eMs: December 2011

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

The Frick report

The Cup of Coffee is a college and drawing made by Pablo Picasso. Picasso cut out pieces of commercially product of wallpaper and black collared drawing paper to represent different parts of the foreground and background of this art piece. In addition, P. Picasso drow some elements that make the final artwork look real and tridimensional. In the final artwork, we can appreciate a representation of silly life.

I really love this particular artwork, it is very unique. Each time I see it, I can imagine my life as every morning when I woke up and go to the kitchen and drink a cup of coffee. The originality of this brings me the sensation that Picasso’s imagination does not have limit and he can made from one common life situation a really wonderful piece of art.

Citation:

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) The Cup of Coffee, spring 1913 Papier collé with charcoal and white chalk 23 13/16 x 13 3/4 inches National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon © 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Blog Post #8 - Reflection on Paired Course - Art and Academic ESL

Taking ESL099 and the Intro to Art course (HUA101) together helps me to improve in many skills. Improving my grammar, learning new vocabulary, developing my writing abilities and understanding many chapters in the book are things that I do in ESL099 and I re-force in HUA101 by writing my museum reports and by taking classes notes. It is the best thing for non-native English speaker can do. Taking a pair curse help to learn the language and to improve your knowledge in the other class.

The Cloisters Assignment

In the book “Preble’s’ Artforms”, the author Patrick Frank in chapter 12 about Architecture discusses some of the differences of a round arc compare with pointed arch, and Some of the method that architect use to design a building. Last time I went to the cloisters museum I saw a lot of beautiful pieces of the most memorable art period the Renaissance. Different types of arch, many stain glasses, some paintings and many sculptures, which are representation of the life of Jesus.These art pieces are amazing and have a religious meaning. However, I feel a special attraction when I carefully saw the Narbonne Arch.

The Narbonne Arch was made with seven marble carving stones blocks decorate with eight real and magic animals. Six of the marble stones blocks have one of mythical animals in each one, the keystone has two of the mythical animal. The names of each mythical animals in each of the block from left to right are sphinix, Cockatrix, phoenix, harpy, griffin, basilisk, centaur, and manticore. “ These are all animals familiar from medieval bestiaries: texts compiled in twelfth centaury describing such creatures and explaining their moral and religious associations”.

My first impression with this arch was like magic I was thinking about how people could use their imagination to create these wonderful creatures. I think about mutation, if some day science can reproduce one of these magic animals.

In conclusion this arch is one of the greatest thing I never seen, each block make the arch so original. Different from others that they don’t have carving stone block, they are simple.

Citation

"Narbonne Arch [French] (22.58.1)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/22.58.1 (October 2006)