Choose one aspect of Art History Part II and discuss why you think this is important to modern art. Or, reflect on some of the music we have listened to in preparation for attending the ballet.
I believe that Pop Art is an important aspect of modern art because it brings up issues of popular themes going on in the world today. It makes the mind think about why the artist chose to do that specific painting. Pop art is influenced off of popular art which I believe is important because people make decisions based off of popularity. That might not be the best thing ever, but it makes sense because people want to fit in. Pop art can go into many different ideas of what is going on today. Social Realism may also be considered important because it is based off of politics and deals with issues in that area. Overall the different aspects all have their different styles, and an important thing to notice is what the picture is trying to get across and why. The pictures all relate because there is some sort of expression throughout them, which are similar and different at the same time.
One aspect of the second art project that I think is especially important is Social Realism. Social Realism is the art that is influenced by politics. I think that Social Realism is a very important aspect because it allows the public to express how it feels about certain events at the time; this aspect of art is one form of the public’s freedom of speech. Different people require different ways to express themselves and it is therefore important to have various forms of expression available to people. Thus, the art of Social Realism is important.
I feel most strongly about the importance of Social Realism, but as the only other two comments address it, I think Expressionism is especially important to modern art. The main idea of expressionism is that the personal feeling of the piece and the artist are the most important. This is important because it introduced art that had a primary purpose of raising emotion in the viewer, which in my opinion is the most important reason to create art. Expressionism also brought extreme color palettes, with lots of bright and contrasting colors, which when used correctly, in my opinion, creates the most beautiful art.
Superrealism: I believe that through superrealism we are able to kind of see what the world and lives of others can come to. In the Banksy art work he incorporates things that happen now that are of major importance with icon figures who created, oppose or support it. It makes all of those who see it take a second glance and really think about what he is trying to express.
I think Pop Art is an important aspect of modern art. This is because pop art is created with arts that are familiar to many people. This leads to influencing our current culture and what is important now. Pop art also attracts people's attention a lot because people are interested in things they already know. Pop art is I think very important in modern art history becuase it represents what we are now.
I think that Conceptual Art is important to modern art because it makes you think about the meaning behind it and it is not just about seeing a pretty picture. That is really what art is about right? It is so people can express their ideas and opinions without using words. Conceptual art usually has a deeper meaning or another part of the picture that you can't see but if you think about it you can figure it out. Not like abstract or something where it is expressing an idea but no one understands the idea except the artist. That is why I think conceptual art is important because it has opened up my view of art because of the different pieces I looked at they have an underlying message to get across and I like that.
Pop Art is an important aspect of modern art because of its impact in marketing and pop culture. This type of art is generally used to decorate labels, posters, packaging and other areas of advertisement to attract interest or attention to the product being sold. The bold and modern nature of Pop Art also keeps it up to date with current events, and it is often used to portray and express areas of pop culture. This could include works used in newspapers, music, on television etc.
I Think that Pop Art or Popular Art is an important part of modern art today worldwide and especially in America. Pop Art is important to modern Art because it has to deal with PopCulture and things that our popular in the present, making it an ever changing genre that will remain important to modern art worldwide.
I think that Pop art is important in modern art because it includes the most recent forms of art. Using well known products and building ideas from most recent topics brings out a different crowd. Also, Pop art will always be changing because it is all about what is most recent and well known therefore it will be around forever.
I think that Pop art is important in modern art because it includes the most recent forms of art. Using well known products and building ideas from most recent topics brings out a different crowd. Also, Pop art will always be changing because it is all about what is most recent and well known therefore it will be around forever.
An aspect of Art History part II that I think is very important to art as a whole is Surrealism. It is an art style that is commonly referenced and is very popular, especially the work of Salvador Dali. The concept of making a very imaginative and dreamlike view of a subject is interesting and is incorporated in many other art periods including Magical Realism (which seems to be a form of Surrealism). It is not a type of art that can be clearly distinguished to a time period but it is a unique and distinct style that is obvious from the other art forms when seen.
The music we listened to in class was really good. I thought the beat and melody was awesome and really upbeat. I think the performance will be fun and quite an experience. Hopefully the weather will be better this time and maybe this time i wont be late. :]
Regan McComb period 6 I agree with what what most people are saying in that Pop Art and Social Realism are the most important aspects of modern art because it has to do with the people and things that we see everyday as well as what is popular at a certain time. It is probably the easiest to recognize as well as the most popular art period because people enjoy looking at things that are important in culture. Social Realism is also important because it sends a political message and people will always be interested in art and it's different that they incorporate politics into paintings and other types of art.
I think that one of the most important art movements to modern art is abstract art. The term abstract is used very loosely to describe many art pieces today. Abstract art is such a new concept at its time because it isn't realistic. The composition doesn't reflect recognizable scenes or objects and this was a new idea that strayed from previous art movements. It is also an art movement that is still continued today and will always be around and influential.
I believe that cubism is important to modern art. Cubism rejected the idea that art should depict a single viewpoint. It makes the viewer think of the idea of the object rather than view the actual object. This aspect of art brought about futurism and can be seen throughout the art periods that followed cubism. Cubism helped make the aspect of art called op art, or optical art, possible.
I think Conceptual art is one of the most periods to modern art as it is today. The artists in this period deliberately made their work look uninteresting so people would be forced to think of the message they were trying to tell instead of the esthetical part alone. This way of thinking of art is very different from what had been before, and revolutionized the general idea of art. It was important for modern art because it lead the way for other, more extreme forms, like installation art.
