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Joseph Besaw
My thoughts on the first attachment posters are that Photography Art can be either very beautiful or very plain. The outdoor ones are easiest to judge. Though the artist captures the animals he catches some them doing nothing? Seeing the animal in action and in good quality is what makes a good picture.
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The next attachment goes to the hand painting artwork from Jeff Wilkie. I find his paintings of the ocean scenery to be very detailed and colorful, which makes them good paintings. Though Wilkies art is limited he makes the Dolphin look like a magnificent creature.
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Attachment number three is on Larson Douglas. A carving/sculpting artist who really has some nice sculptures but the one that caught my eye was the eagle walking stick. Reminds me of one of my grandfathers carvings. His other sculptures are well I'd have to say unique.
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Graffiti, the art form that I will presenting to the class. These guys make these walls look amazing. Seeing the creativity of the individuals makes you wonder how they made it look so clean and clear. The graffiti style of font looks great see it used quite often.
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The CG Art Work Graphics amazes the eye as you look deeper into the wallpaper. The creatures and skulls that fill these pictures have some emotion put into them. Looking at these takes you to an imaginary state of mind, not the art of real life but it makes you want to go with it and fight that dragon or climb the castle.
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Andy Warhol is an older artist who's prints I found interesting. Some of them the same with different backgrounds but as long as it pleases my eyes its nice artwork.
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The Celtic art form of design, new to me but have some nice designs. I think I could get lost in the Art seeing how most of them look like mazes.
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Cassius Coolidge, the man that paints the poker playing dogs. One of my grandfathers had a huge piece of art work by this guy. As a boy looking at it and now looking at all the others he made put me at an aw. This guy probably has a desire for dogs just as much as he does for paintings.
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Steven R. Kozar is famous for his oil paintings. Looking at one of the baby sheep I thought it was a picture. This guys talented when it comes to oil painting. Most of them look like photographs, puts you in the wild.
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Scratch board drawings looks nice but also a little difficult. I did one in High School with a glittery background, didn't turnout like those ones but it was fun. Put time in effort into it though you should come out with a decent piece of work.
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Oleg Stavrowsky has some nice paintings of the old western scenery personally I struggle with horses so old western may not be for me. Since I cant draw the horse they look great in the pictures. The dust in the picture with the bear in the horse looks really good, Olegs work impressive.
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Ancient Roman sculptures from long ago look fairly decent my favorite would have to be the Aphrodite sculpture. The head sculptures must mean something, that man must of did something heroic long ago and they have someone build a statue for him. To be the one to make that guys Head Sculpture must hold pride in his work.
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Chester Comstock does really nice work the birds. The black eagle towards the bottom looks brilliant. I plan on doing a sketch of it.
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These Alaskan sculptures have their own, taste to them like there animals are strong. Strong in the with the conditions of the weather. Which gives the art work a little more kick to it for being proud and strong animals. Long ago Alaskans would were doing the same pieces of work, so its like this art work is apart of their culture and heritage. Great sculptures.
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Very interesting type of art here, if you look at the four pictures on the attachment the picture in the bottom right has a lot of mixture of colors. Nice blending with the purple. Wouldn't be hard to do a project such as this just need a little imagination.
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Esma Pacal Turam a Turkish woman who's art to me looks pretty, bold? It's like the art looks nice but it's kind of plain. With what little she got in her projects, the items that are in the project sort of stick out and you can really see what's happening.
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Paper Sculptures such as these ones look amazing. A lot of time and effort must of had to go into it. The detail on these chandeliers are great. I didn't know you could make such things out of paper. Very nice though and would like to try.
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Joan Miros work personally I don't like. I am not going to say his art is bad but you wouldn't find me trying to buy his work. Art to this guy might be a way that he expresses himself so more power to you Joan Miros.
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Jasper Johns work I like. Some of his artwork I found myself kinda wondering aimlessly into the picture. Lot of things to look at in his pictures, to me his art works.
