My journey began on a calm Sunday evening when I began searching for two art sculptures to observe. I walked out of the Convocation Center where I had just finished watching the Kennesaw State versus Troy volleyball game. I walked straight across the street to find The Thinking Rock sculpture sitting directly in front of me. I walked around and observed the entire piece, finding a wasp nest resting under one of the rock's ridges. I read the plaque that explained the rock is meant for you to stop and think about who you are, why you are here, and where you are going in life. I continued walking through the Campus Green where I observed colorful flowers, swaying trees, buildings I had never seen before, and students swinging in their hammocks. I stumbled upon the KSU Owl, which had three flags flying high directly behind the sculpture. I noticed the intricate details on the owl, from its sharp claws, to its beaming eyes. …show more content…
The KSU Owl and The Thinking Rock are similar because they both attempt to remind you of who you are and why you are here. The journey to both art pieces have similar scenery, like the Campus Green, flowers, and trees. Both art pieces display plaques with information about the art piece, but they are missing the artist’s name. These pieces of art are completely different at the same time. The KSU Owl is an animal sculpture while The Thinking Rock is an inanimate object. The KSU Owl has very intricate details on every individual body part of the owl, and the rock is well, just a rock. The Thinking Rock is dedicated to the founders of KSU and the KSU Owl is sponsored by the KSU Student Government Association. The background of the KSU Owl is the education building and three flags and the background of The Thinking Rock is Kennesaw
Surprisingly, fifty years later, artist John Sloan happen to meet all the qualifications Baudelaire has designed for Monsieur G— making urban life observations and drawing from memory. Sloan adopts and employs Baudelaire’s idea of urban watching and further expands it for an American audience. Born and raised in Philadelphia, John Sloan first begun his art career as a newspaper illustrator. After years of working, he developed his own artistic style and started making paintings and etchings. When he moved from Philadelphia to New York, he has found that city life scenes of great interest that he then started observing and making etchings for scenes of modern life. He was well-known and celebrated as the founder of the Ashcan School and was most celebrated for this urban genre scenes. (Lobel, Chapter1)
Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South and Madonna Enthroned are very similar images that were produced by very different cultures. Both images were produced during the 13th Century. The image of Rathnasambhava, the Transcendent Buddha of the South was produced in Tibet during an interesting period of the country’s religious history. The branch of Tibetan Buddhism is led by a religious and sometimes political leader called the Dalai Lama. It was during the 13th Century during the reign of Kublai Khan, around the time of the production of this painting, that Tibet experienced the first incarnation of the Dalai Lama. One has to wonder if this painting is somehow related to that occurrence. According to one source, the reincarnation system for the Living Buddhas is the main point distinguishing Tibetan Buddhism from other forms of Buddhism.
Both are tributes to greatness. One is a federal monument and national icon, the other a solitary dream.” The impact of the statue to millions of people around the country would mean little to nothing if it was not near the site in which so many battles were fought, including the Battle of Little Bighorn. The cultural importance of this architecture lives on through the lives of the American people it has taught.
The Harlem Renaissance is the birth of rich African American culture through art, music, and literature. It began in the early 1910’s into the mid 1930’s. Harlem is a neighborhood in New York which during that era turned into a predominately African American area. This started during World War I, and workers were recruited to the Northern states because manual labor workers were needed. Many brilliant African Americans of their time arose from the Harlem area such as Langston Hughes, Jacob Lawrence, and Palmer Hayden just to name a few. The spirit of the Harlem Renaissance is powerful and lively. African Americans had gone through extreme circumstances physically and emotionally to be able to get to places such as Harlem. One
I never go anywhere alone. After a depressive Saturday morning I finally crawled out of bed and went to the Cummer Museum. Art is one thing that I don’t understand. How people can find deeper meanings from paint on a canvas is Japanese to me. When I look at a painting I see exactly what is being shown and nothing more. There is no deeper meaning evident. Being at this museum cranky and solo trying to find a picture I felt connected to was almost impossible. It took me about ten minutes to go through the whole museum. But in one of the last sections I went in there was finally something that my eyes were drawn to. An image that made me want to find the deeper meaning. Thomas Hart Benton’s June Morning.
