Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Critiquing Tools

Art Vocabulary List

Aesthetics:
Involves beauty or art, and people’s appreciation of beautiful... products chosen for their aesthetic appeal.

Proportion:
If something is small or large in proportion to something else. If you say that something is out of all proportion to something else.

Palette:
A colour palette referrers to grouping of colours such as... they used a warm colour palette.

Symmetry:
Something that has symmetry is symmetrical in shape, design or structure.

Emphasis:
Is special or extra importance that is given to an activity or to a part or aspect of something.

Unity:
Is the state of different areas or groups being joined together to form a single element.


Adjective List

Caricature:
A caricature of someone or something is a drawing or description that exaggerates the subjects appearance or behaviour in a humorous or satirical way.

Ambiguous:
If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way.

Visual Texture:
The different manners of which texture can be produced by using different media.



Principles and Elements of Design List

Principles

Stability:
Symmetry, elements that line up on the grid.

Dynamic:
A blast, a strong impact, elements lined up off the grid.

Rhythm:
Creates an easy flowing feeling, can be on or off the grid.

Scale:
The size of an element, proportion.


Elements

Line:
Line suggests direction. Designers use direction to guide the viewer’s eye. The designer chooses what type of line he requires, and the message it is conveying.

Shape:
Shapes create the frame work for the design. When using shapes you need to consider the arrangements of space and the positive and negative areas.

Texture:
Texture gives you design interest and illusion for realism.

Colour:
This creates mood. It gives interests and depth and is used to highlight specified areas of intrest.

Contrast:
The amount of light or dark between two objects or areas, such as black and white. This can create a mood, clarity and definition.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Stlye Time Line


















Baroque
Late 16
th early 18th Century
Artists: Peter Rubens & Caravaggio
Above Image: Adoration by Peter Paul Rubins



















Romanticism
Later 18
th Century
Artists: Caspar David Friedrich & William Blake
Above Image: Wanderer Above The Sea of Fog by Casper
















Symbolism

Late 19
th Century
Artists: Paul Verlaine & Stephane Mallarme
Above Image: The Wounded Angel by Hugo Simberg



















Les Nabis
1890-1900
Artists: Maurice Deis & Pierre BonnardAbove
Above Image: The Talisman by Paul Ranson















Fauvism
1905-1907
Artists: Henri Matisse & Andre Derain
Above Image: The River Scene at Chatou by Maurice de Vlaminck

















Cubism
1907-1919
Artists: Pablo Picasso & Georges Barque
Above Image: Three Musicians by Picasso














Dada
1916-1922
Artists: Francis Picabia & Erwin Blumenfeld
Above Image: I Was Nothing But a Berliner by Erwin



















Pop Art
1950’s
Artists: Andy Warhol & Richard Hamlton
Above Image: Marilyn Monroe by Warhol











Samikshavad
1970’s
Artists: Ram Chandre Shukla & R.S.Dheer
Above Image: Samikshavadi by RAM
















Lowbrow
Artists: Robert Williams & Gary Panter
Above Image: Putting the Genie Back in the Bottle by Rob Williams

Wednesday, March 3, 2010



Introduction
Zeus is King of the Gods, ruler of Mt Olympus an the last child of the Titans. He was thought to be the god of the sky and weather and appeared on most Greek coins. Zeus became one of the Seven Wonders of the World. He was known by many titles: Lord of the Sky, the Cloud- gatherer, the Rain-god and Zeus the Thunderer, all of which show the element of nature that was considered to be the most important in the Ancient World - rain. In most other mythologies the “ruler-god” was usually associated with the sun, but in Greece with the climate so hot and dry rain was the scarce, life-giving force.
History
Zeus was the sixth child born to Cronus and Rhea, because Cronus, ruler of the Titans and the supreme god at the time, was afraid that one of his children would overthrow him, just like he overthrew his father, Uranus, he swallowed his first five children - Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter and Hestia. This infuriated Rhea and when Zeus was born she tricked Cronus into swallowing a rock wrapped in blankets. There is a lot of different stories as to how and where Zeus was raised one of which is that from infancy he was nursed by the nymphs of Amalthea, and protected by the Curetes, who were warriors. When the time came for Zeus to conquer his father he was given a drug that would make Cronus vomit up the five children that he had previously devoured and still carried in his body. As they all emerged they stood with Zeus and attacked Cronus and his comrades, the Titans. The war they battled lasted ten years. Zeus released a monster to help defeat his father and the Titans, Zeus was victorious. For his victory and for liberating the Cyclops they forged thunderbolts and awarded them to Zeus. Cronus and the Titans were then confined in the depths of the underworld and took the place of the monsters who became their guards.

Adventures
Battle with Typhones: Typhon started destroying cities and hurling mountains in a fit of rage.
All of the gods of Olympus fled to their home. Only Zeus stood firm, and the battle raged,
ending when Zeus threw Mount Etna on top of Typhon, trapping him. Zeus had one final opponent before he was truly the undisputed master of the universe; the being known as Typhon (or Typhoeus), a hideous dragon-serpent creature conceived through the mating of Gaea (Earth) and Tartarus (the Underworld). After a long and violent struggle, Zeus eventually defeated the fire & smoke-breathing monster. Their epic battle is seen here on a black-figure vase painting found in Etruria (n. Italy), but probably by a Greek artist, c. 525 B.C.

Realtionships
Mother & Father: Crouns and Rhea
Siblings: Posidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia and Hera
Spouses: Zeus had a number of wives who bore him many children.

-Metos (wisdom)- was his first wife and she bore Athena.
-Themis - bore Dike, Eirene, Eunomia, Horae, and Fates.
-Titaness - bore nine children who became the Muses.
-Leto - bore the twins, Appolo and Artemis.
-Hera - became his permanent companion.

Zeus was known for having numerous affairs with mortal women producing even more children including Hercules.


Appearance
Zeus is usually represented as an older, vigorous bearded man, but representations of Zeus as a powerful young man also exist.

Symbols
Thunderbolts
Aegis (shield)
Thunderstorms
Gold
Marble
Eagles
Oak trees
Goats
Ash trees
Rainbows

Timeline
776 BC Olympic games dedicated to Zeus
515 BC Temple dedicated to the worship of Zeus
462 BC Immense ivory and gold statue of Zeus was built one of the original 7 wonders of the world unfortunately destroyed in 462 AD

Zeus is now a symbol of strengh and victory and since then the name and has been used from the name of missiles to computer viruses and even football teams as it is recognisable around the world as an timeless icon of power.

Bibliography:
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/gallery/mythology/europe/greek/zeus.gif
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/olympia/Statue_of_Zeus.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/z/zeus.html
http://www.men-myths-minds.com/Zeus-greek-god.html
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/p/Zeus.htm
http://gogreece.about.com/cs/mythology/a/mythzeus.htm
http://www.greek-gods.info/greek-gods/zeus/

Monday, February 8, 2010

Zeus