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Class Info
- Date: March 31st
- Meeting Info: In Person in room 115 Pearl
Topic
Virtual Field Trip to Nassau County Museum of Art’s Exhibit Blue &
to the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Museum
A look a Murals and Posters to view color. Some are in our neighborhoods.
Halloween was just a couple of days ago:
Objectives
- We have studied color for the last two weeks, today we will make connections to color in our field trip.
- Get inspired by the Color, Concepts and Techniques used in the Exhibit Blue
- Explore the Smithsonian Design Museum Virtual Resources for the Design Professional
Discussion/Lecture
- Why is it important to take a field trip (virtually actually) to a museum?
- Both museum’s show the importance of “blue,” but what does the color blue signify as far as feelings to us?
- Click below to view Poster House Exhibit.
What is the power of Blue?
| BLUE. Intellectual. Positive: Intelligence, communication, trust, efficiency, serenity, duty, logic, coolness, reflection, calm. Negative: Coldness, aloofness, lack of emotion, unfriendliness. Blue is the color of the mind and is essentially soothing; it affects us mentally, rather than the physical reaction we have to red. Strong blues will stimulate clear thought and lighter, soft blues will calm the mind and aid concentration. Consequently it is serene and mentally calming. It is the color of clear communication. Blue objects do not appear to be as close to us as red ones. Time and again in research, blue is the world’s favorite color. However, it can be perceived as cold, unemotional and unfriendly. http://www.colour-affects.co.uk/psychological-properties-of-colours Another link about color where blue is listed. https://www.empower-yourself-with-color-psychology.com/color-blue.html |  |
We have been discussing color for the past two weeks. So, now let’s go visit virtually an art exhibit devoted to one color, the exhibit Blue at the Nassau County Museum of Art. Research on Color has shown that Blue has a calming effect on the Viewer so let’s get mellow and go together virtually to the Nassau County Museum of Art.
Blue. A Guide to Looking
What color means more to us than blue? Even among the primaries the color of the sky and the sea command a privilege place, by far the most popular hue in the spectrum according to surveys on every continent. Blue cast the spell, pushing beyond symbolism to a deeper emotional level, pulling us into its pure and distant mysteries. Every artist goes through it’s “blue period,” from its Mediterranean blues of Maltese and Yves Klein to the haunting auras of Rendon. Blue has been holy to Egyptians, Hindu, Chinese and Western tradition. Its physical source (cobalt, ultramarine, cerulean, indigo, lapis lazuli, cyan) are a catalogue of valued materials that rival gold itself. As the exhibition exuberantly proves the power of blue transcendent art history. Poets, filmmakers, musicians and designers have tapped its resonant appeal. The most original music in America (home of bluejeans “Democracy in fashion is the blues.) We are turning the entire museum over to the multimedia exploration of blue in many incarnations, it spans history and geography from previous lapis lazuli of antiquity to painting, photographs, pictures, sculptures, ceramics, cyanotypes, and fashion. As Miro said, “This is the color of my dreams.”
Taken from the Nassau County Museum of Art’s exhibition of “Blue”
After we’ve visited Long Island, let’s head to Fifth Avenue to the Cooper Hewitt:
Break Out Group Work
You can use InDesign or the program called: Tutoiralspoint-Whiteboard
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/whiteboard.htm
Lab/Critique
• If we did not finish seeing all the visual quote projects, we will continue our critique of project today.
• We will begin our Eporfolios today
To Do
You will need to do add to the blog entry begun in class describing your virtual field trip experience. For further detail
Assignments/Week 9
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