Period and Culture

Avercamp’s “A Scene on Ice” was created during the Dutch Golden Age Period, which took place during the 17th century, during this time period Dutch art, trade, and science were among the most acclaimed in the world. The Dutch culture portrayed in Avercamps painting is of a middle class crowd enjoying themselves on a frozen river, this was what this artist liked to paint the most. The building structures shown on the far sides of the paintings are from the Dutch Baroque period. Since “An Architectural Fantasy” by Van der Heyden was from the same time period it would also be from the Dutch Golden Age period. Although the building in this painting is not from the same period as Avercamps, this mansion is from a Italian Renaissance period. The Italian Renaissance is best known for its cultural achievements. The main gate entrance in the painting shows a classical Greece and ancient Rome influence, since it has columns and beams, these periods were inspirations for the Renaissance. Even though there is an influence from another culture, the Dutch culture is still present in the painting and is represented by the figures of people.
Even though both of the painting I had selected were from the same Period and culture, Dutch 1600-1700, they had influences from other cultures and periods. These different influences are what differentiate them.

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Dadaism

Dadaism is a cultural movement from the 20Th century that rebelled towards art and was considered "anti-art", this was considered bizzare. It involved visual art, literature, design, and theatre.

My Creative Blog: Peru

I took this picture of a highway in Lima, Peru. In this Picture there is an element of atmospheric perspective, since the buildings appear less clear as the distance from us increases. The bridge is an example of post-and-lintel architecture, the two uprights support the horizontal cross piece.



This is a picture of a building in the city of Lima. As mentioned before there is the presence of atmospheric perspective.



This is a statue I photographed in Lima. There is an implied shape of a triangle formed by the statue and its base.



This is also a statue in Lima, its is of Francisco Bolognesi, the man in charge of the victory in the war of Arica (Peru against Chile, June 7Th 1880). The color pink of the building and the green of the palm trees are complimentary colors that help adorn the statue of this hero.



I took this picture as we were going to visit family, it reminds me of the principle of rhythm shown in the trees.



This is a picture of a red juice stand, the color of the stand is bright and makes it stand out. Since this color is doing that, this picture has the element of emphasis and subordination. The subordinates are the pail colors behind the stand, they do not attract attention so the stand is what catches the attention of the eye.



Since Peru is a third world country, their income is very low. This is why some of the police cars look like this as oppose to the U.S. that has a new police car model every year. The white color of the car makes the black spray painted "Police" sign noticeable.



This is a picture that depicts the poverty of Peru. On the left side of this picture there is a man standing on the curve juggling for cars while the light is red, to receive a tip from those that can contribute. Like the stand before shown, this is what people have to doing order to eat every day in a third world country.



The sky blue building is the national soccer stadium of Peru, in Lima. I took the picture so that both palm trees hep focus the eye on the stadium.



This pale color stands out he colorful buckets on the floor, and stacked under the sink, the brooms on the left, and the flowers on the right. This is a picture of a laundry area. As a young girl living in Peru I have washed my clothes in this sink using buckets like those. There are washers and dryers, but many families cannot afford to purchase them so this is the traditional way of washing everything.



This building has a dome on the top of it, this was most likely an idea brought back from spain. To the right of the dome is a Peruvian flag. The main entrance and windows are round arrches. Above the entrance is a Peruvian symbol.



This is a builing located in the center of Lima. The lines of the gate of this picture create a sense of direction moving from right to left.



This is the department of health in Lima. Most buildings that have an important status are this color, since it shows seriousness.

Ecphrasis

In this painting there’s 1 cat, and 2 kittens. The cat is in the centre left with his upper body only showing since he is being covered by a kitten (kitten 1) that is lying down in front of him/her. In the bottom left there is a red ball of yarn, a strand of the yarn is being pulled by the second kitten (kitten 2), and is tangled in his two front paws. Kitten 2 is on the right of the other two; it sits up on both back paws since his two front paws are holding the tangled yarn. The cat behind kitten 1 is white with black and brown spots; most of these spots cover his head. Kitten 1 has stripes that are black and brown. Kitten 2 is mostly white with a large black spot on his back, and a smaller one on his head. The floor is wooden, the wall behind the cats is blue with flowers, at the bottom of the wall there is a brown trim. At the left of the cat and kitten 1 there is a white cloth hanging from somewhere above and it drags on to the floor.

Modern Artist Remix and Statement

Artist Statement

For my remix I created a magazine called "My Art 2007", that is based on my favorite modern artist, Gwen Stefani, and Andy Warhol. Gwen Stefani loves fashion, she even has her own fashion line called L.A.M.B., Andy did not create clothes, although he did design shoes for advertisements. In my remix I included images of his shoes and the ones created by Gwen to show how similar my artists are. Both have crazy styles, and had the same effect on others. Like Andy, Gwen has her own group of friends that follow her around and support her. In this magazine I have used lots of complementary colors to show liveliness. There is even a cross word puzzle to solve. Andy and Gwen both have the same crazy idea about hair, use it to make a statement, there is a page that talks about hair. Both of my artists are open minded in both art and style, so I believe my remix was a successful demonstration of it.





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How did art change after Andy Warhol???

After Andy Warhol, art became much more commercial. Art was used as an advertising tecnique. His art work, such as his "Cambell's Soup Can", became not only a work of art, but also part of pop culture. After him, some artists felt they had more liberties as to what the purpose of their art work would be. Therefore, Andy Warhol started a wave of commercial art work.