Tuesday 28 February 2012

Museum


Style Time Line

Renaissance
14th-17th Century
The distinguishing characteristic of the Renaissance art movement was the extremely realistic development of linear perspective. Throughout this period artists focused their studies on light, shadow and human anatomy.

Artists known in this period:
Leonardo Da Vinci
Michelangelo
View Da Vinci's work here

Realism
1848
Realism is the precise representation of the observable world. Subjects of paintings appear as they are seen based on observation rather than an embellished imagination. Realism appeared in 1848 after the French Revolution. Against Romantic subjectivism and exaggerated emotionalism, the ideology of the Realists was object reality with the aspiration of portraying truth and precision in their work

Artists known in this period:
Jean – Baptiste Simeon Chardin
Eilif Peterssen
View 
Peterssen
's work here





Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
1848
The pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood was significantly influenced by the natural world and nature. Glazed pigment was painted over a wet white background canvas to recover the brilliance of color that inspired them from the Quattrocento art movement. The technique by painting the white wet pigment was created so that when the colors were painted on the canvas they would be create them effect of being jewel like and clear.

Artists known in this period:
John Everett Millais
Velyn De Morgan,
View 
 Millais'
s work here 


Expressionism
1901-1925
The art movement focused on expressing powerful emotions. The expressionist style originated in Germany and Austria and they were influenced by African Art, Edvard Munch and Vincent van Gogh. The use of color in expressionism was inspired by the Fauves in Paris whom arbitrarily used color and in jarring final pieces of art. The focus of painting was to create vivid emotional responses in work rather than aesthetically pleasing compositions of subjects. Emotionally drive responses were formed through the use of color and dynamic composition.

Artists known in this period:
Egon Schiele
Edvard Munch
View Schiele's
 work here



Cubism
1907- 1921
 Cubism was the ground breaking avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque pioneered cubism as they transformed painting and sculpture in Europe whilst also inspiring associated movements in the fields of architecture, literature and music. Cubism work features objects that are out of order analyzed and put back together in an abstract style. Artists working in a cubist style can work by observing multiple viewpoints allowing them to portray the subject in a larger context. Coherent depth is removed as surfaces intersect on random angles. A specific cubist trait is how the background surfaces interconnect creating indefinite space.

Artists known in this period:
Pablo Picasso
Juan Gris
View Picasso's
 work here



Surrealism
1920’s
Surrealist work focus on surprise and juxtaposed imagery that is unexpected. Artists from this movement however look upon their work as expression deriving from the philosophical movement. Their philosophy was that ordinary expression is important however their arrangement and how they are to be placed should be exposed to an artist or writers imagination. Surrealists were also strongly influenced by Freud’s dream analysis, which allowed them to expand ways to release their imaginations.

Artists known in this period:
Salvador Dali
Max Ernst
View Dali's
 work here



Action painting
1940’s- 1960’s
Action painting is also known as Gestural Abstraction. Action painting is created as the artist spontaneously splatters, spreads and dribbles paint onto a canvas breaking conventional painting methods where paint is carefully applied. The finished piece places an importance on the physical part of painting.

Artists known in this period:
Franz Kline
Jackson Pollock
View Pollock's
 work here



Pop Art
1950’s
Pop art confronted the fine art world and used characteristics of mass culture, advertising and comic books. It uses essentials or images that are popular in culture. These are interpreted through irony and focuses on the mechanical ways on how the work is reproduced.

Artists known in this period:
Andy Warhol
David Hockney
View Warhol's
 work here



Photorealism
Late 1960’s
Photorealism painting is created as the artist uses a camera to collect information. This results in a painting that looks photographic. The style exists as a result of photography, with a focus on the idea of frozen time, which is then precisely created by the artist. Paintings are created by projecting an image onto canvas or traditionally using a grid technique.

Artists known in this period:
John Baeder,
Glennray Tutor

View Baeder's
 work here



Street Art
1960’s
Street art is art that is created in and for public spaces. Styles of street art can include traditional graffiti with a  spray can, sc­ulpture, stencil, sticker art, paste-ups, flash mobbing and street installations.

Artists known in this period:
Banksy
Rone 
View Banksy's
 work here




Bibliography




Critiquing tools

Art Vocabulary List

Repetition: when an element is repeated and it can also create a pattern

Smudge: a mark making technique that can be smeared

Hierarchy: creating importance in a composition of one section to another. This may result in one part creating a visual dominance, focal point or emphasis.

Asymmetry: an arrangement is balanced however the elements aren’t mirroring the opposite side of the composition.

