Elements and principles project

For this project we were asked to find photos that represented various Elements and principles for instance , Texture , Value and Lines some of the various categories we had. This here is what i have come up with , photos that I believe represent these categories in the best possible way .

(http://s961.photobucket.com/user/Alakasy01/slideshow/Elements%20and%20Principles  )

This to e was a very fun and exciting project for the simple fact that I struggled with it in the beginning .  I learned a lot especially about proportions and finding the differences between them . For Lines i chose a door surrounded by a brick wall which were also created by lines in an essence. Lines taught me that they are made up of everything . The most difficult portion of this project was movement because though almost everything and everyone are moving at all times it is hard to prove so in a photo. The picture i chose for movement was a girl running , anyone looking at it can tell that she is running just by looking at the position she was caught in the picture. All aspects , For balance i chose the door nob in my dorm simply because for a door whatever is on one side is necessarily not on the other but there is always another knob on the other side. All aspects of this project were truly interesting , Texture , shapes, forms,values, emphasis, unity, movement, lines, contrast, and pattern . All , very impotant factors that play in almost any photo that make up almost every photo.

Colors , Feelings and Emotions.

Color is define as light that is reflected off the aspect of things and objects that we see. Objects also absorb the light reflected on them. Color is definitely used to represent emotions. If an artist used darker colors for instance , black , gray , navy blue, or dark blue most people would get the impression of sadness, anger, or maybe loneliness because that  is  the kind of emotions that those colors usually bring out of people.

A theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues me is the way in which it was used to make emotions derive out of an artist. For instance, June Redrem , an artist from east London who  went all the way to Venice to find inspiration for her next painting being that she received inspiration from them before. When she got back home to paint the things she saw. It took her 2 weeks+ for her to find the right colors she wanted to use , so that she would have that feel of Venice by looking at it .

What made the biggest impact on me in regards to color and its effects on emotion was the length to which artist extended to get their paintings the way they wanted it . For instance, in ancient times certain colors like " ultra marine " and " cor-line red " were imported from various parts of the world.Cora-line red was made from crushed beetles which really fascinated me. Again going back to Ms. Redrem who repeatedly repainted her painting until she felt it was the right colors. If the painting did not give her that feel or emotion that reminded her of Venice she would have done it over.

What made the biggest impact on me in  regards to color and its effects on emotion was the artist Goya. How rugged and mean and in my opinion disturbing his paintings were showed that emotions can speak through a painter and to thew observer.  Matthew collings the narrator of the video mentioned that Goya  used to paint relatively nice picture that were more pleasing to the eye. Until Goya's 40's where he became ill and that's when he began to paint the paintings that he painted.I feel like Goya's paintings truly reflect on how a persons emotions can reflect through their painting , because though he painted about politics and revolution he did so in a way where a person had to think twice.

My Art Video an Article Review.

       The two videos that we were assigned to watch were , Aesthetics: Philosophy of the Arts and CARTA: Neurology neurology and Art and Aesthetics. The Article that we were also assigned to read was entitled what the brain draws from : Art and neuroscience by Elizabeth Landou, CNN.  

1.  For the first video, Aesthetics: Philosophy of the Arts , I learned many valuable interesting     things about the connection between Art & Philosophy. For instance, I learned that in the     early 20th century Art was more focused on what was considered to fit under the category     of " Beauty ." Also, i acquired information about many philosophers like Plateo, Aristotle, Kant, Shopinhover and many more. They all had different approaches , principles and theories to what they thought can explain the concept of art. The main concept that i got from this video was the discovery in the late 20th century that art is basically whatever is considered art in the eye of the beholder. 

   For the second video, Two speakers spoke on Neurobiology neurology and Art and Aesthetics. The two speakers were Jean-pierre Changeux and Vilayanur S. Ramachandran. The speakers spoke on the discovery tools, symmetry,symbolism and Artistic Composition in the life of art. Both speakers went into detailed explanation of the connection between art and our brains. One thing i took from this video is that art is in constant evolution . Meaning that art will constantly continue to grow , change and expand.

    The article was also very intriguing because it spoke about how the brain connects with art and the possibility of art having the ability to be a " lie" according to Picasso. That stood out to me because it made me think to myself " How can something that people use to express themselves be a lie ? " I learned that our brain also has the ability to trick us into thinking a work of art may have a deeper meaning than what is really there. " The human brain is wired in such a way that we can make sense of lines, colors, and patterns on a flat canvas. Artists throughout human history have figured out ways to create illusions such as depth and brightness that aren't actually there but make works of art that seem somewhat real." 

2.  The philosophers theory that I feel was the most important on aesthetics was Nichem . He believed in two principles of art, Apollonian and Dianesian. Apollonian refers to Apollo the god of the clear images. It is associated with the visual, associative and imaginary. It is the principle of happiness and purification through the image. Dianesian on the other hand revives from dianisis the god of wine and rivalry. It conjures the impulse to dissolve the ego. I feel like this was important because it kind of set a light way into showing the difference between light and dark in art. Giving artist the opportunity to distinguish in between the two in their art work. 

3.   I think changeux and Ramachandran scientific view on aesthetics and art were very detailed and pin pointed on the relationship between science and art . The most important fact I discovered from the speakers were that artist all have two things in common. Which were , Censorious Patrium , Meaning the universal search for harmony in art and secondly, they all have the attempt to share their conception of the world through their work.

4.  The videos and articles relate to the readings in the text in which that they both thoroughly strain the philosophical and scientific importance that adds to art from then and now. They all explain where all the ideas, theories , and views of art have been drawn from . 

5.    I think the films and article were a great way for someone without any type of understanding of art to receive some. The pieces provided covered many angles in the world of art and the deep thinking and connections that are meant to be made.