I envisioned my experience at the Governor’s school. Spending my summer surrounded by North Carolina's best instructors and rising seniors. I visualized attending the theater events that other students performed. I wondered what my roommate would be like. I fantasized decorating my dorm room with meaningful pictures, awards, and my acceptance letter to the Governor’s school. I imagined the sound of my mother’s gentle voice on the phone
When I took my first tour of American Heritage in the eighth grade, I knew it was the school for me. It was love at first sight when I saw the darkroom, and I knew in order to become the best photographer possible, this is where I needed to spend my next four years. In addition to American Heritage’s art department, I learned of their stellar academics and realized this was the best option to become a well rounded individual. When hearing of the struggles of college students before me, I am unphased. I am confident that American Heritage’s college-prep system has readied me for a world of late night
The artwork I chose for the art criticism project was ‘The Survivors’ by Kathe Kollwitz. The piece was created in 1923 in Berlin, Germany, where she resided with her husband. She and her husband resided in a poorer area, and it is believed to have contributed too much of her artwork style. ‘The Survivors’ is currently displayed in two museums, the MoMA and the Kathe Kollwitz Museum. In the piece there is a woman directly in the middle, with sunken in cheek bones is draped in a black cloak. Her arms are around three small children, who look very frightened. On each side of her body there are an additional four small children who convey sadness upon their innocent faces. Also, they are outstretching their arms as if they are begging for her to give them something. In the background, on the top left side, there are two elderly men with their heads down, looking as if they are very sad and
The first painting analyzed was North Country Idyll by Arthur Bowen Davis. The focal point was the white naked woman. The white was used to bring her out and focus on the four actual colored males surrounding her. The woman appears to be blowing a kiss. There is use of stumato along with atmospheric perspective. There is excellent use of color for the setting. It is almost a life like painting. This painting has smooth brush strokes. The sailing ship is the focal point because of the bright blue with extravagant large sails. The painting is a dry textured flat paint. The painting is evenly balanced. When I look at this painting, it reminds me of settlers coming to a new world that is be founded by its beauty. It seems as if they swam from the ship.
In “Is Art a Waste of Time?” Rhys Southan examines Effective Altruists’ (EA’s), an organization that advocates people to pursue a career that provides money for generous donations (Southan). Southan also explains how EA’s believe that it is an ethical choice in giving up one’s hobbies to increase their income for those living in extremities (Southan). Despite the EA’s view of ethical standards, there are many variations of what people consider to be right and wrong behavior. Jobs such as being a teacher, a doctor or an artist, all have related ethical principles in which could define how moral a person is in their occupation. An ethical career is one that allows a person to have integrity, compassion and passion when helping others.
Robert Smithson was born in Passaic, New Jersey in 1938. He was an only child. His father, Irving Smithson, was an automobile mechanic who later became vice-president of a mortgage firm. His father and mother, Susan, were both Protestants and Susan was also Catholic. When Smithson was eight his parents took him on his first major trip, a tour around the United States. The trip made a huge impression on him and he began to love traveling. Some of his other interests as a child were drawing, collecting things, natural history, geology, and dinosaurs according to Smithson, in an interview with Paul Cummings in 1972. Like many teenagers, Smithson found high school boring and was in search of a more stimulating and open environment. In the fall of 1954, his third year of high school, Smithson enrolled in classes at the Art Students League in New York. He received a scholarship for the1955-56 academic year. Smithson’s training at the Art Students League focused on basic foundation courses such as cartooning, life drawing, painting, and composition. Of his time at the Art Students League, Smithson said, “it gave me an opportunity to meet younger people and others who were sort of sympathetic to my outlook.” 1(pg.12).
The East Pennsboro elementary school raised money for a statue at a local park. The statue was a ring of children that were holding hands. There was one child missing; the link was broken. The statue was dedicated to East Pennsboro students that did not make it to their graduation. My sophomore year of high school inspired this piece of artwork.
Nighthawks is perhaps the painting that embodies whom Edward Hopper was as an artist. The whole scene of a diner at night creates this entire different mood then it would if it was painted at a different time of the day. When we think of night, there are many things that happen, more obscurity and more curiosity. With this painting you can start to create the narrative, that these individuals are loners, they like to come out at night to escape the day. This idea that these people come to this place to alienate them from the real world is such great metaphor, how night can become a sense of peace for this people.
One of the greatest experiences that I have been exposed was brushing a paint brush against a wide range of different material, and transferring an idea from my mind into a real, picturesque work of art. I’m modest about my work in art; very few people know that I have a talent, and thoroughly enjoy transferring images from my imagination onto canvas. Painting puts me into a tranquil state of mind. If I were to paint on the Beta Bridge at the University of Virginia, I would want people to experience the same mindset that I have, instead of drawing a “Goooo Hookies sign.
“People knew I was different. But not less.” Temple Grandin understood what she had, but she knew she was not less than anyone else. She did what anyone else could do. She knew she could push through everyday, no matter how hard and how long it took. Temple is not different, but she is unique! “We’re focusing so much on academics that we’ve taken out things like, art, sewing, cooking, woodworking, music, and other things that introduce kids to careers.” Temple Grandin is trying to explain and tell the world that it is not all about academics. She had the tremendously strong willpower to prove that what she was thinking was actually right. She wanted people to stop worrying about all academics and more about the arts, sports, and the creativity of all of it. Because if not, only the few students that excel at academics are