Cropping: when objects or elements exceed the picture boundary


Adjective List 
Line
Flowing: a freely drawn line
Color
Polychrome: using a lot of color or variously
Shape and Form
Convex: an outward curve
Texture
Glossy: a texture that gives the finish a shiny look


Basic Elements of design:
Line: created by connecting two or more points. Some characteristics of line include weight, thickness, wavy, straight, curvy ragged and hard edged
Color: is when light is emitted, transmitted or reflected through the elements or principles in design.
Texture: the characteristic appearance of a surface having tactile quality
Shape: shapes can be organic, symmetrical, asymmetrical or geometric characterized by a two-dimensional enclosed area or plane.
Form: is shapes that are joined, or when a shape has been enhanced by another element in order to create a three dimensional illusion

Basic Principles of design:
Stability: when there is no movement and composition is symmetrical. Elements of the design remain inside the arrangement. ­
Dynamics: when elements of design create movement. Elements can move off the composition and can be placed on angles giving it a dynamic look
Rhythm: when elements are repeated, with shape or color creating movement
Scale: creates comparisons with size and contradictions. It can create emphasis.




The Melbourne Cricket Club
The Melbourne Cricket Club logo features the colors red and blue. The M is emphasized by being in bright red, making it stand out and eye catching. The C standing for cricket also stands out being in solid blue. The smaller C has been outlined with the same blue making it less eye catching. A serif typeface has been used and the letters create curvy and straight lines. The letters have been created so that they are all interconect and loop over and under each other. Your eyes read their way around the logo like a maze.





AFL
Clear concise logo. This is achieved by having bold white letters placed on the football being the ground. San-serif typeface has been used to accompany the modern look of the logo. This modern look is achieved by simplifying the shape of the football and plain lines. A thin line runs around the shape of the football and connects with the stitching. A bolder circle encompasses the letters and the football. Logo is placed on the Fitzroy football Jumper on the top left of the chest and has a clear space around it.



Tuesday 14 February 2012

Greek Mythology ~Hades~


History
In Greek mythology Hades is portrayed as being the god of the underworld. Having three sisters and two brother’s Zeus and Poseidon altogether they were known as the original six Olympian Gods. The brothers defeated the titans obtaining rulership of cosmos being the air, sea and earth. They divided this between them and Hades took ownership of beneath the earth/ the underworld and ruled all it’s wealth being it’s fertile soil, gold, silver and other metals.

Appearance
Hades is represented with a vigourous dark-beard and with his hair falling down over his forehead. He appears holding a bird tipped sceptre in sculptures with his dog Cerberus longside him.

Adventures
Hades kidnapped Persephone (goddess of fertility) the daughter of Demeter. It was love at first site as he saw her whilst he was riding in a chariot on earth. He asked his brother Zeus for permission for Persephone’s hand in marriage, but his brother was adement that her mother Demeter wouldn’t give her consent. Zeus however agreed to help capturing her.

Persephone was flower picking one day and as she went to pick a fragrant blosum, the earth cracked open and Hades arose in a chariot. She was grabbed and taken to the underworld unwillingly and raped. Demeter found out of her daughters disappearance and was distraught and created drought and devastation in her path. She made threats against Zeus and the gods that mortals would go without food.

Zeus feared Demeter’s threats and sent the news to Hades that he must return Persephone. Hades allowed Persephone to leave however gave her a pomegranite to eat. Persephone ate it and was unaware that whoever ate food in the kingdom was to stay there­

Zeus intervened and an agreement was made, Persephone was to spend some of the year with her mother, during harvest season on earth and the winter months in Hades kingdom as queen of the underworld.

Relationships
Hades was married to Persephone.

Symbols
Symbols that are associated to Hades are his bird tipped Sceptre, his three headed dog Cerberus (the protector of the underworld gates and Styx river) and the helm of darkness (a helmet given as a gift by the Cyclopes as a way of becoming invisible to supernatural eyes.

Evolution and sport
Being the king of the underworld, the colour red would be appropriate in the development of a sporting logo. Hades is depicted through Greek Mythology  as being a powerful god making the logo suite contact sport teams like rugby, grid iron and boxing or for a non-contact sport but still an intense game, ­basketball.

Bibliography

Books
The Folio Society: Greek Myths, Volume 1

Web
http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Go-Hi/Hades.html#b
http://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/Haides.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus
­http://gogreece.about.com/cs/mythology/a/mythhades.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades

Monday 6 February 2012

my goals

I am currently studying an advanced Diploma of Graphic Design at Holmesglen Tafe. 

My goals for 2012 are: 
1) to pass all my subjects
2) finnish with an insanely, wicked and mind blowing folio 
3) get a work placement with my favourite graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister...... (and maybe have his babies however I could totally settle for a party pash) 

First two goals are definitely possible although for the third....... I can always day dream! 

:) Thankyou for reading!