2D Design

   Visit to the art museum While visiting the BMA I came across three pieces of art that caught my eye. First was portrait 1 by Joan Miro, next was Red Plum by Thomas Downing, and lastly was Rorschach by Andy Warhol. All of these works of art were very appealing to me but I felt that out of these three works some of them stood out more to me. My least favorite was Rorschach, it did have good use of lines and dots which was interesting. I wasn't to impressed with the sloppiness of the brush strokes when trying to make the painting symmetrical. It gives of the meaning that something can be so unique but yet it can be replicated by someone or something. Next was Portrait 1 by Joan Miro, this painting was very interesting in the fact that the eye path goes from the vocal point down to the bottom but in that path you are able to see all the other aspects of the painting. The feeling that it gives me is a “ wild night” I got this feeling because it gave off this crazy f...

While watching “ways of seeing” starring John Berger I was able to find two things that made me question and inform me on how I look at art. First was how the use of a camera has the ability to change how people perceive things. “ the camera reproduces it, making it available in any size anywhere, for any purpose.” this ability of the camera allows people to see centuries old paintings in a new light. Instead of having the painting in one place unable to be seen by the masses, but know we are able to see these works of masterpiece in our own homes. Which allows the meaning to be transmittable allowing for newer  arguments and discussion. With the ability to make new meanings the camera allows for the painting to be either looked at in greater detail or as a massive landscape. By doing that people can focus on different aspects they might have not seen before. With doing all of this work the camera has been able to do some significant things. “ by making the work of art transmi...

While reading this piece I found myself struggling through it the first time around. As I read more and more I came to the realization that everyone sees something in a different way. What stuck out to me in this article is when the author was talking about the the iceberg how it is big and unseen underneath the water. I relate this to my own life and the struggles I have with my boss, otherwise known as my grandfather. When doing a project he always uses the famous line “ it will only take a minute” he sees the top of the iceberg that is not covered by the water. But I see the whole iceberg which shows the difference in the way that our minds work. Overall this was an interesting read that allowed me to look at things in a new light. Another thing in this reading that grabbed me was that Loyola feels that visual imagination is extremely important. This shows a more of a personal connection that individuals must have to be able to visualize the words of the church into their own s...

“The whole ball of wax” Blog post “The whole ball of wax” written by Jerry Saltz he explains the ways that art has the ability to change the world through vision. Saltz expresses his idea that art has the ability to give us a perspective of the world around us. Though art cannot solve the world's current problems it has the capacity to act as a “bridge” to new visions. An example of art that is thought to be a “bridge” to a new vision is the statue of liberty. Yes the statue of liberty is a piece of artwork, but it is more than that. When 1st generation immigrants came over from europe in the 19th and 20th century the first thing they saw was the statue of liberty and this piece of artwork gave them hope to come to America and prosper. This is an example of how artwork has the ability to “bridge” a new vision. As I see it art has the grey area to be anything you want it to be. But when you solve a math problem it is right or wrong, that is why art has the ability to have ...