Read Chapter One of Sayre's A World of Art. In addition to The Gates project in New York City, Central Park by Cristo and Jeanne-Claude, we consider different approaches to the landscape--works by a nineteenth-century American, a fourteenth-century Chinese, an aboriginal Australian, and a twentieth-century American--in order to see how different artists from very different times and places, have responded to the same fundamental phenomenon up to the present time, and the world that surrounds them.
Reflection: Rather than emphasizing differences, please write one paragraph listing some of the similarities that you observe in these very different approaches.
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Albert Bierstadt
The Central Mountains
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Wu Chen
The Rocky Mountains
I chose two paintings that have few similarities between the two. Wu Chen’s painting “The Central Mountains” and Albert Bierstadt’s “The Rocky Mountains”. I really enjoy looking at both of these paintings. There’s almost 600 years between when both of these paintings were produced. Both these paintings have a good balance between the negative and positive space from the skies and the mountain tops. One thing I love between the two of these paintings is the immensity of the landscape. There’s such great depth in these paintings that it feels as if your really are looking hundreds of miles away into the horizon. Both these painting really capture the simple elegance and beauty of the everyday scenery that is viewed so much but not appreciated as much as these artists.
Sean McCreary
Media Arts and Animation
"God Bless America" by Faith Ringgold and "Race Riot" by Andy warhol:
I found these two works of art very similar to each other. They both reflect the colors in the American flag, but with a different orientation of it in its display of these colors. I found that both show what coud be called satire of an "American Dream," because it portrays what the people of America were going through at the time, but giving both works the colors and understanding that it is still America the land of Opportunities.
I Chose to write about Alex Jordan Jr's "House on the Rock." Architecture is definitely an amazing art with a different approach than putting a paintbrush on a canvas. Frank Lloyd Wright was a very famous well known architect who was known for his "falling water," house. Which was litterally a house built overhanging on a stream of running water and rocks. Well, Alex Jordan's dad was an architect and did not like Mr. Wrights "Falling Water," and said he wouldn't hire Mr.Wright to build a chicken coop. He decided to teach him a lesson and show him how a house is really built. After passing away, his son Alex decided to finish the "House on the Rock" project. The house opened to the public to see in 1961, charging 15 dollars a head to get in. The House itself is oriental style with low ceilings, and darkened dens lit by tiffany lamps. No AC! They say a tour through the House on the Rock takes about 3 hours. http://agency.travelwisconsin.com/images/HouseOnTheRock.jpg
Christo and Jeanne Claude, The Gates
Rober Smithson, Spiral Jetty
These two works of art appealed to me because it was so unique. They were both created to transform the way we were used to seeing the world. In The Gates, as you glance over the trees, the color orange draws our eyes around the composition. Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson drew my eyes around the composition in a similar way. Both are works of art that I have never seen before.
he Gates Cristo and Jean Claude
The World Flag Ant Farm Yukinori Yanagi
I chose to examine these two pieces because i thought they where both very similar. Both are architectural pieces but at very different scales. In the first one the gates of central park consist of just that; gates in a bright orange color flowing through central park and the visitors to the park would follow the path and wander through the gates, exploring their surroundings. In the world flag ant farm the ants did the same thing, they traveled through the tubes from one flag to the next. Maybe they had a destination, maybe they where trying to accomplish something, maybe not. Which is the same for the gates of central park. When people walked through was it a leisure activity, or did they have somewhere to go? This says something about people, that we like constraint and construction that keeps us on our path. Everywhere we look people are standing in lines or following paths such as side walks and roads. By Cristo and Jean Claude creating
these gates it just made our paths more appealing to the eye. Now was Yukinori Yanagi comparing humans to ants? But the artist also made the paths of the ants more appealing, to the outside world. Yea we can look at ants walking through ordinary ant farms, but how much more interesting is it to watch them go through flags of the world. I think both pieces where great concepts and a great way to turn the ordinary into something interesting.
-Shannon Jones
Graphic Design
I decided to look at Bierstadt's and Chen's paintings. I enjoyed viewing the landscapes because they gave me a sense of peace, maybe because of the tones, or the placements of the mountains and sky. I also like the way the light shines through the clouds in Bierstadt's painting and falls upon the rest of the image. One thing I liked also about Wu Chen's mountain is that it looks a little like it's on an ethereal plane sort of an other dimension where everything is simple yet detailed.
Jasper Johns
Three Flags
Faith Ringgold
God Bless America
Most of the paintings in the chapter share more similarities in topic than in mediums or style. Like the paintings i chose, the ideas are similar. They both show their opinions on the dark side of America. I like the paintings for their rebellious feel and the boldness of the message to their country that the paintings show. I like how the painting God Bless America looks like an illustrator piece with a really clean look and how the Three Flags painting has a Romantic style feel to it with the brush strokes it has.
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