him. They are decorative, but also field/wild flowers.
They usually grow in fields, in some gardens, and at the margins of roads. Of course, irises were
growing in the Saint-Paul hospital's garden, where van Gogh was for a little while, and were at hand
and perhaps he found a certain inner pleasure in painting them. Van Gogh was able to find all beauty
and harmony in these flowers, a bit more perhaps than he could find in roses, gladioli, or anemones
as they were more stringently in gardens and were not free, like van Gogh wanted to be.

A little Background:
In Vincent's life he was very poor and lonely. His first jobs were as an art dealer, a teacher, a book seller, and a preacher like his father. Non of the jobs satisfied him so he became an artist. Van Gogh was a very poor and unpopular artist in his time. He was born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands. He was the son of a Dutch Protestant minister, and grew up believing that his calling, too, lay in serving his fellow man. He worked in the Post-impressionism and Expressionism styles until he died in July 29, 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.

Just an interesting fact:Van Gogh's birth came one year to the day after his mother gave birth to a first, stillborn child--also named Vincent. There has been much speculation about Vincent van Gogh suffering later psychological trauma as a result of being a "replacement child" and having a deceased brother with the same name and same birth date." ...HUGELY CREEPY!

5 Rembrandt Paintings

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Self-Portrait (1629)

Rembrandt painted during the 1600s during the Dutch Baroque era. He was also one of the Dutch Masters. His composition is very realistic, and most of his paintings are of people. He also makes very good use of light in his paintings. In each of the five pictures I chose, light is used to highlight something important or to make the painting more dramatic. The five paintings that I like are:

1. Simeon in the Temple (1631)
This painting, like a lot of Rembrandt’s paintings is about a Bible scene. I really like the use of light in this painting. Simeon, the baby Jesus, and Mary are centered in the scene in the room of a temple, and it almost appears as though a spotlight is on them because their colors are very bright and vivid while everything else in the picture appears to be in shadows.

2. The Storm on the Sea of Galilee (1633)
I like this painting because it’s dramatic. The waves look very powerful, like they’re almost overtaking the boat. The boat is at about a 45 degree angle. Again, the use of light is very good because there appears to be a break in the clouds and a beam of sunlight shining down on the men in the boat.

3. The Night Watch (The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq) (1642)
This painting has a lot of the dark and shadowy aspects of Rembrandt’s other work, but it also has some bursts of color. Some of the people in the painting are wearing gold and red instead of the usual black and brown which makes them really stand out.

4. An Old Man in an Armchair (1652)
This title is pretty self-explanatory. The old man is sitting in a chair with his head in his hand. I really like the aspects of light in this painting too. The old man appears to be sitting right next to a window, even though we can’t see it, because the right side of his body is much brighter than the left.

5. Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (1656)
I like this painting because it’s a lot brighter than most of Rembrandt’s other paintings. The main color in it is red which is mostly found in the blanket on Jacob’s lap, and all of the other colors used seem to have red tones as well.

Leonardo Da Vinci by Kenneth Clark

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The Mona Lisa

Leonardo

Da Vinci

By: Kenneth Clark

Leonardo Da Vinci in his paintings uses a mathematical precision. He believed that through geometry that the principles regulating the composition of a painting were establsihed. Leonardo tabulated the porportions of the human body and made geometry the backbone of his paintings. He based all composition on a harmonious scheme. Nothing came by chance from his orderly, precise mind. "Leonardo can be considered, quite rightly, to have been the universal genius par excellent, and with all the disquieting overtones inherent in the term." Five centuries have passes, yet we still view Leonardo with awe.

The Last Supper

Kandinsky

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"Composition IV", 1911

This feeling provides a contrast that enhances the impact of
Composition IV, a maelstrom of swirling colors and soaring lines. The
painting is divided abruptly in the center by two thick, black vertical
lines. On the left, a violent motion is expressed through the profusion
of sharp, jagged and entangled lines. On the right, all is calm, with
sweeping forms and color harmonies. We have followed Kandinsky's
intention that our initial reaction should result from the emotional

impact of the pictorial forms and colors.

"Composition V", 1911

Later in 1911, Kandinsky produced Composition V, a much more
abstract work. Here, the theme is the Resurrection of the Dead. The
iconography is much more difficult to discern. Comparison must be made
to more representational works that treat this theme done by Kandinsky
around the same time.

