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UCLA Art Portfolio...?

2010-04-16T20:03:00.001-07:00

Art activities for shapes lesson plan?

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I need an art activity that involves shapes and geometry. I am reading " The greedy triangle" by Marilyn burns to the children. my objective for the children is to reconize geometric shapes in the enviroment, and to understand everything is made up of shapes. What activity would go along with this? It has to be an art activity and one I can do cheaply. I mean like with paper, markets, crayons and contruction paper. Anything that is easy to get and probably is already in the art room. The age is early elementary.

Art activities for shapes lesson plan?
After reading the "Greedy Triangle" (great book, by the way) have the children choose a shape. You can either cut some out before hand on white paper or have the children do it themselves... depends on their ability.

After they choose their shape they can either:

a) Make the shapes into "people" by decorating them, adding characteristcs, etc.

or

b) Make the shape that they chose look like something they would see everyday. Ex. A circle could be made to look like a clock, etc. With this one it would be a good idea to brainstorm ideas for each shape before the project begins. Make a list on the board!

Have fun!

or

c) Have a bunch of pre-cut shapes out for the students to make something out of.
Reply:Using Ed Emberley's "Picture Pie" as inspiration, my K-2 students used pre-cut construction paper circles, half circles, fourths and eighths to make some incredible birds and fish. I showed them how to make simple ones and then gave them more challenging pages from Emberley's book. They simply glued the shapes to colored construction paper.

I have also done the same type project - pre-cut construction paper shapes and glue - using Lois Ehlert's "Color Zoo." We see how Ehlert combines geometric shapes on top of each other to make an ox or a monkey. Then the students create an animal for our geometric zoo using the pre-cut shapes and gluing them onto construction paper. We will also use construction paper to create a "zoo" for our animals once they are created.

I know this sounds very very simplistic, but it seems to work with very young children and is certainly budget conscious.

I also divide the students into teams of four to five and give them a four foot long piece of yarn. We have shape races, which group can make the shape using the piece of yarn the fastest. I even play this game with older students who are learning more complex shapes. It is quite a challenge for four people to make an octagon out of string quickly. This is a good focus activity before the art lesson.

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Putting art onto your computer?

2010-04-16T20:02:00.001-07:00

So i need a scanner to put my art onto the internet (deviant art) but i'm not the most comuter savvy. Most scanners are 8x11 and the art work that i do is 9x12 and larger, so how am i sopposed to get my art on?

Putting art onto your computer?
Scanners come with bigger size beds. They may be slightly pricier than the cheap models, but if scanning art pieces is what you will be doing, I would invest in a better scanner. Or just take it to a professional and have them scan it for you.
Reply:Photograph it using a tripod and a camera with high megapixels and a macro lens for detail.

My paintings are usually 2x4metres, thats the only way I can document my work. If you can't get to a photography studio then just get the most natural light you can with clean white walls in the background...

Hope that helps!
Reply:cut you art 8x11. it's so easy to cutting . you only need a scissor.
Reply:my lover photograph his paintings and drawings with digital camera, easy to put photos on computer, easy to make differnet sizes of pictures.

Art portfolio?

2010-04-16T20:02:00.000-07:00

what does a portfolio look like... I"m going to make a portfolio of some of my art to send to a college but I've never taken any art classes so i have no Idea how to begin, I have a few pieces tha I know i want to put in it I just don't know what one looks like cause I've never seen one...is there a website with a art portfoilo that i could look at ?

Art portfolio?
I recently had to make a portfolio to get into a college art program. I don't have any websites, but I can give you some pointers...

If this is to get accepted at a college or into an art program, judges are probably looking for a wide variety of work. When you get further along or before you can graduate you'll probably have to do one with work that's specific to your concentration. When choosing which pieces to use, try to focus more on the quality of the work than whether or not YOU like it--you're trying to show the judges that you are talented and capable of making quality art. This was a little difficult for me because I had lots of pieces that I was emotionally attached to, but which were not very well-done. I ended up using a few pieces that I didn't really like, but which were good examples of my skill.

You should have a list of specific requirements as to how you should present the portfolio, but if you don't one of the easiest ways is to use a simple 3-ring-binder. Buy a small but nice (simple, you don't want to distract from your artwork) binder and some of those clear plastic sheet protectors that fit into it, preferably the non-glare ones. If your works are scan or photograph your pieces (more on photographing your work later), and print them as large as possible on hihg-quality matte photopaper, or, if you don't have a good printer, take them to Kinko's or something. The quality of your portfolio is almost as important as the quality of your work--judges may toss out a crappy-looking (staples, wrinkled pages, low-quality images, etc) portfolio without even looking at it.

As far as getting the images of your work:

If you have small, flat, 2D pieces, scan them at a high resolution. If your pieces are large and/or 3D, you'll have to photograph them. Use a decent camera (not a camera phone or anything like that), and get multiple shots of 3D pieces (if you have any) to show different angles. You should take the photos outside, when it's slightly overcast (not in direct sunlight to avoid shadows, overexposure, or oversaturation), and place your pieces in front of a neutral backdrop (black, gray, or white sheet or something similar).

I like doug's suggestion as far as what order to put your pieces in. Start off with something great that will get their attention, place your least-awesome pieces in the middle where they will make less of an impact, and end with something to make them remember you, and which won't leave a bad taste in theri mouth.

That's all I can think of right now...good luck!
Reply:OK Melli,

Here are some sites. A word of caution, however. Don't take everything you read as "gospel" Pick ouit the nuggets of information that apply to you. Best way to do a portfolio is to simply make one.

In mine, I start with a strong piece, keep media grouped together, have my weakest pieces in the middle and end with a strong piece. Now, that may not wirk for you. Anyway, here are some sites. Good Luck.

http://www.uky.edu/FineArts/Theatre/Reso...

http://www.nhia.edu/portfolio.php

http://www.allcreativeportfolios.com/por...

http://www.plattsburgh.edu/academics/art...

also do a search for online portfolios and see what others are doing.

Art deco wedding dress?

2010-04-16T20:01:00.002-07:00

We are doing an Art deco themed wedding, complete with a bird cage veil for me, but I can't find a dress!! Most I find are for the girls that are a size 2 and you need to have your hip bones sticking out in order to wear it (think lots of straight satin) Im a normal size 10 with curves and am having difficuly finding an art deco like dress. Does anyone know of any design's and/or designers that have an art deco like dress??

Art deco wedding dress?
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VintageGown.com

VintageVixen.com

Isadoras.com

Most of these are vintage dresses, but maybe you can find what you're looking for there. Good luck!
Reply:There are supposed to be some Hayworth inspired dresses here -

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I think any one of these would work for you.
Reply:You could take a picture of the kind of dresses that you are looking at to a tailor and have them make something similar that is better suited for you. It might end up being cheaper too.
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Reply:I don't know if art deco is the right term for the dresses you are looking for. Hayworth and Lamarr were big in the 1940's. That is way past art deco. Art deco is mid 20's early 30's.

If you are looking for 1940's fashions here are some that might work.

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Good Luck.
Reply:im trying to picture what kinda dresses youre looking for...

something like these??

http://www.illuna-fashion.com/illuna-39-...

http://weddings.about.com/gi/dynamic/off...

did you enter the second website and go to the wedding gown section they have some dresses there that are like hayworth...beautiful...

Art Themed party..Any suggestions?

2010-04-16T20:01:00.001-07:00

I am having an "Art" party this weekend for a few close friends and co workers. I have a wide range of art supllies. And was wondering if anyone here might have some art inspired ideas. For food, beverages and how to make it a fun atmosphere. Its going to be very casual. So the goofier or wilder the better.

Art Themed party..Any suggestions?
What a cool theme! Use painter's palettes as plates with little mounds of different colored food as "paint" orange = mashed sweet potato and etc. Have fun! Put utensils in old paint cans and have canvas cloths as table coverings. Maybe serve cocktails made with Van Gogh brand vodka.
Reply:Add a Shot of Espresso

Comfy chairs, light music, the heavenly aroma of coffee – what better place for your next party than the neighborhood coffee café? Your friends will find conversation easy as they discuss the merits of mocha cappuccino, soy latte or frozen white chocolate frappé. Encourage your guests to choose baked goods from the food case. You’re picking up the food and drink tab, after all. And whatever the occasion, gifts are right at hand. Whole-bean coffee, French press coffee makers, mugs and tiny gift books are perfect mementos for the guest of honor. Now, regular or decaf?
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Reply:My son does this for new years. Everyone comes in their P.J.s and they eat breakfast foods! Sound like fun to me!
Reply:I think it would be fun to do the sugar cookies with the white icing - and then give everyone food color paints and paint brushes, and let them "paint" their work of art cookie.

The white icing is basically a box of confectioner's sugar mixed with just a little water and then mix by hand until all the lumps are out of the mixture. Then frost your cookies and let the icing set up - it will harden.

Then just make some more of the white icing and then add food coloring to these, and you can make all sorts of color combinations. These can be painted on the cookies with paint brushes.

Another fun activity would be a garnishes instruction - using speciality knife and veggies (there are books with this info). They are definitely edible works of art.
Reply:My children used to "finger paint" With pudding. In the summer I let them "paint" on their little table outside which I then just hosed off. In the winter they used cookie sheets with lips. I'd put some chocolate, vanilla and strawberry pudding out for them and let them go at it. They loved it and I didn't have to worry if they licked their fingers. LOL You could also have raisins, maraschino cherries, cuts, small marshmallows, etc. to decorate your pieces of artwork.

Or why not consider creating a holiday scene? One Christmas Eve day everyone spent the day creating a Christmas village out of Graham crackers, vanilla wafers, Royal icing, pretzels, various candy, small gingerbread cookie people, wafer cookies, sugar ice cream cones, whatever edible things I could come up with. I covered a large piece of cardboard with foil and people sat down and did their little part of the display and left, maybe came back later, etc. We ended up with 7 unique buildings, fences, roads, trees, flowers, people, an entire edible piece of artwork which I saved until it fell apart a few years ago. (lasted about 10 years)

Of course, if young and silly and not afraid of getting messy you could always create art on each other. (better warn guests beforehand though). People could wear swimsuits (or not) and using chocolate, whipped cream, jellies and jams, sauces, etc. mustard, whatever, paint each other's body

.

Whatever - have fun!.

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I'm doing art about Multi-cultural art?

2010-04-16T20:01:00.000-07:00

I really enjoy art and i love painting and drawing etc. The art is part of my coursework so i need to do it, last time i did pop art i didnt do good and got a grade E. when i was meant to get at least a B or C. It says i need to do:

African tribal art/patterns

Indian patterns

Japanese/Chinese patterns

Aboriginal tribal design

Can someone explain to me or give me some example photo's at what they mean? My teacher was rushing so i didn't have anytime to talk.

I'm doing art about Multi-cultural art?
Go to yahoo image search and search in there you will find a lot of it.

ART !! plz send them mail saying that u r upset of what they did!?

2010-04-16T20:00:00.001-07:00

ART !! plz send them mail saying that u r upset of what they did!?

This a broadcasting company called ART and they are the only ones in North Africa and the Middle East that have the right to broadcast the matches (ie Monopoly) , to be able to watch the matches each one should pay aprox. $200 to be able just to watch world cup matches!

their mail is : art-tv.net@online-amc.com

ART !! plz send them mail saying that u r upset of what they did!?
unfortunately Sherif, he can't. neither RTL nor ZDF broadcast.

Solution is very simple, Go to Bab Ellouk St.-down town- Dish stores area, ask any shop to download you the software program of SF1 %26amp; SF2 channels (of European Sat) for only 15 or 20 L.E.

Do not give a dam about ART
Reply:Hey you can watch it on the German channels RTL and ZDF I think But it will be in german just search get those channels and you can watch the matches.

How important is art school in a career at oil painting? Are self teaching and art association classes enough?

2010-04-16T20:00:00.000-07:00

I'm learning to oil paint, and doing very well at it. I think my work is almost good enough to sell already.

I am wondering, to be a very good painter, do you think I need art school? Classes are $600 each, and I am disabled with bipolar disorder, so I do not know if I could handle the commute and having to go to class regularly. I would also have to take many prerequisites before I got to oil painting. Some I do need, like composition and color theory. I think I could talk the professors out of some of the others since I already have a math degree from that same university and am disabled and sorta poor. As an alternative, there is a local arts association that offers courses for $150.

I know I NEVER could have taught myself mathematics/geology. I also know that a lot of artists are self-taught. I was gifted at mathematics (was getting a PhD in geophysics before disability), and art appears to be the same way.

Am I cheating myself by skipping art school? Thank you!

How important is art school in a career at oil painting? Are self teaching and art association classes enough?
I went to Art School--Kutztown Univ., and while I learned some great things--the best part about taking art classes is the commiseration and inspiration from your instructors and classmates!

Now, the local one can do just as much as going to Art School--trust me. As long as you learn new skills and have others to inspire you, local will do.

My opinion--but backed with some experience.
Reply:Learn your art which ever way works for you, but if you are serious about making a living at it, take some business classes.
Reply:You should certainly try to get some formal education if you are looking to sell your work. I think the most important part of learning any art is a great teacher.

From there, it seems unfortunate that the art world is often based more upon making connections and following post-modern trends, rather than talent or meaning placed into artwork. It's a tough road, but good luck!
Reply:i think its very important you would be amazed at the things you could learn and if your good you can probably get a scholarship.

hey you can only get better i think you should consider art school

Ideal art!!!!?

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if I were to sell art,

or

if you were to buy some art

what is your favourite art, what would you buy

what image would you like to see?

what art has any1 brought recently? what was it off

who is your favourite artist?

I know few questions but would be grateful for answers, thankyou

Ideal art!!!!?
In terms of purchasing art for myself, I have bought reproductions of Van Gogh (Starry Nights), Monet (Water Lilies and Wild Poppies), and Norman Rockwell (various), among others.

Most recently, I bought a student reproduction of a Van Gogh called "The Night Cafe" and had it nicely framed as a housewarming gift for someone who has a pool table in their home.

Several of my friends are theme collectors so I often buy them art or craft gifts that fit their themes....among them are lighthouses, cows, pigs, cats, flora, etc..

If you are planning to sell at art shows or craft fairs, I would advise that you produce at least a few works that fit the theme of the fair itself or that are related to some of the events that will take place...such as still-lifes of antique bicycles for a bike race, farm scenes for an agricultural event, historical buildings from the area where the show will be held, etc... Also, bring along a collection of your personal favorites (because an artist's emotions are reflected in his/her work and you are likely to find customers for ANY theme at ANY time if they relate to your art.)

I won't pick a favorite artist because I like to remain open. Right now, if I could afford it, I would LOVE to own an original work by Bev Doolittle!

Best of Luck and Bless You!!
Reply:I personally like symbolic art, where the message is more important than the realism. I like to stop and think what the artist is trying to say. I also like graphic arts, painting styles that are colorful, bold, and graphic.

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Have you learned about Design Types?...it is the study of people and there interests. It be helpful when you are selling artwork. You can often tell what art a person is interested in just by what they wear.

If a person wears toned down clothing, nutral browns %26amp; greens, they can be considered "Naturalist Type." They would most likely be interested in artworks of nature and animals.

...if you have paintings in your gallery that are of nature, you can guide them to an area where you have some nature paintings displayed.

If a person wears black clothing with a small hint of color, they can be considered "Artistic Type." They would most likely be interested in artworks of all one color, very plan, but with a small accent of color that stands out.

If a person is wearing jeans and t-shirt, most men, they are "Designer Type." They usually like artworks with mixed shapes, organic lines with sharp edges and points.

If a person wears toned kakies and white shirt with lots of horizontal lines, they are considered "Classical Type." Most likely they would like classical paintings, Baroque, Leonardo, ect. Paintings that are highly decorated and horizontal lines.

Hope the best, Goodluck.
Reply:Art is a very subjective topic. There is no such thing as ideal art. I like most types of art when they are done with talent - figurative, abstract, contemporary...
Reply:I'm very picky about art.

My favourite artist is Franz Marc.

But even then, I am choosy about his work. I only like the tiger, the foxes, and the cat.

I love paintings of animals. Done in a loving and appreciative way.

Sue Boettcher is another one of my favourites. But maybe that is because she paints the same subjects as I do, but better.

And there is a Japanese artist, Tatsuya Ishiodori who has painted some pieces I am crazy about.

The key word is "SOME".

I don't like ALL of Marc's art work, nor ALL of Ishiodori's. I have only seen Boettcher's "Cats in a Tapestry Garden" collection, and have loved all of the pieces.

Whatever speaks to me, tugs at my heart, is what I love.

Some people have huge spaces in dramatic environments and they buy paintings which complement their surroundings.

Some people fall in love with one particular painting and imagine it hanging in their favourite room.

Personally, I want three Marcs paintings if I ever get rich. I'd choose the three I already mentioned. I have a print of the tiger one already, and would love to get the foxes next.

My home is hung with my own paintings - whenever I lose a friend to death, the only way to cope with my grief is to paint it. I have lost more animal friends than human. Generally, animals are physically more beautiful than humans to me and I love exploring their spirituality on canvas.

They also live in my ideal world, which would be devoid of most humans and the pain and destruction they inflict on everything in Nature.

My world is longing for perfection - harmony, beauty and grace. Expressed by colours and juxtapositions of cats and birds living happily in a garden of flowers and butterflies.

This image is my one finger holding on. Take it a step further and you get "Why can't everyone get along and forget about

their differences?"

So, that is the image that calls to me. What I want to see everyday, what I want to be reminded of, even when the news on t.v. is screaming otherwise.

I can't afford to buy originals.

Even if I could, I couldn't keep them in my home as the humidity and light here are totally unsuitable for preserving the original colours.

You have to be rich to buy paintings, and everyone rich enough to buy buys for their own reasons.

So I guess I haven't helped you at all, as I am not rich!

But I wanted to share my love of my 3 favourite artists with someone!
Reply:natural art/fantasy

brought a watercolour of a lily plant on a stream

constable monet any of the greats really plus local artists

fave artist is constable
Reply:experimental.

it's pathetic that you are creating art to satisfy the public...
Reply:I like surrealistic paintings.My favorite artist is Kartick chandra Pyne.

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Art project idea?

2010-04-16T19:59:00.000-07:00

ok i need to do an art project for this art fair %26amp; its got to be good but im horrible art wats an easy project that looks really good

Art project idea?
paint a landscape or still life of fruit. it's pretty simple, and teachers seem to love it. hope this helps!
Reply:You need to provide more detail for this question. Are you limited to only certain media or a certain size? Are there any restriction or guidelines for this project? Here are some quick suggestions knowing nothing about the guidelines. You could do a collage. Cut out different magazine patterns, pictures, and drawings to create a background and some sort of scene. Or, just use the patterns and colors you find in a magazine to make a large pattern or mosaic design of your own.