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Toothpick Art I didn't even know existed until this project. The detail this guy puts into this toothpick art is brilliant. If I could, I would most definitely but it looks like you have to be so precise it could put you in a twirl if you brake a few.
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 Types of art
 · The word Fauvism comes from the French word “les fauves” meaning wild beasts  · The first public exhibition was in 1905  · Fauvism was a new bold approach to art in that time period, many wild colors were used and paintings were some what distorted. [|http://www.huntfor.com/ arthistory/C20th/fauvism.htm]  My opinion  I like the idea of fauvism. The way they did something bold and new and a little rebellious, but I don’t like how it is distorted and how some of the colors go together.   · Art that is “installed” or arranged in a place either indoors or outside  · The term “installation art” wasn’t used unlit the 1970’s but form of installation art have been around sense around the 1910’s  · Installation art can be made out of pretty much anything and can be permanent or temporary [|http://encarta.msn.com/ encyclopedia_761587538/ installation_art.html] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> My opinion <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Installation art is one of my favorite art forms because it has the potential to have so much meaning behind it or it can be just comical and fun and interesting to look at. The only thing I really don’t like about it is that it can not always be permanently preserved, especially if it is outdoors. I think it is sad that to lose such aw inspiring art work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Surrealism, to me, is a dreamlike form of art that is closely related to abstract art <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Tristan Tzara was a leader in the movement of surreal art, he started to create what he called anti-art (meant to be ugly art) because he was mad at how our society had become. This was during the end of WWI <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> His plan to offend the industrial word backfired and had the opposite effect and became very popular rather quickly [|http://www.gosurreal.com/ history.htm] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> My opinion <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I like surrealism better than I like some abstract works because it is very similar but yet it is a tad bit more realistic and it has a dreamy look to it but you can still tell what it is. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Pop art first became known in Britain in the 1950s <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Became vary popular in the 1960s along with the pop music of that era <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Pop art is often just a copy of everyday objects [|http://www.biddingtons.com/ content/pedigreepop.html] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> My opinion <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I think that the subject matter of the art is important and half of all the pop art is to plane and generic for me. To me it is not original enough and I am not a huge fan of it. There is only a few pieces that I like. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> · Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque were the two pioneers of cubism <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Cubism is that method of making figures in paintings using geometric shapes <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Cubism is more commonly used in paintings but in the twentieth century it has become an influence and used in sculpture and architecture <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [|http://www.metmuseum.org/ TOAH/HD/cube/hd_cube.htm] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> My opinion <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I personally don’t like cubism much at all. I think it is too flat and it is just not that pretty to me, and that’s about all I have to say about it is just that I don’t like it. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> My opinion <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> It is supposed to be more intense by being more plane and simple, that just sounds like an oxymoron to me. However I do like minimalism, I think that there is a calming beauty in its simplicity.
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Fauvism **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Installation Art **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Surrealism **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Pop art **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Cubism **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Minimalism **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Minimalism is a vary simple for of art with little or no personal expression
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> It is meant to be more intense with less distractions
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> It didn’t become well known until the 1950s but similar works were found as early as the 18th century
 * [|http://www.artcyclopedia.com/ history/minimalism.html]**
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Art Deco **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Art deco has influenced many types of art other than architecture
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Became popular between the 1920s and late 1930s
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Themes are often based on Greek and Roman, Egyptian and Mayan influences