Dada is the most important i think. because its grandfathered so much different other movements like pop art and modern art. Dada gave art no meaning which in turn gave it meaning. crazy. like Dada allowed people to do thing that no one ever thought was allowed, even though Dada is kinda idk weird, its cool because itkind of gave everyone a chance to say that they were artists in their own rights and allowed people more freedom in what they did. It was a weird way to protest art by doing art but its mad cool, even though i dont relly like it lol. Peace.
In class we listened to the "Take Five" in preparation for the ballet. It is very jazzy and includes many patterns. The main melody is played on throughout the piece. It wasn't classical music, and so the dancers in the ballet will not be doing classical ballet, but a more contemporary form of dance. The choreography might even include patterns like the music does. I can tell that there is also going to be fast footwork because of the upbeat tempo of "Take Five."
Shae Hurst Period 6 In Art History Part II I thought that Cubism was one of the coolest movements. I really liked how artists during this time were more interested in showing subjects from many different angles at once. Cubism has a mathematical approach to art and I really appreciated that. Objects aren’t always as they seem and the ability of painters to incorporate many different viewpoints into one painting was a new development in art. Cubism was an important movement because it was one of the first movements not to portray reality as it looked to the naked eye. Cubism however was unlike abstract art and expressionism because it still concentrated on the physical appearance of art and not any emotional connection the painter had with the subject. Cubism was a spin off on traditional art because it tried to show many viewpoints at once, but it still portrayed some bits of reality. This made cubism a very important movement in the art world because it was like a transition between the imagination and reality. Even though most cubist paintings don’t look real at all, they still show many aspects of reality.
I personally liked the music we listened to Friday. I usually don't like too much jazz but i really got into what we were listining to. I was really confused as to how to draw what I saw in the music at first, but then I figured it out and it was easy to do. Now I can understand how the abstract painting liked to the jazz music, mainly because when I was done I had my own abstract art haha. I liked how different instruments would come and go, but there was always generally the same rhythm it seemed.
The first time that we listened to the music for the upcoming performance we are going to attend I was not engaged whatsoever and found the music somewhat repetitive. I think it was just difficult to focus on such a long piece and by the end we all just wanted it to be over and hadn't taken anything from the experience. What really helped the whole situation was the drawing exercise we did on Friday. During it we only had to pay attention to only the music of the moment and because we were all occupied with not only listening but drawing what we heard, I think I came to understand the music better. I also felt like the comparison of Kadinsky's art with music in general was extremely fitting because often when I am listening to music I will picture the music in my head somewhat like Kandinsky's work and all the the drawings we did as a class.
Matt MacDougal Per 2 I think that the most important aspect of art history part 2 is cubism. I believe this because it founded most of the most famous artists. Also I think it really gave the art currently a sense of unrealism. This tells artists now days that not all of the paintings we do now have to be conpletely serious but they can be just unrealistic drawings of thoughts
I think that surrealism is a very important and interesting aspect of modern art because it allows artists to introduce bizarre ideas and scenes throught their art. The artists do not have to try to be realistic in their works because the subjects are generally bizarre and even dreamlike. Dali's clocks for example show the melting clocks in different landscapes and don't have a particular message like political art, but still use abstract subjects to create a sense of wonder. These paintings generally do have a lot of detail, especially Dali's clocks which look very realistic for being so bizarre, which shows the solid art fundamentals that the artists have despite their odd subjects. I think that the surrealism movement influenced many of the later art movements with its ideas about subject and style and is a very important part of modern art.
andy wolfe period 2 i think that the music we have been listening to in class was really good. it was really the first music that i have enjoyed and wanted to listen to again i think. it is so upbeat and just overall fun music. when i hear it it makes me want to get up and dance to it, and i really enjoy music like that. i am very excited for the ballet and whenever i listen to then music i imagine what it is going to be like and i get even more excited, so hopefully it will be what i imagined it to be and i wont be disappointed, which i think it will be.
I love jazz music and always have, so when we got to listen to it on Friday I was pretty excited. My dad is a big jazz guy and has been playing the sax since highschool so I'm pretty familiar with jazz. My favorite part is the beggining piano and the ending piano because well piano is my favorite instrament. I love how many changes there were from stage to stage each was so different yet blended so well. For my drawing I drew all the different instruments I head. Anyway, i'm excited that we'll get to do more on this and hopefully other people with appriciate it like i do.
I thought that the music that we listened to in class was fairly entertaining. The activity that we did in class while we were listening to the song helped me to dissect each part of the piece and find all of the themes and patterns throughout the song. Im excited to hear the remaining songs and also to see how the performers at the ballet interpret the music.
I think that Pop art is important to the modern art feild because it is a form of art that we see every day. And I believe that this form has an effect on the way we see and interperit things. Also I think that pop art has an effect on how we buy things and how we think about products. This is why I believe that pop art is the most important, because it affects us even when we don’t think I does.
In class we listened to a improvised version of the jazz hit "Take Five". This was a very interesting piece of music because even though there were basic patterns to the music, but a majority of the time the music was improvised. This basically means that the musicians play music together without knowing what the other person is going to do ahead of time, they make up the riffs on the spot. It was very entertaining to listen to how each person played their instrument and how it all complimented each other when it was put together.
I really enjoyed listening to that Jazz piece in class the other day. The musicianship displayed in the track was impressive, and the upbeat mood made it far more enjoyable to listen to than opera tracks from Elektra, etc. What I enjoyed the most however was the element of improvisation included in the piece. Being a part of the WHS Improv Team has given me an appreciation for how difficult improvising art is, and that there were people doing that with music intrigued me. If that sort of improv is at all common in jazz I should listen to a lot more of it. I’m hoping that there will be improvised segments in the jazz-centered performances we’ll be attending, especially if there is dance involved. Watching an professionally improvised jazz dance show would be incredible. Please tell me it'll happen Schindler.