"Composition VII", 1913

Composition VII is the
pinnacle of Kandinsky's pre-World War One artistic achievement. The
creation of this work involved over thirty preparatory drawings,
watercolors and oil studies. Each of these is included in the
exhibition, documenting the deliberate creative process used by
Kandinsky in his compositions. Amazingly, once he had completed the
preparatory work, Kandinsky executed the actual painting of Composition
VII in less than four days. The exhibition includes a series of four
photographs taken between November 25 and 28, 1913, offering a
fascinating record of Kandinsky's artistic procedure.

Diego Rivera

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	This image is an example of Rivera's depiction of still life.There is a mixture of earth tones, yet the vibrancy of the 3 primary colors together makes the picture more lively.	RIVERA
This painting is known as "Fruites of Labor". It was painted in 1932.		Abstract

Claude Oscar Monet (Impressionist)

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Claude Monet was born in Paris in 1840, but moved to La Havre in 1845. In 1859 he returns to Paris and attends the Swiss Academy. In 1863 he discovers Manet's paintings and begins to piant "en plein air". In 1865 his paintings are submitted for the first time officially to the Salon. In 1868 he tries to commit suicide, and in 1869 he finalls settles into the town of Saint-Michel were he worked in the company of Renoir. In 1870 he then moves to London with his wife, but once she dies he moves to Giverney where he lives for 43 years. in 1907 he experiences his first problems with his eyesight. By 1926 he is still painting but is suffering from lung cancer. He dies on December 5th and is burried at Giverney.

"Terrasse à Sainte-Adresse"Claude MONET 1867
"Bouquet de soleils"Claude MONET 1881
"Nymphéas, effet du soir"Claude MONET 1897
"Saint-Georges Majeur au crépuscule"Claude MONET 1908

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Gaudi is one of, if not the most influential architect in the modern era. His mosaic designs and flowing patterns look almost alien like, however somehow manage to retain an earthly naturalistic feel. Much of his work reverts to nature, as you can see with the sculpture of the lizard in the top letfhand corner. This is one of many features at his famous park in Barcelona, Spain, where much of his work was done. The windows in the bottom left corner look like something out of a Star Wars movie, yet they also somehow evoke a feeling of nature and earth when you look at them. He intigrates a futuristic theme with a natural feeling, a style that is all his own.

Wassily Kandinsky

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Wassily Kandinsky	Kandinsky was a Russian born painter, highly responsible for influencing the modern movement of abtract art. An abstractionist himself, Kandinsky was an accomplished musician who visualized musical notes as colors, and found ways to abstract (take from) his music onto a canvas.

Though a lot of Kandinsky's work was not directly representational,

View of Murnau (1908) is an example of his work that we can

compare with other great expressionistic painters, including Van Gogh.

Mondrian

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Piet Mondrian

Broadway Boogie Woogie

Mondrian was a Dutch painter and was a major player in
the De Stijl movement. There is a type of simplicity when looking at his
paintings. His paintings consist of rectangles with the colors red,
yellow, blue and black.

Red Tree

No. 9

Sun, Church in Zeeland

Henri Matisse

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Open Window

The interior wall surrounding
the window is equally divided into broad areas of blue-green and
fuchsia, a contrast that is derived from the complementary opposition of green and red on the color wheel.

Henri Matisse was the most important French painter
of the 20th century, rivaling
Picasso in his influence.

Promenade among the Olive Trees

This is one of the earliest and most important paintings of Matisse's Fauve period. Matisse adopted the vibrant, unnatural colors favored by
the Fauves. The artist found great inspiration in the sun-drenched landscape of Collioure, writing to a friend that it was full of "charming sites"

Dance

Matisse wrote that he "was carried away by the color." It is indeed the color, luminous and bright, that enlivens this painting and suggests the artist's zest for life.
Matisse's brushwork is broad and spontaneous, allowing the light, unpainted canvas to outline the forms.

Pianist
and Checker Players

The painting can be seen as a surrogate family portrait, with Henriette standing in for Matisse's daughter, and the two
boys representing his sons.

Despite the wealth of pictorial elements, a curious, calm order of structured harmony prevails. Pianist and
Checker Players is suffused with a warm glow made up of complementary tones of yellow and red.