What would you call art?

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Please think carefully about this one. Don't immediately jump to the conclusion that art is anything that is pretentious or unentertaining. Most critically acclaimed movies are considered art. But how 'artistic' does a movie to have to be to be considered 'art'. If a movie that is 'artistic' suddenly not art the moment it entertains? Would you say there is an art to all film making, except some entertain and others don't? There are plenty of films I've seen with so much artistry that goes far beyond just script writing and acting. Think of the big budget epics for example. Star Wars for example has artistry in set design, prop design, model and miniatures, special effects, costumes, action scenes, sound effects and etc. But it entertains as well. Do you think it's necessary for a movie to not entertain to be considered art? There's also a case where some movies that are entertaining to one person is not entertaining to another. Please think about this.

What would you call art?
Anything that is created by an artist and appreciated by at least 1 person other than the creator is art.

Art Center College of Design?

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Would it be better for me to go to a university such as USC or UCI and then transfer to Art Center College of Design? I'd like to pursue a career in arts and would like to know as much as I can about every type of art; from photography to acting. Suggestions are welcomed. Thanks.

Art Center College of Design?
If you're planning to transfer to Art Center, I wouldn't suggest you go to a university first. You will be in so much debt in the end you'll wish you never did that. The best option is to go to community college first then transfer. If you can check out Pasadena city college, it has a good art program.

If you want more of a general art education, I wouldn't suggest Art Center. Like most private art schools, they have their students focus on a particular form of art to study on, whether it be traditional art, computer graphics, illustration, etc. Because of this, I'm not sure if you'll be completely satisfied. Also, Art Center is more focused on the commercial aspect to art, even if you're majored in fine art.

But, if you're trying to save a bit of money because you're pursuing a career in the arts, I suggest you check out CSU Long beach. It has one of the largest art departments in the nation, and is very respectable in its visual and performing arts programs. I'll provide for you the link to their art department website. Hope that helps a bit. Good luck.

Art art art?

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im doin art project but i don have ideas, i have to to abstract about old and new things please help me, give me some ideas

Art art art?
In art we are always reinventing the wheel. So with this in mind, stop looking at art books and start reading you newspaper. Find something in the modern world that still reflects the traditions (or lack of) from the past and then put these ideas into you work. Good luck with the project!
Reply:Go with Andy Warhol %26amp;Piicasso that has plenty of possibilities
Reply:OK, here's the deal. It's an art project, right? So, think over your everyday things, history, what happendbefore if we improved, or did we fail in some things, was there war, is it a disaster? This kind of thing, an imageof your future drawing will definitely swell up in your mind
Reply:how about a trash can and all teh stuff inside.

of coursse you'd have to be into trasshy art.

Does this look good

Which art school we should chose?

2010-04-16T19:56:00.000-07:00

My son would like to study art for movie design. Recently, the following colleges offered him admission: Rhode Island Institute of design, School of Art Institute of Chicago, Maryland Institute College of Art, Carnegie Mellon College of Fine Arts (department of design). Who can give us some advice help my son make his decision? He did not get any financial aid form Rhod Island Institute of design.

Which art school we should chose?
No matter where he goes, education is all about what you put into it. I'm working on a doctorate in music, and I always find it a little amusing how much students fret over which school to go to.

Go to the one that is a good compromise and convenience geographically and economically. When you get there, take advantage of everything they've got.

The truth is, even at the "best" schools, students don't fully employ all of the resources.

Art materials supplier retailer in singapore?

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where the hell can i buy cheaper art materials in singapore?! is there even an art suppy retailer where i can art materials in bulk?!

Art materials supplier retailer in singapore?
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Art teachers?

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So, I think I want to be an art teacher but my mom and sister say that I am "to good for that". What do you think about this? How has the experience been like for you teaching art? Do you sell/display your art outside teaching? Thanks for your time.

Art teachers?
i mostly make work for myself now. i never was into the commercial side of art too much even in college. i enjoy teaching and it gives me enough time to pursue my photography on my own terms. i do know many other art teachers who produce and sell their own work.

i take a little objection to your mom and sis's 'too good' comment. good teachers are needed in all subjects at all grade levels. it's not a high paying profession but it can be highly rewarding. personally the kids make it all worthwhile for me.
Reply:I disagree with the idea about anyone being "too good" to be a teacher. We need the very best and most talented people to have an influence on students.

One thing about being an art teacher - it can be a little tricky to find a job. Even in areas that have big overall teaching shortages, getting an art job can be competitive. So, you might want to be aware of that. Think about whether you would be willing to move to the southern part of the US (if you don't already live there) - there are usually more vacancies in those areas.

I don't teach art, but our school's art teachers do sell and display their work. It's been in the local museum before. Also, they frame paintings and sell them in our teacher workroom - lots of people buy them!
Reply:I'm not an art teacher but is you are extremely talented you should take art further and try and get them seen by people or if you are better at anything else take it depends what you like and what are good paid
Reply:i draw real people

Art help, please?

2010-04-16T19:54:00.000-07:00

I have to draw a piece of art for class! I am totally straight-line challenged, so this really sucks. it needs to be like impressionist art and van gogh or whatever. around that time period. oh, and gustave courbet.

soo i need the easiest, simplest piece of art. i mean i know they arent totally easy because i mean they're all like amazing but something easy to replicate.

thank you soo much!

Art help, please?
Have you a twelve inch ruler and several multi-coloured pencils, plus a few different sized coins and a good quality (bigger than A4) piece of paper. Start in the approximate middle of the paper with two three inches parallel lines of different colour. Add as many lines, triangles, circles etc. as you feel like. You will know when the work is finished. Just pop your initials down the bottom corner. Viva !
Reply:look up those artists, and take a look at their work, then make a simple drawing trying to do it in the same style. You don't have to be able to draw a straight line.

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Art uni graphic design no GCSE's??

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Hi, i'm currently on an art and design access course. I have no GCSE's because i was ill during the time i was meant to take them.

I want to do graphic design in university. I have a whole portfolio of impressive work (life drawings, graphic art and designs, posters etc) and my tutors have said they're impressed with my work.

My question is, is it possible I could still be accepted?? if they see my portfolio and are impressed with the work?

I'm asking because, it is an art uni, and i'm doing an access course right now. Do you think i still have a chance??

Art uni graphic design no GCSE's??
well i got accepted into leicester and queen mary to do law and i have no GCSE (xcept maths and english) but my grades in college are really high. all that most unis are gcse maths and english so if u can do them in college as i did, that will be good. to answer your question, yes you can get into uni without gcse's but not any of the top ones.

AP Art History [[10 points for best answer]]?

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Carpet pages in manuscript illuminations are characteristic of:

a.Carolingian art

b. Hiberno-Saxon art

c. Ottonian art

d. Viking art

AP Art History [[10 points for best answer]]?
Certainly A, but possibly D

read this:

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_7615...

Art plz help?

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1. The tradition of using coats of arms began with this group. (1 point)

Christian knights of the Middle Ages

Christian monks of the Middle Ages

royalty of Eastern Europe

royalty of the Middle East

2. When an artist is trying to communicate a message, he or she should not consider this.

(1 point)

how specific the message should be

the media in which their working

who are they trying to communicate with

how much money can they make if they sell it

3. A simple shape or single design that can be repeated is called a (1 point)

symbol.

motif.

pattern.

solo.

4. Altering the color and light of an artwork will have a direct effect on (1 point)

the point of view.

the mood.

the balance.

the intellectual impact.

5. The person in charge of running the camera or cameras in filmmaking is the (1 point)

screenwriter.

director.

producer.

cinematographer.

6. The four basic parts of a coat of arms are the (1 point)

crest, mantle, shield, and motto.

crest, mantle, profile, and logo.

crest, mascot, firearm, and logo.

crest, arches, shield and supporters.

7. Joseph Cornell was grouped with this art movement that created artworks in a dream-like manner. (1 point)

Surrealism

Cubism

Abstract Expressionism

Realism

8. The artist Frida Kahlo shared which two ancestries? (1 point)

German and Cuban

German and Mexican

Native American and Mexican

French and Cuban

9. An essay or cartoon that focuses on an important issue or opinion is (1 point)

a satire.

an editorial.

a cartoon.

a diamante.

10. The artist Faith Ringgold is famous for combining which two art forms?

(1 point)

Quilting (craft) and painting

Quilting (craft) and sculpting

Photography and painting

Weaving (craft) and sculpting

11. This important national event was occurring during Frida Kahlo’s youth and influenced her work

(1 point)

the American Revolution

the Mexican Revolution

the Iraq War

World War II

12. Another term for assembling

(1 point)

carving

modeling

constructing

casting

13. The dramatic symbolism and bright colors used in Frida Kahlo’s artwork were elements taken from this culture.

(1 point)

English

American

Dutch

Mexican

14. This stage in film production is the stage in which editing occurs (1 point)

post-production

principle photography

sub-set photography

pre-production

15. In ancient Rome, war victories were often commemorated by building this type of structure (1 point)

arches

palaces

markets

aquaducts

16. A mixed-media art form in which objects are combined and affixed to a flat painting or drawing (1 point)

printmaking

ceramics

Combine

carving

17. The artist Michael Naranjo was profoundly impacted by this influence.

(1 point)

his Native Mexican culture

his love for European landscapes

his Native American culture

his love for Southwestern landscapes

18. Many people criticized the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall at first. Which part of the design did people not like? (1 point)

the polished surface

the black color

the inscribed names

the park location

For questions 19–25, select the name of the artist that best matches the description.

19. This Surreal artist had no formal training and is known for his assemblage boxes.

(1 point)

Joseph Cornell

Diego Rivera

Michael Naranjo

Orson Welles

20. This American artist was a member of the abstract expressionists and famous for his action paintings made with drips of paint. (1 point)

Maya Lin

Jackson Pollock

Michael Naranjo

Faith Ringgold

21. This person designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

(1 point)

Faith Ringgold

Maya Lin

Michael Naranjo

Frida Kahlo

22. This artist is known for a vast number of self-portraits and use of light and shadow.

(1 point)

Rembrandt van Rijn

Frida Kahlo

Diego Rivera

Maya Lin

23. This artist’s work often confronted and explored the pain of his or her life. An example of their work is below.

(1 point)

Rembrandt van Rijn

Frida Kahlo

Diego Rivera

Faith Ringgold

24. This artist has created many pieces known as “storyquilts” (1 point)

Frida Kahlo

Diego Rivera

Faith Ringgold

Rembrandt van Rijn

25. This Native American artist “sees” his sculptures with his hands. (1 point)

Faith Ringgold

Maya Lin

Michael Naranjo

Frida Kahlo

Art plz help?
1-1, 2- who they are trying to communicate to, 3-pattern, 4-mood,5-cinematographer, 6-crest...motto,

7-surrealism,8-Native/Mexican,9-editor... 11-WW2,12-construct..,13.-Mexican, 14.-post,15.-arches,16.-combine,17.-Nati... American culture, 18.-black color, 19.-Michael, 20,-Jackson, 21-Lin, 22.-Rembrandt, 23-Kahlo, 24-Ringgold, 25-Naranjo

gaia online! avtar art or donate?

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hi my username on gaia is sailermooon

and i was wondering if people could donate items

or gold

if not i do avtar art im trying to make as much gold as possable so if you need avi art pm me ok heres the link to my store

http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/requests...

