week 6: The Christian Art

The christian art was bloom in the near origin of Christianity, the faith of the christian made them to create a big churches to pray for there God. Medieval art in Europe grew out of the artistic heritage of the Roman Empire and the iconography traditions of the early Christian church. art evolves as humans continue addressing the traditional and the new, including Biblical subjects, Christian dogma, and Classical mythology.The oldest examples of Christian art survive in the Roman catacombs, or burial crypts beneath the city. By 350 AD, the Church had two power centers, Rome in the West and Constantinople (the capital of the Byzantine Empire) in the East. Most of the art was like in the ancient Greece where the stories is painted in the vase of in the sculpture, in the christian art the life of Jesus Christ and the story on the bible is mostly painted on the wall or carved in the stone. 

Primary media in the Gothic period included sculpture, panel painting, stained glass, fresco and illuminated manuscript. The easily recognisable shifts in architecture from Romanesque to Gothic, and Gothic to Renaissance styles, are typically used to define the periods in art in all media, although in many ways figurative art developed at a different pace.

I don't think it this era has gradually affected the way the style i used on painting and in creating the design in my art work. but on how idealism was implied was the same for me.

ARTS : Ancient  & Greece





Ancient arts were created during the pre-historic period. These types of arts were contributions of the early civilization and were greatly affected or based on culture, religion and social practices. Ancient arts are indispensable part of the world's history. Egypt, ancient China, Mesopotamia and Greece are some places were these arts were created and produced.

Cave paintings, impressive architectural designs like that of the Ruin of Persopolis and Pyramids in Egypt, the well-known sculpture of the Terracota warriors in China, and the Greek gods and goddesses sculptures are some famous examples of ancient and classical arts. Moreover, ancient arts also includes different literary writings and style.

The exceptional creation of the ancient arts, add to this the legend and stories behind every creations are what makes these arts timeless,  boundless and beyond extraordinary. 

In the both periods and Era, most of the amazing arts is their Architectural design, the law of the proportions and ration and he symmetric calculation was perfectly made in each building. It is still mystery on building this large architecture in the history. On our generation we have the version of the Colosseum  of the Romans, in the Italy.  

Week 4: A Realistic Art

I do much prefer this art it has a detail of what are you going to paint unlike the alteration or distorted art you have to think of an idea on how you will distorted an image and it was for me a difficult thing to do. their are several artist that enjoy making an distorted art like Mashkoor Raza Pakistan he is well know for being a Master of Distorted Arts. His arts was calm and peaceful w/ a developing sense of the Distant Past.

Fig 1. Google Image

Fig .2. Google Image

Most of his art was about horse in the fig.1 you can see it was an image of a nude human with the distortion of the animal. and the same on the fig.2 which is the same. i believe that before you can achieve the level of the distortion is you have to find a right theme on a certain idea that you are going to apply. I was a bit difficult on distorting an image... that will be able to still see the main concept of the art. 

i been practicing for several hours in a nude picture of a woman and i find it not exactly the same as in the picture which is true troublesome. on the contrary it was challenging. doing an art like that, you really have to be in the mood, last time our activity evolved in the Hands,,we create a realistic hand and a distorted art of it, and what can be worse, it just came into my head well i hate it and maybe that's why it came...

anyway i enjoy making the art it was fun -_-

Fig.3 Google Image

week 3: Discovering Impromptu Art

This week we've been studying on creating a offhand drawing. we are learning from the basic, from line to shapes. Creating an art on the spot, at first it was really hard i have to find my model for me before i can create my perfect drawing i always set my mood. And it was difficult for me to do it, sometimes distraction occur, having satisfied in an art which is not good. I thought that i'm the only one who's acting like but i figured out that my classmate feel the same, they have this feeling of insecurity of other drawings that unable them to continue their art. :( 

In my technical drawing i'm having a hard time in the basic, i thought that it will be easy but it's not creating a straight line, right curves then creating something out of a shape. It funny but i have realized while saying it was hard, we can really apply it in our on the spot drawing. Last Thursday we have to make a drawing about in action what is happening in the Gym. I made a man out of circle and box. the way i draw is different from it. i just start on hair then face, but i have to make a position which difficult to make, I used the way our prof. teach and it was effective :)

They define Impromptu art as an A piece composed or played at first thought. it means it can be doodle on your notebook, or something that you see and inspired you. It can be made of pencil and crayons color that can create different art. you don't prepare on creating it most of the artist are like this it's on their mood on how they will made the art.  What can i say art is made by feelings and their meaning is made by the artist the viewer is the one who interprets the artist way of art. 

WEEK 2: THE CLASSICAL ARTS



The Greek Gods and Goddess in this Era and time was the mightiest of all, their power and beauty is above. It was said that in ancient Greece competition is on going between city-state had the best statues and the most beautiful temples, they made perfect statues of people and the columns that were supported a building, were perfectly symmetrical.

Corinthian

Doric

Ionic

Ionic Style - thinner and more elegant. Its capital is decorated with a scroll-like design (a volute). This style was found in eastern Greece and the islands.
Corinthian- Corinthian style is seldom used in the Greek world, but often seen on Roman temples. Its capital is very elaborate and decorated with acanthus leaves.
 Doric- Doric style is rather sturdy and its top (the capital), is plain. This style was used in mainland Greece and the colonies in southern Italy and Sicily-(google).