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__<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> My opinion

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> I think that architecture is an amazing thing. Its fun to look at old buildings and wonder how it was posible to make that without today's high tec. devices


 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Color Field Painting **__
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> __Color Field Painting is a form of abstract art were colors with similar value are used (cool colors with other shades of cool colors, ect)__
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> __Color field painting first emerged after WWII by American and European artist that were experimenting with abstract art in New York__
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> __some important color field painters include Helen Frankenthaler, Barnett Newman, Morris Louis, Jules Olitski, and Mark Rothko__

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My opinion

It depends what kind of mood I'm in whether or not I like color field paintings. Sometimes it bothers me how flat they are and other times I just like to get lost in the colors.


 * Photorealism **__
 * __Paintings of real photos that have been taken, meant to look like that real thing.__
 * __light is used alot in this style__
 * __started in the late 1960s and early 1970s__

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My opinion

It takes a lot of talent to fool the human eye into seeing a real photo instead of a painting, I know I would never be able to do that and I only wish I could used light in my paintings that way.

**Regionalism** __ __My opinion__
 * __The regionalism movement started during the great depression when America's people were hopeless and the artist wanted to show them that there was still beautiful things in the world__
 * __Some painters chose to paint the hardships that our nations people were going through__
 * __Other painters painted hopeful paintings of the US pulling out of the great depression__

__ This was a difficult style to find info on, maybe I wasn't looking in the right place but what info I did find on it I enjoyed reading about and I think its a great thing that they used such a hard time in American history to get inspiration and move forward

He was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912 and died in 1956 in a car crash. His real first name is Paul and he started going by his middle name Jackson after going to New York in 1930. I think his work is beautiful, allot of non-art people would say "oh I can do that, splatter paint around and call it art" but I think it is a lot harder than it looks and I love the textures in his work. I think its sad that he died so young. She was born in 1946 in Quincy, Massachusetts and has been a Professor of art since 1973 first in Connecticut and then New Jersey. She is one of my personal favorites, I think her work is unek because some of her pieces look funny and comical, others look sad, some even look a bit creepy but they all have great meaning to them. Also I like her use of mixed media. He was born in 1958 in pennsylvania, and enjoyed drawing at an early age. He works primarily in graffiti. I think that graffiti is art not vandalism. it only becomes vandalism when people do it for no purpose, they just make trite symbols. His work looks to me to have a cartoonyness about it. and yet its so different. I don't know why but I really like it, I would never buy it for my home but I enjoy looking at it. Andy goldsworthy is interesting because the only materials he used is whatever he finds in nature, (sticks, leaves, rocks, ice, sand) he creates his sculptures and takes a picture after he is done. This guy is insane! He will literally wear his fingers raw or freeze them like popsicles to make his art, but it is beautiful and amazing how he does it. Again I must say its just sad that his work cannot be preserved for people to view in person rather than just in pictures. Jaune **Quick-to-see Smith** She was born in 1940 and grow up in montana on the flathead reservation, she became an artised in her 30s and was making a living off her paintings before she ever went to school for art. Once again I love this artists work, I do not think she would have done as well if she had not grown up in this time period. I think her work is a lot stronger because of this and she has both influence from her heritage and from the developing society of the 20th century. He lived from 1834-1917 and was an impressionist. He had such a huge collection of art that he considered starting his own private museum witch was auctioned off a year after his death. His paintings don't seem to have allot of meaning to them other than they are just beautiful to look at. He has a certain grace and calming flow to many of his paintings. This is probably do to a majority of his painting being of ballerinas and dancers. He was first a commercial illustrator and then later Andy Warhol became a pop artist and he is probably most well known for his portrait of Marilyn Monroe. I personally am not a big fan of pop art. I'm sure it serves its purpose but its just not for me. Its not that pretty and to me it is not that creative. This artist was born in Wisconsin in 1887. She had decided by the 8th grade that she wanted to be an artist. She paints a lot of flowers. I like her work but if it was me I think i would get bored painting the same thing all the time. Its cool to know that she is from wisconsin just like us and that she was so successful as an artist.__
 * Artists**
 * Jackson Pollack**
 * Sandy Skoglund**
 * Keith Haring**
 * Andy GoldsWorthy**
 * Edgar Degas**
 * Andy Warhol**
 * Georgia O'Keeffe**

__Types of Art:__
__1. Still Life could be anything that is set in place, such as flowers, a room, a picture of an event in the past, or a person posing for the artist. 2. Naturalistic art looks as it appears in reality, imitating nature or the usual natural surroundings. 3. Conceptual art is interesting in that there is more to it than meets the eye. The ideas of conceptual art take precedence over the materialistic or actual views. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_art 4. Architecture is more than just building structures. It is a fascinating art. One must really use their imagination to create a place of beauty and interest such as the Sydney Oprah House and the Taj Mahal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture 5. Collage art is made from an assemblage of different items to make a whole work of art. Collage art can be made in various mediums such as paper, photos, fabric, magazines, newspapers, and ribbons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collage 6. Portraits (People) of stories about Gods and Heroes are extremely captivating to me. They are interesting and an effective way to teach about history, myths, culture, religion, fertility, and death. http://www.canleyvale.hs.education.nsw.gov.au/Winning%20websites/art/toa.htm 7. Graffiti is often portrayed as crime and vandalism. I disagree! Graffiti is a way of the artists expressing themselves. It often depicts the grim reality of life in poor neighborhoods, but not always! It is not always pretty, but what art is? I love it! http://www.ccd.rpi.edu/Eglash/csdt/subcult/grafitti/culture/Graffiti_History.html 8. Beadwork is a historical and cultural form of art in Native American Tribes. There are many styles and different cultural meanings. Native American beadwork artists bead for Pow-wows, family, and even as a source of income. It is a beautiful art! 9. Woodwork is a beautiful and timeless art. My Dad (Orlin Webster) makes many beautiful things out of wood. He makes them himself from scratch. He cuts the pieces, sands the wood, carves designs in them, paints, and finishes them in his own basement. He makes tables, shelves, wall hangings, doghouses, and cradle boards. I love going to visit him to see what new creation he is working on. 10. Silk Screen is a form of art using screen printing techniques in which a design is printed on paper or fabric. [|http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=What Is Silk Screening&FORM=QSRE7]__

