Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Art Project #1: Art in NYC
For this project, you are required to find, choose, and research an example of art in NYC.
Using the computer, research the art you chose and discuss it in a 250 word typed essay.
Your essay should include:
- Describe what the art looks like (Be Specific)
- Describe where in NYC the art work resides (Mapquest)
- Describe the impact that this art has had upon you, the world, other art...
Additionally, include a visual aid of your art work to accompany this essay.
New Spring Schedule
Please pay close attention as to which rooms we will be using during the week. For the remainder of this class we will be utilizing the Mac Lab in room 409 many days during the semester. It is YOUR responsibility to pay close attention to the project schedule.
What is Art?
Art is defined by Webster's Dictionary as "the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power : the art of the Renaissance | great art is concerned with moral imperfections | she studied art in Paris.
• works produced by such skill and imagination : his collection of modern art | an exhibition of Tibetan art | [as adj. ] an art critic.
• creative activity resulting in the production of paintings, drawings, or sculpture : she's good at art.
2 ( the arts) the various branches of creative activity, such as painting, music, literature, and dance : the visual arts | [in sing. ] the art of photography.
3 ( arts) subjects of study primarily concerned with the processes and products of human creativity and social life, such as languages, literature, and history (as contrasted with scientific or technical subjects) : the belief that the arts and sciences were incompatible | the Faculty of Arts.
4 a skill at doing a specified thing, typically one acquired through practice : the art of conversation."
Friday, February 8, 2008
Symbolism
Create three symbols for yourself and illustrate them on your manila folder.
This folder will now be used to house your artwork.
Please make your name prevalent on the folder.
History of Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14th. In the Americas and Europe, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two of the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards. The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain. In the United States, the imported fashion leading to a mid-nineteenth century Valentine's Day trade was a harbinger of further commercialized holidays in the United States to follow.
The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas. The association estimates that women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines."
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14th. In the Americas and Europe, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The holiday is named after two of the numerous Early Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
The day is most closely associated with the mutual exchange of love notes in the form of "valentines." Modern Valentine symbols include the heart-shaped outline and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards. The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain. In the United States, the imported fashion leading to a mid-nineteenth century Valentine's Day trade was a harbinger of further commercialized holidays in the United States to follow.
The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas. The association estimates that women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines."
Landscape:Beachscape
Landscape art
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Landscape art depicts scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests. Sky is almost always included in the view, and weather usually is an element of the composition. In the first century A.D., Roman frescoes of landscapes decorated rooms that have been preserved at Pompeii and Herculaneum. Traditionally, landscape art depicts the surface of the earth, but there are other sorts of landscapes, such as moonscapes, for example.
Self Portrait
Self-portrait
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, or sculpted by the artist. Although self-portraits have been made by artists since the earliest times, it is not until the Early Renaissance in the mid 1400s that artists can be frequently identified depicting themselves as either the main subject, or as important characters in their work. With better and cheaper mirrors, and the advent of the panel portrait, many painters, sculptors and printmakers tried some form ofself-portraiture. The probable example by Jan van Eyck of 1433 is the earliest known panel self-portrait.He painted a separate portrait of his wife, and he belonged to the social group that had begun to commission portraits, already more common among wealthy Netherlanders than south of the Alps. The genre is venerable, but not until the Renaissance, with increased wealth and interest in the individual as a subject, did it become truly popular.
Course Outline and Syllabus
Introductions
Training Wheels: Using Color in Illustration
Self Portrait
Landscape: Beachscape
Visualizations
Digital Wish Ideas
iPhoto Introduction
Bicycle: Art as Substance and Memory
Study of Art in NYC
Keynote Introduction
Senior Memory Book Part I
Digital Wish Letters
Intro to Keynote
Motorcycle: Famous Artists
TBA
Our Goals
During this course, you will have the opportunity to not only create projects such as your very own self portrait, but also visualize your future and reflect upon your past. Additionally, you will learn internet research skills to help you successfully research topics such as: Art in NYC, Famous Artists, and Movements in Art.
Welcome!
This Introduction to Visual Arts program delves into the world of art, genres of art, famous artists, art movements, and art found in NYC. During this course, you will have the opportunity to not only create projects such as your very own self portrait, but also visualize your future and reflect upon your past. Additionally, you will learn internet research skills to help you successfully research topics such as: Art in NYC, Famous Artists, and Movements in Art.
Please post any recommendations and/or museum trip projects or ideas you may want the class to participate in this year and always know that I am available to speak to you about your performance in this class. I am available pd 10 in room 415 every Wednesday. Please note that successful completion of ART with a 65 or higher is necessary for graduation for all June of 2008 graduates.
Please post any recommendations and/or museum trip projects or ideas you may want the class to participate in this year and always know that I am available to speak to you about your performance in this class. I am available pd 10 in room 415 every Wednesday. Please note that successful completion of ART with a 65 or higher is necessary for graduation for all June of 2008 graduates.
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