and please dont ask for my password you dont need it to donate or 2 buy avi art

~~~~gaia online!~~~~ avtar art or donate?
No, I'm not going to donate. But PM me about the art, my username is "DVNO".

cleaning dog teeth

Art of... people without skin, space, mushrooms, revelations.?

2010-04-16T19:51:00.001-07:00

I am looking to buy a poster of art I once saw of a man with long hair who drew people with out skin.. nerves and stange things exposed... energies of light coming to them... portayals of god... people receiving revelations. His art is one of a kind he must take tons of drugs. In all his art peoples insides are exposed. Very cool. His name was a very common name as well. I think he is american and alive today.

Art of... people without skin, space, mushrooms, revelations.?
Alex Grey? http://www.alexgrey.com :))

Art from Germany?

2010-04-16T19:51:00.000-07:00

For my art appreciation class I have to bring in a piece of art from Germany. Where could I find the best work from German artists? Or does anyone know of any cool ones or some of the top German art? I don't want to bring in anything that is just ehhh. Any idea's??

Art from Germany?
How about Rebecca Horn, a leading German installation artist (b. 1944)

for bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Hor...

There are two works by her in the Guggenheim, shown and described at http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site...

For description and second pic: click on "next Horn work" I think the one using typewriters is fun seeming to " personify a pool of glum secretaries who find themselves once again behind their typewriters on a Monday morning"
Reply:Some of my favourite art is from Germany; mosdtly the stuff Hitler was dead against. The art survives; he doesn't! A good place to start is a look at the Bleu Reider Group including Franz Marc. Other great German artists are Heckel, Kirchner, Otto Mueller, Nolde, Munter, Beckmann, Dix, and Grosz. You can see their work with a simple search at http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/ind...

Enjoy!
Reply:If you want something you can have a good debate about, try bringing in some pictures showing an installation by Joseph Beuys. Some of his work is on show in the US (At Mass MoCA for example), but there are loads of them all over the world, often using materials like grease and felt.

http://www.massmoca.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Beuy...

And if you want to opt for the group of painters mentioned above, just note that it's called Der blaue Reiter, the above spelling won't help you very much.

Art Portfolio Difficulty: Extra Questions i appreciate for advice?

2010-04-16T19:50:00.003-07:00

From my last question, I do admit that i feel better from recieving the helpful hand of advices given from really helpful people that have experience or knowledge in this area.

Thank you. I appreciate any further help with my difficulty.

-Im not sure where to start as i know that the "theme" of a portfolio has to have something to do with the art course i want to apply for (Design: Visual Communication which includes...Illustration, Graphic Design, Animation..etc.)

Any pointers or advice?:S

Im really not sure what would deem appropriate.

-Using artwork from school is possible i have read from some responses, but im worried, what if my artwork in art class does not fit in or connect with the "theme" of my portfolio, it would not seem appropriate?

-I know that less than 6 months has been advised to be enough time for preparation, however im considering it on top of heavy schoolwork and an art class itself to work on :'(??

I sincerely appreciate any help provided

Art Portfolio Difficulty: Extra Questions i appreciate for advice?
General Research Guides for Students:

http://findarticles.com/

Easy to use links that will help with all your research needs, try typing a keyword or two into the search engine and see what happens.

http://vos.ucsb.edu/index.asp

http://www.aresearchguide.com/

http://www.geocities.com/athens/troy/886...

http://www.studentresearcher.com/search/...

http://www.chacha.com/
Reply:Hi;

I know that you feel a little overwhelmed with your work from school and doing your portfolio. But don't worry, make time for it and believe me its possible; I've done it... twice!

You could use the work from school, but if it doesn't relate to what you want to show than don't bother.

I you are applying for Illustration or Animation even Graphic you portfolio must show at least 2 life drawings, especially for the former two. It's important for the school to know that you are on your way (if not already there) of knowing the human anatomy.

I think that your work should show a range of things that you can do. Maybe the use of: watercolor, chalk, pastels, graphite. If you are applying for Illustration or Animation; you can have maybe characters that you've created, a background, make sure you know tone (light and shadows) well and show it off...

If you feel that you are not pushing yourself enough, then do it... Start now there's no better time. Try new things, experiment with new mediums, read, get inspired, try to get critiques from your teachers, try to draw and paint thing you're not use to paint... and most of all don't draw what you are comfortable with... when you are pushing yourself, try to get out of the things that you generally draw and experiment, because if you already mastered let's say... drawing still life, then go draw humans or animals, or nature... but push yourself to the limit... it's a great thing to do for an artist...

Observe, that's the key for everything, have a sketchbook with you all the time... and draw things that interest you all the time... it's a good start...

Hope everything works out for you, and hope this helped you out and answered some of your questions...

Take care :-)
Reply:i just went through this. the best thing to do is to arange your portfolio as they request, and if that did not do that then start creating the very best you can. plus what you already have.

put the two or three new best examples in first then add some of the others in. they are not looking for master level work they are looking for improvement and talent. if you could do work that is at a masters level then you don't need school do you?

add to the back of every page the information on the piece. (everything you can remember about it, take pics while doing it, medium ect. )
Reply:I won't pretend to know exactly what the review committee is looking for, but from my experience and what little I picked up going through Art school, what they're looking for is potential. They'll want to see an ability to comprehend, adapt to, and work with what will be taught in whatever direction you choose. If you choose Illustration, submit what you feel to be the best and/or most relevant illustration, and follow suit for other courses. Remember that your portfolio, at this point in your life, is not supposed to be perfect or Gallery/Professional quality. Simply, provide your best, and let the work do the talking without your worrying about whether its good enough or not. Even if you aren't accepted, don't let that stand in your way. If you're serious about the pursuit of creative expression, and keep moving forward with your life you will end up where you need to be, and the right school will eagerly open its doors to you as long as you keep trying.
Reply:I am also doing a design/illustration portfoilo right now and I really know the pressure of making it look perfect as much as possible. lol.

-for the theme, it would be better if it is something that you are really familiar of: your style. Look at all your works and see your "style." With that, try to look for colors, fonts, and random illustrations that best corresponds with your style. Although it would be better to have a white/cream (or even black) background to make your designs pop out and not let the "theme" be the center of attraction. It also helps to look for portfolios of other designers in the web like: http://www.sergeseidlitz.com/

http://www.dekoreone.com/

http://www.thebeastisback.com/index2.htm...

The theme should reflect who you are as a designer/artist. Do you like funky colors? classic style? Minimalist? Retro? etc. Because in the end, the portfolio is something that should represent you or the "you" that you want the people to see.

-do not worry with the work not being with the theme. Again, don't let the "theme" eat your works. There is only one question to consider when putting a work in the portfolio: "is this one of my best work?" If it is, then put it! Don't put a crappy work just because it fits with the theme. Remember, the portfolio should showcase your best works.

-I hope this helps. Goodluck!

Why is BallPoint Pen Art the most undeveloped art movement in history?

2010-04-16T19:50:00.002-07:00

Why is BallPoint Pen Art the most undeveloped art movement in history?

The inventor of a ballpoint pen was Mr. John J. Load a citizen of the United States, residing at Weymonth, in the county of Norfolk and Common Wealth of Massachusetts, patented the first ballpoint pen. J.J. Load patented the first American ballpoint pen on Oct. 30, 1888, registration No. 392,046. In 1938 the Hungarian Biro brothers out of Argentina retooled and manufactured such an instrument worldwide.

The Bic Pen Company bought out that Biro patent and thus far sold 100 billion of those ballpoint pens worldwide. Needless to say Bic redesigned that pen and today it out sells all other models. A ballpoint pen is the most sold, used or popular writing or drawing instrument in history yet undeveloped as an art medium or movement. How can the most used art medium or instrument in history go unrecognized?

A ballpoint pen has the subtlest half-tone line, longest flowing lines and darkest rich multi-colored inks in history plus billions of users. How can such a great art medium go undeveloped?

Why is BallPoint Pen Art the most undeveloped art movement in history?
Pen and Ink has been around fore the past four thousand years unlike other art mediums or movements. Pens have elevated all realms of society not just the fine art world. Literature, science, mathematics, graphics, commercial art, cartooning, advertising, marketing, sales, public relations and many other important aspects of society have been improved or elevated via pen and ink!

The Bible, all old manuscripts, books, documents, reports and many drawings were completed thousands of years before other art mediums came into existence. Society or mankind has benefited from the usage of Pen and Ink. Therefore, comparing other mediums such as paint is rather absurd if facts or realism is to be considered. How many treaties, checks, documents or books are drafted with paint?

The most used, sold or popular instrument is always the greatest medium if statistics plays into practice? History is defined by such facts because it’s real and something people go by! Bic alone has sold over one billion ballpoint pens not to mention all other companies involved. A ballpoint pen is one of the world’s greatest selling items therefore among the most popular or practical products in history.

The value of such is therefore remarkable or unparalleled. Over looking such facts or materials certainly is a silly notion or concept to say the least! A ballpoint pen’s extra-fine or fine line is the subtlest in history. No other camera-ready art medium can make that statement and be factually correct. The ballpoint pen also produces the longest flowing lines in history, which is fantastic, if spontaneous ness is important as an artist! ISO or DIN archival rated ballpoint pen inks are now on the market and that’s extremely important because of their brilliant colors and steadfastness.

BallPoint Pen art or drawings are undeveloped because the art world is slow to recognize new mediums. It’s also lacking artists willing to speck-out or present what they have!
Reply:Because it's cheap, it looks cheap and no one would pay a hundred bucks for something that their 3 year old kid can do
Reply:Because sometimes it doesn't flow right and you get a big clump of ink coming out instead of a nice flowing, liquid line
Reply:paint
Reply:its ideal for writting words. Not drawing pictures. it's not good for shading - NO pens are an ideal form for artwork. also theres only a few colors of bic ink and your finished product would look poor....
Reply:They've just been waiting for you to draw something!
Reply:As a drawing tool, the ballpoint pen is usually confined to the sketch pad and "back of the napkin" doodles. However, like everything, there are artists who can elevate just about any tool above it's mundane reputation. There are groups out there that take ballpoint pens more seriously as a drawing tool than most of your respondents here.

Here are some links:

http://groups.msn.com/ballpointpenart/

On this MSN Group you will find plenty of examples of why many people DON'T think much of ballpoint pen art, but you will also find some remarkable standouts.

http://www.biro-art.com/

http://www.denniscarlisle.com/
Reply:Because if a person actually has talent they can surely do the same thing on a canvas.
Reply:Nothing compares to painting.

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Which south american country has the most unique art?

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im doing a school art project on non-western art. Our choices are australian art, egyptian art, indian (india) art, african art, or south american art. I'm thinking of doing south american art. Which country has the most unique art?

Which south american country has the most unique art?
Mexican art.
Reply:Peru.
Reply:Read up on the Inca's and Peru and you will find astounding art and architecture.

Art Fundamentals.?

2010-04-16T19:50:00.000-07:00

Okay so today I received my report card and I achieved a D in Art Fundamentals, my mom looks at this and yells at me to go study.

Now what I told her is that art is a talent and unlike Math and English it would be impossible to study it. I'm no artist, it's not my fault I do not understand concepts and that my creativity is lacking. What do you guys think I should say to convince her that Art is impossible to study as in making concepts and being creative?

Art Fundamentals.?
Where there is no Passion...there is NO success

Art vs. nature?

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art is seen to be an aesthetic representation of reality (aka. nature). do you think this is true? to what extent does art accurately depict nature, or should art be condemned in society because it is seen to be false and untruthful?

Art vs. nature?
sure i think art is an aesthetic representation of nature, and it can be fairly accurate.

why should we ban it, who doesnt like art?
Reply:"Art verses Nature" is merely one form of expression in art. Art has multitudes of genres and movements besides the Realism that emulates natural aesthetics. Your suggestion to condemn the whole field of art because of one category is like throwing the baby out with the bath water. In literature there are numerous literary categories: novel, drama, folktale, nonfiction, fiction, science fiction, biography, autobiography, mystery, history, poetry, anthology, mythology, etc. Are you going to condemn and band all of literature because you are not in favor of one literary genre? Of course not, that would be absurd. Art encompasses a proliferation of genres and movements besides Realism:

A

Abstract expressionism

Academic art

Action painting

Analytical art

Anti-realism

Arabesque

Art Deco

Art Nouveau

Arte Povera

Artefactoria

Arts and Crafts Movement

Ashcan School

B

Barbizon school

Baroque

Bauhaus

C

Celebritarianism

Color Field

Conceptual art

Constructivism

Contemporary Baroque Art

Cubism

D

Dada

Danube school

Dau-al-Set

De Stijl (also know as Neoplasticism)

Deconstructivism

E

Expressionism

F

Fantastic realism

Fauvism

Figurative art

Folk art

Fluxus

Futurism

H

Harlem Renaissance

Humanistic Aestheticism

Hypermodernism

I

Impressionism

Institutional Critique

International Gothic

International Typographic Style

L

Les Nabis

Letterism

Lyrical Abstraction

M

Magic Realism

Mannerism

Massurrealism

Metaphysical painting

Mingei

Minimalism

Modernism

N

Naive art

Neen

Neoclassicism

Neo-expressionism

Neo-figurative

Neo-primitivism

New Objectivity

O

Op Art

Orphism

P

Photorealism

Pointillism

Pop art

Post-impressionism

Postmodernism

Precisionism

Primitivism

R

Rasquache

REALISM

Rectoversion

Remodernism

Renaissance

Renaissance Classicism

Rococo

Romanesque

Romanticism

S

Shin hanga

Sōsaku hanga

Socialist Realism

Stuckism

Suprematism

Surrealism

Symbolism (arts)

Synchromism

U

Unpop Art Movement
Reply:Man is a part of nature; art is created by man therefore I believe art resembles a part of nature. I do not think art should be condemned although I believe art is slowly dying due to the almighty dollar.
Reply:Art itself is never false or untruthful , but all that Art that IS false/untruthful , should be condemned , as it is likely to 'corrupt' (if you like ) the viewer/reader/listener %26amp; gives rise to feelings like yours , that maybe all Art is so .

In some forms of art , it is not necessary that it depict Life exactly , but at the very least , it must reflect the artist's true mind %26amp; not be some concoction intended only to impress critics .
Reply:there's no ample replacement for the real thing.
Reply:Art is expression. It does not necessarily have to represent any existing physical states.

Art includes a diverse range of forms including music, movies and wide range of design works. If Art is to be condemned, what kind of life will it be on this planet?

Art has nothing to do with God, or the truth attached with him.

Art director career questions?

2010-04-14T18:53:00.000-07:00

I am in high school and was thinking about the career I would like to pursue. When I thought about it, I came up with being an Art director. My question is what is it like being an Art director? Hows the pay? What is an Art directors everyday life like? How is the job opportunity and security? Is it difficult to find a job straight out of college or is it fairly easy? Please answer all these questions and feel free to add info about this proffession that you think I might want or need to know. Thank you for your time and have a wonderful day!

Art director career questions?
If u like art stuff, u would love to be an art director. u would be very busy and it's fun. If u move to big cities such as New York, Dubai, London, u would get really good opportunities about art stuff. If u are an american citizen and move to Dubai, u are gonna earn about $20000 a month. In New York, u are gonna earn $15000 a month. In VA, u are gonna earn $6000 a month. I don't know about anyother cities.

Good luck

Paris

Professional Graphic Designer (work in NYC, Virginia Beach and Dubai)
Reply:If you're good it pays a lot.

A friend of mine was an art director and he designed Marineland of the Pacific many years ago. Probably not today, someone else did that.

Art directors work for architects, movie studios, commercial producers, ad agencies.

It's a good job.
Reply:It's a challengeing and interesting job, but you would probably get a degree in design and start work as a designer, then work your way up to art director.

You have time to research this so here are some references that would help you. Go to www.aiga.org which is the American professional organization for design. They have articles and information and design careers and design education.

Maybe get a subscription to HOW magazine. It covers a wide range of design issues but it is accessible for a beginner to understand and enjoy.

A good book that provides clear explanations of career options is Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design. The author is Steven Heller.

Hope this helps. When you start thinking about what schools to consider, get back on the site and you'll get ideas about that too.

Racing Shoes

Art of... people without skin, space, mushrooms, revelations.?

2010-04-14T18:52:00.003-07:00

Art auction house - Is there any site where I can get help in opening of art auction house?

2010-04-14T18:52:00.002-07:00

I am planning to start a online as well as floor art auction house in India.I need to learn about functioning and running an art auction house from the experts.Where to go.Please.

Art auction house - Is there any site where I can get help in opening of art auction house?
Best to use EBay for the online part. Here's an EBay auction course:

http://www.auctiontips.com/ebay-course/e...

There are many others...

Art from Germany?

2010-04-14T18:52:00.001-07:00

Art majors? art judges? teachers? can you helpe me please?!?

2010-04-14T18:52:00.000-07:00

I am going to be turning in 3 of my pieces in a few days. I dont now what to choose! can you help me? what do you think?

the art gallery is inside a place where alot of children go into so there are NO FRONATL NUDES allowed. but pieces of backs are allowed.

my webpage is www.freewebs.com/momo_loves_art

please choose from charcoal and color only!

thank you!

Art majors? art judges? teachers? can you helpe me please?!?
There are four I really like

Rembrant soft pastels on blue canson paper

iris

heart

distant
Reply:The sacks and stuffed anumal - charcoal

the Irises - color

If children will be viewing, they'll enjoy figuring out these pieces.

I think your figure drawings are good, but need refining. I would suggest studying/drawing internal anatomy - muscules, bones. Overall though, you have an interesting style.

Good work !
Reply:I love the "heart" the "irises" and the crinkly bags are awesome. I know you can't use it but "statue" is very, very nice.

chris

flickr.com/photos/sweetlight/sets

braces teeth

Art from Germany?

2010-04-14T18:51:00.003-07:00

Art college ranking?

2010-04-14T18:51:00.002-07:00

I want to know the recent ranking for art colleges (not only the top 5). However, I couldnt be able to find the real one. I dont want the rankings from USnews. I hope to have the rankings from art magazines, like computer arts. Please help me!!!

Art college ranking?
Sorry, tried several research strategies on the internet, but can't find what you want either. I think your best bet would be to contact some art magazines and ask for a copy of their articles.

Good luck

Anna

Art homework dilema!!!! help!!!?

2010-04-14T18:51:00.001-07:00

I'm just about to go into my 4th year at secondary school (I don't know what the equivalent is in America) and I've taken art as one of my options. My new teacher told us to go onto our vle (virtual learning environment) to get our homework for the holidays, so when everyone broke up, thats what we did, and we have to add more detail/finish off etc to our past art work in our sketchbooks. The only problem is is that our OTHER art teacher (a right old bat!) took in our books at the end of the year, saying we wouldn't need them. The homeworks due in first day back, and i don't know what to do! I don't want to give my new teacher a bad impression of me, because i normally give my homework in on time. What do you suggest i should do?! I've started just sketching random stuff, just to keep practising, but do you think thats enough? help!!!!

thanks in advance!

oh, and if anyone's going to be rude, then please don't bother answering!

thanks! =D

Art homework dilema!!!! help!!!?
I'd consider turning in what you are able to complete between now and your first day. You really don't have much of an option here. I'd focus on quality rather than quantity.
Reply:Isn't there some way to get in touch? Any word on what anyone else is going to do? Anyone you can ask?

Was there a piece you did previously that you could think back to... Something you remember well, maybe it was something that had you fairly inspired so you did a nice job %26amp; were fairly proud of it?

If so, what about trying to do that one again, but taken a step further, and then finish that one off as you would if you still had it? Then at least you could say that, though you didn't have any of your old work, that one idea stuck out in your mind and you wanted to work in it more. I would think turning in more practice would work as well. Though it seems like the idea is adding more detail %26amp; finishing the work - so I'd make a point to try to turn in more complete items so at least they'll fit in with what he was expecting.

If that's not good enough then the teacher can just get bent!
Reply:Just find some old sketches in your sketchbook and finish them up,you could add color, extra lines etc. If you have a blank page do a abstract illistration because there easy and look good. Thats how I did my assignments at the last minute.
Reply:Try to contact a schoolmate that might have kept the book or at least written it down. Call your school librarian to see if they have a copy of the book and call and ask your school administrators if they are not on holiday and tell them of your problem and see if they'll let you look at the book.

Yes, daily sketching helps very much. It keeps you from losing skill and keeps your creativity flowing so that you don't get artists block.
Reply:what do you need to know kid? Ill show you some applications just three things and you ll do well making an impression of anything you want
Reply:is there a way you can contact your old teacher? if not, then do what you have been doing. maybe try to re-create the projects you did in your old class and fix them up like your new teacher wants. when the first day of school comes along, tell your new teacher your problem. hopefully he/she will like that you did something instead of going in empty handed.

ART MAGAZINES and ART BOOKS? HELP?

