Art Visit 2

Step 1
David Adamo Exhibition

Gallery for small sculpture
Step2
The lighting was not extremely bright but enough to light the whole room and everything in it especially the sculptures.
The walls were white and grey stone with pillars running throughout and stone floors. Movement through the space a good and easy as there is lots of room.
Step 3
The artwork was just placed on the ground toward the center of the room.  All of the sculptures appear to be made of the same type of wood and chiseled the same way. The artworks were carved into different shapes and sizes. The art work is placed a couple feet from each other.

David Adamo

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2014

Red Cedar (wood)

The artist carved and chiseled away the wood to create this piece. I do not see any direct meaning to it as it is an odd shape.

David Adamo

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2014

Red Cedar 

Again he chiseled away unwanted wood the create the  shape desired. The sculpture is a spiral shape and almost looks like at some point it was one whole tree.

David Adamo

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Red Cedar

This piece looks as if termites or beavers were the ones who carved it. Again I don't see a direct meaning but is very interesting. The way this artists carves the wood makes it look as if it is natural even though it is not.

Mask Making

I thought the finished mask came out better than I expected. I like the different colors i chose. The mask is suppose to resemble a deer. I wasn't trying to replicate a deer exactly. I think it came out pretty good.

This mask gave some ideas for colors and shape of the mask.

This mask gave me ideas on the shape and size of the nose as well as the shape of the mask. Also influenced how I made the eyes.

This mask gave me ideas on the overall shape of the mask.

Mod 10 Vid Rev

African Art
This video talks about the symbolism, aesthetics, and functionality of African art through the region's sculpture, masks, architecture, ornaments, clothing, and utensils.  African religious beliefs are explored through rituals a spiritual form of performance art.  Prehistoric rock art is also presented.

African Art Legacy of Oppression
Belgium's Tervuren Museum contains the world's largest collection of Central African art, which consists of around 250,000 pieces. The video discusses this collection. In the Congo region, there are more than 250 different cultures, so there is a huge range of artistic styles.  Belgium's King Leopold II colonized and brutally exploited this territory during the late 1800s.

I picked these videos because they seemed interesting. I thought the videos went into good detail and were interesting. They talk about some of the same things in the text but provide more of a visual then the text can provide.

Mod 9 vid review

Leonardo da Vinci
This video talks about the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci.  He was an architect, engineer,sculptor, as well a many other things.  He was considered a genius and has led us to many inventions based off his designs. He was the quintessential renaissance man.
Albrecht Durer
Arguably the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance, was the main reason Italian Renaissance forms and ideas were introduced into a Germany still dominated by the Gothic tradition. This video talks about the life and work of the painter and printmaker, focusing on some of his most important pieces. The influences of his father, a goldsmith; Anthony Koberger, Dürer’s godfather and one of Germany’s finest printers and publisher.

Mod 8 Vid Review

More Human Than Human:  This video explained how different cultures illustrate human form in different ways.  Sometimes artists will exaggerate different parts of the body to show its importance.  Some cultures also strived for perfection in creating the human form while others show a more distorted image.

The Black Death:  This video explained about how devestating the black death was in Sienna and Florence.  Many works of art went unfinished because of this.  People became much more interested in the devine world. A new spiritual upbringing would pave the way for high renaissance.

These films were interesting and went into good detail about the different topics.  I chose the black death video because it seemed interesting.

Mod 7

Prairie Style- This video talks about Frank Lloyd Wright and the type of architecture he used in designing homes called prairie style. Prairie style uses parallel lines and low pitched over hanging roofs.  He used open floor plans as well.

Architecture: The Science of Design- This video talks about the many different factors that come into play in architecture.  There are many things that you have to pay attention to when designing and building structures especially skyscrapers. The weather, what is inside and what the building will be used for are all things that determine the design.  It also talks about all the technology that goes into buildings and homes.  Many things can be controlled electronically.

Both the videos and the text showed various different forms of architecture. The videos were able to show more visual details. The reason for choosing these two videos was because they were the first ones listed.

Mod 6 Vid Review

In the sculptor video it explained the many different processes that sculptor go through in order to create what they do. There are many different materials they can use to make their sculptures.  Certain materials can serve certain purposes that the sculpture may be used.
In the glass and ceramics video it talked about the process on how glass is made and its uses in the world around us.  There are many different steps in creating glass starting with silica sand. Ceramics are made mainly through the heating of clay.  Glass is used in many different things around us.
The book explained the processes as well but there is only so much you can do in a book. The videos did what the book couldn't and showed us the processes.