And because it was dominated by religion it was not surprising that the temples in that time has the most beautiful structure but, Greece didn't last long because the Romans Conquer the Greeks, and as the Greek fall their arts lives, Romans is the visual of of Greece they produced hundred copy of Greece Art. It was the largest empire in the history and  its impressive art reflects this power and the mighty empires reach across the world. Most of the Greek sculptures that exist today are actually Roman replicas of the original.

Colosseum

 

The Colosseum is one of great architecture of the Romans it is composed of arch that pile together it is composed of 80 gigantic arches and 20 ft high. (National Geographic) form into a giant ring around the perimeter it was a symphony of arches that was build for the battle of warrior in that time. we can say that we really adapted this way of creating a building in the Rome. I think this is the influential period of the history we can still see the Ruins today and those technique used to design the stone are still we used today specially in church and museum. i was really amazed on how the roman can go anywhere using their skilled engineer, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZPTvvmk1jY&feature=related), how they build a bridge to be able to cross on the river and make it in time in invading the German. Leading the greatest warrior Ceasar, the power that influence as all in all. 

it was amazing on how they able to make a structure that still stands today we can say how firm it was and to be able to finish it earlier, materials that they made to be able to create it, it was a magnificent art.

History of Arts

 HISTORY OF ARTS: 2ND SEMESTER

WEEK 1: WHO IS MONA LISA IS SHE A WOMAN?

   Mona Lisa is a famous well know art of Leonardo Da Vinci, inventor, artist, excellent man in renaissance period. And now still known. His Master pieces Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) is a popular art work of the century it became a mystery of who is the girl behind the painting. In 1500 when Leonardo Da Vinci have returned in France., He spent 17 years in Milan, after French army invaded his invention, he got weary of using his brush. It was also from the observation of the priest in France  Father Pretra.(youtube:Monalisa Secret life) And what interest him, in painting again in the late 1503 is when a woman came in his studio to ask him to paint her. This woman that have mentioned is part of the researcher study and what is in the mind of the great artist while making this painting. Other said it was a dream, inspiration of what Da Vinci want to became a suspections of being a Gay. Proves it on how detailed he draw the body structure of a man, but still every question does not end and a limited answer that has no prof. 

 

  Mona Lisa the woman behind the painting that Leonardo created was said to be a House wife in the middle class family. Her name is LISA DEL GIOCONDO. wife of a businessman Florante Fracesco del Giocondo. They say she was pregnant with her second child, when she ask Leonardo to paint her. the speculation came from how she sit and the position of her hands, But being a wife of Francesco is still a question for the ring that symbolized that she is already married is not seen in the artwork.The status that proves of being a middle class classify by the ornament w/c also not found in the Mona Lisa. Behind her hidden smile is said to leonardo mother smile, it was his signature in his artwork the Mother Figure Smile . Mona Lisa is interpreted to be a great psychological photo.

 It Come to my  mind while watching the Documentary of the Da Vinci Life and Works that, can a man make an art without putting any meaning to it? I mean may be we notice something like a code that reveal mystery, just giving them a meaning . Whenever i looked at Mona Lisa painting in the internet the only observation that i can see is a woman w/o an eyebrow unsure smile and wide forehead. The blending of color that was and understanding on how did the artist start the artwork, did he used guidelines in making the face of the model? How about the woman behind it? may be she wanted to be painted by a famous artist. right? May be i don't understand the way an artist is thinking because never tried to make a painting of a human as a model. But as i analyze it in creating a art your attention is on your model you just draw your feelings or what you see, putting a code and a hidden message on your painting is something that you cannot think when you are making an art. The message can only be seen after the painting was finish and sometimes the viewer is the one who interpret the painting that you had made. Make sense right? I think Da Vinci didn't realized that his painting will be famous in the future and carrying for almost 17 years of his travel it may be the greatest Art of his Life.

 

 



WEEK 10: GET OUT OF A BOX!!!


Long Weekends are over wah!! today we had fun watching the play the Juggler the Mermaid and the Bitter it was quite a long day for me we encounter a traffic jam going home and going their, but the thing is we had fun in riding in the jeepney! anyways!!!!

 For now our group are thinking of a new way how to improve our project in Communication Technology, we've been always using Movie Maker in our project and  my objective this semester is to try to create a movie using ADOBE AFTER EFFECT. Last time it was been discussed by Ms. A that we need to create something out of a box which means that to have different idea on that you usually do. I admit that if i don't educate myself or expose myself in learning my own i won't be knowledgeable on this way to create a Visual Project.

How can you create something new from what you usually do? first is try something new like eating a cheese once you always eat cheese you have the tendency to get tired eating it. Once you use already the effect try to avoid repeating using it so that the viewer will have more expectation on your project.
Second is used other resource to improved your work watching other video may help you to create a new idea that will may be used in you project.

Third one is your Timeline of course try to settle all the things on the plan why so that you don't have to re shoot again in the certain place it is time consuming and you'll may not be able to finish your project in TIME.
The forth and last one is Learn From others sometime it may be hard to understand some part on doing your Video but always your are free to ask question and gain feedback from others because this will help you to improve your skill in making a VIDEO CLIP! ^ ^