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Can anyone give the names of some art magazines that I can submit work to? Submit pictures to get published. I draw only cartoon stuff.

Maybe even some art book's even?

Any help would be great!

ART MAGAZINES and ART BOOKS? HELP?
well kzone publish art work but it's not an art magazine
Reply:i love drawning im taking studio in art in school.

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Profession determines the martial art?

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Hey. Need to ask a question. Why is it that there are a huge abundance of engineers doing martial arts, more so than other professions? From what I've seen, internet, friends, family, a lot of martial artists are engineers (especially biomedical engineers and mechanical engineers), rather than accountants (I know one who does martial arts, but thats it), teachers, etc.

I understand that perhaps doctors and dentists may not be martial artists (from an earlier question I asked and also since they rely on use their hands), but why not the other professions?

Also, to those who do martial arts when they were younger, did you ever manage to find time to juggle your studies and your martial arts as well?

One last question referring to an earlier question I asked here. If I were to become a dentist, since I have to take additional precautions and risks, which martial art would be optimum for me (I really would not like to do internal arts).

Please give your opinion, thank you.

Profession determines the martial art?
Tang Soo Do. Will suit your studies and will give you a full understanding of your body.
Reply:In the past, most martial artists knew about medicine and they were doctors.

I suggest TaiChi would be suitable for u. TaiChi is not only a martial arts, but also includes something else. It's really amazing!
Reply:Actually i know of alot of doctors training in Martial arts, in fact, i think health profecionals make up a huge portion of Martial artists

You also see alot of security guards and teachers, maby its just where I train. Also police guys train there. There are really alot more profecions than you mentioned man, so maby its just where you are from that people train from those places

Oh and train in TKD, thats what my chiro does to avoid hand injurys
Reply:any proffesion any martial art i think u have been experiencing coincedence damn i cant spell lol
Reply:I would suggest Kendo, the discipline, precision and focus will be helpful for your chosen profession. And the armor will protect you from the most serious injury.

You can consider BJJ too, since there's not much throwing (which can lead to many kind of arm, neck %26amp; shoulder injuries) and focus mainly on grappling.

The BJJ rules generally forbid small joints (wrist, fingers etc) manipulation, neck cranks and leg locks. Training etiquette is to apply the submission slow and steady, giving you enough time to tap out to prevent injury. It is very safe.

Did I mentioned it is also tough training? :)

Art auction house - Is there any site where I can get help in opening of art auction house?

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Art majors? art judges? teachers? can you helpe me please?!?

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Art vs. nature?

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Art magazines?

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for people who are really into art, whats your favorite LOCAL art magazine, or just art magazine in general? mine is juxtapoz magazine

Art magazines?
i dont have a favorite local magazine, but in general my favorite is Artists Magazine. they showcase artists, have deals on supplies, talk about tenique, things going on in the art world. they had this really awesome artist in september who's paintings literally look like photographs. his name is Anthony Waichulis. you should check out his work.
Reply:i dont have a favorite local either, but i like art calendar

Why is BallPoint Pen Art the most undeveloped art movement in history?

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Art Fundamentals.?

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Art Universities/Colleges?

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Hello, I am completely new to everything and I was wondering some stuff about art universities in general. I would like to know from the ones who have actually been there: Do they have lockers?Do you have to carry a big portfolio around at anytime at all or just plain backpacks are fine? I heard that even though it is an Art college, you must take academic courses such as English and Art History(if there are more, what are they?) and in those classes, do you have to make any presentations of any sort, in fact; do you have to make presentations at all, what are those classes like in general?

Lets say you have to read at loud, and you don't want to, do they make you like in high school?Do you have to work in groups in anything or can you work solely independent?I probably have tons more but I don't remember any more at the moment.Anyways I'm not able to go to things like their open houses or anything so if someone who actually goes to one answersthese, I would really appreciate it.

Art Universities/Colleges?
They do have lockers. You only have to carry a big portfolio if the class you have requires big paper/materials thats you'd put in it. I usually onlt see people with the big portfolios when a project is due and they're bringing it to class. You do have to take SOME general education classes, but its NOTHING like regular colleges. You still have to take math, english, speech, history, psychology, and sociology. Art is ALWAYS about presentations. The point in that is to inspire other classmates who don't share the same artistic eye as you have and for critique.

Teachers in college don't MAKE you do anything - especially stuff like read out loud but THEY WILL dock points off of your class particpation grade if you are totally disconnected from the class. All teachers use group assignments to help you learn. It doesn't matter what school you go to or what major you have but you work independently for the most part.

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Art for Art's sake...resource question?

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Theophile Gautier is generally credited as being the first to use the phrase" Art for Art's sake" as a slogan which is often associated with the aesthetic and decadent movement. Does anyone know why he is credited with this, or what resource this comes from?

By the way, I'm not infering that he invented the phrase, I just want to know where he first used the phrase as a slogan.

Art for Art's sake...resource question?
"L'art pour l'art" (translated as "art for art's sake") is indeed credited to Théophile Gautier (1811–1872). Gautier was the first to adopt the phrase as a slogan. "Art for art's sake" was a bohemian creed in the nineteenth century, a slogan raised in defiance of those who — from John Ruskin to the much later Communist advocates of socialist realism — thought that the value of art was to serve some moral or didactic purpose. "Art for art's sake" affirmed that art was valuable as art, that artistic pursuits were their own justification and that art did not need moral justification — and indeed, was allowed to be 'morally subversive'.

Amusingly, in true presumptive Hollywood style, an attempt at a Latin version of the slogan, "ars gratia artis", is used as a slogan by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and appears in the oval around the roaring head of Leo the Lion in their motion picture logo.

Any Art History buffs? I need a question or topic for my art paper~?

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I have to write a paper for my Art history class so its extremely important that i do well, but I'm having problems brainstorming a possible topic. The handout says to choose any question or topic related to art history that intrigues you, and then write a source review of a book, website, and an article about my chosen topic. so the paper really isn't about the topic at all, but instead its more about how credible the sources are. so, i need a topic about art history that there are a lot of print and online sources about. Any suggestions!!?

Any Art History buffs? I need a question or topic for my art paper~?
How about the relationship of DaVinci to all of the conspiracy theories?

Edit: Try exploring where art stops and obscenity starts (if you feel there's a difference). Lots written about that!
Reply:Van Gogh is always a good subject to write about. This guy was brilliant, a grump, bad with women and drank a lot. Have fun.
Reply:Try writing about Vincent van Gogh. His mental illness and subsequent suicide should give you lots of material. Possibly discuss his illness, such as cutting off part of his ear, and write a modern day diagnosis or opinion based on modern psychology. Discuss his relationship with Paul Gauguin a leading Post-Impressionist painter.
Reply:The Civil War

World War I or II (1914, 1941)

Defeating the Spansih Armada (1588)

Christopher Columbus sailing to the U.S

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Enlightenment Art?

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What was the difference between 16th/17th century art or architecture and 18th century (Enlightenment era) art or architecture? What were the types of art or architecture that was predominant during those times? Any info on art, architecture, etc during the 17th or 18th century or Enlightenment (please classify which), I would love to know!

Enlightenment Art?
Well you will need to do some reading I guess:

Art in the 16th century

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en%26amp;q=art...

17th century

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en%26amp;q=art...

18th

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en%26amp;q=art...

Art for arts sake- ars gratia artis- which company's motto?

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ars gratia artis is the latin motto that means art for arts sake.

and a company has this motto but what company has it and what kind of company is it? (like what does it do?)

help please!

thanks!!!!!!!!!!

Art for arts sake- ars gratia artis- which company's motto?
MGM Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer

You can read those Latin words on the border around the lion's head in their logo.

The company is and has been one of the largest movie producers in Hollywood since the early days of movie making.

Artists and true art lovers only: are art and beauty inseparable?

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What follows is an excerpt from a previous answer, one I can respect:

"Art is an expression of feeling, an outpouring of the soul, if you will. As feelings are not always beautiful nor even socially acceptable, so it is with art as well. My guess is that for much of humankind beautiful feelings number less than 50% of all feelings. Would you want to quell all of the larger portion of human feeling just because it is not beautiful?"

In my heart I respect but cannot accept this answer. Many of the feelings in West Side Story were hateful, vengeful, and destructive. Yet the film is both beautiful and a great work of art.

Do you agree with the previous answer or with me? I am less interested in your yes or no than in your explanation of your answer. I sincerely wish to continue to study this issue of art and beauty.

Artists and true art lovers only: are art and beauty inseparable?
Beauty is very subjective (in the eye of the beholder etc.) but does not stimilate intellectually or often times emotionally. We look at something of beauty and say "That's beautiful" - for what else is there to say about it? Art is more provocative and tends to stimulate the intellect and the emotions, and for that reason can be universal. Maybe.
Reply:No art isn't always beautiful. Just as truth is not beauty, neither is art. But just because it's art doesn't mean you have to like it or patronize it. Everyone has tastes.
Reply:Not all art is "beautiful". It's not meant to be. Art should provoke feelings or thought in the viewer. See? No Platitudes.
Reply:Beauty, just as art, is in the eye of the beholder.
Reply:No, they're not inseparable. There are many beautiful things which aren't art (much of nature, for instance, is beautiful but is not art until someone *makes* it art), and there is much art which is moving and thoughtful, but is not beautiful.

Islamic art?

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why is islamic art so distinctive? how and why is Islamic art so different from the art of other reigious traditions? how are iportant islamic belief and practces reflected in various art forms?

Can someone help me plz its for my paper and im not finding any info on the internet

Islamic art?
perhaps Google is not everyone's friend ;) and we have our lazy dayZzZzzzz :P

http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/intro.h...

http://www.islamicart.com/

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHislamic.html

http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/art/

http://www.salaam.co.uk/themeofthemonth/...

http://www.islamic-art.org/

and some special episodes :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGp29FIir...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGdcxdSg_...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLyDQZZNK...

have fun...it sure was interesting :)
Reply:I suggest you go to your local library.
Reply:I think that it's different because it tends to avoid iconography, although there are exceptions. There is strong religious resistance in Islam to making representations of living beings. There is also a high value placed on calligraphy- some of my personal favorite Islamic art is calligraphy. I've included a link to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's page on the nature of Islamic Art. The page includes links to the specific types of art.

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Who is good in art?

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take on the role of an investigative journalist by using the Internet to seek out different kinds of art works -- art that is not conventionally considered to be art. Works of art currently, or traditionally found in museums should be excluded from your examples. Choose two, specific works of art (not general forms of art) that will make for a captivating news article.

Who is good in art?
No sure if this qualify. A site on the internet dedicated to just black and white brush art, simple strokes but all small b%26amp;w....the 'unconventional' part is that the site allows users to mix and match artwork and arrange them (drag and drop) on a 'virtual showroom'. You can select any number of pieces and make any arrangement (2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 3x2 etc...). You can also select wall color and frame.

Meaningful "art"?

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I see that many people are interested in artists like Warhol, Pollock, Basquiat, or Mondrian, and people often say Mondrian the artist, Mondrian the philosopher, Mondrian the poet, the architect etc... And sometimes I feel a little dumb, I don't really know if I fail at seeing something, because when I look at a can of soup, or a square I see nothing Beautiful, poetic or philosophical. I think we often treat modern art like the Emperor's new clothes, we succumb to the idea that if is in a museum or critics praise an artists then it must be good. Yet it seems we cannot formulate our own criticism and follow the herd. We say "Pollock is expressing himself" he "is painting from the soul", etc.. as if Michelangelo failed to express himself or a even some teenager who makes his/her own clothes for that matter. I don't think "anything" can be called art, yes art is relative but not everything is art. What do you think of this?. Are artists like Warhol good or they just got taken too serious?

Meaningful "art"?
modern art, for the most part, is best used for wallpaper and bathroom tissue. it is representational of nothing more than the "artist's" own ego. although, sometime,it is symmetrically pleasing to the eye, it is lacking in purpose because of it's failure to evoke a strong and sincere emotional response from it's viewers. an artist should create something that is relative to more than just him/herself.

nuff said.

i think you can add Erte and, dare i say it, Picasso to your list.
Reply:What a great question. Art is everything, and everything is art. When it takes a great talent to imagine or compose it, it's art. But that is such a subjective point of view. It is what the majority appreciates at any given time, I suppose.
Reply:The meaning is in yourself. If you can see no expression, then there is no expression. Perhaps you can... perhaps you cannot?

We were not all endowned with the same talents.
Reply:Well, it's not just art that you are talking about. It's the music, Internet, money, etc. It's basically everything. A caveman wouldn't think Internet is a good idea, but yet, most of us wouldn't think living in a cave is a good idea. The simplest would probably be in music. Take a look at Celine Dion, and Ozzy Osbourn. It's like the light vs the dark. We all have different tastes in things. Those arts aren't a piece of craps, they're a masterpiece. Although some arts looks like a bunch of craps pile together, but they are actually arts. May be it have something to do with your mind, and how you think. A genius would appreciate arts more than a mentally retarded man. There's a book called "Flowers for Algernon." It's about a man with an IQ of 68, which is lower than Forrest Gump, and he wants to be smart. Well, these doctors are trying to take an experiment on him to make him smarter. Before the test, he take a Rorschach test, and all he see is an ink blot. After the experiment, which tripled his IQ, he started to see something in the Rorschach test. He realize that it's a personality test. His intelligence is beyond genius. Anyways, may be "you're not born to loves arts." You might want to looks at more of the arts. Later on, you might find the beauty of it.
Reply:' "Emperor's new clothes" indeed. That said, I ask you -- how often do you feel a little like that of a breed apart from the rest as well? For truly expressing that originality resting within each of us appears to be so lost an art most important of all.

In Netherlands late 1636 to early 1637 there came the scourge that became "Tulipmania," in which there was an apparent mass hypnosis centered on tulips and tulip bulbs, out of which a whole market took hold throughout Netherlands and in particular in its famous province that is Holland, wherein thousands of people sold and invested against their houses or dumped their fortunes on prospective returns that tulips -- of all things -- they were convinced would accord them.

The herd instinct, a pandering reflex writ large, and one has only to wonder just what is there in the many, aside from the exacting of what it is, who buy into this sort of thing yet with proper sense need not look far to behold this same today; to wit -- the great house mortgage debacle of today exemplifies this, which folly brought down a moderate-sized but pivotal investment bank at Wall Street: Bear-Sterns and whose implications would have international repercussions.

Yet as you intimate "beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

To that I say, What price folly if not art!
Reply:I think art is similar to fashion shows - real people don't own ridiculously expensive 'art' nor do they purchase the ridiculous rags seen on the runways. These are the games of the wealthy who compete by throwing their money away on such frivolous garbage and look down their noses at those who can't, don't, or won't.

Art is subjective and much to do about nothing.

EDIT: If you look real close at some of Picasso's work, you'll see some very erotic stuff that's not obvious at first glance.
Reply:We live in a time where the media dictate the taste of people they promote whom they like and demote whom they don't, its a collective perception formed and dictated by massive machinery, but again as you put it this machinery only influnces the herd.

Art museum exhibitions?

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Hello. I have to do a paper in art class. I am a bit confused of what an museum EXHIBITION is in a museum. My professor previously assigned papers dealing with one art work, but now he is changing it to on a museum exhibition. What exactly is an museum or an art exhibition? Any examples? I reside in brooklyn, NY. Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks in advance

Art museum exhibitions?
I suggest a trip to the Met for you. They currently have "Special Exhibitions" on Jasper Johns, Gustave Courbet and others (see link below). These exhibits are usually a collection of artwork by a single artist, a group of artists in one style or around a central theme (i.e. The Art of Brooklyn, Commercial Art in the 20th Century, etc.)

Major retrospectives of the work of very famous artists are also considered exhibitions, and often the show will travel around the world, being staged at numerous museums in the largest of cities for months at a time. Often the museums will charge a separate fee from the normal entrance price to view major exhibitions, and one may have to sign up for a time to start the tour.

You can probably find plenty of examples on the internet by searching on "art exhibitions".
Reply:For instance, the British Museum in London has a temporary exhibition on the old Chinese Warriors (you can look it up on their website). The Tate Britain Gallery has a temporary exhibition of the Camden Town Group. An exhibition could be of items from their collection, grouped in a theme, or they could borrow from other galleries or museums. Some museums are lucky enough to have a special space for shows, which means they don't have to disrupt the normal collections.

Can art be defined, and how?

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I know of a few prominent definitions:

*It "makes special" (Ellen Dissanayake).

*It is characterised by "family resemblences" (works of art have things in common with other works, but no work of art has every one of the things).

*It is what the art world says is art.

Any others?

Can art be defined, and how?
This question borders on knowledge and meaning of art.

Almost all artists know about the elements and principles of art -- they are the knowledge. As for meaning, that would be subjected to a number of factors between the artist, the art as presented, the audience and cultural background. In other words, subjective definition varies.
Reply:art is very simply your vision of the world
Reply:Art is co creation with the cosmos.

Poet Mohit.K.Misra author of Ponder Awhile
Reply:It can be defined by the philosophy it depicts: Romanticism; cubism; Impressionism; Baroque; Dadism; etc.

Aesthetics is the branch of philosophy that attempts to determine whether the artist or the art properly does what the artist wants it to do, e.g., be "impressionistic," or depict something according to "Romanticism."

"It is not journalistic information or scientific education or moral guidance that man seeks from a work of art (though these may be involved as secondary consequences), but the fulfillment of a more profound need: a confirmation of his view of existence—a confirmation, not in the sense of resolving cognitive doubts, but in the sense of permitting him to contemplate his abstractions outside his own mind, in the form of existential concretes."

“Art and Sense of Life,” The Romantic Manifesto, 38.

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UCLA Art Portfolio...?

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I'm a romanian junior high school student and I'm bent on attending UCLA School of Art and Architecture. I've started to build my portfolio but they request only 5 pieces of artwork. It's pretty hard to narrow it down to only a few pieces...My question is this: since different art schools look for different things in students' portfolios, what is UCLA's aim?Do they prefer to see personal art or obsevational drawing? Are they interested in discovering the personality of the artist or just the skill/technique? Is illustration or concept important?For instance: will a portrait count more than an image of a group of teenagers skateboarding? They would both be from real life, but what about the concept? I'm a fan of traditional drawing and painting. What is UCLA's preferance in art (are they liberal and creative or less flexible?)... What's they're style?If anyone here is a student over there, could you tell me what kind of work got you into UCLA? Thanks.

UCLA Art Portfolio...?
I'm not an art student here at UCLA but I have friends here who are. I guess they tend to be pretty liberal and creative with their works. Indeed, the stuff I see them do is pretty bizarre.
Reply:I can't speak for UCLA, I am unfamiliar with what they require, BUT I am an art teacher that has sent many students to excellent art colleges.

In a portfolio, you want to show these things: skill/technique, possibly in more than one medium, some work that shows higher level thinking/concept (perhaps a piece dealing with a social issue or your inner self). It's also good to include one self-portrait.

Many of my students go to a "Portfolio Day"...you said you were Romanian, but are you in Romania or the USA? If you're in the US, try to go to a portfolio day. People from all colleges are there and maybe someone from UCLA will be there and can give you feedback on your work. The website for portfolio days is:

http://www.npda.org/events.html

