February 22 is Speech Practice.
Tasks to do:
1) TOPIC 1 - to be written and learnt by heart.
You will need a simple PowerPoint presentation to accompany the topic.
Painting: What Is an Artist? Paradoxical does it seem to be: the artist as a man apart, as ‘the pilgrim to some shrine that does not exist’, and the artist as a man rooted deeply in his own time, in his own society, conveying the atmosphere of his time.
2) English-3. Part 2.
February 18 - 23 Landscape Painting
Texts
from English-3 Part 2, pp. 179-187, 195-196, 198-200
3) Rendering: week 2 (in your blogs).
You are free to choose an article. It has to do with modern art (painting) or modern artists.
The article is no older than 6 months!!!
Deadline: Saturday, February 16
4) Laboratory work 2.
The written task can be ommitted. We do Task 5 instead!
5) Watch a video (to your choice) and leave a commentary (in this blog).
LANDSCAPE from ArtBabble
What is represented in the picture? What is peculiar about it? What movement does it belong to?How does the picture make you feel? What do you think about the artist's manner?
'The Shipwreck' (Claude-Joseph Vernet) was made more that 200 years ago in the Rococo period and had a Neoclassicism style, today it's like the action in the adventure film. The artist specialised in stormy sea-scapes (Maritime Art).So on the picture we can see a dark sky, painted in grey with toucher of purple and blue, it's illuminated by a yellow zigzag lightning. The sea is painted in green; so the ship is driven onto the rocks. The wind is strong, the ship's flag untwists. The tree on the cliff is splinted; and only the castle in the distance seems unaffected by the storm. In the foreground people gather together to save supplies and rescue survivals. This picture creates the illusion of movement, desperation, and power of nature. It frightens and at the same time delights me. And I think this emotions are made by the artist's manner: lively and small brushstrokes, treatment of light and shade, translation of people's emotions. However, this picture is thought-provoking I think, as looking at it, you think what will happen further.
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it's like AN action in the adventure film.
...with toucheS of purple and blue ...
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“In the Catskills” by Asher B. Durand was made in 1848. It is necessary to note that Durand is one of the most important Unite States landscape painters. He was a forerunner of the Hudson River School. He was also connected to a movement in the 19th century in which artists were looking and reexamining the beauty of the American landscape. So, in “In the Catskills”, which he probably made on site, Durand included the small figural forms in the foreground (a man riding a horse, a man next to him and a small dog that follows behind); in the painting these tiny figures, juxtaposed with the immensity of the mountains and the breadth of the land before them, emphasize the awe-inspiring presence of the land itself. This landscape is the celebration of Nature and also a colonial manifest of destiny that land is to be possessed and conquered. Another interesting aspect of this painting is the interplay of light and shadow across the composition. I like this painting. It shows the beauty and power of nature in all its aspects, and I think that the artist achieved it with his specific manner of painting: natural clear colors, smooth texture, deep sense of depth and space, natural and glowing light.
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... He was also connected to a 19th-century movement in which artists LOOKED and REEXAMINED the beauty of the American landscape ...
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I’ve watched the video which is not about particular art work but about examples of contemporary art on the whole. The artist, Aurora Robinson, at Rice University Art Gallery in New York, uses the bottles as the basic material for her exhibition, so called room-sized work of art – ‘The Great Indoors’. All exhibits are painted in different colors which make them look diversely although they all are made with the same unusual material - bottles. The fact which is must be mentioned is that all colors are non-toxic which symbolize the conception of environmentalism. The source of inspiration is the power of architecture, especially arches, shapes of buildings and views from windows. The artist expresses them through her bottle-made exhibition. This exhibition was also influenced by Robinson’s child memories and imagination as well as willingness to take something negative and change it into something positive with the help of art. The main purpose of the artist is to show an unusual way of protection of nature through recycling and how it may be done by creative people.
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The artist, Aurora Robinson, at Rice University Art Gallery in New York, uses (no 'the') bottles as the basic material for her exhibition, THE SO-called room-sized work of art – ‘The Great Indoors’. All THE exhibits are painted in different colors which makeS them look ...
I watched the video about Rembrandt Van Rijn’s "The Mill," (1645/1648), which is the largest his landscape painting. I saw light break through the dark, blue sky begins to appear, the storm has passed and now people return to their daily activities. I noticed a woman and a child who walked down to the river and a woman cleaning the clothes in the river. Sitting high upon by hills in the sunlight is the large wind mill. This is the symbol of Holland, moreover, the picture which was made by a famous painter Rembrandt is a portrait of Holland. He walked around the countryside and observed the nature with his sketchbook and drew that made Holland’s landscapes unique. This picture does not show specific place, instead, it is a combinatory views from different sketches. The mood here truly expresses a sense of the calm after a storm. I like this picture because of its color and special atmosphere when the life is back to a normal way.
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which is HIS largest landscape painting.
