Week 3

1. Romanticism-human




1. Frank Gehry- modernist
2. The Baroque period began in 1600 and Rococo in the 17th Century
3. Emotional appeal- rising height on the central axis- emotional high
4. Symmetrical but CURVES
5. Decorative 
6. Embellishments 
7. The ecstasy of St. Theresa- significant sculpture- depicting a moment of spiritual ecstasy. -- Movement
8. Around 1800 saw the rise of Romanticism. It was a reaction to sword weilding authoritarian figures and rationalism. 
9. Often regarded as feminine. 
10. With this movement it was now possible to represent strong feelings and to portray quite violently sometimes the human condition in all it’s beauty and ugliness. It was even possible to attack the dominant political body. 
11. Goya-spanish- painted images of human ugliness-greed, violence, power mongering & oppression by war
12. Exotic subjects were on the increase with greater world travel.
13. The Sagrada Familia by Gaudi was concieved of and begun at the time of the Art Nouvaeu movement which began in France and spead accross. (BLOG)
14. German Expressionism used color and form in a way that facilitated expression of strong emotions including despair at the effects of war. 
15. Renewer 
2. Classicism -science
1. A classic style is a vision of logical ordered systems of stability and beauty
2. Order- repetition of units that create a pattern- regular and mathematics
3. Maths- scientific approach
4. Emotional values- beauty formula
1. Strength-stability.-power
5. Ancient Greece
1. Very coherent style
6. It is often a mathematically… 
7. The Ancient Romans borrowed the Greek style and improved on it remained symmetrical and systematic mathematically 
1. Symmetry 
2. Represents the dominant and paradigm
1. The status quo
8. In ancient rome, the heroic male figure, athletically perfect and using grand gestures was used in sculpture to inspire awe and obedience
9. During the Italian Renaissance buildings were designed to appeal to both the intellect as much as the emotions. They were a development from the ancient Roman, still ordered and without any revolutionary developments.
10. The prevailing thought encouraged a system of proportions be used to represent ideal beauty
1. Mona Lisa
11. Neo Classicism began Around 1775-revival- 

1. Is still a fall back posistion for building that are meant to represent power and stability in our culture. Used to inspire trust. 

1. Often Government buildings are Neo-Classicism
12. The Bauhaus marks the beginning of the early modern movement. Then building itself represents those values- rejects embellishment simple and afooordable-reductionism- form function simple color- RYB less is more shape Social
13. Farnsworth House- by Mies Van der Rohe, on the other hand contrasts with Gaudis’ organic spiritual structure by a strict adherence to principles of geometry and rationality- outside in
14. Picasso. 
15. Studies in psychology by Freud set the scene for an art form about the subconscious and dreams. Surrealism (from science) 

Week 2

I was not able to make it over to Cockatoo Island to see the full Biennale exhibit. But I did go to the Museum of Contemporary Arts.

A couple pieces i found interesting were:
The snakes painted in the glass bottles.
The first piece with the many paper boxes and motion sensored sound.

The piece that i found most exciting was the spectrum reflection fan. A fan spun a piece of fishing line over a light. As it spun it created a rainbow effect. I love when science and art compine.

I was disturbed by the spiderman staring at the old man coming out of the wall: This piece was meant to challenge cultural images.

Another piece that I was intrigued by was the video that seemed like it was a bodily function. It turned my stomach to watch it but at the same time to be able to create it all in CG is really cool. The music used along with the video seemed to draw you in and make the visual much less gruesome.

Week 1

Discourse-a formal discussion of a topic in speech or writing, engage in conversation
Manifesto- a public declaration of policy and aims,

Futurists- valued technology, machines, energy. Encouraged war to destroy the current and create a new world. They were set in the time of the first cars and radio programs.

Constructivism- Went back to the simplistic forms. Set with geometry, lines, and few colors, specifically red, blue, and yellow. The phrase "less is more" describes the ideology. They focused on the function of a product rather than the embellishment on it.

Bauhaus- Bridge the gap between art and industry.

 They focused on the use of something and incorporating design. They encouraged simplicity and function. (http://designhistory.org/Bauhaus3.html)

Using geometric shapes was an important aspect of there design.
They also incorporated the idea of "crafts" into their manifesto. Going back to the making and building of things by hand can bring out a different part of an artist. (http://www.dmoma.org/lobby/Bauhaus_manifesto.html)

Art Nouveau, or new art, "was aimed at modernizing design, seeking to escape the eclectic historical styles that had previously been popular." 

(http://www.theartstory.org/movement-art-nouveau.htm)