Finally, I would suggest calling UCLA with your questions. I have always found art departments at colleges very eager to help and answer questions.

Good Luck!
Reply:well, my friend's brother goes to UCLA, he sent in artwork too. his artwork was very creative and showed his personality and skill throuhg his work. he did 5 different categories showing how much he can develop (pointilism, watercolor, pastels, collage, and pop art) he got in. i also think taking basic ideas and putting them in would be good too. basic teenagers skateboarding is a very good idea too me

hope that helps ;}

What would you do, art of philosophy?

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I don't know wether to go to art school or philosophy. I love art, I know it, I'm capable of it, it's very easy for me, but I only love it on my own time, where I don't have to do my piece a certain way, or by a certain time, just where I can flow, and be a spontaneous me. I can get a full scholarship to art school, but I feel like I don't need to go, the only thing I would really learn is some techniques in painting, but I've managed on my own. I'm afraid me going to art school will mold my nature. ON the other hand, I absolutely love philosophy, it completely absorbs me inside and out, I would love to go and learn from philosophy, but my grades in school are bad, they're only bad 'cause I"m so called "lazy", I have bad grades 'cause I don't do my homework, but tests I do well in. I'd rather go to philosophy and have art as a hobbie, but should I even bother? Would they accept me for philosophy with like a possible D , few C's, and few A's? OR should I just stick with art, scince I already know it? I'd love philosophy, really, but what would you do in my position???? Advice is extremely beyond appreciated, you have no idea!! Thankyou o' so much!!

What would you do, art of philosophy?
Philosophy is a pretty wide net, and a lot of what you'll study to begin with in college may not even be emphasizing what you currently love about philosophy (meaning that despite your love for it, you may still end up with less than stellar grades). I don't believe art classes will "mold" your art in any direction you don't want it to go, unless you end up with a bad teacher who has a lot of jealousy issues with your talent, but you sound intelligent enough to recognize that sort of shallowness if you come across it - you'll find that dealing with fools like that is easy once you meet enough of them. My advice is take the scholarship if it comes your way. Philosophy can be a hobby, even though a lot of folks don't understand that. Spend your free time with the philosophy books you enjoy...the problem with philosophy as a subject is people think if they study it, they'll automatically get "smarter". Some do, but some just get more smug because they study philosophy. It's a snake that eats it's own tail. The best thing to draw out of philosophy is not some solution to the meaning of life, but that there's always more than one way of looking at the world, and philosophy as a hobby - and a never ending one at that - won't ever disappoint you. If you study seriously the craft of art and design, you'll walk away with foundational knowledge that you can build a future upon. If you combine that with a loving self-study of philosophy, you'll find that it will enhance the way you see and approach yourself as a tradesman and in Life. Don't worry about the "tool" they teach you in art school being the only tool you'll be able to use after they've graduated you - it won't be, because you'll still be "you" and that creative energy isn't going to be stifled by some institution. The main thing I learned from philosophy is that the best thing in life is to love many things...you can love art and philosophy in equal measure, whether some teacher is there to hand out grades or not.
Reply:Major in Art first. Then you will find your path.
Reply:Majoring in philosophy is a lot of work. If you're passionate about it, you'll want to do the homework, but it's a LOT of reading outside of class and a lot of preparation to participate in class discussions, lots of papers and essay exams.

IF you can get on board with doing your homework, I would do the philosophy thing. You can always take art classes in college as electives if you feel you just want to pick up a couple of things to enhance your talent without committing to an intense major program. USually there are extracurricular art clubs too where you can pick things up from other students, so I would study philosophy and take art electives or even minor in art if the school you choose offers that.

I fyour college entrance exam scores are decent, a lot of school are willing to overlook a bad grade or two. Don't let money completely dictate what your education will be like. Try an find a balance, you don't necessarily have to choose between the two. Good luck.

By the way, what do you want to DO after school? Think about that when you choose also.
Reply:Philosophy will have many papers and readings. If you are "lazy" like me, I would suggest pursuing philosophy on your own while going to the art school.
Reply:Apply to both schools, find out where you got accepted and what scholarships you got and choose on that. You can study both independently and you can also combine the two. If you take philosiphy, minor in art. Its easy because philosiphy and art can go hand in hand. Good luck.
Reply:I'm kind of in this situation myself.. a similar one. I'm lazy too and I'm good at art.. but somehow.. (I've spent almost 2 years -yikes- in college for it) I don't see the point in it and I can't imagine living like some machine with this busy life doing graphic design for some boring company and I can't imagine being an artist painting and living off of that. And I need to know that it is worth my time.

I did learn how to draw better in college and I did learn some other skills. art history was a lot better than I expected.. but with college I discovered that college courses can be much more fun than highschool. like, subjects that I wasn't going in. I haven't had a chance to take philosophy classes, but I find anthropology interesting and my english classes...

I think college is better since you aren't stuck with one thing like with art school. Don't know.. is there a philosophy school? anyway, I don't know what you should do or what I should do. I get a clearer picture everyday..but I'm not sure that I ever come closer to an answer. Or maybe I just find that the question I wanted an answer to wasn't the question I should be asking...

but good luck to you

I'd love to mix the philosophy with this energy I have to create.. maybe that is what it is.. creating vs discovering.. or like.. I like expressing myself but not necessarily creating 'art' not for the sake of profit and with a set of guidelines or with the idea in my head that I am doing this other than just because I feel like it.
Reply:Maybe you were meant for learning aesthetics, the philosophy of art and the "art" of seeing within all other art all other forms of philosophy.

No art can be created or understood without the components of metaphysics, epistemology, and sometimes ethics and political science.

That way you would get the best of both worlds.

With that background, you could become an art historian, or an appraiser, or write books on art. etc.

Good luck.

ART homework help, GCSE?

2010-04-14T18:45:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone, thanks for opening my question :)

I was wondering if anyone knew anything about TAGORE art

I have to collect pictures for coursework (which is due in tomorrow) and I can't find any on google or any other art/search engines I know.

All it comes up with is something about a man called Rabindranath Tagore

that isn't what I need :|

also anything on mysore art would be helpful too

love love love xxxx

ART homework help, GCSE?
i am not exactly sure what you asking but i typed it in and asked for images and this is what i recived
Reply:hi there, is this it ?

http://www.bangladesh.com/blog/art-belon...

typed in tagore art in google and quite a bit came up for me x

Art question?

2010-04-14T18:45:00.000-07:00

I am an artist who paints in oils. I am constantly being told that my art work is excellent, ( by art teachers) I love to paint pictures of English cottages, or very detailed work. ( along the style of Thomas Kinkade) How do I put a price on my art work if I want to sell it, and what kind of prices should I charge?. all my paintings are 16x 20 or larger, and framed.

Art question?
I've trouble with pricing as well, I usually charge what the market will bear, but that (normally) isn't much here, small town and all that. I'm a big fan of haggling, but it doesn't work if your art is going on a site, though it can do wonders at festivals. I suggest looking around at what other artists in your area charge for the same size and amount of detail of your pictures. Keep in mind you most likely *Won't* get the same amount as a Kinkade, because the value of his name is much higher. I usually put my prices a smidge under the competition, since I've a very small wallet, it encourages customers to do double-takes and they don't have to talk themselves in on 'wasting' quite so much money, as it seems like a good deal for the price.
Reply:Talk to a gallery owner.
Reply:usually if you are just starting to sell your work and your name is not known at all you will want to price it pretty conservitavly. Usually a safe bet would be to add up all of the costs of the canvas and paint, double it, then estimate how much you worked on it and try to figure it into the price.

So if the canvas cost 10.00, the paints you used were 30.00... and other expenses raised it to 50.00 total, then double it, and say it took you 2 weeks to create the painting, that it a substantial amount of time, so maybe I would charge another 50.00-100.00. That amount should be a pretty safe price if your art is good.
Reply:Good art is subjective and the time it takes to create good art will vary from minutes to hours to days to weeks independent of size. If a painting is not a stuggle, it's value as a piece of art...a good piece of art....one that puts you on a new level of understanding and control...is only as strong as what the market will bear. I do not charge by the amount of time it takes, but rather by how much satisfaction I got out of creating it. If someone really likes a particular piece, I am inclined to give it away, because it's "worth" becomes priceless. But I cannot do that without falling into bankruptcy and foreclosure. So, if someone really likes a piece and is willing to pay more than the cost to create, plus something for my time...I am happy with that. So my recommendation is to start twice as high as " a bit more than cost plus experience" then haggle to a mutually agreeable amount.
Reply:the minimum price for you is the price where you are ready to give it away

the right price is where buyer and seller meet

too high a price and you won't sell

you have to have the market decide

you can try uploading some paintings here for free and see if people are willing to pay your price

http://www.emergingpainters.com

good luck, peter
Reply:I think all these answers are too complicated, remember he is just starting out, he cant have the market decide, he's not even in the market yet.

Pricing your work in the beginning is very simple, it will just take a little research. Go to galleries and art fairs and look for work similar to your's, in style or subject and in quality. Price your work a little less than these other artists. If you dont have galleries near you pick up some art magazines and look through gallery ads, you can look on-line too.

For later on in your career, the general rule is to raise your prices 10 percent each year, (if your work is selling).
Reply:I remember studying this with a professor, he actually gave me an equation. Materials+Time Spent(kinda like $ per hour) x shock/wow factor=price Ex. No name artist spends $30 on materials and about 20 hours on a piece. At $5 per hour that comes to $130 x wow/shock factor. being he is a new artist, his factor is 1. Same principle with Thomas Kinkade (ugh) $130 x wow/shock factor so $130 x 12 (due to his "stardom" ugh) = $1560 More experienced you are, the better the rating, if your dead it goes soaring!!! :)

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Art, Craft, and Technology; the conceptual question?

2010-04-14T18:44:00.003-07:00

I have an interest in the relationship between art and technology, especially within the "craft" mediums. Although there has been much debate over the questions of tradition vs innovation, mostly in terms of material and process, what I don't see being pinned-down is the conceptual implications of technology really being considered in a comparable light to the traditional relationships concept and art-craft have explored. It seams that technologies such as CAD, rapid prototyping, and alt materials have become all the rage, but why? What beyond the superior production capabilities, wonderment, and ease is the reason tech is being so embraced? Believe me, I am not an ardent traditionalist, I want to believe in the power of technology to be a significant consideration in placing art in context with contemporary society, but I just can't quite put my finger on the reason behind the reasons we are embracing it so extensively. There has to be sophisticated implication, what are yur thoughts?

Art, Craft, and Technology; the conceptual question?
Oddly I am up to my neck in the last industrial revolution. I am taking 17th century craft history right now and you could have asked your question in 1750 and got the same response from me. This has been going on forever yes. And some machines can further arts and craft. And artists are also known for using those machines in ways that they were not specifically designed for. Which has sparked a tonne of fads yes. But I am not scared of the computer either.

Sadly the flip side to your argument is that people are getting detached from the comprehension of hand craft. What it really takes to build something by hand and what those hours are worth. Why pay $200 for some kitchenware, even though it's made by hand, when you can get it in plastic for $10. That mentality I think will cause a lot of damage.

I honestly think in 50 years artists and things like carpenters, god even people who can cook with whole foods and use recipes for that matter, will be a nostalgic thing of the past.
Reply:wow. i understand your question. It is hard to answer, there is a lot to be said about art and how technology has influenced it and why. Why are mass produced crafts and statues so popular? if it was made by a machine it is no work of art. It will not gain value, it will only devalue. A true work of art is an investement. I don't think technology will infringe on this concept.

Perhaps this technology is being embraced because of advertising, affordability, ease of use (like with digital vs. old style cameras)...and because it is everywhere you look in our corporatized world.

also, people don't want to be technophobes. people want to embrace technology, because we feel it is moving forward. If i could offer mankind some advice on making this step though, it would be a cautionary against cheapening the human element, in art and in all things. A person is still a better thinker and doer than a machine, a person gives individual touches to each craft, artwork, or rocking-chair, instead of making a thousand copies of a prototype.

you could write an essay, a really long one, exploring this topic. i hope i gave you a little food for thought, you gave me some, lol.

Art lessons?

2010-04-14T18:44:00.002-07:00

What type of art lessons should I take if I want to become a tattoo artist? I already can copy art work done by other artists alright. I want to get art lessons so I would be a good tattoo artist. What kinds should I take?

Art lessons?
You should study color and design, perspective , and all forms of art. draw flowers and everything you can think of.

Good luck

my daughter has a degree in fine arts-painting, and is a tattoo artist.

Flavia
Reply:Just standard drawing classes will help you hone your skills.

Maybe take an anatomy class.

Keep drawing and make a portfolio of your best work.

Make copies of your portfolio!!!!!!!! I cannot stress that enough, It sucks more than anything to lose your only copy.

Take your portfolio around to local studios and see if they'll take you on as an apprentice.

Don't worry if you get turned down at first, it's really hard to get an apprenticeship, just keep looking and you'll find something eventually.

Good luck!

Can art be taught?

2010-04-14T18:44:00.001-07:00

I hear of alot of people saying that they simply "knew" how to draw/paint/etc. from the onset, and many people who despite years of trying just never learn how.. so is the ability to make art something innate? I don't mean any art, since art nowadays has become such a vague concept, I mean things like portrait drawing and free hand sketches, and stuff. what a layman would normally consider art. is it something you're born with or can anybody learn it?

Can art be taught?
Art can be taught. Some people do have a natural aptitude for things, but the truth is anybody is capable of it with practice. Unfortunately, most of the people who say they cant do it probably just dont want to do it.
Reply:I think the ability to appreciate art can be taught. As for the actual talent, I truly don't believe that it can. I'm sure through years of practice you could achieve just about anything. Although, it will never look like a Da Vinci or a Picasso. That's what made these and other artist different from all the rest. Only they could give a painting or a sketch that extra stroke or that one and only color that made it totally awe inspiring. If you are born with art in your soul then by all means that is what you should be doing.
Reply:Some people are definitley born to paint, and some are not.

Certainly it can be learned. But to be learned properly takes concentration and dedication. If the person can't do that, then no, they will not learn it.

The difference between people who are outstanding at things and people who are not, is that the former don't give up. When things go wrong, when they're having trouble, they just keep on working until they do it. While the other lot give up and walk away.

The person involved must decide before they start if they are a stayer or a walker....
Reply:Talent is something you're born with, but it doesn't mean that you can automatically draw, paint or things like those. To be good at something requires hard work and effort, even though you don't have talent at it.
Reply:Art in this aspect is not taught. A person can be taught to use techniques and can practice realism, but I believe that people are born with a desire to create art like this, and so develop the talent. It's kind of like if a person is a spacial learner, or a bodily kinesthetic learner.
Reply:Put simply, "Yes," it can be taught.

But, one should remember that it takes two for this process to work. Even the best teacher can fail if a student refuses to learn.

Talent only means that a person has an aptitude for learning a skill. Some can learn to draw by teaching themselves. I thing that it is BS that a person can say they were "born" with a talent for drawing. I have yet to see an infant pick up a crayon, for the first time, and draw a recogizable ANYTHING. But, some kids will figure out, eventually how to put pigment on paper and, sooner or later, it comes out pretty good.

Other people have to learn how to do this by being taught "technique." But, even naturaly born artists can benefit from learning some technique.

I was always one of those that could draw better than my peers. I am still pretty damn good at it because I continue to practice. Still, to this day, I HATE working in water colors and I am not very good at it. I refuse to practice this technique, and, as a result, I never WILL get good at it.
Reply:Yes, if you're working to a certain style, then art can be taught.

But everyone has to find their own art.

I suppose that some people get an head start when they've got talent, but that doesn't mean the other guy can't learn the skill. Anybody with the desire can learn how to draw. I suspect that those "who despite years of trying just never learn how" didn't practice on a daily basis in a day to day manner. Its all about continuously applying yourself.
Reply:The fact that someone says they "knew" how to paint, draw whatever is kinda misleading. I'll put it to you this way, I always picked up on things that were creative quickly, because that's the way my head works. Call it talent if you want, but those with it are just "right hemisphered" (Right brained.) more than others and it comes easier to us because of it. We understand things that are a bit more illogical and chaotic. We can look at something and see it how it really is and go for it. All saying you have talent is is ego stroking. (In other words to some of us 2+2 can equal eight if we think about it long enough and give you one hell of a reason why.)

The laymen as you put it are usually left hemisphered. Very logical and orderly. (2+2=4 and that's the facts jack!) Because your brain works very orderly you have a harder time with art than someone that's right brained. At the same time most people that do great with creative things usually suck at things like math. (I was always intimidated and did poorly at math because there was just something about it that I couldn't grasp.) When you try to draw something you think very systematically and the references it puts out are very simplified versions of what you see. (The brain simplifies things to common shapes so it can associate things. A ball is a circle, a house is a square with a triangle on top, etc.) When you try and draw the brain puts these out because that's what it knows. Right brained people will store details of something they see as well as the associated common shape so when they draw something it looks more like it's supposed to be.

The fact is anyone can do art if they're willing to put in the time. At it's core art is a series of taught techniques that are put together to create art. Some take longer to learn because their brain gets in the way while others just see things and can draw it. The problem most people have is that they get frustrated and quit before they can actually do a decent piece. If they could get one thing to come out they way they want it would change their view on things and it would start to become easier. The right brain would start working more and things will start to click.

Like I said call it talent for lack of a better term but the fact is artists just think different. I know there are some of the art crowd that's going to read this and think it's b.s. and are probably getting pissy (because we're usually self righteous when it comes to art.) but sometimes the truth hurts.
Reply:You can learn how to do anything! But nothing can replace pure talent. For example try thinking about it as playing an instrument (which is also art). You can practice and practice and you will become amazing, but still you don't have the passion the Ray Charles has. If you can learn to make music, you can learn to draw.
Reply:You are born with the talent,but you can learn technique.

No one can give anyone talent except God.
Reply:Yes it can be taught. But can it be learnt?

Art history need help!?

2010-04-14T18:44:00.000-07:00

plzzzzzzzzzz can u help me to solve this q'z...

1-when art historians say lascaux,what are they referring to?what period of art is it %26amp; why it's significant?

2-what is twisted perspective %26amp;why it's significant?

3-what's the composite view when was it %26amp; what are the other characterstics in this period?

4-what's narrative.why is it discussed in relation to lascaux?

5-what were the most significant acheivements in sumer?

6-what work of art suggests an artistic revolution,describe this context?

7-what went on in the prehistoric aegean?

8- what's the significant changes from the early high classical period to the late classical period?

Art history need help!?
Whoo-hoo. I was an art major in high school but this went well beyond the scope of what I was taught and studied. Too bad there isn't anything about Impressionisim and Post-Impressionisim. I do well with that.

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Avant Garde in the art world too far?

2010-04-14T18:43:00.003-07:00

I notice a disturbing trend in the art world. Artist rendering images of rape coupled with murder and calling it "adult art". Does something have to be extremly distasteful to make people see it as adult? Are violent and sexaul images no longer enough to entice on their own merits so they have to be combinded to get a reaction from a dissensitized audience? I know I shouldn't judge art and I'm not saying I don't have illustrations that are a bit risque myself yet I get a sick feeling at in my stomach when looking at stuff from this new "exxxtreme" movement in art that is all the rage. Apparently I'm in the minority because everyone else encourages the creation of such illustrations. Now of course you can argue my point saying "It's just art no real people are being hurt." or "If you can't take it stay outta the kitchen!" but as art does reflect its creator at least somewhat and it can actually encourage more impressionable adult minds I still believe it is an important issue.

Avant Garde in the art world too far?
I see this kind of thing as more reflective of the world in which we live, a world where we are more aware of the darker side of life, and less likely to paint reality with a romantic brush. Distasteful? Perhaps, but it's here, and it's reflective of reality. With time, this "movement" will wither, and something else will take it's place. It may be something more, or less, tasteful. Audience reaction will be the final arbiter.