Andy Warhol (By M.Lee)

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Andy Warhol (right) Andy Warhol was born in 1928 and died in 1987. He was known as the ‘Pope of Pop’, because he was a leader of the Pop art movement. This movement of modern art took its imagery from the glossy world of advertising and from popular culture such as comic strips, films, and television; it developed in the 1950s and flourished in the 1960s, notably in Britain and the USA. Pop art reflected the new wealth, consumerism, and light-hearted attitudes that followed the austerity of the post-war period.	Green Coca-Cola Bottles 1962 Oil on canvas
	Jackie, 1964 (blue)
	Campbell's Soup Can, 1965 (blue & purple) He derived his subject matter from popular culture and established himself as a prime mover in the Pop Art movement with his paintings of Campbell's Soup cans
	Marilyn Diptych 1962 Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas

Three Stooges make Dada fashion

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This is not meant to a cheap laugh. Artistric movements can cross genres.

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Kahlo knew adventurous European and American art, and her own work was embraced by the Surrealists, whose leader, André Breton, described it as "a ribbon around a bomb." But her stylistic inspirations were chiefly Mexican, especially nineteenth-century religious painting, and she would say, "I do not know if my paintings are Surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the most frank expression of myself." The queasily animate locks of fresh-cut hair in this painting must also be linked to her feelings of estrangement from Rivera (whom she remarried the following year), and they also have the dreamlike quality of Surrealism. For, into the work she has written the lyric of a Mexican song: "Look, if I loved you it was because of your hair. Now that you are without hair, I don't love you anymore."
-From moma.org

Artist

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Fly Fishing	Lynn Voit is a watercolor artist who lives in the Florida Keys. She paints for private collectors, interior designers and corporations. She uses translucent water and skies with vibrant colors to captivate the beauty of the Florida Keys.	Flower Beauty
	Animals
		Nature's beauty

Piet Mondrian

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Piet Mondrian is Dutch and worked in various locations composing art from 1872 to1944. He worked in Paris from 1912 to 1914 as well as from 1919 thru 1938; Mondrian was working in London from 1938–1940; and also in New York from 1940 –1944.

I FOUND THIS ENTIRE COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS RATHER INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A RANGE OF PAINTING STYLES. LOOKING AT COLOR CHOICES, PATTERS, DETAILS AND LINE DEFINITION, THERE IS NO WAY TO CATEGORIZE ANY OF THESE IN A SIMILAR GROUP. THE DRASTIC DIFFERENCE EXPRESSES TO ME TALENT AS WELL AS DIVERSE VIEWS AND THOUGHTS WHICH WERE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO CREATE ART OF SUCH EXTREMES.

"Composition XIV" - 1913

"Mill by the Water" - 1905 "Composition C." - 1920 "Landscape" - 1899

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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Source: www.artcyclopedia.com

senor dali

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Edvard Munch

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Edvard Munch

Kiss

Anxiety

Young Woman on the
Shore

Red and White

Edvard Munch was a Norwegian artist whose brooding and anguished paintings and graphic works, based on personal grief and obsessions, were instrumental in the development of expressionism.

PowerMedia

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upper left	upper center	upper right
middle left	middle center	middle right
lower left	lower center	lower right

You can use this table as a start for your post. The cell titles can be over-written with either text or tags. I'll discuss this in class today.

JP

Salvador Dali

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The Three Stooges and Dadaism

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Boston Olympics Sketch

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typography

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Golden Mean

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This ratio is truly all around us. It appears in nature and even the most basic and fundametal aspects of life are seen to have this. Look at the sky line - look at the routine action of the sun rising and setting every day. This picture represents the gold mean and rule of thirds using the water and sky - the sun as the focus.

Career Quiz

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Find out what to do with your life..

http://www.college911.com/express/precog/index.asp

Corporate Identity

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Logos are an essential part of Corporate Identity. Corporate ID is a system that ensures that the central messages of an organization will be repeated as directed by management.

Generally the Art Director, title may vary, will make certain decisions, such as the logo itself and its variations. These include color and type specifications, allowable substitutions, and general positioning and typographic layout. Typical variations include black and white options, design on the web, and Co-branding.

Co-Branding is used in joint ventures with other organizations.

Media included:
Business Cards
Letterheads
Memoranda
Interior and Exterior Signage
Billboards
Fleet (cars/trucks)
Powerpoint presentations
Brochures
Print Advertising

A logo must look well in all these media, and be reliably and precisely produced.

