Absent :O

I missed class today, my brother got in a car accident. :'( Can someone tell me what you did in class today?

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Born: April 23,1775
Death: December 19, 1851
Birth Place: England
JMW Turner was an Englishman known for his beautiful romantic landscape paintings and watercolor art work. Blessed with great talent, Turner started painting at a very young age when he went to live with his uncle due to family issues. He was so talented that at the age of 14, Turner was accepted into an art academy. His artwork first became famous at a Summer Expedition only a year after being accepted into the art academy.

One of his earlier works. "Fisherman at Sea"

Turner traveled around Europe, mostly to France and Switzerland. Some of his favorite places to study were the Louvre in Paris and Venice. His style was mainly watercoloring, natural events like rain, sunlight, fog, and catastrophes.

Dawn after the Wreck, year 1841

I move his style, it's very calmly yet eery at the same time. It makes me feel like I'm in another world. He really took time on his art and he great at setting a cheerful theme. My favorite is the one right below this paragraph. It's very well crafted and this city was beautifully architected. I'm very glad I was giving this man to do research on, because it's definitely my style.

Turner was not famous at all during his time, because he did not paint the modern paintings of his time. Usually people painted the super realistic paintings of men or woman. So when people saw his chicken scratch looking paintings, they didn't consider it art. Turners paintings didn't become famous until the 20th century.

Graffiti

Class was pretty interesting on Wednesday. I like exploring different cultures and seeing the difference in life style and ideas. I'm not a huge fan of graffiti and I think it can cause problems. For example, the girl who was in LA talking about gang tagging, I think that's dumb and it's only going to cause trouble. There was some art that was pretty cool though. The graffiti that actually looks like art is really nice. I like how they use the spray cans to actually bring beauty to walls, but just writing names and tags is pretty dumb and it's not that great to look at. I don't consider writing your name on a wall being "art", but I do consider crafting a beautiful and thought-filled drawing or slogan being art because it's actually worth something and it will amaze many people. If were to walk down to LA and see a gang tag on a pole, I would think that the people who did it were dumb and I would think it was pointless effort. If saw a painting on a wall, I'd stop and stare at its uniqueness and really appreciate the picture and say, "Now THAT is real art."

The Matrix Film

I loved this film. I've never watched it before, but me being religious I can totally see the whole connection to Jesus's resurrection. I don't understand who the evil people were. Could they be demons, atheists, politics trying to get religion out of society (since they were in business suits), or just plain antagonist put there to make the film more interesting. Will the world ever know? Possibly... I also don't get why we saw this in class and what it had to do with art. ????? I should have paid attention more. :(