History Recorded In Art

This painting is about the civil war. The Civil War which took place from 1861 to 1864 was fought between the North (Union) and the South (Confederates). The result of the war is defined in this next piece of historical art.








This painting is about the Emancipation
Proclamation. This very important document that President Lincoln addressed freed the slaves from the Southern States and started the road to gaining civil rights for African Americans.

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To see what I have written about this piece of controversial art, Left click the far left side and highlight it all the way down . It is two paragraphs long. Sorry for the hassle

controversial art

In 1999, the city-funded Brooklyn Museum of Art came under fire when it exhibited a Chris Ofili painting of the Virgin Mary that featured sexually explicit cutouts covered with elephant dung. The Catholic Church, as well as New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, were outraged. Giuliani denounced the exhibit as morally offensive and threatened to cut off funding to the museum and terminate its lease if it did not cancel the exhibit that included Ofili’s painting. The city followed through and withheld the museum’s rent payment for October and filed a state lawsuit to get the lease revoked.

As a countermeasure, the museum filed a suit in federal court against the city claiming violations of the first ammendment, and seeking a permanent injunction against the city to keep it from withholding funds. U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon, sided with the museum, and granted them a preliminary injunction. The city was also ordered to resume the museum's funding, and to stop any eviction proceedings.

Controversial Art Part 1

Mr. Doyle of Pennsylvania here is speaking to the House Subcommittee of telecommunications and the internet about the musical "Girl Talk" AKA Greg Gillis. 

Greg Gillis is a DJ who has released several albums under the alias of "Girl Talk" where every song on these 13+ track albums are mashups of over a dozen different popular copyrighted songs. 

A mashup is when you set the tempo of 2 or more already existing songs and create a different song out of them.

Girl Talk has never been authorized by any of the original creators of the musical pieces he uses and therefore has been described by the New York Times as "a lawsuit waiting to happen."

Girl Talk has also presented his entire latest album on his website for purchase at which the listener can name their own price for (I downloaded it for $0.00).

This is a music video made to Girl Talk's "Here's The Thing" where he samples from 22 artists.

12. "Here's the Thing" - 4:46

0:01	Chicago	"Saturday in the Park"
0:01	Quad City DJs	"C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)"
0:29	The Bucketheads	"The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)"
0:36	? and the Mysterians	"96 Tears"
1:05	Kelly Clarkson	"Since U Been Gone"
1:16	Nine Inch Nails	"Wish"
1:45	MC Hammer	"Too Legit to Quit"
2:08	Blur	"Song 2"
2:13	V.I.C.	"Get Silly"
2:13	George Harrison	"Got My Mind Set On You"
2:19	Elvis Costello	"Pump It Up"
2:20	Shawty Lo	"Dey Know"
3:01	Peter Bjorn and John	"Young Folks"
3:14	Rick Springfield	"Jessie's Girl"
3:19	The Prodigy	"Firestarter" (which samples elements from "Close (To The Edit)" by Art of Noise)
3:21	Chris Brown featuring T-Pain	"Kiss Kiss"
3:21	James Nasty	"You So Hawt"
3:47	Veruca Salt	"Seether"
3:52	Nelly Furtado	"Maneater"
3:52	Three Six Mafia	"I'd Rather"
4:12	Looking Glass	"Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)"
4:34	Dude N' Nem	"Watch My Feet"

Chuck Close Quiz

1. What did close earn at Yale University?
ØMFA(Master of Fine Art)

2. What was close’s first print?
ØKeith/Mezzotint.

3. What is direct Gravure?
ØWhere the artist draws using his inked fingers.

4. What does close refer to as ‘the event’?
ØWhen an intense convulsion left him paralyzed from the neck down.

5. What genre of painting is close known for?
ØPhotorealism.

Gothic Art Quiz

1.) Which is consider a Gothic art medium?
A. Panel Paintings
B. Fresco
C. illustrated manuscript
D. All of the above
2.) Gothic Art movement started from Romanesque period and eventually evolved to
3.) What was the most important and original art form during the Gothic period
A.) Paintings B.) Architecture C.) Manuscripts D.)Stained Glass
4.) Gothic period is composed of how many different extremities?
A.) 2 B.) 8 C.) 7 D.) 6
5.)During the High Gothic Period architects were more interested in what?
A.) Height B.) Color C.) Decoration D.) Texture
6.)What was primarily used to decorate the outside of Cathedrals and other religious buildings.
A.) Paintings B.) Pottery C.) Sculpture D.) Graffiti
Answers: D, Renaissance Art, B, D, C, C

Chinese Art

Chinese Art Presentation

Neolithic period was compose of simple pottery and Sculpture.

   Shang Dynasty is remembered for their blue castings.

     Sui and Tang Dynasty, sculpture and Buddhist architecture, which was inspired by Indian art and the Gupta period.

     Song Dynasty, more subtle expressions of landscapes appeared in paintings. Emphasis was placed on spiritual elements.

     Ming Dynasty, artwork of this period perfected color painting & printings and busier compositions.

Chinese art began 2000 years ago and was influenced  by three major religions:           

         - Confucianism

         - Taoism 

         - Buddhism

Since all those religions stress the love of nature the main influence in their art reflected the nature around them.

Painters focused more on birds,  flowers, and landscapes

With landscape painters, they would try to get a feel for what they were painting so they would stress in the work things like the mist,  wind, water, and the mountains.

Paper-cuts:  With the invention of paper in the Han Dynasty Chinese paper Cutting became a new concept. Later came Chinese paper folding , which is know now as Origami.

      Paintings: They painted emperors, landscape and zodiac animals, flowers, ladies, and birds.

      Folk Arts: Includes Paper-cutting, Puppetry,  and Handicraft

      Silk

      Calligraphy: most highly appreciated arts exclusively created by amateurs, aristocrats and scholar-officials 

      Pottery

     Sculpture: made from stones, jade, lacquer, wood, metal, and clay.    

     Metal Art

In Chinese art many different types of materials were used such as:

Types of Medals

Bronze

Lacquer

Jade

Clay

Silk

Forms of cloth

Jade

Stone

Jade was used to make mirrors

Clay & stone was to make pottery and statues.

Human statues are from two separate half. Coming together to complete the entire statue.

In paper-cuts they like to cut Buddhas, opera faces, animals, flowers, children, and aerobics. 

In their painting they would use black and white, having one object with each color.

Zodiac animals, landscapes, opera faces, figure painting, mountains, and cranes, which were a symbol for long life, were popular subjects for their paintings. 

Other important subjects were the emperors and their court .

Chinese art began more than 4000 years ago and is still greatly appreciated in modern society. Although the Chinese culture has changed little, Chinese art has become prized in museums across the world. 

Chinese Art Quiz

1. This material was used to make Mirrors. 

2. Name one major religion that influenced chinese Art.

3. Known as chinese paper folding, this art form is called...

4. This period was composed of simple pottery and sculpture

5. This dynasty is remembered for its blue castings.