- Graphic Design USA - Feature - Corporate Identity - 15 Trends Taking Shape In Logo Design

- Raytheon's Corporate ID Manual

London 2012

Better rough boston olympics poster

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Heraldry & The Pope (M. Lee)

2005-04-04T16:04:00.001-04:00

The Arms of Pope John Paul II
The Pope's motto was "Totus Tuus" ("all yours")

The cross used in Pope John Paul II's crest is the passion or Latin Cross

The motto and the "M" on John Paul II's coat of arms both refer to the Virgin Mary. The Cross and letter "M" symbolizes Mary standing under the Holy Cross upon which her son, Jesus Christ died. This was only one of Mary's Dolors (sorrows). Pope John Paul II was a devotee of Marion beliefs.

(John Paul II as a Cardinal)

The Cardinal's arms of Pope John Paul II are red and white. The Church established the design of the Cardinal's banner as a red background with white lettering.

Christian Symbols

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Here is a website with pictures and symbols for various Saints.

Olympic Poster...comments welcome.

2005-04-01T13:03:00.000-05:00

Rough Copy of Olympic Poster

2005-04-01T12:18:00.000-05:00

Poor poor Avril...

2005-03-30T22:54:00.000-05:00

Avril Lavigne was recently in Hong Kong for a one-night show. She obviously had help from someone with a magic marker.

The phrase 日本最高 on Ms. Lavigne was correctly written, but for a WRONG country.

日本 = Japan
最 = most, extremely, exceedingly
高 = high, tall; lofty, elevated

It is translated as "Japan is the best".

I'll put this here too...

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go to www.google.com, type in "miserable failure," then hit the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button.

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2005-03-30T15:58:00.000-05:00

What I WISH I Had Originally Done With the Tickertape Parade Pic

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The Golden Mean is a ratio which has fascinated generation after generation, and culture after culture. It can be expressed succinctly in the ratio of the number "1" to the irrational "l.618034... ". In modern times there has been much interest in the Golden Proportion, Section or Mean. Since the Renaissance it has been used extensively in art and architecture, it figures in the Venetian Church of St. Mark built early in the 16th century, and has become a standard proportion for width in relation to height as used in facades of buildings, in window sizing, in first story to second story proportion, at times in the dimensions of paintings and picture frames. There is something "satisfactory" about the relationships of the Greek "divided lines" proportion, which some have felt to be modern acculturation since the Renaissance.

The French architect LeCorbusier noted that the human body when measured from foot to navel and then again from navel to top of head, showed average numbers very near to the Golden Ratio. He extended this to height compared with arm-span, and designed doorways consonant with these numbers. But of course much of this was based in averages rather than exact numbers, and so falls into the general area of esthetic design, rather than mathematical proportion.

Typography Excersise

2005-03-30T12:18:00.000-05:00

The Golden Mean and the Parthenon

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In the center of Athens stands the Parthenon - the city's most famous monument, built to the goddess Athena around 430 BC. Even the dimensions of this ancient building work according to the Fibonacci Numbers. Interestingly, there is no documented evidence to suggest that the Parthenon was designed to incorporate the Golden Mean. Did it just spontaneously occur? Interesting...

this is risky

2005-03-30T01:35:00.000-05:00

Good Stuff huh?

2005-03-30T00:55:00.000-05:00

THE GOLDEN MEAN

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The Golden Mean also known as the Golden Section is represented by the Greek letter phi. It is one of those mysterious natural numbers. It is a ratio which has fascinated generation after generation, and culture after culture. It can be expressed succinctly in the ratio of the number "1" to the irrational "l.618034... ", but it has meant so many things to so many people.

Since the Renaissance it has been used extensively in art and architecture, it figures in the Venetian Church of St. Mark built early in the 16th century, and has become a standard proportion for width in relation to height as used in facades of buildings, in window sizing, in first story to second story proportion, at times in the dimensions of paintings and picture frames. In the l930's the Pratt Institute of New York did a study on various rectangular proportions laid out as vertical frames, and asked several hundred art students to comment on which seemed the most pleasing. The ratio of 1 : 2 was least liked, while the Golden Ratio was favored by a very large margin, which seemed to point to the actual dimensions as generating a pleasing response by their size.

