A short history of painting. Term 2

 The Mona Lisa

Salon, Paris, François Joseph Heim’s 1827 painting, “Charles V Distributing Awards to the Artists at the Close of the Salon of 1824″ shows how paintings were displayed at salons.
the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, 14 century The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world." 
I really like this art work for its realism and the way her eyes always look at you, over all a very inspiring peace.

     The Great Wave off Kanagawa

         The great wave off Kanagawa also known as The Great Wave or simply The Wave, is an ukiyo-e woodblock print by Japanese artist Hokusai, published sometime between 1830 and 1833 . It is Hokusai's most famous work, and one of the best recognized works of Japanese art in the world. It depicts an enormous wave threatening boats off the coast of the prefecture of Kanagawa. While sometimes assumed to be atsunami, the wave is, as the picture's title notes, more likely to be a large okinami ("wave of the open sea"). As in all the prints in the series, it depicts the area around Mount Fuji under particular conditions, and the mountain itself appears in the background.

         I like this Painting is has a variety of techniques and kind of cartoony feel.

Blog task three term 2 Historic Posters

1939 to 1945
WORLD WAR II: POSTER. Japanese World War II poster of a samurai surrounded by Axis flags attacking Allied ships. this poster was probably used to show the japanese people there greatness and to uplift the peoples spirits and there is great use of red and detail in this poster which would capture attention. i like this a lot because the goal was to show power and strength and i think they nailed it.
if they where to use this poster today i don't think it would make sense because there is no world war against Japan or vice versa.

Time for Action Remember Pearl Harbour.
Join U.S. Coast Guard Today Artist Unknown Poster (World War II)
this poster was used to motivate the Americans to join in the war after Pearl Harbour.
I really like this poster it has great use of colour and detail and it has a sense of movement. 
I don't think that this poster would be valid today because there is no war on Japan or American waters.








J. M. Flagg's 1917 poster, based on the original British Lord Kitchener poster of three years earlier, was used to recruit soldiers for both World War I and World War II. Flagg used a modified version of his own face for Uncle Sam, and veteran Walter Botts provided the pose. this is one of the most famous posters of all time it was used to make the Americans feel like America needs them. I like this poster its simple clean and strait to the point. 

Blog task two term 2 of printmaking, Monoprints, woodcut, digital prints.

The Chinese were the first to use clay tiles, metals and wood for actual prints but mostly used it for text. in Europe they used printmaking to decorate cloth. 

The Earliest Surviving Dated Complete Printed BookMay 11, 868

The picture above is of a scroll that is one of the most important sacred works of the Buddhist faith. is was printed with a woodblock carefully cut with lots of detail to make the same picture over and over again.

A portion of the Diamond Sutra.

Ziana Romanovna

    Lion Realism

    Digital print

    2013

Katsushika Hokusai

Great Wave off Kanagawa

Woodcut print

Date unknown 

Clarice aka (dino-wolf)

Leopard

Monoprint 

2012

Blog task one term 2 Stefan Chinof

One of a series of Illustrations for ADC Nederland Annual Awards.
The Walking dead.
Size unknown.
Digital  medium. 
Stefan uses a different approach to this seres title that some people might be familiar with and at the same time it still has a walking dead feel, it also has 3d patterns within the text which i think works well, and if you look really close you can se Zombies in the text.

Art up your life. 
Size unknown. 
Digital medium.
I like this work a lot because i do like art and it has unique font and it almost looks like shattered glass, white with a hint of red which really makes it pop.

Coke.
Size unknown. 
Hand drawn illustrations with a mix of bold colours.
This clever drawing of a coke bottle looks very arty, lots of patterns and swirls that looks like the coke liquid is spilling out and makes the art work look amazing! and if you look closely you can see the whole thing is made up of text, the artist still keeping the traditional colours.