Reflection of AED 200

1. What were you expectations for this course and where they met? My expectations for this course was to learn more about the different stlyes of art, be introduced to some new artists, and learn how to use different forms fo technology that relate to art. My expectations were met due to the number of projects that were required using new technolgies. I also learned a lot about different artists while reading the textbook and doing the discussion posts. 2. Now that you've been through this course, What is art? How would you define it now compared to your intial posting? Art is a visual representation of emotions and feelings/beliefs. This is a little different from what I thought in the beginning of the course but overall it is generally the same. I learned that artists are very skilled and creative people who can transform their feelings into a visual form for people to see. Not many people can do that successfully. 3. Who was your favorite artist in your original posting and who is your favorite visual artist now? If there is a difference, why do you think so? If you have the same favorite artist, why do you think so? In my first original posting, I did not have a specific favorite artist because I was not really aware of many. After this course, I would have to say that one of my favorite artists would be Michaelangelo because most of his works are so interesting and I find myself interpreting them in many different ways. It's interesting to me to be able to add my thoughts of what an art work is, to the actual descriptions of the art work itself. 4. Now that you've completed this course, how do you feel about taking an online course? Is your answer the same as it was in your first posting? How is it the same or different? My answer is the same as it was in my first post. I enjoy taking online classes because I can work at my own pace. I am currently a serving manager at a small restaurant so I work almost 40 hours a week plus going to school full time. It's easier for me to focus on my school work when I can do so at my own time. It is a little difficult if you don't understand something, however most professors who teach online classes are usually very quick to respond if I had any questions.

Art Criticism Video Review

The two videos I chose to watch were “Greenberg on Art Criticism: An Interview by T.J Clark” and “Introduction to Italian Renaissance”. The video interview with T.J Clark focused on his beliefs of the relationships between art and history, and the nature of value judgments in criticism. This video does relate the art criticism article project because it made me learn and realize how important judgments are and what it really takes to judge a piece of art work. There is more to just liking or disliking a work of art. I thought this video was extremely educational. I learned a lot about how to correctly criticize and it helped me when I was going through my peers exhibits. There’s a lot to focus on when you are critiquing something and this video pointed out some specifics and techniques to do so. The other video, “Introduction to Italian Renaissance” focused on how techniques were developed based on works of other people. This video displayed images of selected masterpieces that illustrate the Roman influence on Renaissance art and reinforces the concepts of perspective, balance, composition, and realism. This video related to this project in the sense that it gave me an idea of how certain techniques were developed and used when creating art. I thought this video was interesting because I was introduced to the different works of Italian Renaissance artists.

Art Critcism Article Blog

I chose the exhibit “foUnD”, created by Courtney Justus because as soon as I looked at it, I was very interested. I didn’t really have many challenges writing this article because the exhibit as put together in a way that easy to understand and very informational. I was very intrigued by the art works that she chose to interpret and I actually learned a lot from critiquing this exhibit. I liked critiquing a peer’s work because I feel that it gives us a chance to see where our peers are at with the same projects and classes that we are taking. I think I would like to read what my peers wrote about my project because I would like to see if they felt the same way as I did about the art works that I chose. On a scale of 1-10, I would rate my article at a 9. I think that I took the time to go through each art work and chose which ones meant the most to me and the ones I found to be most interesting, and further critiqued those ones. Overall, I did enjoy working on this project. I thought it was educational to go through and create my own exhibit, and take the time to see how other’s created theirs.

Art Cruation Project Blog

This project was very informational and helped me learn a lot about what it takes to be an art curator. I think that the hardest part was finding the actual images, but after I kept searching I ended up finding some really great images. The theme I chose was "Romance" and I chose this theme because I feel like romance can mean so many different things to so many people. I wanted to see how artists viewed romance and what types of images they were creating. After finding the images, I took the time to go through and interpret each image and I found that the longer I interpret a picture, the more I can get from it. I realized and learned a lot about myself and the way that I view things, by doing this project. Putting together the PowerPoint was fairly simple for me because since I am a senior in college, I have put together so many already! I found it easiest to display the image to the left, and then offer my interpretation to the right. Overall, I think this project was very educational and it helped me to learn and understand more of what artists and art curators really go through to create these amazing exhibits and galleries!