Art help please????

2010-04-14T18:43:00.002-07:00

1. Which of the following is not considered art or design?

A. the graceful curves of a tree

B. a place-setting of china

C. a photograph showing graceful curves of a tree

D. a church building

2. What are the 5 major reasons humans create art?

A. for spiritual, historical, or economic reasons, or for beauty or propaganda purposes

B. for spiritual, selfish, or moral reasons, or for beauty and propaganda purposes

C. for spiritual, historical, or moral reasons, or for beauty and propaganda purposes

D. for spiritual, historical, or selfish reasons, or for beauty and propaganda purposes

3. Why are prehistoric works of art designated as such?

A. Because they cannot be dated.

B. Because they cannot be attributed to a particular artist.

C. Because they were painted in a cave.

D. Because the society that created them did not yet possess written language.

Art help please????
1) Art is an interpretation of reality. If a human isn't involved in the process, it's not art.

2) The driving need of history is accuracy (insofar as this is possible), so I would say it is not an artistic reason.

3) If the art is all you have of a culture, then you can't really fill in any cultural context. It stands alone.
Reply:Do your own test
Reply:Why is this in R%26amp;S?
Reply:1. A

2. A

3. B

These are my educated guesses and I think they are right. Good luck!
Reply:1. they are all either art or design.. well depending on the quality of the photograph, if it's crap then it's just a photograph, but I am assuming it's good then it's art.

2. I create art and not for any of those

3. don't think I care.
Reply:1. A

2. either C or D, I'm not sure which.

3. D (prehistory is from before writing existed)

Hope this helped.
Reply:1. the tree, art comes when you percieve it...however as soon as you mention it or describe it, it becomes art.

2 for spiritual, historical, or economic reasons, or for beauty or propaganda purposes

I'm just going on religious art however...there are lots of reasons to create art.

3Because they cannot be dated

Art schools in California?

2010-04-14T18:43:00.001-07:00

Does anyone know of any art college/universities in California where they specialize in art or performing arts? Including dance?

Art schools in California?
I don't know about performing arts...

But in California, Art Center of Pasedena, CalArts, and UCLA are probably the best art/design schools...

Art people, I really need your help please!?

2010-04-14T18:43:00.000-07:00

This is the first time I take an art class and I dont really know many art terms or words!

I need to find as many differences and similarities as possible between these two paintings using art terms!

a) http://www.walkerart.org/archive/5/B0739...

b) http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/imgs/ar...

Thank you and I will choose best answer tomorrow so you can earn some points for helping me. Thank you again.

Art people, I really need your help please!?
had to refresh first image,

1 is a lady on a ledge in flower dress

2 is side view of a guy in red

without knowing requirements ,

▪they both appear to be water color,

▪they are both of one person,

▪the guy shows pencil outline, the lady does not,

▪they both appear down or discouraged,

▪the lady is centered, the guy appears part of larger image,

▪the lady though blurry is complete, the guy seems partly done,

▪if lady is not water color, is may be computer edited, cant tell,

there are other possible terms, that may be more relevant to your school needs,

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/wxyz/waterc...

http://www.artlex.com/

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Reply:you're welcome,☺, and there may be other definitions to describe variations, pending... Report It

Reply:Sounds like you're trying to get other people to do your homework for you. You don't need any particular terminology to make descriptive statements. Just tell what you see.
Reply:your first link is a dud and doesn't work so i can't help you!!! so fix it

Does this look good

Art is dead, and people don't care?

2010-04-14T18:42:00.003-07:00

Why are we still awarding academic degrees for areas of the arts where it has become literally impossible to evaluate work with any degree of objectivity whatsoever? Many works of 'art' I've seen recently look as if someone was rummaging around at ground zero, or were produced by a welder who came to work drunk and stoned.

I have an appreciation for REAL art, such as the works of Beethoven, Michaelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, Picasso, etc, but some of the stuff I've seen recently could be considered total crap or a masterpiece, depending on how inebriated the viewer is, but at the same time there are very few people who wouldn't agree that the Sistine Chapel took a large amount of talent.

I just don't see why someone who spends 4 years slapping together chunks of scrap metal into a completely Orwellian structure resembling nothing should recieve the same degree as someone who busted their *** studying the complexities and TANGIBLE applications of modern physics.

Art is dead, and people don't care?
You preach to the choir, my friend. A coworker (a painter) and I (a musician) had a long talk about this very topic a few weeks ago.

It goes back to primary schools not providing adequate focus on the arts -- art (painting, sculpting, etc), music, and even writing. They end up picking up ideas from all the wrong places, then lo and behold, you have someone who randomly throws a can of paint at a canvass and calls it his masterpiece.

Our school systems are designed to suppress creativity and instill a black and white view of all problems and scenarios.

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TelulahB, Beethoven was not considered a hack. He was revered by the Romantic community and the people of the time in general. Sure, there were people who didn't like Beethoven's music because of his use of dissonance but he was still extremely popular. His funeral was absolutely massive -- to say that he was considered a hack is insane and ignorant.
Reply:art sucks! art is so gay.
Reply:except.....during Beethoven's time, he was considered a hack who died penniless. Michelangelo was just one of the hundreds of artists kept in the Medici stable and was not at the time considered one of the best. Da Vinci was in frequent trouble for "crimes" against the church. Picasso was considered a joke and had to deal with tremendous nay sayers through his entire life. Actually most artists achieved success only after they had died and subsequent generations "discovered" them.

The point is, art is subjective and often it's brilliance isn't realized in its time or by all people. Yes, I agree that I prefer the classical stuff that LOOKS like what the artist was trying to represent and I don't see how Tracey Emin and her ilk are considered artist. But maybe people in the future will see it as brilliant.
Reply:an artist should be more open to ideas and creativity than you are.
Reply:I agree with you. I think anyone could weld together a bunch of metal and call it art. But it is still a matter of opinion.

Is nudity in art more offensive in America than in Europe?

2010-04-14T18:42:00.002-07:00

As a european I wonder if nudity in fine arts is viewed differently in America. Showing my online art gallery to europeans gives another reaction than showing it to americans. My gallery is about nude art, only fine arts(www.thefinestnudeart.com). In Europe it seems like nudity in art is ok to display to children, but in America people have another way of seeing it. Am I wrong? And if not, why is it like that?

Yours sincerely

Rune Thomassen

Owner of www.thefinestnudeart.com

Is nudity in art more offensive in America than in Europe?
In a word: yes. Most Americans have a hard time distinguishing between nudity and sexuality, due largely to our puritanical origins and our salacious media.
Reply:I guess so. I just read a letter from a Tuscan TV, they complained an educational video they released on YouTube was tagged as "inappropriate". It was about Michelangelo's David.

Art major or Art History major?

2010-04-14T18:42:00.001-07:00

Okay, i LOVE art history, and would choose that if future careers weren't a problem. I also LOVE to draw, paint, photoshop, photography, and anything art or craft related and am a fairly decent artist. So what major should I choose in order to get the most amount of career opportunities?

Art major or Art History major?
Art sounds more versatile, but there would be fewer art history majors. Outside of working in a museum or writing Jeopardy questions I have no idea what one would do with that degree.

Perhaps you could become one of those people who restore old paintings and pictures?

Is Art school really neccassary?

2010-04-14T18:42:00.000-07:00

I have this weird idea that art schools are only out to make money because they are so expansive.

What kind of stuff do they teach you in art school or art department? Does it really take 4+ years?

Is it possible to teach yourself? Did most illustrators/comic artist go to art schools?

I am asking because they are so expansive.

Is Art school really neccassary?
Yes it's worth it. They teach us stuff we don't realize or atleast notice before entering art school. It increases your skills even if it's only for a few months. They teach us everything, from traditional drawing, drafting and painting to computer application. They give you lessons, tips, suggestions, rules, and it's up to you to improvise.

It's possible to teach yourself but it's always easier if you have a professional around to ask questions to because they share us their experiences and the backstage things that's going on in the world of art/advertising/etc. Most illustrators/comic artists have atleast been to art school even though many of them didn't graduate. They get employed because in the end it's the knowledge and portfolio that matters most. But since most companies look for individuals who has a degree, I think art schools are worth a shot.

Scholarships are always there especially if you deserve it.
Reply:It is not absolutely necessary, but it is advantageous.

And all colleges are expensive. Some ridiculously so. I went to RISD in the seventies, and tuition has more than quadrupled since then. I wouldn't trade that time for anything, but I can't honestly say "RISD is worth every penny" anymore, because it's just too many pennies.

Still, art school is the only time in your life when you'll get a four-year submersion in instruction and criticism and exposure to the creativity of your fellow students. You should try for it if possible.

You could apply to Cooper Union. It's a long shot, because they reject about 96% of their applicants. But it's a good school and it's free.

And if you find you just can't do four years of formal schooling, most art schools have Continuing Education programs (otherwise known as night school :D). You can take a class or two of your choosing, when you feel you need them or can afford them.
Reply:If you are a serious and want to have a career in art and illustration then art school is absolutely necessary.

This is not the "good old days" before education anymore. Everyone now has access to education and higher education. When a job comes up all the people with degrees will be looked at first, then those with high school and only then will the untrained people get a nose in.

There are hundreds of people all after the best jobs. Not having training in the appropriate area for what you want to do is like starting a boat race without a boat.
Reply:if u don't have salary u can make Ur self but u will never be an academic painter and their is so many thinks u will not learn it tell u go to school

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Reply:I think for every person that is interested in working in the art industry it's a different answer.

For myself, yes, absolutly. I had a long way to go (and still do) and I want to work in the 2D animation industry, not something you can just walk of the street and do.

My school is amazing, They teach lifedrawing, perspective, anatomy, princibles of drawing, color theory, design and composition, animal drawing, and all of that is in addition to the courses on animation, and related things.

Because of the level of training the tuition is very reasonable. about 8500 for year 1, which equals 10.50$ canadian an hour.

All of the teachers work in the industry, they're proffesionals, and the school has a brand new computer lab with wide screen I-macs,

www.maxthemutt.com is the website, I love my school, and if you can find a good course it's totally worth the money. Just make sure to do your reasearch on the school, and faculty.

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Art career?

2010-04-14T18:41:00.002-07:00

Hello. I have been thinking of going to college for Art lately. I really enjoy drawing. But I am not sure about what type of class to take. Also what type of careers you can really live off of based on art alone. My boyfriend is wanting me to get into graphic art, but I am more into actually drawing with my hands, not conjuring up pixels on the computer. What type of things can a person start a career on with drawing or painting alone. All hand work?I never finished high school so I am planning on getting my GED too, so I am not sure how to go about this or how to find out what careers are out there. So any help is appreciated. Thanks! :)

Have a wonderful day/night.

Art career?
With traditional art, there are a few things you can do, but it can be hard work making a living off that alone. You might need to do something else as well.

Some ideas:

* Show and sell original artworks in art galleries, cafes, online, etc.

* Have people commission you. They pay you for a custom drawing.

* Do the painting for shop windows, murals, etc, in public
Reply:Graphic art is considered "safe art" because it is easy to make a living from it. Its growing more and more, evening a web designer is growing. Selling art work, painting, drawing really takes a sacrifice. You might think about working at least partime somewhere while you stay loyal to the sale of your art. You will need some pieces of work, so begin to work on enough pieces to show. Then you will be ready for your dream to come true. It can come true you know, it really can. What about going to school to learn Graphic arts could at least be a way to earn money until you hands on art begin to sell. Both ways at least you are exposed to the world of art.
Reply:I got into an Art School with no High School Diploma, there are a lot of great programs out there that don't require you to have a high school diploma or GED, sense the precentage of non graduates is so high these days. Your boyffriend is right, the only way to make alot of money is graphic design, but keep in mind that a lot of graphic design comes from actual hand drawn designs. I can't make an ad picture without a sketch or without an idea in my mind. But if you want to stick to plain drawing and painting you can always hold art shows and galleries and sell your work. Get your paintings out in your community and maybe have a show at a local coffee shop. It's a hard medium to get into, but Art can be a very difficult but rewarding career. You just have to stick to it! ♥
Reply:money in graphic design lol sorry that poster is out to lunch!

Graphic design is the most popular program for anyone who likes computers but is bad at math, or who likes to draw but isn't that good. I worked in a printing house with 4 graphic designers, 1 did graphic design the other 3 worked the wearhouse like me because there are no jobs out there. Any grahpic designers I do know make minimum wage.

Older graphic designers make more money, because they are more versitile and experienced but younger ones (the ones I know anyway) have a very hard time finding good jobs.

There are other areas of the art world to get into. The one I'm most interested in is the animation industry. There are lots of different jobs, storey boarding, layout artist, background painter, concept artist, character designer, animator, clean up and inbetweening, color styleist. The 3d industry has riggers, modelers, matt painters.

Another area is illustration, or graphic noveling, and fine arts.

most artists in any industry are free lance. They get contracts with what ever company or person and once it's finished they look for something elce. If you find a good course in animation, you could always do freelance work in illustration as well, sometimes illustrators get work in the animation industry for various things.

Research all the art schools you can find to see what their different programs are, I know mine takes people who havn't graduated. (even one who was in jail and never graduated) If you can convince them that you are willing to put the work in.

Try to find a school and program that suit your personality. Everybody learns differently and no matter what program you decide on make sure it has a good life drawing course(s)

I go to www.Maxthemutt.com for Classical animation, all of the graduates are working.

Contemporary Art Gallery questions?

2010-04-14T18:41:00.001-07:00

I am going to visit a Contemporary Art Gallery and I want to ask the mesuem director a series of questions but only have the basics

1. How do you choose art for your gallery?

2. Do you perfer local contemporary arts to national or global?

3.In your opinion what defines contemporary art?

I have to have 10 questions any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance

Contemporary Art Gallery questions?
what attracts you personally to contempory art?

what strategies do you/your gallery pursue to interest people in contempory art?

Do you think your exhibits appeal mainly to people who studied visual arts?

what is your response to people who comment on some pieces of contempory art with: my five year old could do this?

Do you have special programs for children?

If money were not an issue, what kind of exhibition would you like to have?

Are there program existant or in planning about community involvement, especially in the neighborhood the museum is located?

What are are your dreams for the direction of this gallery?

Do you incorporate performance art into your program? If so how?

Art help???

2010-04-14T18:41:00.000-07:00

I have this article in a newpaper with a picture of a Pirate,then 7 boxes next to him with different forms of art.l would like to draw him the different ways,but I need examples of what the forms of art look like,and am having trouble.Please give good examples of these forms of art:

Minimalism,Cubism,Dada(ism)Expressioni... Baroque.Thanks for any help.:-)It's appreciated.

Art help???
Minimalism is a movement of a new form of art and is based on breaking down an image to its basic geometric form. In your case apirate picture can be a cirle for the face. Triangle for the pirates hat. A square or circle for the eyepatch. I hope you get the idea.

Cubism is when everything is drawn in a cube like form. A lot of what Picasso is famous for is his abstract cubism art. Check the link below for samples of cubism.

Dada(ism) was a art form developed during the 2nd World War as a form of anti war protest. Poets, writers, performers, and artist expressed themselves during this period and were all considered part of dadaism. In art it is usuallly seen as a collage. In modern times its a painting that from a distance appears to have been pieced together like a collage.

Expressionism-check out the link below

Post Impressionism

What I notice about this art form is that it is not much different that anything that can be done today except that there are no smile, no anger, no action. They are simple with no expressions. Check out Monet and Van Gogh.

Baroque is like the opposite of Post Impressionism in that characters had exaggerated movement. The last supper is an example in that everybody in the painting is doing something. Most of Leonardos DaVinci's work is baroque.
Reply:Try looking up each style on the web, like Cubism examples at: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/era...

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/c/cubism.ht...

Baroque style at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque

More examples of Surrealism, Pop Art, Impressionism, and Cubism:

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002045F/a...

Minimalism style at: http://wwar.com/masters/movements/minima...
Reply:if you want examples of Dadaism try google or check the National Gallery of Art Website, they have had a good Dada exhibit there before.

Art? or friends?

2010-04-12T18:59:00.002-07:00

Art is really my best subject in school and our school board is closing my school and I have a choice go to a fine arts school or should i go to the school were all my friends are going to but the art program sucks

Art? or friends?
ART
Reply:go with art because if they are really your firends there still talk to you ever though u picked art over them
Reply:Friends.
Reply:Friends if they are good ones will always be around but if your passion is art then go for it.You need to do what you are good atwhich means making new friends.
Reply:AAAAAAAAAAAAARTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Reply:You could really win by doing the courageous thing and go to the art school. You can still keep your old friends by phone and e-mail and make some really great new friends at the new school because they will have a lot in common with you.
Reply:If you really love art, if that is your passion, go there. Your friends, though important, will probably have changed over the next few years whether you left or not. The ones that are true friends will probably stay that way, no matter how far away you go.
Reply:I think you should choose arts because you like arts and you still can befriend there.
Reply:I would stick with the art. Friends wont always be there with you, but art is your passion. You know art will never leave you, so go and achieve your goals. Good luck. Hopes this helps

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Art teacher or assistant. something with animation, fashion/wardrobe assistant designer how do i get this job?

2010-04-12T18:59:00.001-07:00

Im 23 yrs old.

the 3 careers I've narrowed it down to for myself are :

1.assistant or art teacher at a school or place that has art classes/lessons

2.someone who assists sewing/fashion design for movies etc

3.something in animation

I'm so lost with college... what should I do? councilors don't seem to help me much. they think I'm indecisive..

how would i get any of these careers? I dont have much money. I still live at home so I have time to go to school.

I just feel so hopeless and confused because i dont know where to start at all :(

should i be an intern? Im very shy and I hate going to school. The only thing i really really enjoy is art. whats the fastest way i can get any of these jobs? lol

Art teacher or assistant. something with animation, fashion/wardrobe assistant designer how do i get this job?
I am in the same situation so I can understand your frustration. What I plan on doing is writing a list of the cons. and pros. of each profession and find out what really does it for me. Then I would go to any local sewing stores or look on the Internet to see if anyone is offering any classes that can help strengthen my skills. Or better yet take non-matriculated classes in schools that concentrate on these areas, see if I like it or not.

Start putting a portfolio together or at least a collage to help have an understanding what my taste is. And apply for jobs as an intern. But in order to survive in the fashion world you have to be very outgoing and extremely ambitious and be patient your 23, not 53 time is still on your side. Plus a dream is not built in one day, just little steps at a time, just don't stop trying.

Art publishing companies?

2010-04-12T18:59:00.000-07:00

I am an artist and I want to submit my work to companies that could publish my art and sell in galleries. What type of companies are out there?

I have found a few such as The Art Publishing Group. But its difficult to find any. What is the proper name fo art publishing?

Thanks for any help!

Art publishing companies?
The best place to get reliable information on this is to join some art league, go to meetings and bring up those questions. The answers you will get will be coming from other artists and they are always willing to share that kind of information. Bring samples of your work.

Art class?

2010-04-12T18:58:00.003-07:00

im planning on taking an art class outside of school this year for the first time.

its at the BBAC ((michigan)) and alot of people say that it is very good for those who are really interested in art.

but i don't know if it is worth the $260 fee plus the model fee and material fee.

im taking a class that will teach us one, two and three point perspectives and figure drawings.

i really want to start on my art portfolio and i thought this would be a good way, but do you think it is worth the money??

Art class?
Any class you take will benefit you in some way. Every teacher is different and some are good, some great and some should not be teaching. Before you spend the money on this class, talk with some previous students and see if the material covered is what you need or want. Also, ask if you can audit one or two classes before you sign up to see if it is what you want.

I found that most of my classes in college were a waste of my time, but were required. Some teachers would come in make a verbal assignment and leave and students had to dig out the information. I guess I wanted everything spoon fed to me. I learned more on my own than from any class I took.