Although Surrealism began in the early 1920s, it helped shape what we today envision as modern art. It developed from Dada and then spread around the globe, eventually affecting the visual arts, literature, film, and music, of many countries and languages, as well as political thought and practice, and philosophy, even social theory. Many significant literary movements in the later half of the 20th century were directly or indirectly influenced by Surrealism.
I think that abstract art is the most important of all modern art movements. This is becuase it uses the same set of ideals as most other movements. It ignoresthe previous 'rules' of art, and instead tries to do more than simply copy nature. Abstract art also tries to express an emotion in its ultimate shape, which is kind of the same idea as cubism and other movements- making art about feeling rather than image. Abstract art influenced many different movements, and thats why i think its the most important.
I think "pop art" is the most important to modern art, because specially, pop art deal with popular things so it attracts people's attention. Also I believe that pop art leads the culture. After days, we would know what was the popular in that time with pop arts. It could be the textbook of culture of history.
I think that the most important art period to modern art is conceptual art. I think this because it really makes you stop and think about the meaning of the picture. It is like, with most art, you see it and get it all, but with the conceptual art you have to actually think about it and it opens up your views more, and then you can really understand the artists message that he or she is trying to show people in his/her art.
I think that the most important art movement in our art history project had to be abstract expressionism, this is because it was the first major art movement that Americas came up with on their own and did not follow Europes lead and we created our own kind of art movement. This showed the world that people did not need to follow the lead of Europe and can just come up with their own kind of art, as long as they can explain it to the critics. This is why I think Abstract Expressionism is the most important art movement from our Art History Part II.
I am going to reflect on the music that we listened to in class on friday. the music was really upbeat and actually interesting to listen to. There was one part though in the song that really confused me, it sounded like a 5 year old was banging on the piano. In the picture we were asked to make in class was a really fun experience, but when that part with the piano came on, i grabbed my black pen and drew dark lines on my paper that were meant to represent that part. More about the picture that we got to draw, i felt it made me pay more attention to what was going on in the music and it helped me put the music into something visual to maybe understand it more. Overall the music was fun upbeat and interesting. probably the best in class music so far.
I really enjoyed listening to Take Five in class. The piece gives me an image of the musical notes floating kind of like waves. its interesting the way the music flows up and down and seems to build on itself as it progresses.
I feel that Cubism is an important aspect of modern art because it was the first movement that was so radical and different from the art before it. Instead of showing a painting from a single, fixed viewpoint, it focused many other different aspects at the same time. It represented more than just one way to view an object. Also instead of drawing something you see, this movement used cubes and geometric shapes to break up objects. This movement was radical and abstract and I think it helped artists to approach art in new and different ways.
Listening to "Take Five" in class was an activity that I really enjoyed. While we listened to the music I was able to focus deeply on abstract thought instead of hearing the repetitiveness of the instrumentals and the main "chorus" of the song. I also enjoyed the activity in which we were instructed to "draw" our visual interpretation of the music and it helped me to picture how the dance could have been performed at different portions of the song and create a new perspective regarding a colorful song.
Impressionism is what I think is the most important to modern art. The impressionistic period was the first to leave the completely realistic category. Before impressionism everything made sense, everything painted was right before them or meant to look like it was happening right before them. The art periods before this were just growing and playing off of each other, impressionism came out of nowhere as something completely different. It wasn't just the subjects that changed, but the style.
I really enjoyed the music we listened to in class, and the activity we did with it. At first, I thought the activity we did was kind of lame, but then I found myself getting really into it with my drawing. The music is my favorite music that we have heard so far during the year, and i look forward to going to the ballet. I hope we do another activity like we did in class with drawing pictures to the music because it was pretty fun.
Andrew Kemis Period 6 "Take Five" was an interesting however not expected piece of music in my opinion. Being music that is from a ballet we are planning on seeing, I envisioned the piece slow and smooth with the gradual rise and fall of notes. The music we listened to surprised me, with its fast pace, repeative beats, and anything but the old style waltzing dance music I pictured it to be. The exercise of drawing what we saw was by far the best thing we could have done both to listen to the music and keep the class focused. People including myself found it challenging to draw because of the quick nature of the music but also found themselves drawing the same kinds of things due to the repeating of the instrumentals. Ands to think this was one piece out of many that are in the ballet! I am sure this will be much more enjoyable than the last piece. :)
In my opinion abstract art is very important to modern art. When people first saw abstract art they realized that maybe not every painting has to be of an everyday object or person. People also saw that art could be a piece of wood nailed to the wall. I think that abstract art widened peoples horizons when it came to what art could be. This is good for modern art because there are a lot of modern art pieces that have a very symplistic form that is derived straight from abstract art.
I believe that one of the most important art movements in our art part 2 projects was abstract expressionism. This is because it was the first major art movement that America created with no european influence. It showed everyone else that america could create their own unique art without having to use europes examples. That is why Abstract Expressionism, in my opinion, is one of the most important art movements from our Art history projects.
Probably now the most important aspect to modern art that we've studied is Postmodern Art. I believe this is a very important part of Art History because it's paving a new way for different kinds of art. This form was mean to break all the rules originally made and by doing this new art forms will be created. Also the form is so different because it's reacting to other art forms previously created. There is a chain of reaction against art since it began, and I believe that this will be a new form to have a reaction to it.
I think that pop art is by far the most important art period in mondern art. The reason that i think this is becuase all of this art work relates to modern day society. One of the cool things about modern art is that some of the art work is actually used as the artwork on packageing in the grocery store. Forenstance campbell soup cans are a good example of pop art pictures.