__Artists:__
__1. Robert Chunn is a famous Still Life Artist who graduated with a BFA from the San Francisco Academy of Art. He paints objects that capture his interest. He is a full time artist. http://www.artquotes.net/artists/chunn/artist-statement.htm 2. J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) was a famous English Romantic Landscape Artist. He studied the science of light and color. He was known as ‘the painter of light’. He has many beautiful water color paintings such as Watercolours of English Towns in the Lady Lever Art Gallery and in Private collections in the U.K. and the U.S. http://www.turner.artist-art.com/ 3. Paul Cezanne was a French painter known for his naturalistic representation and personal expression. He is known as the Father of Modern art, as he has had a major effect on the art of the 20th century. http://www.artist-art.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=13&g2_page=1 4. August Edouart (1789-1861) is thought to be the most famous silhouette artist ever. He has been credited with over 3800 silhouettes. Wow! http://www.silhouette.artist-art.com/silhouette-pages/silhouette-edouart.htm 5. Edward Greene Malbone (1777-1807) was known for his miniature art, mostly water color on ivory. He has several works in the Gibbs Museum of Art. http://www.silhouette.artist-art.com/silhouette-pages/miniature-art.htm 6. Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) was known as the finest genre painter of the seventeenth century. He has had 33 canvases that have been proven to be his. Little is known about him.http://www.artist-art.com/Johannes_Vermeer.htm 7. Rembrandt (1606-1669) was one of ten children. Rembrandt studied with Jacob Isaacszoon van Swanenburgh for about 3 years, who had painted in Venice, Naples, and Rome. He has many famous paintings such as The Night Watch, 1642, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and A Polish Nobleman. http://www.artist-art.com/Rembrandt/rembrandt.htm 8. Diego Rivera (1886-1957) was a world famous Mexican painter and an active communist. His large wall works in Fresco helped develop the Mexican Mural Renaissance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Rivera 9. Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was a French artist famous for painting, sculptures, printmaking, and drawing. Degas was often known as an Impressionist; however he preferred to be called a realist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Degas#Artistic_style 10. Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was a French realist painter. [|http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=Biography Of Gustave Courbet&FORM=QSRE2]__

__Taylor Carroll__
__What made me pick the arts and artists i did is the fact that most of them somehow portrayed things that people would do in a normal day. One example is a painting by Edward Hopper which is a baseball game being played in a stadium. There were also some forms of art that caught my eye because they are things that are very unique and you wouldn't see everyday.

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Michael Carroll

Charles Ebert

Percy Grassby

Warhol

[|www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/ Klee.html] Klee

Dali

[|www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/ monet] Monet

Klimt

Edward Hopper

Environmental Art

Diorama

Bioart

Carcass Art

Corpse Art [|http://www.flatrock.org.nz/ topics/older_and_under/being_ dead_and_in_a_good_mood.htm]

Driftwood Art [|http://www. alldriftwoodfurniture.com/ driftwood_art.html]