The Golden Section is the division of a given unit of length into two parts such that the ratio of the shorter to the longer equals the ratio of the longer part to the whole. Calling the longer part x and accordingly the shorter part 1-x, this condition reads
1-x is to x as x is to 1
(1-x)/x = x/1
This is solved by multiplying both sides by x, to get
1-x = x^2
or
x^2 + x - 1 = 0
The Quadratic Formula (x = (-b +/- sq.r.(b^2 - 4ac))/2a) applies here with a=1, b=1, c=-1, and yields the answer
x = (-1 + sqr(5))/2 =. 618, nearly.

sources used:
http://www.vashti.net/mceinc/golden.htm
http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Humanities/TheGoldenMean.html

Typography assignment

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The Golden Mean and Photography

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In Photography the Golden Mean is also referred to as The Rule of Thirds. This rule decides the placement of the focus in a photograph. Throughout history, and within various cultures among architects, artists, composers and poets, The Goldem Mean is a ratio that is pleasing to the human eye. The ratio of height to width of the rule of thirds is 1:2/3 (or 2/3:1, depending on whether your photo is oriented down or across). This gives a ratio of 1.5. This ratio, however, is only an approximation of the Golden Mean, which is why the rule of thirds seems to work so well: it is building an approximation of the Golden Mean within the boundaries of your photo.

this photo follows the golden mean, as examples have been shown on the blog of rectangles, and the use of the space within any picture or ad. The shoreline to the jogger outlines rectangles, and squares- while the focus of the picture gives a sense of motion with the rest of the beach in front of the jogger.

The second picture did not apply the rule of thirds, as although it may appear that the jogger is in the final third of the photograph, the tide is already going out, and there is not a real vision of shape, in comparison to the second picture. The comparison of these two pictures shows how the Golden Mean applies to photography in the timing of taking a photograph, and where the photographer places his or her focus to capture action, and to best use the space allotted within each and every picture. Sure, The Golden Mean has a lot to do with numbers and ratios- yet when looking at examples where The Golden Mean is applicable, one gathers that those pictures simply look the best, are most pleasing to the eye- attaining their purpose with the highest quality.

The Golden Mean

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golden mean

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The golden mean is one of those mysterious numbers like Phi=3.14.... It can be represented as 1.6 or the greek letter phi. One of the wierd phenomenons is that if you add numbers in a series such as 0+1, 1+2, 2+3 and make a list of numbers it would come out as 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc. Then if you take the series of numbers and divide them in series it gets closer and closer to the phi number. This shows how phi was derived a long time ago. There is also a term known as the golden rectangle. This is when the sides of the rectangle are related to phi.

assignment

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The Golden Mean

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The Golden Mean or "Golden Rectangle" is an asthetically pleasing ratio that can be seen in many things in both ancient and modern architechture. The Egyptians and Greeks used the mean in their architecture, as it was appealing to the eye and structurally sound. It was used in the both the Great Pyramids and the Parthanon, two of the most famous and acclaimed structures in history. It is also used by sculptors like Phidias, who was renouned in ancient Greece. The Golden mean can be represented in a number, 1.6803, which is represented with the Greek letter phi(the first the letters of Phidias' name) The Golden mean is also found in music, where many musicians, such as violinists, may unknowingly be abiding by its ratio. This is because on many violins the length of the fingerboard compared with the length of the total instrument is equal to about 1:1.618, or in other words, the Golden Mean. The Golden Mean is found all over the world. Even in nature, trees and seeds abide by its proportions. It makes the things that we see thoughout the world as visually pleasing as possible.

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF7/716.html

http://illumin.usc.edu/

Man and the Golden Mean

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http://www.public.asu.edu/~srdodge/ID/Golden%20Mean/human.htm

Tsumani Aid Poster

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My Typography Assignment

2005-03-23T12:56:00.000-05:00

Here's my first picture. Number two is one the way...

GOLDEN MEAN

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...flowers, flowers, everywhere...

2005-03-23T12:54:00.000-05:00

Golden Mean Assignment (By M.Lee)

2005-03-23T12:47:00.000-05:00

The Golden Mean, also known as the Golden Section or Golden Ratio is represented by the Greek letter phi. It is a number approximately 1.618, that was studied by ancient mathematicians because it appeared frequently in geometry. Shapes reflect nature's balance between symmetry and asymmetry.

The more traditional physical shape of the Golden Ratio is the golden rectangle.

Add enough golden rectangles arranged a certain way and soon one will have the golden curve that spirals around like a nautilus shell.

Some flower designs use the Golden Ratio:

The sunflower positions its seeds in a Golden Ratio spiral because it is the most effective manner of having as many seeds in a given amount space possible and allowing them to remain un-crowded within that space.

http://www.vashti.net/mceinc/golden.htm

http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Golden_mean

http://photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/Edwin_Leong/Camera_Hobby_-_e-Book_on_the_Golden_Ratio.htm

Typography Assignment

2005-03-23T12:45:00.000-05:00

Typography Exercise

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Typography

2005-03-23T12:35:00.000-05:00

Typography Assignment

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The Golden Mean....

