The artwork shown in this image is from a lot of the different areas of art, which we covered during the course of this class. The piece in the top left of the image looks like some of the art that was shown during our African art assignment. The town craftsman who probably made them […]
Art 160
American Folk Art
I chose this piece of art because to me it symbolizes the liberty that was fought for by our ancestors. This piece was probably made some time during the civil war would be my guess and was probably made by an artist without much experience. It was okay though because the experience was not needed […]
Midterm
Give two examples of how color might affect the overall composition of a painting. Color can be used to show layers or the overall feeling of the painting by making it happy or sad. What can an artist do to ensure that a design is not monotonous? They could use lots of different shapes in […]
Glass Art
I think that glass art is by far my favorite type of art that we have seen throughout the semester. I really enjoy the many different qualities it has to offer to even someone without much knowledge on the subject. The many colors and shapes with abstract designs really draw in your attention. I especially […]
Craft Art
What makes craft art so much different than folk art is rather simple. Craft artwork are pieces that are usually made by a trained professional. Since the late 1800’s there has been a continual uprising of more and more institutions developed especially for the art of craft. Craft art has many different forms such as […]
African Art
I found African art to be very interesting. It was designed for a different purpose than most other pieces of art. These artists created their masterpieces not for worldly recognition, but they created their art to help show their spiritual beliefs. They use very interesting techniques to combine the visual aspect with the spiritual as […]
Okeefe
With this picture the subject matter is the mountains. I would say that this picture is symmetrically balanced only because there isn’t any real focus of the picture. The variety of the different shapes in the mountains makes it all the focus of painting. There is a definite use of color saturation to help see […]