Monthly Archives: December 2012

The Art of food

I think food can be one type of art. We have so many different foods our planet. Especially, in United Stated we have people come from different races. We could mix up different food to make a new combination. The … Continue reading

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Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy had brought a lot of the damage to New York City and New Jersey. During the hurricane, there were many pictures of flooding spread throughout the Internet. Some of them just look real to me. But, many are … Continue reading

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Art History Parodies

After reading a short article in the Washington post on the pepper spray cop memes. I could recognize a couple work of art in my class. I think these parodies were funny in some way. Different people look at these … Continue reading

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Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon

One of the things that I found interest was when Picasso portraying male clients with the women in the reception room of a brothel on Avignon Street in Barcelona. By the time he finished, he had removed the male figures … Continue reading

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Impossible Exhibition

I would like to go to the museum to see the work of arts. I could look at Raphael, Leonard, and Caravaggio’s work of art. All of their work of art had spread into public and other countries. It’s a … Continue reading

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Virtual Michelangelo

I think the virtual recreation of Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel is great. It explains every work of art in detail. Michelangelo insisted that painting was not his profession. Although his major works until then was sculpture. Creating these … Continue reading

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Discussion Topic: Graffiti as Art, Graffiti as History

I think that graffiti conveys a sense a history because graffiti has been around for so long since the ancient time periods. Graffiti can be used to tell a story of many kinds of things. Yes I think that graffiti … Continue reading

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Discussion Topic: Art History Parodies

It’s been a strange semester with the stop-and-go calendar in the beginning of Fall 2012 and NYC’s shutdown over Hurricane Sandy.  Thank you all for your contributions on the class blog and for staying committed to your coursework to the … Continue reading

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Discussion Topic: Unpacking Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon

Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon is a masterpiece of western art in the collection at MoMA. Some have suggested Picasso’s painting is the most important work in Modern Art. Picasso executed over a hundred sketches and preparatory studies before completing … Continue reading

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I defenitely think that seing the original work of art has a lot more impression on the viewer than a digital one . A digital one loose the sense of realism it might have and become just a simple picture … Continue reading

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