Making your portfolio is up to your hard work. A class is to improve your skills.

What is important is to train your brain, eyes and hands to work together. Try dedicating one afternoon a week to the library with the entire time devoted to reading about art and art history, techniques used by different artists. different art theories. color theory, dynamic symmetry. etc.

Actually do written reports for yourself on what you have found interesting.

Check your local news papers and go to gallery opening and artist exhibits. If you are going to make art your life, then start living it. Also, notice how things are displayed; how they are hung. etc

One good training practice is to carry a small tablet and pencil everywhere you go. Any time you are sitting and have a quiet moment, draw, do not look at the paper. Even draw things passing you by. Stack the images, Draw on one page for days. What you are doing is training your eye and hands to work together. Eventually you will look at that messy paper and recognize what you have been drawing. Do this practice for several months.

And DRAW, SKETCH, PAINT, READ, AND DRAW SOME MORE.

lots of luck, soon you will know what is meant by "starving artists"
Reply:Absolutely!! Sounds like a great program to gain experience and will definitely help in the future if you decide to pursue art. If you are going to go to an art school for college, this program will let them know that you are interested and commited and might allow you to start off with some higher level classes.
Reply:Absolutely! You are really smart to start your portfolio now. Studio classes are totally different from the classes you have had so far (unless you have an exceptional art program at your school). I really thiunk you will enjoy it!
Reply:if you are really in 2 art, go 4 it. It could be very fun and a good experience
Reply:You've really just got to think about how much you want it. If art is the most important thing in your life and you want to pursue art in college and stuff like that, then yes. I think if something is so important to you that you're considering that career path, then you should get as much knowledge and experience with it as you possibly can. That's a lot of money, but if it's really your life, then it's worth it. But you should be sure that it's what you want before you take it.

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Is art decorative or political?

2010-04-12T18:58:00.002-07:00

I have a hard time accepting what the experts tell me about art as 'high culture' especially when it is an institution like the Arts Council who try desparately to maintain a coherent art history. Art's origin is decorative. Why the bullshit?

Is art decorative or political?
Art is both for decorative purposes and also has a tight niche in political usage. Art is a speech form, a communication mode, a pulpit for the manipulators and to the admirers a message form. It is worthy of note that politics being defined as the implementation of one policy or the other would find art forms as ready vehicles to strike at the hearts of the unwary.
Reply:It's nice meeting people who appreciate answers to their questions in such a way the asker of this particular question did. Thanks a million for making me feel wise. Report It

Reply:yea gurl i agree w/ u'n' i think it's decorative
Reply:Art is decorative! ...but along the history politic used it!
Reply:thank you! i really don't appreciate all this tracy emmin garbage any more. it's getting old and I just want to be blown away by something's beauty.
Reply:Art can be used for many purposes, misused too, I think. Check out the poster art used for propaganda purposes. Certainly political stuff there.

I agree about the "high culture" business. I make art because I feel compelled to make art. Sometimes my art is out of frustration with the political system like torturing captives, sometimes it is just about making beautiful things.

Great question.
Reply:Art is many things, and it is defined by both institutions (professors, associations, etc.) as well as by artists (and people in general). It really depends on the art itself on whether we can say "it's decorative" or not. Some art isn't meant to be pretty or decorative, but to be thought-inspiring. As for "high culture," well some art can be in that high culture... they refer to avante-garde art that is groundbreaking, fresh, and new, which can only be appreciated by experts. The kind of art that most people are used to isn't that "high culture" political art... stuff on stationary, stickers, towel designs, for example, would be called kitsch (generic art). That kind of art has almost no politics concerned with it, but it's still art. The closest answer I could give you is that art is many things... in fact, art is always changing anyways, so don't ever take one definition as the absolute one.
Reply:the political or decorative interpretation depends on the viewer not just the artist. but often an artist interjects themselves into their decorative outlet. cant seem to help themlelves and this has been going on since the dawn of art. nevermind the fact that many paintings and sculptures are commisioned. many famous paintings could be labelled as politically slanted in religions favor. bullshit its not. if you are only seeing art as merely decorative you need to open your eyes.

Art coloring?

2010-04-12T18:58:00.001-07:00

ok does anyone no how these people colored their art???? cause im really curious. im 100% sure it was colored digitaly. but plz tell me what coloring system its called if you have any idea.

here are a few examples:

http://karil.deviantart.com/art/Bridge-O...

http://madmarchhare.deviantart.com/art/J...

Art coloring?
The first one is a photomanipulation or plain photo, I'm pretty sure. They probably used photoshop to edit and add stuff to it.

The second might just be markers, but it might be something like Paint Shop, or Photoshop again. I think it's probably not markers, actually, since it's in the "digital art" catagory. It's just a colour, like in paint, but the software they've used has the option to change the opacity. That's all they've done - coloured, like in MS Paint, just with a lower opacity and some layering of colours.
Reply:it is probably photoshop.

you can do anything on photoshop haha

there are a bunch of tutorials online and youtube and stuff.

i'm sure you could find something.
Reply:Well it can be edited on adobe photoshop or just an original picture. He used a SLR Canon camera so why its so perfect (the icy pix).
Reply:I went and took a look at the art you linked to. The first image of the frosty forest appears to have been an regular photo that was enhanced with the air brush tool in photoshop, along with a couple other image manipulation tools from the same photo editing software. The second image of the cat was hand rendered. But there are a thousand painting and image rendering software applications out there that could have done this job....!
Reply:You can take photo's of anything and get them transferred on to huge artists canvases. Babies and pets are the latest thing that people are getting done.

That is a breath- takingly beautiful scene though, and as an artist myself, i especially love snow scenes in particular.

Thanks for that.

Togs
Reply:Why not contact the artists and ask them? Looks like something photoshop could do, though.

Fine art (painting) students...?

2010-04-12T18:58:00.000-07:00

Which college/university has the best BA/MFA fine arts program for painting? I am debating between these: San Francisco Art Institute, California College of the Arts, Academy of Art University. Serious answers only.

Fine art (painting) students...?
I actually have the official list for this and is:

Yale University

School of the Art Institute- of Chicago

San Francisco Art Institute.

The San Francisco Art Institute is # 13 in MFA and California Institute of the Arts is #04 over all. not specifically in painting.

Hope this helps.

Take care.
Reply:SFAI is pretty good. My husband is going there for Grad school this year. I don't put much stock in Yale's painting program, prestigious as the school is. We looked at Yale for grad programs, and I would have been embarrased to show any of the grad student paintings they had on display. MICA is really good. Have you looked into their program at all?
Reply:It would greatly depend on you as an artist and the area of study you wish to pursue. I chose a school in Missouri over a lot of others. I chose Kansas city art institute because of their small class size and more hands on training. The studies are also taught by artists not teachers.

So my suggestion would be to view the schools as how you view your artwork and what you want to do with it. Each school has its ups and downs, but Art is like a trade skill and you want to go where you will be trained better, not just what looks better on paper. You could graduate from a prestigious school but if you learned very little on how to develop your artwork then you are no better than if you had chose not to go.

Ask yourself if you want to be an artist or if you want a good job when you finish. If you want a good job then focus on the school which will get you the job. If you want to be an artist then focus on your art and align it will the school.
Reply:I know it's not on your list, and it seems like you want to be on the west coast, but the School of the Art Institute of Chicago is amazing. I now wish I had gone there but when I was first entering college I wanted more of a liberal arts education.

I did meet with recruiters and such from SAIC and everything they told and everything I have seen since just makes me so jealous. Every year the SAIC has a big show that the students can enter and I've checked it out and there is serious talent there. Not to mention Chicago, while it is not New York, has a great art scene. I've only been to California a few times so I unfortunately can't say much for them except that I have heard excellent things about San Fran Art Inst.

Good luck on your college search.
Reply:the ans is san francisco art institute.

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Art homework help.?

2010-04-12T18:57:00.003-07:00

I'm doing pop art for my art GSCE's and then we're changing the project over in december.

What kind of pop art should i draw?

I've ran out of idea's

And my school's closed due to half term so i can't get no papers.

I need to use BOLD writing and drawing %26amp; BRIGHT %26amp; dark colours.

I've picked this for my gcse so i need abit of good grades.

Someone help please?

Thanks

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Art homework help.?
I'd focus on Roy Lichtenstein. His pop-art normally fell into a comic book style, often a single frame. Loud, flat colours and bold writing which sounds exactly like described. Also, unlike other pop-art, his meaning and emotion were conveyed much more directly through words and facial expression, and he peices were much less of the subtle poking fun of society that Warhol and others worked with, so depending on your style this might work well for you. You could do a single frame of something important an emotive in your life, or something you feel strongly about.

Art of carmen bolinder?

2010-04-12T18:57:00.002-07:00

i just got art that was by carmen bolender it say on the net that her art was on the antique roadshow would like to what was said about her and what was the cost of the art thank you

Art of carmen bolinder?
Carmen Bolinder (1898 - 1973)

http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists/bio...

http://boards.tiscali.ancestry.co.uk/top...

not much specific found,

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Abstract art what is it really?

2010-04-12T18:57:00.001-07:00

My name is Ana and I have been told that my art is absract .I have seen some of the responses of a lot of people here and. I would like to ansewer any qestions. I am feeling like my art is unmeaning but I can say that . it has life death,love,hope,and most of all respect, for all. I can draw an image that I see like a copy. That is easy but absract comes from the hidden realaty of your inner talants that were made for your viewing only. for your self pertection, or healing and have been brought out by some one needing to show the world your gineuss. fake absract is color .simply becuse the mind dose not think in color. and real absract come from the unconsies meind you pick up a pin and just draw you never know what it is untile you are done.then you see your friend,lover,pet,in your drawings. not money making bull crap. I for one can not sell my art It is my journal of

events .so please tell me what you think of Absract art

Abstract art what is it really?
I think abstract is a projection of the soul; always flowing like water. it's something that can be done by most people but it's still unique. that's what i think.
Reply:abstract art does not have to make sense. its a combination of feelings and expression without needing to put it into a complete picture or thought. its not unmeaningful, only you know what it means. its just not meant to be understood but just to be admired for what it is.
Reply:Abstract art is what you make it. The very idea of something being abstract is to break it free from the bondage of having to adhere to physical laws. Abstract art is what's left over after we have painted too many portraits and still life scenes, but our minds are thinking of bigger and better things.
Reply:abstract art is a way to show something without having copied the real things in the real world. like when you want to show a car but you just paint a few shapes of different color to represent it. well, something like that.

I believe good art takes both creativity and skill. What do you think?

2010-04-12T18:57:00.000-07:00

I saw a red circle on a white background and someone told me that was art. It might be art but it is not good art. If one is going to place a piece of art in public it should be good art. I am told it is really hard to paint a really red circle. Ok so its hard, but it is definitely not creative!

I believe good art takes both creativity and skill. What do you think?
I agree with you. Like when I was in a museum, they showed us a string of light bulbs hung on a wall. One was purposely not on. This, I was told, was supposed to represent the spot of death and darkness within all of us. I said it looked like they needed to change the bulb.
Reply:you're right. you must be creative as well as skilled. i can make the most creative pictures, but if i draw them with "stick" people, then it's not going to look like art. it'll look like something a 2nd grader created.
Reply:"Good art" is open for interpretation. What you consider "good art" someone like myself could consider crap and vice versa. There is no definition of good art and if you ever study art or philosophy there is really no clear cut definition for "art."(i'm not talking about dictionary definitions.) I'm sure anybody could go into an art museum and pick out paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, etc. that they love and hate. Regardless, they are all art and they are all good art somebody. It's all interpretation. So, enjoy what you enjoy, and allow others to enjoy what they enjoy. An by the way, I would like to see you try to paint a perfect red circle, a compass wouldn't help :)
Reply:hard to paint a red circle? get a compass, and keep within the lines. a 5 year old could do it. i'm with you on this. unless i can see where the skill and creativity comes into it, art is pointless to me. some people want to sell any old shite. it's got to provoke some kind of emotion, inspire you and go wow! now that's art!!

i reckon Dali was one of the best for both skill and creativity.
Reply:what do you mean by skill? does it mean they got an A in art class and followed and mastered all the techniques their teach taugh them?

I don't think you need "skill" to be a good artist. I define good art as something aesthetic, that is, something visual that affects me emotionally, that creates an emotional attachment between me and the art.

Modern art has many people saying "my 3 year old cousin can do that." while the only modern artist I truely love is Mark Rothko, if your little cousin could paint something that overwhelmed me like Rothko I would probably pay him on cookies to make me some of his masterpieces.

but the thing is, we don't see that happeneing very often do we?

good art is creating something that SOMEONE in the world likes. it doesn't have to be good art to you.
Reply:well brush strokes can do only so much
Reply:I agree with you.
Reply:No, it's not very creative but the art reflects the artist's mind. That probably doesn't help with the image of that particular artist. I think that whether good art takes both creativity and skill depends on the person observing the art. Is something conveyed? It doesn't even have to be strong. Look at Andy Warhol. I don't think he really has either. But I do understand why other people see it as good art. He does unique statements or places things out of their normal setting. So, no, in my opinion, good art only takes an eye.

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Art vs. nature?

2010-04-12T18:56:00.003-07:00

art is seen to be an aesthetic representation of reality (aka. nature). do you think this is true? to what extent does art accurately depict nature, or should art be condemned in society because it is seen to be false and untruthful?

Art vs. nature?
There are two main theories of art (and the same theories apply to all creative human activity).

1. is that art mimics nature. Human are inspired from the outside from what they sense and they copy it albeit it may be transmuted or recombined. This theory is known as mimesis.

2. that art is constructed, this is too say, that it comes from the creative process of human consciousness. We pull stuff out of nowhere and combine it to create the new. This is known as constructionist theory.

MIMESIS:

"Nature creates similarities. One need only think of mimicry. The highest capacity for producing similarities, however, is man’s. His gift of seeing resemblances is nothing other than a rudiment of the powerful compulsion in former times to become and behave like something else. Perhaps there is none of his higher functions in which his mimetic faculty does not play a decisive role."

--- Walter Benjamin, "On the Mimetic Faculty" 1933

To be human is to be aware of what is outside ourselves. Nature is our grand inspiration. But, nature is inside ourselves too, in our thoughts and feelings. This is human nature. The finest art is created when external nature meets internal nature in a most productive way.

Often the two theories expressed above have been seen as mutually exclusive. But actually, I think that they support each other. Humans construct or invent in order to try to copy what they experience in nature whether external or internal. Granted we always fall short--the simplest one-celled organism is superior to Cathedral Notre Dame. So mimesis is the mother of invention.

Someone once asked the abstract expressionist, Jackson Pollack, why he did not paint from nature and his reply was "I am nature."

Images from nature are recorded in our subconscious and used to process the deep feelings innate in the subconscious. We use these amalgamated images then in representations to others.

Art should not be condemned in society because it is seen to be false or untruthful. It is neither false or untruthful. But, it can be deceptive. The aesthetic nature of art can convey certain "truths" but they are not logical truths. The aesthetic nature of art can be use to deceive and distract from logical truth as much of advertising does.

If art is honest about what it is then it can reveal great truths. If it is dishonest than it can lead to debasement as much of hip-hop, thrash, and punk do. These latter forms can be distracting from truth.

Ultimately art should not be judged by the standard of truth but rather if it is meaningful or not. Art should not seek to mask truth but seek its own meaning--the internal and the external dancing like two of the most talented tango dancers.

Art elevates the creations of man (humankind) and therefore gives dignity to humanity. But, in our self-importance let us not forget where we got our inspiration--nature.

This is why I support wilderness preservation. Ansel Adams did to.

I think that I answered both questions adequately.
Reply:Art is one's interpretation of nature. I don't think it's a representation of it.
Reply:I think nature is arts purest form
Reply:%26lt;%26gt;It is said that "Art imitates nature;" that being the 'best' it can do. An artist can accurately depict nature, or he/she can be as abstract as they desire. Art should never be condemned in any form because it is an expression. Should one be stifled for expressing an opinion?

Art in Sacramento?

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Do you know of any art galleries in Sacramento, CA besides the Crocker? Any art studios that are open to the public would be good also.

Although I love most art, I haven't been exposed to much of it in this area. I know they've been trying to build up the downtown area a bit, so I'm hoping I'm just not seeing what's available.

Thank you!

Art in Sacramento?
The Crocker is a museum not an art gallery, it is an actual museum and has a great collection of California artwork, plus much more and also has changing exibits. Sacramento has an excellent art scene with lots of galleries. Here is a link to the second Saturday website http://www.sacramento-second-saturday.or... this site will show you many of the galleries in Sacramento.

How do you define "art"?

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Many people have different ideas about what constitutes as art. When most people think of art, they tend to think of pretty paintings and cool-looking sculptures. However, there are also some people who consider blood spatters on a canvas and a picture of Jesus submersed in urine art, though most other people would probably disagree. What do you consider art? Also, if blood spatters on a canvas constitute as art, then isn't it possible that ANYTHING and EVERYTHING constitutes as art of some sort?

How do you define "art"?
Art is an expression through whatever format gets to people. Its evolved from cavern art to modern music. Everything in between is still true but the way it represents an era changes.
Reply:Art is that which connects one more potently to one's soul and /or Source, no matter what form it takes :))
Reply:art is basically something that you think is pretty or has "energy, hate,creed,love,mind,happiness,lonliness... in it. like theatre.that's art because it express what people see and believe in. and dancing that too. poetry that art as well. it's sort of what express themselves as each other or as indiviuals. showing others what they believe in or what thier talent is all about..Kinda in between of showing off and being expressful.. got it?

I'm really upset about my art class.?

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I try really hard in my art class to apply what I envision onto my work and to try and get it into art shows because I want to go to college for art and design, and I want people to experience what I experienced while creating my artwork, and art is one of my biggest passions.

I have yet to get my work into an art show, and yet to even get a compliment from my art teacher. (I am in 10th grade)

When she walks around the room, she'll give other compliments and tips for "advancing" (in her words, but in my mind, it's changing) their artwork, she passes me up, or completely disses my work.

If I ask her a question about something, she will basically tell me what to change and how to change it, and then tells me all of this other stuff I have to change on my art, when I never wanted to change it in the first place, I just ask if she sees what it is supposed to be. It's rather embarassing too, especially when we do class critiques of our art, and she insults my work, when saying good

I'm really upset about my art class.?
Art can be a very personal thing, and for you it is. Some of the most influential artists and thinkers of all time were misunderstood in their time, so don't let one teacher discourage you. Keep creating things that you think are meaningful and expanding your boundaries.

That said, you need to ask yourself what you hope to get out of this class and any art class you take. Art is something that is different from person to person, but exposing yourself to the way that other people do things is not detrimental. Experimentation without losing sight of yourself is what you need to expand. You don't have to make every piece your masterpiece. Try out some of the things your art teacher is asking you to do, and see what happens. Play around with it. Don't listen to the critiques but instead expand yourself with the ideas. If they have a project where they want you to do one thing, then try it out. Otherwise, why are you really taking the class? Artists need to know a lot of different techniques to communicate and you're only going to be better off for having tried these different things. If you don't like them, that's fine.

Art teachers in my experience can often be narrow minded. I actually had one instructor who would take up the brush and make changes to my artwork while I was doing it as she tried to illustrate a point. I've had mixed feelings about it. If you feel like the work you are doing in class is experimental and for the purpose of expanding your horizons, though, then this sort of thing is okay. Something you do in a class doesn't define you, though.

