ARTH1103 Survey of Art

Newsome’s art relates to the neoclassicism era. He brings back what warriors/knights usually had on during medieval battles such as a helmet and shield. He takes those details that were designed on these equipment and combines it with hip hop style. It consists of many jewels, diamonds, chains and collages of rappers. He believes that these music artists have royalty and unites it to heraldry. I do not think referencing it to history made it more relevant. In a way I felt that it was a parody to see heraldry become blinged out with hip hop chains. It’s strange looking at teeth with grills, girls and cars from music videos and connecting it with paintings from neoclassicism time. He uses very fancy frames and then adds a blinged out money symbol. His videos about herald in his generation was too much for me. I thought the clips of hands was overwhelming.

I think Masaccio gave the Renaissance viewer a new interest to linear perspective. From viewing the videos you can really get a closer look on what techniques he used and the Holy Trinity masterpiece looks like it took a lot of patience and dedication. A Renaissance viewer would be fascinated and delighted to see Masaccio’s painting. This vanishing point experiment gives an audience a new illusion and dimension of making a painting more realistic. I feel that the linear perspective method has become an assist for Renaissance viewers and many emerging artists. More ideas and creations would grow like how Masaccio was able to use Brunelleschi’s theory to create this amazing technique.