I really like the music we listened to on Friday. It made me feel really happy and want to get up and dance. I think it's cool that it's one long song but it's now the same thing over and over again. They had the same sort of rhythm about three or four times, but it would keep changing about every minute. By listening to this music I can see why you could create a art painting. I just directs you hand and every different makes it do a different thing. I like that kind of music a lot and people should listen to it when they're not happy. Also it would be really fun to do a ballet with the music because you can do anything and they all look so intune with the music. I am excited to see the ballet.
Many of the periods in what we know as modern art are important to the development of each following period. In my opinion Fauvism is an important period in the development of many later periods in modern art because of its use of color. The way fauvistic artists used non-naturalistic colors to depict landscape scenes sometimes felt surreal. Furthermore, this idea of misrepresentation is a theme that grows into cubism surrealism, magical realism and others. So overall, the theme of Fauvism contributed a great deal to modern art in a short period of time.
Cubism was an important part of modern art because it was a movement that caused artists to have to depict several veiwpoints of a subject in one painting, therefor breaking down the apparent reality of an object. In art the main point about it is that they are depicting some kind of story through their work in a unique way that seperates them from the crowd; cubism did just that. The artists who succeeded in this particular movement were for the most part brilliant in many other styles as well, making it my favorite part of modern art.
a lot of the music from the ballet is famous and I recognized it from other plays or movies. This will be my first ballet so I'm not sure what it will be like. I have seen west side stories so I hope i can remember what music pieces that the ballet will be using. Overall i didn't know what to draw when we listened to the music in class.
I really enjoyed the music we listen to and the activity we did on Friday. The music was very upbeat and different from previous music we have listened to, I didn't find it nearly as boring. I didn't really take the drawing activity seriously however I noticed it did make me focus and try and understand the music much more as well as visualize how the dancers could interpret the music. I'm really looking forward to the ballet.
Social Realism will soon be the most influential on modern art. This is mostly because of the modern economic downturn. Social Realism will be used to show the detrimental effect that America's lasse-fair attitude on the economy. I predict that the extremely left-wing will use social realism to inspire a nationalization of the economy.
i believe it was "Take Five" that we listened to in class the other day. The music itself seems organized in a disorganized way (doesn't sound right but makes sense to me at least). starting with the main motif and then going from one soloist to another, giving their own twists to the line, and then ending with the motif again is cool, and sounds alright, but some of the solos seem just tossed together, like flinging paint on a canvas. It sounds kind of cool, but sometimes just rubs you wrong. It will be interesting to see what the choreographer has planned out to go along with the music.
I think that abstract art is important to modern art because of how influential it is. There are a lot more abstract piece that i see and also enjoy than any other period. A piece can start off with an idea and end up totally being abstract or with an abstract idea. It doesnt seem to me like there would be art without abstract.
One aspect of Art History Part II that I think is importnant to modern art is surrealsim. Surrealism is my favorite but that is not why I chose it as an importnat part of Modern art. I think that it is importnat because it allows the artist to show whats actually going on in his or her head. Also it allows them to introduce new ideas and paint them how they think they are in their "Dream world". PAinting things like they did let the artists do what they want with out an importance of looking realistic or how the actual thing is supposed to look like.
The music we listened to in class, "Take Five", was very upbeat and jazzy. Drawing and putting how the music felt down on paper while listening to the music really made it easier to take in and think about the music more. I'm interested to see how Take Five will be in a ballet. When we were told this was the music that was in the ballet I was a little suprised because i was expecting more classical elegant music. The ballet will most likely be very fast pased and the ballerina's feet are going to need to be very quick. I imagine take five to be more in a tap recital.
I think one of the main aspects of our art history part two project is surrealism. It helped shape modern art into what it is today because it showed that you can do anything. They showed what it is like to put our subconcious thoughts down onto imagery. It helped open everyones minds to new ideas for their art.
Surrealism was an important movement in art history for many reasons, it began after dada in the first world war. Artists and writers regarded their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artifact. In definition, surrealism means to express the real functioning of thought, the dictation of thought in the absence of all control exercised by reason, outside of all aesthetic and moral preoccupation. As a visual movement, Surrealists had found a method: to expose psychological truth by stripping ordinary objects of their normal significance, in order to create a compelling image that was beyond ordinary formal organization, in order to evoke empathy from the viewer. The artwork showed supression of the conscience over the subconscious and made their meanings to be deciphered through analysis.
Karin Ochsner period 4 I believe that Expressionism is a very important era. Expressionism uses personal feelings and i believe that is the bases of all art. If you look at each era it uses personal feelings. For an example, Social Realism uses politics. But not only does it use politics but the feelings and opinions of the issues. That is what makes up each piece of art. Without feeling the art piece would have not been created cause no ideas would have been used.
I believe the most important art movement of part II is conceptual art. It is important to modern art because it makes the viewer search for a deeper meaning to what is being seen. Conceptual art raises a lot of new ways of thinking, allowing the artist to get across their thoughts and ideas in more meaningful ways. Many of the other artistic styles are just interesting brush strokes with pretty colors that don't cause the viewers to get much meaning out of the painting.
62 comments:
Mandi DeLaVergne
Period 6
I believe that Pop Art is an important aspect of modern art because it brings up issues of popular themes going on in the world today. It makes the mind think about why the artist chose to do that specific painting. Pop art is influenced off of popular art which I believe is important because people make decisions based off of popularity. That might not be the best thing ever, but it makes sense because people want to fit in. Pop art can go into many different ideas of what is going on today.
Social Realism may also be considered important because it is based off of politics and deals with issues in that area.
Overall the different aspects all have their different styles, and an important thing to notice is what the picture is trying to get across and why. The pictures all relate because there is some sort of expression throughout them, which are similar and different at the same time.