Ideograms

Telematic cart

Robotic Art

Fractal Art__

__Pam Grignon__
__1. James Bender-is a contemporary artist from the pacific northwest,and specializes in masks,jewlrey and totem poles. 2. Dale Faulstich-is a contemporary artist also from the pacific northwest and he does animal form bowls,rattles,drums,and ceremonial objects. 3. Robert Hewson-also from the pacific northwest is known for his serigraphs and carvings.All of the above artists were found at-[|http://www.chief] [|seattle.com/artists] 4. Leslie Cope- born in england, Leslie moved to America and settled in Roseville Ohio and is known for his landscape,rural,farm genre, he was a member of the Ohio Watercolor Society.[|http://www.askart.com/ AskART/artists/biography.aspx? searchtype=BIO&artist=120430] 5. wyland- is known as the michealangelo of marine life art and he is especially famous for his marine life murals.He is from Canada and also does other forms of marine life art.[|http://wyland.com/] [|6]. guirnor-is a female horror artist, she resides in bulgaria. Her forte in the art world consists of photography and painting.[|http://deviantart.com/#] [|7]. Mira Rasheva- another horror artist this one is from canada and she takes the coolest pictures. Miss Rasheva resides in bulgaria.She mainly does photography.[|http://deviantart.com/] [|8]. Luis Valenzuela- ia a green artist, and hails from Miami Florida, Luis uses recycled reused materials, and helped form an art community, based out of cargo cars for green artists to display their work...awesome!![|http://www.luisvalenzuela.com/] [|9]. Nnamdi Okonkwo-is an up and coming sculpter, he is african and his work is very good, i like the smooth lines of his pieces.[|http://www.waxlander.com/ okonkwo/index.php] 10. David Mann- is know for his timeless masterpieces known as the centerfolds, in the publication Easyriders magazine, his paintings and sketches are famous in the motorcycle world. Mr Mann was from Kanas and died in 2002. he worked for the magazine from the day he started up untill the time of his death.[|http://home.att.net/~ knucklehead-47/dmann.htm]

10 varities of art 1. ceramics, sculpture,painting,drawing, sketching,watercolors.carving/ woodwork 2.music,theatre,dance, literature,poetry 3.mosaic tile-ing 4.photography 5.beadwork 6.applique 7.glass blowing 8.serigraphy 9.film 10.abstract

The Artist I plan on presenting to the class is David Mann, I think His work is fantastic like art critics before me. you can almost feel the road under you ,or the bright sunlight on your face as you cruise on down the road ,or feel the chill of the evening as his subjects speed down a long lonley moonlit highway. you can put yourself in his paintings and become the easyrider of your dreams.....__

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__Paula Schmidt__
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__Art forms and Artist research:

1. Claude Monet- this artist can take a simple scene like a boat. A house, water, or trees and make them look so beautiful. The paintings all have a blurrylook to them which I like but don’t understand. www.art.com

2. Chinese papercuts- this art form is very interesting and confusing. The artist cuts and folds Chinese made paper, dyes it and uses it for decoration. The papercuts are so intricate that from the computer they look like paintings. This reminds me of making paper snowflakes. www.chinesefolkart.com

3. DNA art- DNA art is done by taking a persons or families DNA and making into a painting. I think this is a really unique way of showing who you are because the painter lets the client choose how they want the painting portrayed.

4. Dancing- there are many styles of dance, all using different body movements and body parts. In dance you usually don’t use anything but your body, that’s why I like it. When I dance I see it as a form of expression and I feel free and good. The fun thing is you don’t always need music.

5. Architecture- I like how architects draw something and picture it in their head, then build a magnificent structure. This form is so interesting and involves so much work, I like that the artist can design the building whatever way he chooses. www.architecture.com

6. Fashion- To me fashion is art because the artist designs unique clothing, handbags, shoes and whatever you consider fashion. They draw the human body, and over it they draw examples of new designs.

7. poetry- the sound of poetry is fun, sad, rhyming, and happy. I like writing poetry and writing creatively it lets me express myself.

8. Interior decorating- An interior decorator is an artist to me because they take a house or regular setting and make it into a comfortable place. The place is usually for a person and symbolizes them.

9. Chinese calligraphy- this form is very beautiful, the culture involved is interesting. I like how every letter or symbol is very different.

10. Pink Floyd- This band is good and the lyrics not just regular lyrics. They are more like poetry or a story.

11. Shel Silverstein- He was an artist in many ways. Shel is a poet, playwright, illustrator, screenwriter, and songwriter. The only work I seen was his poem when I was a little kid. His poems seem to be for kids but I still find them funny.

12.Phillip John Charette- powerpoint presenting in class

13. Music- I like this form of art because it is not just sound to me. It is poetry, voices, people and life experiences.

14. The Egyptian Pyramids are a form of art because the work required not just the builders but also the architects’ and astronomers who helped choose the sites. I like these pyramids because the work put into it took many years and dedication. I learned that the builders were not slaves; they were people who lived in Egypt. So that means that they were helping their people achieve this goal; I like the idea of everyone worked together. www.nationalgeographic.com

15. Opera- singing opera is a really hard thing to do. The singers have to be able to make their voices go really high and the lyrics are usually sung in a language other than English. Most operas have a meaning to them and are done in a play-like form.