I saw the light break through the dark, THE blue sky appear, the storm pass and now people return to their daily activities. (Complex Object, 4 times)
I have watched the video about picture "In the Catskills" by American artist Asher Durand, who presented the Hudson River School. He was one of the artists who conveyed a beauty of American landscape in his works. Speaking of his specificity, it's neccessary to note that Durand lived at the time when there was an idea of manifest of destiny, this is a kind of social stream giving ride for Americans to move West and take posation of new lands. And this particular picture evokes this idea. So, the picture represents an American landscape that contrasts with small figures: a man riding a horse, another man standing next to him and a small dog that follows behind. The riding, the road and surrounding nature are these aspects which convey this idea of manifest of destiny. As for the picture's pecularities, it's interesting to note that when you look at this picture, it seems that it was painted outdoors, but in fact it was completed in studio. Such impression is created because of wonderful play of shadow and light that Durand used in his most works very skillfully. As for me, the first feeling that I felt was a pacification. The nature is depicted so realistically that it makes me experience it.
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I have watched the video about THE picture "In the Catskills" by THE American artist Asher Durand, who REpresented the Hudson River School.
I've chosen video about Vincent van Gogh’s “Farmhouse in Provence”.He described a series of seven studies of wheat fields, landscapes, yellow—old gold—done quickly, and in a hurry just like the harvester who is silent under the blazing sun, intent only on the reaping. Yet he was also at pains to point out that these works should not be "criticized as hasty" since this "
ReplyDeletePairs of complementary colors—the red and green of the plants, the woven highlights of oranges and blue in the fence, even the pink clouds that enliven the turquoise sky—shimmer and seem almost to vibrate against each other. This technique was used by the impressionists to enhance the luminosity of their pictures. Pissarro, who helped introduce Van Gogh to these concepts, noted "if I didn't know how colors behaved from the researches of . . . scientists, we [the impressionists] would not have been able to pursue our study of light with so much confidence."
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I've chosen THE video about Vincent van Gogh’s “Farmhouse in Provence”.
... studies of wheat fields, landscapes, yellow—old gold—MADE quickly ...
... should not be "criticized as hasty" BECAUSE OF this ...
Well, I've watched some video materials about Florian Maier-Aichen and his creative art movement, that connects the spheres of traditional photographic techniques and computer imaging. His works are very vivid and filled with some unreal shades, with further lead aim to underline work's emotional ground He shot the drafts at gloomy and dim angles or from vaporous and airy views, his estranged vantage points are both alien and familiar and sensation enhanced by his subtle manipulation of the images. The skill of divine inspiration and its transformation with unnerving effects - he has a lead aim to make us destroy the lines connecting the reality and fiction, to think about ordinary from differen angles, to manipulate the photographic ‘real’ into a language more indicative of painting miraclous - into a fantasy world, which is so close to the border of our real being.
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... to think about THE ordinary from differenT angles, to manipulate the photographic ‘realITY’ into a language more indicative of painting AND miraclous - into a fantasy world, which is so close to the border of our real being.
The video I've chosen to watch is called 'Tang Museum: Bradley Castellanos on Nature vs. Civilization'. Bradley Castellanos really thinks of himself as a landscape painter. He sees a landscape as a reflection of his mood and as a manifestation of a society’s history and values. Everything in his works is about tension and contradictions that he has arrived at his painting process. Bradley Castellanos makes it clear that he is interested in the relationship between people and land, he stresses our dependence upon it. In this video, the painter demonstrates us his most recent works, depicting the beauty of forests. His works combine not only painting, but also photography and collage. He creates a scene or a setting, takes a photograph and then alters everything in Photoshop. I think his works belong to contemporary art. It feels as if the paint coexists with the photos! Bradley Castellanos is not afraid to experiment with modern techniques, that is why his works are so bright and unique.
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... It feels as if the paint coexistED with the photos! (Subjunctive IV)
I have watched the video which is dedicated to Martin Rico (1833-1908) and his works. He is one of the greatest Spanish painters of the 19th c. he has never been a subject of individual exhibition. The whole vide is made in an exhibition format. The first one is in Prado. It features 101 works, among them all of his masterpieces.
ReplyDeleteMartin started his career in 1853 and continued it up to his death in 1908. The first period of his creation is that when he had been training with Genaro Perez Villamil. That period he worked within the Romantic style of landscape with its sweeping panoramas, solitary trees and steep mountains by his oils and watercolors. He was interested in Realism.
During the second period he started to involve his own artistic personality, influenced by great British artists. “The Laundrywomen” (1864) is the great example of that period. It’s called the French one. The painter was interested in impressionism. The methods of plain air painting with its fragmented brushstroke and use of pure color.
Ancient Spanish cities characterized by their history and monuments, the richest of their past. That’s why Rico worked in this sphere for a long time.
And the last period of his career is the French-Italian. Paris and its panoramic view made him one of the best for sale to American and European magazines. The Venice lagoon was thus his ideal subject.
In conclusion I’d like to say the way the video was made. It’s a very interesting story of a great painter. I enjoy to read subtitles as the speaker is Spanish.
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DURING that period he worked ...
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the video that I've chosen to watch is about Asher Brown Durand, (1796-1886).Asher B Durand is the one the most important landscape painters in the US.He also was connected to a movement in the 19th century in which writers and artist were examining the beauty of the US landscapes. Asher B Durand is famous for his pictures of the American nature, especially for the Hudson River Valley, the Catskills,the Adirondack Mountains. Durand was an amazing artist in a way he worked with shadow and light across the composition.He also was very interested in studying nature.He started his work outdoors , but his painting were completed in studio. Durand spent a lot of his life in New Jersey , though he spent much of his time in the United States in one area.
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...Asher B Durand is ( no 'the') one OF the most important landscape painterS ...
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