Bryttany Enge, Period 6
One aspect of the second art project that I think is especially important is Social Realism. Social Realism is the art that is influenced by politics. I think that Social Realism is a very important aspect because it allows the public to express how it feels about certain events at the time; this aspect of art is one form of the public’s freedom of speech. Different people require different ways to express themselves and it is therefore important to have various forms of expression available to people. Thus, the art of Social Realism is important.
Tess Opincarne
Period 6
I feel most strongly about the importance of Social Realism, but as the only other two comments address it, I think Expressionism is especially important to modern art. The main idea of expressionism is that the personal feeling of the piece and the artist are the most important. This is important because it introduced art that had a primary purpose of raising emotion in the viewer, which in my opinion is the most important reason to create art. Expressionism also brought extreme color palettes, with lots of bright and contrasting colors, which when used correctly, in my opinion, creates the most beautiful art.
Tia Bailey P.4
Superrealism: I believe that through superrealism we are able to kind of see what the world and lives of others can come to. In the Banksy art work he incorporates things that happen now that are of major importance with icon figures who created, oppose or support it. It makes all of those who see it take a second glance and really think about what he is trying to express.
Chris Hong Period 6
I think Pop Art is an important aspect of modern art. This is because pop art is created with arts that are familiar to many people. This leads to influencing our current culture and what is important now. Pop art also attracts people's attention a lot because people are interested in things they already know. Pop art is I think very important in modern art history becuase it represents what we are now.
I think that Conceptual Art is important to modern art because it makes you think about the meaning behind it and it is not just about seeing a pretty picture. That is really what art is about right? It is so people can express their ideas and opinions without using words. Conceptual art usually has a deeper meaning or another part of the picture that you can't see but if you think about it you can figure it out. Not like abstract or something where it is expressing an idea but no one understands the idea except the artist. That is why I think conceptual art is important because it has opened up my view of art because of the different pieces I looked at they have an underlying message to get across and I like that.
Gabe Gonzalez Period 2
Pop Art is an important aspect of modern art because of its impact in marketing and pop culture. This type of art is generally used to decorate labels, posters, packaging and other areas of advertisement to attract interest or attention to the product being sold. The bold and modern nature of Pop Art also keeps it up to date with current events, and it is often used to portray and express areas of pop culture. This could include works used in newspapers, music, on television etc.
I Think that Pop Art or Popular Art is an important part of modern art today worldwide and especially in America. Pop Art is important to modern Art because it has to deal with PopCulture and things that our popular in the present, making it an ever changing genre that will remain important to modern art worldwide.
Heather Thomas Period 2
I think that Pop art is important in modern art because it includes the most recent forms of art. Using well known products and building ideas from most recent topics brings out a different crowd. Also, Pop art will always be changing because it is all about what is most recent and well known therefore it will be around forever.
Heather Thomas Period 2
I think that Pop art is important in modern art because it includes the most recent forms of art. Using well known products and building ideas from most recent topics brings out a different crowd. Also, Pop art will always be changing because it is all about what is most recent and well known therefore it will be around forever.
An aspect of Art History part II that I think is very important to art as a whole is Surrealism. It is an art style that is commonly referenced and is very popular, especially the work of Salvador Dali. The concept of making a very imaginative and dreamlike view of a subject is interesting and is incorporated in many other art periods including Magical Realism (which seems to be a form of Surrealism). It is not a type of art that can be clearly distinguished to a time period but it is a unique and distinct style that is obvious from the other art forms when seen.
andrew song period 6
The music we listened to in class was really good. I thought the beat and melody was awesome and really upbeat. I think the performance will be fun and quite an experience. Hopefully the weather will be better this time and maybe this time i wont be late. :]
Regan McComb period 6
I agree with what what most people are saying in that Pop Art and Social Realism are the most important aspects of modern art because it has to do with the people and things that we see everyday as well as what is popular at a certain time. It is probably the easiest to recognize as well as the most popular art period because people enjoy looking at things that are important in culture. Social Realism is also important because it sends a political message and people will always be interested in art and it's different that they incorporate politics into paintings and other types of art.
Bergen Anderson per. 2
I think that one of the most important art movements to modern art is abstract art. The term abstract is used very loosely to describe many art pieces today. Abstract art is such a new concept at its time because it isn't realistic. The composition doesn't reflect recognizable scenes or objects and this was a new idea that strayed from previous art movements. It is also an art movement that is still continued today and will always be around and influential.
Sara McCallum
Period 6
I believe that cubism is important to modern art. Cubism rejected the idea that art should depict a single viewpoint. It makes the viewer think of the idea of the object rather than view the actual object. This aspect of art brought about futurism and can be seen throughout the art periods that followed cubism. Cubism helped make the aspect of art called op art, or optical art, possible.
Christin Thrane
Period 4
I think Conceptual art is one of the most periods to modern art as it is today. The artists in this period deliberately made their work look uninteresting so people would be forced to think of the message they were trying to tell instead of the esthetical part alone. This way of thinking of art is very different from what had been before, and revolutionized the general idea of art. It was important for modern art because it lead the way for other, more extreme forms, like installation art.
Leticia Lopez Period 4
Dada is the most important i think. because its grandfathered so much different other movements like pop art and modern art. Dada gave art no meaning which in turn gave it meaning. crazy. like Dada allowed people to do thing that no one ever thought was allowed, even though Dada is kinda idk weird, its cool because itkind of gave everyone a chance to say that they were artists in their own rights and allowed people more freedom in what they did. It was a weird way to protest art by doing art but its mad cool, even though i dont relly like it lol. Peace.
Michelle Le
Period 2
In class we listened to the "Take Five" in preparation for the ballet. It is very jazzy and includes many patterns. The main melody is played on throughout the piece. It wasn't classical music, and so the dancers in the ballet will not be doing classical ballet, but a more contemporary form of dance. The choreography might even include patterns like the music does. I can tell that there is also going to be fast footwork because of the upbeat tempo of "Take Five."
