week 5

this week i have learned a lot about the barouqe era and my artist anthony van dyck. I also finished my self portrait this week which was exciting because i didn't really like it so i was kind of glad it was over.

Baroque Art- Anthony van Dyck

Anthony Van Dyck

My artist is Anthony Van Dyck. He was born on March 22, 1599. Anthony was born in Antwerp and became a famous Flemish baroque painter. Peter Paul Rubens had a big influence on him as an artist and person.

Van Dyck was a Flemish painter. He and another friend of his were known for mainly doing Court portraits. He later on stated to do prints of his work. He and his friend named Diego Velázquez competed for work in the Courts.

            A defining trait that would make you be able to tell that Anthony van Dyck was a Baroque artist was the way he portrayed people. He made them look much better than they did and put them is strange positions. Anthony van Dyck made a huge impact painting noble men and women and is greatly remembered for his Charles I painting. Painting noble men and women also gets you noticed because lots of people look at them for historical uses and then see the portraits of them.

          Anthony van Dyck was considered a part of the Baroque period because of the way he portrayed people. Major characteristics of the Baroque period were post-Renaissance architecture being unstructured, unornamented, theatrical, and grotesque. Anthony van Dyck was Baroque because he “immortalized” noblemen.

          Van Dyck's influence on English art has been lasting. Gainsborough was very inspired by van Dyck’s portraits, as well as others until the early 20th century, when portraits went out of style. He also painted religious and mythological subjects and landscapes. He also started etching which later became very popular and is still used today.

            I like that Anthony van Dyck made the royal people look better than they really were because that is like really funny. He defiantly deceived some people with his paintings. I also like that he did his own thing even when he had competition for the same type of art as him.

Symbolic colors

White: blank, bored, clouds, plain
Black: scary, dark, intimidating, dreary
Grey/Brown: basic, earthy, dull, tame
Yellow: sun, happy, warm, inviting
Orange: sun, content,
Red: hot, wild, crazy, blood
Green: vibrant, colorful, cool
Blue: water, calmness, serenity
Violet: bright, happy, rich, playful

Project

1 I made some name block hanging ornaments.
2 Well the first thing I did was cut some wood in my dads shop, then i used a wood burner to write names on the wood. After that I painted over top of the burning and inside the burning with a different color.
3 I used a saw, a wood burner, paint, paint brushes, and a drill.
4 I focused on learning different ways to use the wood burner.
5 I really liked using the wood burner and learning more about it, I had some trouble with the painting and the wood falling over and paint got every where!
6 I think that I did pretty well on the wood burning for using it for the first time.

My project definitely learned a new skill, it also had good contrast with the colors I used. I followed through with one of the ideas I said I would, I had to make deliberate choices which weren't that hard to make, and it does really make me want to learn more about wood burning and other projects involving wood.

Q2-places

One place I would like to go to would be a cafe that had art shows or art contests and I would assume that it would be free to get in. I think those places are really cool because anyone can enjoy them anytime and I just think it makes coffee places look really awesome.


Another cool place to go would be PDX Contemporary Art. The art there looks pretty interesting and i would like to check it out.
925 NW Flanders Portland, Oregon 97209.http://pdxcontemporaryart.com/about/contact


I would like to check out Gallery 7126. It looks like really interesting art.
http://pdxcontemporaryart.com/about/contact

Art:21

Bruce Nauman - His art was very abstract and kind of weird. He liked to make art that wasn't really functional but made people think about how to use it.

Karrie James Marshal- His art was really cool. It was historical and kind of modern at the same time. And most if not all had a black figure.

Myalyn - She liked to do geographical art. She also helped designed the Vietnam Memorial. She also liked to make out door sculptures.

Louise Bourgious - She did a memorial for Jane Aadams. She used her hands and others for the memorial. She also reallly like the black color that the hands were made of. She wanted the hands to look comforting.

Marla Video

I think that what makes art is dependent on what you kind of art you're talking about. I think lots of different things are considered art. I do in fact think that Marla did do some of the paintings but I also think that her dad got a tad bit defensive when they said that and it kind of made me wonder. I think that the people from 60 Minutes were twisting the story so they could make it more interesting but i do think that Marla painted her pictures mainly by herself.