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Non-Western Blog

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  Non-western art is leaps and bounds different from western art. Whereas a lot of western art from ye olden times favored colors, eastern art placed a much greater emphasis on lines. They are prevalent mostly in two-dimensional art, but even some sculptures have lines with explicit color differences between them. Leshan Giant Buddha 713-803 Unknown The first piece on this blog is the Leshan Giant Buddha. It's the only sculpture on this blog post. The statue depicts Matreya, who - if memory serves - is said to descend from heaven when Buddhism is on the brink of collapse and preach the dharma. The statue took ninety years to carve, with the project starting in 713 and ending in 803, easily taking a generation or more to complete. It is now a tourist attraction and for good reason. It's the tallest standing statue of the Buddha in the world. I love this piece. I'm usually not one for sculptures, but I love the history behind it, and that it's managed to stand the test of...
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Unit Thirteen Blog

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 For this blog I've chosen to talk about Mid-Modern art. A lot of the art from around this era has huge influences from the second world war, as this was the talk of the world at the time. This blog will cover three artists and the art they've made. Battle of Britain 1941 Paul Nash The Battle of Britain by Paul Nash kickstarts a theme that permeates throughout most if not all of the art in this blog. I would argue that the pieces are sad in nature, regardless of how cheery or otherwise the pieces appear to be. Battle of Britain is an excellent example of this. This piece has a minimalist artstyle, which is a style that was employed by its author, Paul Nash. I believe that the minimalist artstyle has a natural knack for things looking lonely. There's an inherent lack of detail in the minimalist style that is necessarry for it to even be considered minimalist. This inherent lack of detail makes art feel a little empty, like it's lacking something, and that lacking feel I ...
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Early Modern Art

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 Early Modern Art was probably some of the most depressing art imaginable. The early modern era took place around the times of World War I and the Great Depression, which caused the art created to reflect the depressing scenarios. Seymour Fogel The Wealth of the Nation 1938 Out of the three pieces on presented on this post this is by far the most upbeat. It's a bunch of people frok all walks of life going about their days. The emphasis is clearly on work and moving forwards as noted by various elements, such as the scientist looking in his microscope, and the factory in the background. There are gears as well as another example. The piece doesn't feel happy either, as nobody is smiling, and the colors aren't nearly as bright as they could be. The sky as well is extremely gloomy as there's only the clouds to see. While this piece doesn't feel happy it feels like propaganda. Everyone depicted in this piece is doing work. It feels like it's telling whoever sees thi...
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Romantic Era Blog

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      For this blog, I will be comparing and contrasting two paintings of romantic art and two paintings of impressionist art. The Romantic: The Madonna of the Roses William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1903 The Art: A factor of this piece that I really appreciate is the circles behind the adult's and child's heads.  The circles are borderline perfectly constructed, and the shading is remarkable. It is thanks to this shading that the brighter colors in the artwork pop as much as they do - specifically said circles and the garb on the adult. The background is beautifully detailed and you can clearly make out the designs on the wall behind them. There is not much empty space in this artwork which I believe is a bit of a shame, however, the background was never the intention of this piece, so that's hardly something I can objectively hold against it. I believe that this piece was trying to capture a saint-like persona what with the heavy emphasis on white, and the circles behind ...
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Baroque Art - Apollo and Daphne

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 Apollo and Daphne 1622-1625 Gian Lorenzo Bernini Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized marble sculpture created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It seemed interesting enough considering it's a giant marble statue, however that seems to be a relatively common option for artists in ye olden times. Regardless, it'll be the topic for this blog. The Artist:   Gian Lorenzo Bernini was a Baroque sculptor born in Italy. He is considered by some to be the greatest sculptor of his time, even pioneering Baroque sculpting as it was. Bernini was commissioned by many powers, including the catholic church. Bernini lived a long life, dying at the age of eighty-one. The legacy he left behind in the art world was felt not only as he was alive, but after his death as well. The Art: This particular work of Bernini's is called "Apollo and Daphne". Its hypothesized time of creation was a span between the years 1622 at the earliest and 1623 at the latest, to the year 1625 which marked completion. ...
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Northern Renaissance

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  Temptation of St. Anthony Hieronymus Bosch In or around the year 1500      For this blog, I opted for a work from Hieronymus Bosch. There's this funny book that I was read to a lot as a kid called "Pish Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch". The pictures in the book were styled after his artwork, more or less and it was a pretty goofy book, so when I saw Hieronymus Bosch as an option I had to choose him.     The Artist:  Hieronymus Bosh himself was an avid fan of rather abstract and rather "out there" artworks (see above). Historically, Bosch has left next to nothing about himself for historians to find out, so the guy is more or less an enigma, which I think is extremely unfortunate. His art style was rather unique for the time, so I would've loved to know more about him. His habit of leaving behind nothing also bled into his artwork as only upwards of seven of his pieces are signed, and none dated, which is why claiming that this work was made around the ye...
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Elements of Art

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  Our Changing World Putt Clark December 1992 For this blog, I'd like to take a look at " Our Changing World " by Putt Clark. This is a piece I saw a lot as a child and considering I didn't associate myself with the arts that much this was a piece that stood out to me for one reason or another. The piece was made right here in Fairbanks, Alaska in December of 1992. This is one of the go-to pieces I think of when I think of art and it's one I like a lot. Emotion: To me, the biggest aspect of this piece is how it makes me feel. My family has always been environmentally sensitive and this piece embodies it quite well. There is no land visible on the frontmost planet which would imply that anything natural is irrelevant to its inhabitants. I will be calling back to this point in a future segment, but the primary emotion this piece evokes in me is helplessness. Again, my family has always been environmentally sensitive which is why this piece speaks to me now, but all ...
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