16. Acting is an art form because when a person acts they are expressing different attitudes, emotions, and sometimes a whole different person. I like this form because it gives me something to laugh at when I’m home and watching TV.

17. Graffiti is usually done by kids on walls or anything they can draw or spray paint on. I like this form because it is now not only done by kids, graffiti is now something that all people or artist do. It is really just a form of expression similar to drawing but a more 3D look.

18. Tupac was a poet through his rap music. I like Tupac because his songs weren’t all about the sex, woman, and drugs like other rap songs.

19. Japanese tattoo art is interesting to me because the Japanese used tattoos for many things. They marked criminals with them and prostitutes put them on their bodies as a sign of attractiveness. Firemen and laborers had body tattoos, they were seen as a symbol of the lower class. www.artelino.com

20. Native American totem- I like this form because natives believe that in a totem pole there is one animal that will stay with the individual throughout their life and protect them. They say you have a connection with an animal even in the spiritual world. www.legendsofamerica.com__

====this is food artist Chef Abundio http://garimot.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/picture-038.jpg I am currently in the food business and I love the fact that you can even be creative with food. http://garimot.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/picture-063.jpg====

====this is Arthur Rackham http://images.google.com/images?q=Arthur+Rackham&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=jF-HSb_9NaCYNfnIzM8D&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title The thing that caught my eye with his art is the fantasy element====

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Artists __1) Ljubov Popova:(1889-1924) Famous oil painting cubist, one of her paintings is called the Space Force Construction. 2) Jackson Pollock:(1912-1952) He was an American Painter. He was in the Abstract Expressionist Movement. He was a Regionalist until he meet some Mexican Muralist and saw surrealism. He usually use Oils. 3) Shirin Neshat: She was born in Iran, but moved to the US. She is a photographer and usually takes pictures of women and they're postitions in the world and in their cultures. 4) Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: She describes her work as 'nomad art' because of her range of media. She usually does Abstract. 5) Sandy Skoglund: Photographer and installation artist. She makes surrealistic images by making sets that has complementary colors and she has real people in her photos. 6) Théophile Steinlen: He was a French Art Nouveau Painter and a printmaker. His favorite subjects was the harsher aspects of life in the area and figures of cats. Most of his work was done under a pseudonym to avoid political problems due to the subject matter. 7) Jan van Eyck: Was an early Netherlander painter of the 15th century. Some thought that he was the inventor of oil paint, but he was just very good at the techniques of oil painting and was usually called the 'father of oil painting'. 8) Jasper Johns: Contemporary Artist or Abstract Expressionist. He usually does paintings and printmaking. His work is called neo-dadaist some times even though the images and objects are of pop culture. 9) Janet Fish: She was the first woman to get her MFA from Yale University in 1963. She is known fro her Still-life and Portrait Paintings. 10) Deborah Butterfield: She makes sculptures of life size horses with bronze, steel, wood, mud, sticks and other media.__

Art Forms__ 1) Impressionism- 19th century art movement. Characteristics- visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on light in its changing qualities and an ordinary subjects. 2) Fauvism: In french means wild beast and the people that started this were called so because they use a lot of complementary colors and made things strange colors then they usually are. 3) Gothic: Medieval art movement. subject was sculptures, panel painting, stained glass, fresco, illuminated and architecture. the figures became more animated in pose and facial expression. 4) Baroque: Western cultural Drama. Depiction of space and movement. Had Detailed lighting and reflections. 5) Minimalism: Started in the 18th Century. It is just as it sounds using minimal. Usually had line, shape, form, color, texture and geometric design. 6) Surrealism: Founded by Andre Breton in 1924. It was the visualization of dreams or inner thoughts. it was a revolt against cubism, realism and other formal art. 7) Dada: Was a rebellion against everything in 1916 it was an unconventional blend of media such as oils, varnish, lead, wood, ropes and paper. People use layers of glass and wood planks to mix media. 8) Installation Art: Is a three dimensional work of art that was created to be installed in a space indoors or outside. It use to be call 'site-specific' 9) Art Deco: Is a design style that developed and became a mix of Fauvism, Cubism, and Bauhaus. it is usually sophisticated and elegant. 10) Color Field Painting: An Art movement that came after the mothinal abstract expressionism of the 50's. People Stained paint into Canvas.