DAILY+ART+ACTIVITIES+II

=Tuesday, December 20, 2011= Marcel Duchamp Born1887, Died1968 (age 81) Associated art movements: Dada, Appropriation, Surrealism, Cubism

__Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2__ Variation of Cubism Impression of motion by using repetitive imagery Fascination with transition, change, movement and distance. Intrigued with the concept of depicting a "Fourth Dimension" in art. Depicts the mechanistic motion of a nude, similar to motion pictures. It shows elements Cubists adn Futurists

__Fountain__ Duchamp challenged conventional thought about artistic processes Dada = "anti-art" The [|Society of Independent Artists] hosted anexhibit in 1917. Artworks in the Independent Artists shows were not selected by jury, and all pieces submitted were displayed. However, the show committee insisted that //Fountain// was not art, and rejected it from the show. This caused an uproar amongst the Dadaists, and led Duchamp to resign from the board of the Independent Artists __LHOOQ__ The name of the piece, //L.H.O.O.Q.// since the letters when pronounced in French form the sentence "Elle a chaud au cul", which can be translated as "She has a hot butt," or alternatively "there is fire down below." Is an attack on the iconic Mona Lisa and traditional art, thus promoting the Dada ideals. Challenged and established art conventions as well as show the audience to put aside what they had thought before and look at something with a completely different perspective. = = =Thursday, December 15, 2011= Paul Gauguin = = Born 1848, Died 1903 = = His personal style and expermintation led to the //Synthetist// style of modern art. = = Originally from France, but his family moved to Peru while he was an infant. = = He served in the French Navy and was stationed in the Caribbean. = = He got married to Mette-Sophie Gad (a Danish woman) in 1873. They had 5 kids together. = = They lived in Denmark, though he could not speak Danish. 11 years after marriage, Gauguin's family thought it best that he leave them and return to France. = = In Paris, he was good friends with Vincent vanGogh. = = Gauguin was often depression and attempted suicide one time. = =

= = Gauguin left the "civilized world" for Tahiti. = = After this time, Most all of his artwork depicts Tahitian life and natives. = = While in Tahiti, he fathered at least 3 more children with different women. = = He ran into legal trouble while in Tahiti as well as phisical ailments. He was sentenced to jail time and had an unhealed injury. Due to a combination og factors, including heartattack and morphene, Gauguin died at the age of 54 before starting his prison sentence. = = =‍Gauguin Artwork= = =

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= = = = = Tuesday, December 13, 2011 = Check out these momentary sculptures: [] = = =Monday, December 12, 2011= The following images were created with the site thisissand.com

Review the shortcuts below and try your hand at creating a masterpiece using [|thisissand.com]. Discuss your experience.
= = =Friday, December 9, 2011= Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Francisco Goya) Born 1746 Died 1828

Saturn (also known as Cronus) was a Titan who rulled during the Golden Age in Ancient Greek Times. Saturn learned from Gaia and Uranus (his parents) that he was destined to be overthrown by his own sons, just as Saturn had overthrown his father. He and his wife Rhea (who also happens to be his sister) produced several children: Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades and Poseidon. Saturn ate them all as soon as they were born, to prevent the prophecy. Rhea was to have another child, the sixth. Rhea and Gaia devised a plan to save the child and to eventually get retribution on Cronus for his acts against his father and children. Zues was the sixth child. Rhea secretly gave birth to Zeus in //Crete//, and handed Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, also known as the //Omphalos Stone//, which he promptly swallowed, thinking that it was his son. media type="custom" key="11620244"
 * Saturn Devouring His Son (c1819-1823) **

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Respond to the work of Alexa Meade. media type="youtube" key="BnZks0BCCiw" height="315" width="560"

Play with [|Flurrious], another digital snowflake making site.

Write a paragraph comparing/contrasting Flurrious with yesterday's snowflake site.

Monday, December 5, 2011
Experiment with the following snowflake site: [] Then create a real paper snowflake, using what you have learned, to be displayed at Leppinks. Don't forget to put you name on it (and throw out your scraps).