Shae Hurst
Period 6
In Art History Part II I thought that Cubism was one of the coolest movements. I really liked how artists during this time were more interested in showing subjects from many different angles at once. Cubism has a mathematical approach to art and I really appreciated that. Objects aren’t always as they seem and the ability of painters to incorporate many different viewpoints into one painting was a new development in art. Cubism was an important movement because it was one of the first movements not to portray reality as it looked to the naked eye. Cubism however was unlike abstract art and expressionism because it still concentrated on the physical appearance of art and not any emotional connection the painter had with the subject. Cubism was a spin off on traditional art because it tried to show many viewpoints at once, but it still portrayed some bits of reality. This made cubism a very important movement in the art world because it was like a transition between the imagination and reality. Even though most cubist paintings don’t look real at all, they still show many aspects of reality.
Preston Longoni Period 4
I personally liked the music we listened to Friday. I usually don't like too much jazz but i really got into what we were listining to. I was really confused as to how to draw what I saw in the music at first, but then I figured it out and it was easy to do. Now I can understand how the abstract painting liked to the jazz music, mainly because when I was done I had my own abstract art haha. I liked how different instruments would come and go, but there was always generally the same rhythm it seemed.
Mackenzie Engel
Period 6
The first time that we listened to the music for the upcoming performance we are going to attend I was not engaged whatsoever and found the music somewhat repetitive. I think it was just difficult to focus on such a long piece and by the end we all just wanted it to be over and hadn't taken anything from the experience. What really helped the whole situation was the drawing exercise we did on Friday. During it we only had to pay attention to only the music of the moment and because we were all occupied with not only listening but drawing what we heard, I think I came to understand the music better. I also felt like the comparison of Kadinsky's art with music in general was extremely fitting because often when I am listening to music I will picture the music in my head somewhat like Kandinsky's work and all the the drawings we did as a class.
Matt MacDougal
Per 2
I think that the most important aspect of art history part 2 is cubism. I believe this because it founded most of the most famous artists. Also I think it really gave the art currently a sense of unrealism. This tells artists now days that not all of the paintings we do now have to be conpletely serious but they can be just unrealistic drawings of thoughts
Andrew Pilgrim Period 4
I think that surrealism is a very important and interesting aspect of modern art because it allows artists to introduce bizarre ideas and scenes throught their art. The artists do not have to try to be realistic in their works because the subjects are generally bizarre and even dreamlike. Dali's clocks for example show the melting clocks in different landscapes and don't have a particular message like political art, but still use abstract subjects to create a sense of wonder. These paintings generally do have a lot of detail, especially Dali's clocks which look very realistic for being so bizarre, which shows the solid art fundamentals that the artists have despite their odd subjects. I think that the surrealism movement influenced many of the later art movements with its ideas about subject and style and is a very important part of modern art.
andy wolfe period 2
i think that the music we have been listening to in class was really good. it was really the first music that i have enjoyed and wanted to listen to again i think. it is so upbeat and just overall fun music. when i hear it it makes me want to get up and dance to it, and i really enjoy music like that. i am very excited for the ballet and whenever i listen to then music i imagine what it is going to be like and i get even more excited, so hopefully it will be what i imagined it to be and i wont be disappointed, which i think it will be.
Stephanie Bateman period 2
I love jazz music and always have, so when we got to listen to it on Friday I was pretty excited. My dad is a big jazz guy and has been playing the sax since highschool so I'm pretty familiar with jazz. My favorite part is the beggining piano and the ending piano because well piano is my favorite instrament. I love how many changes there were from stage to stage each was so different yet blended so well. For my drawing I drew all the different instruments I head. Anyway, i'm excited that we'll get to do more on this and hopefully other people with appriciate it like i do.
Kaiti Staup Period 4
I thought that the music that we listened to in class was fairly entertaining. The activity that we did in class while we were listening to the song helped me to dissect each part of the piece and find all of the themes and patterns throughout the song. Im excited to hear the remaining songs and also to see how the performers at the ballet interpret the music.
Ryan De La Riva
P-2
I think that Pop art is important to the modern art feild because it is a form of art that we see every day. And I believe that this form has an effect on the way we see and interperit things. Also I think that pop art has an effect on how we buy things and how we think about products. This is why I believe that pop art is the most important, because it affects us even when we don’t think I does.
Kenny Exelby Period 4
In class we listened to a improvised version of the jazz hit "Take Five". This was a very interesting piece of music because even though there were basic patterns to the music, but a majority of the time the music was improvised. This basically means that the musicians play music together without knowing what the other person is going to do ahead of time, they make up the riffs on the spot. It was very entertaining to listen to how each person played their instrument and how it all complimented each other when it was put together.
Jordan Adam Per. 4
I really enjoyed listening to that Jazz piece in class the other day. The musicianship displayed in the track was impressive, and the upbeat mood made it far more enjoyable to listen to than opera tracks from Elektra, etc. What I enjoyed the most however was the element of improvisation included in the piece. Being a part of the WHS Improv Team has given me an appreciation for how difficult improvising art is, and that there were people doing that with music intrigued me. If that sort of improv is at all common in jazz I should listen to a lot more of it. I’m hoping that there will be improvised segments in the jazz-centered performances we’ll be attending, especially if there is dance involved. Watching an professionally improvised jazz dance show would be incredible. Please tell me it'll happen Schindler.
Montana Ferris / Period 2
Although Surrealism began in the early 1920s, it helped shape what we today envision as modern art. It developed from Dada and then spread around the globe, eventually affecting the visual arts, literature, film, and music, of many countries and languages, as well as political thought and practice, and philosophy, even social theory. Many significant literary movements in the later half of the 20th century were directly or indirectly influenced by Surrealism.
