Jessica's Blog for School

  In this week's assignment, I am going to showcase the Post-Modern era from 1980 to the present with a non-traditional theme. Post-Modern era art has a different style from the Mid-Modern era in the fact that it does not have one unified style like one would see in cubism. But you may see a common thread more like the dada or surrealism approach because of its style that is less abstract. The one common thread from the Mid to Post Modern era is the motivation to reject abstraction. Post-Modern art still has an approach that maintains a desire to produce nontraditional art. You may find a solid subject but the way the art is presented will leave the interpretation up to the viewer.  Mediums include many different types of materials. You may see fiber, technology, electronics, glass, and steel. I am going to start with Karen Finley. She is famously known for Performance Art and she is able to create art that injects passion, humor, honesty, and even aggravation into a room. She...

  This week I will be showcasing three works of art by three different artists from the influence of African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance.  The Harlem Renaissance was the development of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City as a black cultural mecca in the early 20th century and the subsequent social and artistic explosion that resulted. Lasting roughly from the 1910s through the mid-1930s, the period is considered a golden age in African American culture, manifesting in literature, music, stage performance, and art. I find this point in time fantastic because up until then the African American voice was largely absent from cultural influence and political life showcased in America. This movement will undeniably show you the influence that African Americans played in the formation of America's historical artistic cultural landscape.  Jacob Lawrence was one of the most influential African American painters from the twentieth century. The below painting is cre...

  In this week's assignment, I will be talking about styles of art from the Romantic Era. A  style that I like and one that I don't like.  As one style would evolve, another style would emerge as an antidote or refinement of that style. The following styles are part of the expansion of the Romantic Era style of Art that was evolving and rapidly changing in the 1800s. Romantic Realist Naturalist Nationalist Impressionist and Post Impressionist  I like the Art Nouveau style shown here in these lamps by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Art Nouveau was short-lived and it was inspired by nature. Art Nouveau is characterized by its use of long organic lines as you can see in the dragonfly body in the top lamp. And is most often seen in jewelry and glass design, posters, architecture, and illustration. The color scheme was often muted like the below orange-browns and mustard greens of these glass lamps. The tone was one of rich colors and became because of the use of glass and not pa...

                                                                              Church in the Meadows I find the artwork presented in The Church in the Meadows located in Bavaria, Germany to be so beautiful. It is done in Rococo Style making me feel romantic, light, and feminine. I feel swept away to another time and place - a place that does not reflect real life. Which I think is a metaphor for the church. I feel like God would and does permeate this structure. The Classical era of Art was defined by two movements, the Rococo Style of Art and then it transcended into the Neoclassical style which was a more orderly style of art. Today you can see the traditional Neoclassical style alive in the architecture of the U.S Capitol building. In this assignment, I am go...

  The Ecstasy of St. Teresa , by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, 1652.  I choose this piece of artwork because I've always had this love for Mother Teresa. I've respected her calling to dedicate her life to humanitarianism. She cared for the dying and impoverished. She won a Nobel Prize and is also known for performing miracles on the sick and educating girls to help raise them out of poverty through education. It is no surprise to me that this painting uses religious imagery. the meaning behind the painting is that during St. Teresa's vision an angel pierces her heart with a fiery arrow of divine love. I believe the symbolism is great - Once you choose to dedicate your life to a life of service, working miracles through your heart filled with divine love that you may feel pain so strong that it pierces your skin like an arrow that's burning. This painting was created 1647-1652 in Chiesa di Santa Maria Della Vittoria.  This painting can be linked to The Council of Trent. In ...

          Merode Altarpiece                                                          Artist:   Robert Campin                                                                                                    I am drawn to this piece of art and I would like to own something extraordinary as this, I really like the richness of the oil and the complexity that oil lends to a painting as well as the religious symbolism that is used. Oil is flexible as ...