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The Golden Mean is a ratio, set at l.618034, which has come to be the standard in art and architecture. It has been used in figures in the Church of St. Mark (16th century) and other Renaissance building marvels. More recently, it has become a standard proportion for width in relation to height as used in building structures, in window sizing, in first story to second story proportion, at times in the dimensions of paintings and picture frames. Now, the golden mean is used as a standard for modern day architecture of high rises just as it had been used in the Renaissance times. It is represented by the Greek letter phi (much like pi, 3.1614).
The golden mean is a number often found when taking the ratios of distances in simple geometric figures such as the pentagram, decagon and dodecagon. It is also known as the divine proportion, golden mean, and golden section. The fraction (a+b)/a, is called the golden mean's fraction.
In a golden recatangle, the smaller rectangle is the same shape as the larger rectangle, in other words, their sides are proportional. In further words, the two rectangles are similar. This can be used as the definition of a golden rectangle.

THE GOLDEN MEAN

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The Golden Mean was studied by ancient mathematicians because it is frequently seen in geometry calculations. The Golen Mean creates aesthetically pleasing shapes that reflect nature's balance of symmetry and asymmetry. The designs of the Golden Mean are often used in present day art and design.

These pictures begin with a single Golen rectangle and continue in a natural sequence by removing the leftmost square in the first rectangle and the topmost square from the second square. Designs similar to this can be seen in nature on the shell of a nail.

http://www.mathsoft.com/mathresources/constants/wellknown/article/0,,1941,00.html

http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Golden_mean

Good Typography in ads

2005-03-23T11:19:00.000-05:00

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Here is the FINAL final...yay!

Katie Walker's top 5 Vis Com Blogs!

Kevin's Top Five Blogs

Designers, Photographer Make Award-Winning Website

olympic poster

Raphael Sabatini

Olympic Posters

Eminem's "Mosh"

olympic poster draft

The Golden Ratio

Here's the final...yay!

Kirchner - An Expressionist

POSTER & LOGO

Logotypes Overview, Five Posts info, Final Poster

Top 5 Blog Posts

Importance of Music Videos

Help!

powers ayumi pix site

Boston Olympics Logo

Olympic Logo...Thoughts?

2 Different Options

CUBISM

HEY LOOK!!

The Rembrandt Top 5

Edvard Munch's Works

Jackson Pollock

Peter Paul Rubens: Wealthy Student of Michelangelo

Marcel Duchamp

Works of Paul Cézanne (By M.Lee)

Painters of the Bauhaus

Rene Magritte, Master of the Surreal

Art of the October Revolution

Works of Jasper Johns: Pop- Art

The work of Raphael

5 Works of Van Gogh

5 Rembrandt Paintings

Leonardo Da Vinci by Kenneth Clark

Kandinsky

Diego Rivera

Claude Oscar Monet (Impressionist)

Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky

Kandinsky was a Russian born painter, highly responsible for influencingthe modern movement of abtract art. An abstractionist himself, Kandinsky was an accomplished musician who visualized musical notes as colors, and found ways to abstract (take from) his music onto a canvas.

Mondrian

Henri Matisse

Andy Warhol (By M.Lee)

Three Stooges make Dada fashion

Artist

Piet Mondrian

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

senor dali

Edvard Munch

PowerMedia

*Salvador Dali*

The Three Stooges and Dadaism

Boston Olympics Sketch

typography

Golden Mean

Career Quiz

Corporate Identity

Better rough boston olympics poster

Heraldry & The Pope (M. Lee)

Christian Symbols

Olympic Poster...comments welcome.

Rough Copy of Olympic Poster

Poor poor Avril...

I'll put this here too...

Typography Excersise

The Golden Mean and the Parthenon

this is risky

Good Stuff huh?

THE GOLDEN MEAN

Typography assignment

The Golden Mean and Photography

The Golden Mean

golden mean

assignment

The Golden Mean

Man and the Golden Mean

Kandinsky was a Russian born painter, highly responsible for influencing
the modern movement of abtract art. An abstractionist himself, Kandinsky was an accomplished musician who visualized musical notes as colors, and found ways to abstract (take from) his music onto a canvas.

Salvador Dali