Megan Lowry, period 2
I think that abstract art is the most important of all modern art movements. This is becuase it uses the same set of ideals as most other movements. It ignoresthe previous 'rules' of art, and instead tries to do more than simply copy nature. Abstract art also tries to express an emotion in its ultimate shape, which is kind of the same idea as cubism and other movements- making art about feeling rather than image. Abstract art influenced many different movements, and thats why i think its the most important.
Jinny Kim p.4
I think "pop art" is the most important to modern art, because specially, pop art deal with popular things so it attracts people's attention. Also I believe that pop art leads the culture. After days, we would know what was the popular in that time with pop arts. It could be the textbook of culture of history.
I think that the most important art period to modern art is conceptual art. I think this because it really makes you stop and think about the meaning of the picture. It is like, with most art, you see it and get it all, but with the conceptual art you have to actually think about it and it opens up your views more, and then you can really understand the artists message that he or she is trying to show people in his/her art.
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Chanelle Herrera, period 4
Clayton Butler
Period 2
I think that the most important art movement in our art history project had to be abstract expressionism, this is because it was the first major art movement that Americas came up with on their own and did not follow Europes lead and we created our own kind of art movement. This showed the world that people did not need to follow the lead of Europe and can just come up with their own kind of art, as long as they can explain it to the critics. This is why I think Abstract Expressionism is the most important art movement from our Art History Part II.
Sam Bellefeuille
Period 6
I am going to reflect on the music that we listened to in class on friday. the music was really upbeat and actually interesting to listen to. There was one part though in the song that really confused me, it sounded like a 5 year old was banging on the piano. In the picture we were asked to make in class was a really fun experience, but when that part with the piano came on, i grabbed my black pen and drew dark lines on my paper that were meant to represent that part. More about the picture that we got to draw, i felt it made me pay more attention to what was going on in the music and it helped me put the music into something visual to maybe understand it more. Overall the music was fun upbeat and interesting. probably the best in class music so far.
Sam Franklin Per. 6
I really enjoyed listening to Take Five in class. The piece gives me an image of the musical notes floating kind of like waves. its interesting the way the music flows up and down and seems to build on itself as it progresses.
Alyssa De Hoop Period 4
I feel that Cubism is an important aspect of modern art because it was the first movement that was so radical and different from the art before it. Instead of showing a painting from a single, fixed viewpoint, it focused many other different aspects at the same time. It represented more than just one way to view an object. Also instead of drawing something you see, this movement used cubes and geometric shapes to break up objects. This movement was radical and abstract and I think it helped artists to approach art in new and different ways.
Alex Garcia
Period 6
Listening to "Take Five" in class was an activity that I really enjoyed. While we listened to the music I was able to focus deeply on abstract thought instead of hearing the repetitiveness of the instrumentals and the main "chorus" of the song. I also enjoyed the activity in which we were instructed to "draw" our visual interpretation of the music and it helped me to picture how the dance could have been performed at different portions of the song and create a new perspective regarding a colorful song.
Megan Pinzon
Period 4
Impressionism is what I think is the most important to modern art. The impressionistic period was the first to leave the completely realistic category. Before impressionism everything made sense, everything painted was right before them or meant to look like it was happening right before them. The art periods before this were just growing and playing off of each other, impressionism came out of nowhere as something completely different. It wasn't just the subjects that changed, but the style.
Joel Maltos
Period 4
I really enjoyed the music we listened to in class, and the activity we did with it. At first, I thought the activity we did was kind of lame, but then I found myself getting really into it with my drawing. The music is my favorite music that we have heard so far during the year, and i look forward to going to the ballet. I hope we do another activity like we did in class with drawing pictures to the music because it was pretty fun.
Andrew Kemis Period 6
"Take Five" was an interesting however not expected piece of music in my opinion. Being music that is from a ballet we are planning on seeing, I envisioned the piece slow and smooth with the gradual rise and fall of notes. The music we listened to surprised me, with its fast pace, repeative beats, and anything but the old style waltzing dance music I pictured it to be. The exercise of drawing what we saw was by far the best thing we could have done both to listen to the music and keep the class focused. People including myself found it challenging to draw because of the quick nature of the music but also found themselves drawing the same kinds of things due to the repeating of the instrumentals. Ands to think this was one piece out of many that are in the ballet! I am sure this will be much more enjoyable than the last piece. :)
Stuart Dransfield
Period 4
In my opinion abstract art is very important to modern art. When people first saw abstract art they realized that maybe not every painting has to be of an everyday object or person. People also saw that art could be a piece of wood nailed to the wall. I think that abstract art widened peoples horizons when it came to what art could be. This is good for modern art because there are a lot of modern art pieces that have a very symplistic form that is derived straight from abstract art.
Brendan Cox
Period 2
I believe that one of the most important art movements in our art part 2 projects was abstract expressionism. This is because it was the first major art movement that America created with no european influence. It showed everyone else that america could create their own unique art without having to use europes examples. That is why Abstract Expressionism, in my opinion, is one of the most important art movements from our Art history projects.
Sarah Jane Elliott
Period 2
Probably now the most important aspect to modern art that we've studied is Postmodern Art. I believe this is a very important part of Art History because it's paving a new way for different kinds of art. This form was mean to break all the rules originally made and by doing this new art forms will be created. Also the form is so different because it's reacting to other art forms previously created. There is a chain of reaction against art since it began, and I believe that this will be a new form to have a reaction to it.
phillip foshee
period 6
I think that pop art is by far the most important art period in mondern art. The reason that i think this is becuase all of this art work relates to modern day society. One of the cool things about modern art is that some of the art work is actually used as the artwork on packageing in the grocery store. Forenstance campbell soup cans are a good example of pop art pictures.
Cristina Rice
Period 2
I really like the music we listened to on Friday. It made me feel really happy and want to get up and dance. I think it's cool that it's one long song but it's now the same thing over and over again. They had the same sort of rhythm about three or four times, but it would keep changing about every minute. By listening to this music I can see why you could create a art painting. I just directs you hand and every different makes it do a different thing. I like that kind of music a lot and people should listen to it when they're not happy. Also it would be really fun to do a ballet with the music because you can do anything and they all look so intune with the music. I am excited to see the ballet.
Nathan Zimmerman, Per. 6
Many of the periods in what we know as modern art are important to the development of each following period. In my opinion Fauvism is an important period in the development of many later periods in modern art because of its use of color. The way fauvistic artists used non-naturalistic colors to depict landscape scenes sometimes felt surreal. Furthermore, this idea of misrepresentation is a theme that grows into cubism surrealism, magical realism and others. So overall, the theme of Fauvism contributed a great deal to modern art in a short period of time.
Melissa Nimon
Period 2
Cubism was an important part of modern art because it was a movement that caused artists to have to depict several veiwpoints of a subject in one painting, therefor breaking down the apparent reality of an object. In art the main point about it is that they are depicting some kind of story through their work in a unique way that seperates them from the crowd; cubism did just that. The artists who succeeded in this particular movement were for the most part brilliant in many other styles as well, making it my favorite part of modern art.
Dathan Bauman
per.2
a lot of the music from the ballet is famous and I recognized it from other plays or movies. This will be my first ballet so I'm not sure what it will be like.
I have seen west side stories so I hope i can remember what music pieces that the ballet will be using. Overall i didn't know what to draw when we listened to the music in class.
Kayla Aldridge
Period 6
I really enjoyed the music we listen to and the activity we did on Friday. The music was very upbeat and different from previous music we have listened to, I didn't find it nearly as boring. I didn't really take the drawing activity seriously however I noticed it did make me focus and try and understand the music much more as well as visualize how the dancers could interpret the music. I'm really looking forward to the ballet.
Brendan Connor
Per. 4
Social Realism will soon be the most influential on modern art. This is mostly because of the modern economic downturn. Social Realism will be used to show the detrimental effect that America's lasse-fair attitude on the economy. I predict that the extremely left-wing will use social realism to inspire a nationalization of the economy.
Talia Cowan per 6
i believe it was "Take Five" that we listened to in class the other day. The music itself seems organized in a disorganized way (doesn't sound right but makes sense to me at least). starting with the main motif and then going from one soloist to another, giving their own twists to the line, and then ending with the motif again is cool, and sounds alright, but some of the solos seem just tossed together, like flinging paint on a canvas. It sounds kind of cool, but sometimes just rubs you wrong. It will be interesting to see what the choreographer has planned out to go along with the music.
I think that abstract art is important to modern art because of how influential it is. There are a lot more abstract piece that i see and also enjoy than any other period. A piece can start off with an idea and end up totally being abstract or with an abstract idea. It doesnt seem to me like there would be art without abstract.
Mike Smolkowski Per 4
One aspect of Art History Part II that I think is importnant to modern art is surrealsim. Surrealism is my favorite but that is not why I chose it as an importnat part of Modern art. I think that it is importnat because it allows the artist to show whats actually going on in his or her head. Also it allows them to introduce new ideas and paint them how they think they are in their "Dream world". PAinting things like they did let the artists do what they want with out an importance of looking realistic or how the actual thing is supposed to look like.
Zoe Thiemann Period 6
The music we listened to in class, "Take Five", was very upbeat and jazzy. Drawing and putting how the music felt down on paper while listening to the music really made it easier to take in and think about the music more. I'm interested to see how Take Five will be in a ballet. When we were told this was the music that was in the ballet I was a little suprised because i was expecting more classical elegant music. The ballet will most likely be very fast pased and the ballerina's feet are going to need to be very quick. I imagine take five to be more in a tap recital.
Spencer asavadejkajorn. Period 4
I think one of the main aspects of our art history part two project is surrealism. It helped shape modern art into what it is today because it showed that you can do anything. They showed what it is like to put our subconcious thoughts down onto imagery. It helped open everyones minds to new ideas for their art.
Evan Norris
Per. 6
Surrealism was an important movement in art history for many reasons, it began after dada in the first world war. Artists and writers regarded their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artifact. In definition, surrealism means to express the real functioning of thought, the dictation of thought in the absence of all control exercised by reason, outside of all aesthetic and moral preoccupation. As a visual movement, Surrealists had found a method: to expose psychological truth by stripping ordinary objects of their normal significance, in order to create a compelling image that was beyond ordinary formal organization, in order to evoke empathy from the viewer. The artwork showed supression of the conscience over the subconscious and made their meanings to be deciphered through analysis.
Karin Ochsner period 4
I believe that Expressionism is a very important era. Expressionism uses personal feelings and i believe that is the bases of all art. If you look at each era it uses personal feelings. For an example, Social Realism uses politics. But not only does it use politics but the feelings and opinions of the issues. That is what makes up each piece of art. Without feeling the art piece would have not been created cause no ideas would have been used.
Selena Swaim, per. 2
I believe the most important art movement of part II is conceptual art. It is important to modern art because it makes the viewer search for a deeper meaning to what is being seen. Conceptual art raises a lot of new ways of thinking, allowing the artist to get across their thoughts and ideas in more meaningful ways. Many of the other artistic styles are just interesting brush strokes with pretty colors that don't cause the viewers to get much meaning out of the painting.
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