Lastly, realize that most artists who make their living doing art have to face the problems you are talking about every day. They usually don't own their art. Where I work, I design and I have artists who have to do things often to specifications. They also have to keep their work similar to other people's work because its a large collaberative project. This has its own rewards and shortcomings, but you'll find most people who are professional artists do their own projects their way on the side, but know how to fit in when they are working for someone else. It's a good thing to learn.

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How do i start doing anime art commisions?

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How do you think I should start selling my anime art online?

I'm planning on doing the following:

-Deviant Art

-eBay

-Getting a paypal account

-After I have enough money-A art website

I currently only do oringinal sketch art. So should I allow requests, put them on deviant art, and if they like it-sell on eBay? Or should I just put it on deviant art and show that the original is for sale on ebay?

I there is anything else you could recommend, or you yourself sell anime art *or anime art* please tell me.

Thank you!

How do i start doing anime art commisions?
I am often supprised that Anime/Magna drawings sell as often as they do on deviant art (which isn't very often but I hear of it just as much as any of the other mediums). So I'd start deviant art and then ask those folks what they'd reccomend, its a nice place to get feedback if you ask.
Reply:if im not wrong you can now sell your art on ebay.com (:

so i guess the best places would be Deviantart and Ebay

What martial art to take next...?

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I mainly do Taekwondo but I have dabbled in some other martial arts. I understand that Taekwondo is very... how should I put it.... umm has sever flaws. I am planning to continue my parent's Taekwondo business (do not bash our tkd. unlike other schools we are very tradtitional to the art, not merely commercial, and do not deal very much with "sport" taekwondo.) I am 15 years old. Currently I am in Korea for Tkd training as well as Kendo training. I would like some suggestions on what martial art to take next and the order I should probably take it.

I have done some Hapkido, Kung fu, Tai chi, and Judo but not enough to fully grasp all concepts of the art. I want to slowly start and attempt to master the basics of most martial arts. So... I need help with a starting point.

I am thinking of doing Hapkido, Judo, or Jujitsu first. Later moving onto Kung fu (I will be going to taiwan for some time for tkd training later) Muay Thai I am considering but... it seems awkward with the rest.

What martial art to take next...?
capoeira.
Reply:I like aikido as well
Reply:If you are going to Taiwan then you have to try Muay Thai. It is like kick boxing, but it focuses mainly on your elbows and knees. If you can learn something in the place where it was originated than you should do it.
Reply:Jujitsu, it would actually compliment your tae kwon do, and give you better grappling and ground skills then hapkido. If thats not available judo would be the next best thing.
Reply:I saw a form called Aikido i think, it was very leaned towars using opponents force against them bit like judo, but went into weapons etc, i think it was a very dignified form and would benefit any fighter
Reply:I have done taekwondo for 5 years before and was pretty good but you come to a point where in your heart as a martial artest you have to find your way as a artist i think you should find a good CAPOEIRA school and try it involves kicks like taekwondo but also movement, music and interacting with people inyour class and other classes on a regular basis it would be good for you now your young you can capoeira what you want it to be agressive or nice , sport or fancy whatever you want it so try it
Reply:It depends on what you feel like doing. I never did like any other martial arts. I love TKD. And i joined my first club at age 12. And i am finally going back. I am 22 years old. So, I just feel that its time for me to start TKD again.

But just go with what your heart tells you. I know mine told me to go to TKD.

So just think about your choices and write PROS and CONS about your choices and that may help you go onto a different martial arts school.
Reply:I would suggest further study in Hapkido, alot of schools offer some training in Hapkido, but having taken it from a school that was really a Hapkido school, it is very different, it addresses alot of the "flaws" in TKD, it is a very "effective" Martial Art" versus something that looks pretty, but is less effective.

This is of course "my opinion", but having taken Shotokan, Kempo, Tai Chi, Ninjitsu, as well, think it would help with your plans to take over your parents school.

Ninjitsu, - Bujikan I think is the name of the style, in Japan, with Grand Master Hatsumi, would also be very effective, but extremely challanging as well.
Reply:Since your already with KenDo

I'd suggest KenJutsu as well as laido, and Aikido. Follow the stream to the river.
Reply:I think it all depends on what you are looking to achieve. My children are in ATA Songham Tae Kwon Do. We chose this because of the instructor himself and his ability to work with all ages simultaneously. No matter what their level of achievement. It is more for the mind, body and spirit. Not the glory of being able to say that I have mastered all. Only you can find out what you want and need. Good luck.
Reply:tae kwon do and hap ki do go together well i used to do both

most hap ki do is like a cross between tae kwon do, akido and ju jitsu the system i used to do was called moo hak kwan and wa largely influenced by ju jitsu

i dont really like any of those things now im into boxing and freestyle (based on muay thai) not saying that other stuff isnt good its just not for me
Reply:i been taking jujitsu for about a year now, i would suggest taking that, very useful teaches you balance distruption, using your leverage against your opponent, chokes, arm bars, leg locks, triangle chokes, its fun.
Reply:I take Tae Kwon Do, and I've also dabbled in the basics of other styles as well.

I am going to suggest: A grappling and/or throwing art. There's various to choose from: Jujutsu, Judo, Aikido, Sambo, et cetera...

Though I haven't taken Hapkido, I've heard many people speak about how it works well to counter the flaws that are in Tae Kwon Do. It has striking, and a lot of grappling. Some would say that it's a hybridzation of Daito Ryu aikijutsu (Which means you will learn extensive grappling, throwing, and joint lock techniques), and the striking of something hard like Tae Kwon Do. I've seen some sparring matches, and I don't know of any schools that don't advocate you practicing your throws and self-defense techniques as well.

Now what was suggested to me was that I go to various disciplines, and do a sort of "Trial and Error" session to see how I fair with them. I think that might work well with you after you meet your goal. Though I suggested a grappling/throwing art, you can dabble in whatever you seem fit (To include your weaponry training). There's so many different ways of striking, and so many hybrid styles out these days. I'm sure you know that hybridzation is the way to go.
Reply:When you finish all those other styles, forget what they have taught you and study Hsing-I Lui and Ba Gua Quan. Basically the root of most all martial art forms.
Reply:Well, the first thing I was going to suggest was to take an art with a grappling component, to complement your TKD strikes. Hapkido, Judo and JJ all have grappling techniques, so all three would be worthwhile.

Perhaps start with Hapkido? Being another Korean art, it might mesh well into your TKD, but that's just conjecture.

MILAN (Italy) for FINE ART goods..good place???

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This city is known for its' huge shopping possibilities, the large variety of clothes, shoes etc.. But what about when it comes to Art materials in Milan ?? Italy is the country of art otherwise, so I naturally think there are many more fine art materials shops in Italy than in many other countries.. Am I correct ?? And of course I am talking of Milan mostly.

So the questions..

Is Milan good for coming to collect ones art materials ?

Is Milan's art material stores relatively cheap compared to other countries ? Do you know any examples ?

What are the fine art store that you would recommend ??

And finally.. are there any other cities in Italy that would be extremely well suited for art materials shopping ??

Thank you sooooooooo much in advance !!!!!

MILAN (Italy) for FINE ART goods..good place???
First of all, remember that Italy is "the country of art" as far as art history, not necessarily the contemporary art scene, is concerned. The time of Michelangelo and Raphael has long passed. There are plenty of Sunday painters (and arts-and-crafters), but today's "big" art scene is still mostly in the U.S. (like New York). The same goes for art schools.

In any case, probably any Italian city has good art supply stores, including here in Rome. Unfortunately things aren't cheap at all. And there aren't any discount or wholesale places that are convenient, for example, for art students or struggling artists. I sometimes even consider the possibility of ordering stuff from the States (also because of the euro/dollar exchange rate -- favorable for us over here). In any case, why would you want to come here to buy imported Liquitex or Windsor Newton products? The biggest Italian brand of art supplies is Maimeri. For an idea of prices, a small (250 ml - roughly 8 oz) jar of Maimeri acrylic gloss medium at my neighborhood art supply store has arrived at 8.30 euro (I just checked on it this evening), which is roughly 12 US dollars! And you can totally forget larger (1 quart or 1 gallon) size containers of paints and medium -- they don't even exist here.

So I certainly wouldn't come to Italy specifically to buy art supplies, but if you happen to be here, you can check in the local phone book yellow pages for art supply stores. Here in Rome, the category to look under is: "Disegno, grafica e belle arti - Articoli". The main "big name" I remember in the center of Rome is Vertecchi -- but (also because it is in the very chic center, not far from the Spanish Steps) it is not at all cheap. There also used to be another famous store on Via del Babuino (between Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps, near the famous "artists' street", Via Margutta), where you could even buy pure pigments and made-to-order stretched canvases (I had them restretch a large canvas of mine that I had brought over from the U.S. rolled up); it was called "L'Artistica", but it seems to have closed down a few years back (another sign of waning artistic years?).

BTW, in most cases, Milan as a city is more expensive than others in Italy. Florence is also very expensive.
Reply:Tuscany and Venice..is the best places to go for ART...as far as "cheap"

Italy is everything but cheap....

MILAN (Italy) for FINE ART goods..good place???

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What is "art"? Why do works which look like garbage or ordinary objects qualify as "art"?

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Why should a canvas painted all one color, or a nail driven into a piece of wood, qualify as a museum piece? If that is "art," then isn't EVERYTHING art? Including fire hydrants, tampons, toothpicks, leftover food, unflushed toilets, and everything else in the world? Is an ordinary object "art" just because an "artist" has chosen to display it? Why do we accept works which require no talent as "art" simply because they have been held up for us to comtemplate?

What is "art"? Why do works which look like garbage or ordinary objects qualify as "art"?
Art is more than aethestics, it is also an intellectual pursuit. For the artists, art is a venue by which they express some perspective of the world. Art is an interactive endeavor--it cannot exist without people to look at it. And the goal of many, if not all modern artists, is to encourage you, the veiwer, to see the world in a new way. They want to change your perspective, interject a new point of view.

Some artists pursue the spirtual, and others, the mundane. But all artists create with the sole purpose of getting you to LOOK at it, to think about what you see, and come to some conclusion about what you see and how it relaties to your life.

As for the object art you so decry, museums accept them as art because the artist has chosen this object as something of significance--theres something about that object the artist wants you to think about. The artist wants you to see beyond the surface, beyond your first interpretation of that thing to see what else is within it--a hidden beauty? a reflection of the alienation in modern society? They want to alter your perception of the universe by presenting to you a thing you may never have given thought to before.

Modern art is not meant to be looked at, but also thought about. And the creative part, the artistic part, is presenting to you, the viewer, new things for you to think about.

And no, not everything is art. Everything has the POTENTIAL to be art, but the line between art and not-art lies in the mind of the artist. That line is in the intention of the creator to present to the veiwer a new thought, or a new perception. When the artist says "I have here a simple thing, but I see within it it something meaningful. I want to share it with you." It crosses that line and becomes Art.
Reply:i have no idea
Reply:there are people in the world who will like what they are told. these are the people who will buy something just to show off how much it cost or who made it. these are also the people who will like the things you mentioned. if that is what they want to like, let them. i would prefer something more but if they like it, they get it out of the way for people like me.
Reply:People see art in many different things. Just because you (and a large majority of people) may not see something as art, there are people that do see it that way. Many people don't consider rap a form of music, but there are people that do. The good thing to remember is that most "avant garde" types of art like you describe will not be around in 5, 10, 15 20 years and will not be placed in history of art books and such.
Reply:"What is art" is really too big a question to answer here. It may take a lifetime to understand entirely. There's a lot of crap out there people like to call art. I can't tell you which of it is and which isn't here. What I can tell you is to let go of your preconceived notions. It is possible for a fire hydrant to be art. It's not in the object itself, it's in the way it is used and how it's portrayed. I was brought up with the limited notion that art is a pretty picture of something. It was only well into my college years when I saw the beauty in the abstract. Lines, curves, forms, colors is where the beauty or art lies-- not necessarily in the subject matter. A work of art doesn't even need a "subject".

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Uhm... correction-- I "saw" the beauty in form and color as long as I can remember. I didn't realize it was art because I was told it wasn't. For most people, language tends to define art for them as they age-- oh-- it's got a frame around it and a vase of roses so it most be art.
Reply:just simple man. people art is recorgnised only if they are contraversial or if they are rich and famous. contravercial people become contraversial because they need to sell their art. and rich n famous people donot have time for art besides zero talent.
Reply:Art isn't an object. Art is an experience. Art is a communication of emotion between the artist and the audience. This can be done through music, through poetry or through an object. The object isn't the art though, the experience is.

If ordinary everyday things give you an emotional experience then I suppose you could say that they are art but again its not the things but your reaction to them that is important. Andy Warhol was famous for this kind of 'pop' art but it was really taking everyday things and getting a reaction out of people.

If garbage makes you react emotionally and if this was the intent of the artist then it is indeed art and good art. Art can include any emotion, happy, sad, angry or violent. The worst sin in art is simply to be boring and produce no reaction at all.

I think Frank would agree.
Reply:Art is something that is created in order to get a desired response from an audience. Bilboard signs, magazine pictures, and yes even everyday objects can be considered art. The products we get were built from a model of something that someone spent time on.

People accept weird art like a one color painting/nail driven into wood because it makes them think I guess. Some art is made just to make people angry, and wonder why it was created. Maybe that certain piece could be a statement that there is nothing pretty left to look at in our society.
Reply:quite simply...equal rights. so many arguments for so very long have rendered everything and anything "art" if someone so chooses to call it so.
Reply:Art is in the eye of the beholder. You're right, everything can be art.
Reply:In my arts and humanities class a couple years ago our teacher said art was art because of the emotion and feeling of the artist while making the art, not necessarily the piece of art itself.
Reply:art is almomst everything around you with a deeo meaning with he feeling that makes you wonder!
Reply:it's difficult to answer.

What is art?

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I'm looking for serious philosophical answers. How is art defined. Where is the line between art and non-art. In photography, where is the line between art and pornography. What is art to you? Describe it.

What is art?
Art is an expression of self; of one's emotion. It is also a language...looking through art at various eras through time gives us a window into the past. I love art - it's my release. The way that the pigment blends and shapes...catches the light and creates a world of imagination...
Reply:i would argue first off that pornography is art. though some may be totally uncreative and morally unacceptable it is still an expression of sex and sexuality. art to me is the expression of anything through any medium. i belief that everything in the world has the potential be regarded as art to one person or another. In this i mean that once one person regards something as a work of art it is a work of art reagrdless to whether someone else disagrees or not. its the relativity of art.
Reply:My definition of art: the creative expression of oneself through visual, musical, or literary means, or by performance.

The line between art and "non art" is not always cut and dry, however. Pornography, for instance, exists only to sexually arouse and serves no other purpose. Art, on the other hand, may end up sexually arousing people but that is not its sole intent. Michelangelo's David, for example, is believed by many to be homoerotic(especially since the artist was gay), but for others it is a creative portrayal of a human being contemplating the challenge lying ahead(defeating Goliath).
Reply:Art is the product of someones personal expression of their feelings, thoughts or emotions.

Pornography is meant to titillate, photography of the nude body may titillate but is not the main objective.

There are some things I'm not into, but I wouldn't ever say it's not art. Like most public sculpture leaves me baffled, but to each his own. I'm sure half of my work would confuse and befuddle as well.
Reply:art is the way you express yourself! mad, sad ,depressed art is life its a flower. its in every person. dance, painting ,karate all art so there you go art.that is how you find yourself,
Reply:The definitions and boundaries of art have changed just as society has changed throughout the centuries. Art is something that is created out of expressive intent- it is transcendent. However, I feel many people have abused this expressive art. For instance, one particular painter created large paintings my squirting paint out of his anus. Another female painter created her so called "vagina paintings"- I don't think I need to describe that. As much as I disagree with that, they are art. They were created with expressive intent.

When it comes to the fine line between art and pornography- that boundary has been changing for centuries. What we view as distasteful and pornographic now, may be considered beautiful expressive art in the future. As far as my personal definition of pornography v. art goes; I don't think that nudes(male or female) are pornographic. I believe that something becomes pornographic when the figures begin to masturbate, or otherwise try to get themselves or one another off.

Hope this helps. I have a great paper written on this subject, email me if you would like to read it.
Reply:Art is a way of life. You don't make art because you want to--you make it because it insists upon existing.
Reply:ART in my opinion is an expression of craftsmanship in any medium that captures the viewers attention and provokes a change in their emotion and generates an action or reaction to such "art work".

Good or Bad- reaction can be a change for the better.

Diego Rivera did murals of working class people and brought attention to the "immigrant" causes of over a hundred years ago- his art IS still fresh today with the recent world events. SO "art" is timeless, since history always repeats itself.

Pornography is not an art form. Photography however is.

A nude is only a character in the picture, when it becomes a part of the over all essence of the art work. Most graphic photos of sexual poses and such are just not artistic at all. They are just tools for perversion, like any other sexual diversion.

Don't get me wrong a beautiful nude painting or photograph when "artistic" is just as incredible as any other master piece.

Breast Cancer survivor "nudes" are raw and really stir up emotions and actions/reactions for all the right reasons! Awareness is an awakening. Art can do that for you!

Which Martial Art school is best suited for pure self-defense skills against real-life attacks on the street?

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I am looking for an easy to learn, highly street effective, self-defense skills/techniques/ training/discipline with emphasis on the “martial” and not the “art” part. In other words, I am NOT interested in competitions, tournaments, matches, the spiritual and/or cultural aspects of a martial art, trophies, shows, etc. I am really in search of a school of martial arts that teaches “martial efficiency” and the ability to defend oneself on the street (in a reasonably quick period of time). … And yes, I realize that it is NOT the martial art, but the martial artist that makes all the difference and that if you are really good at what you do and practice it all the time you can most likely defend yourself on the street no matter what style of martial art you happen to practice. However, such a strategy would require a tremendous amount of time investment and dedication, whereas what I am really after here is the self-defense proficiency part obtained in a reasonably short period of time (say a year or two of dedicated training max). Kindly justify your answer, If possible. Thank you in advance.

Which Martial Art school is best suited for pure self-defense skills against real-life attacks on the street?
What you are describing is Krav Maga. It started out as Israeli hand to hand combat. I've only done a little of it, but it is designed just for fighting, nothing else. If it's good enough for the Sayeret Matskal, it must be good1

I find it a little disturbing that this is all you want to learn. I hope that you're not going around looking for fights just to prove how tough you are.
Reply:So wanting to learn means you're just looking for a fight?... Wow... Report It

Reply:karate.(not tkd)freestyle if you can find a good one.if not karate and crosstrain if you want to add fighting skills as well as self defence do muay thai as well.krav,bjj,crappyairhead and simular ones are just crazes stick with the tried and true.
Reply:Hmmm, I know of a good Martian Art school that specializes in unreal-life attacks on the street but I guess you are not interested. Ok, bye.
Reply:The only other thing I can suggest to you to do is try a reality based fighting techniques class, but these are also rooted in Martial Arts.

Or try disciplines Like Krav Maga or Kapap since they place more emphasis on the realism of self defense in their techniques, but again they are MARTIAL ARTS, the combat aspect studied alongside the cultural and historical aspect.

So if you're not willin' to learn the "Art" side of the discipline, there's no reason to learn the "Martial" side.

because I'm not favorable of mentioning particular disciplines names in order to let you the individual make your own decision due to the fact that just because I recommend a discipline doesn't mean that you're going to like the discipline or that you'r going to find it interesting enough for your taste, or even the fact that it's available to you wherever you live.

in that last part of your question, you answered it all on your own: "However, such a strategy would require a tremendous amount of time investment and dedication".

emphasis on time investment and dedication, because there's NO WAY that you're going to learn ANY discipline of Martial Arts by just going to say a month's or even **(see note at bottom after posting) two year's worth of classes and being proficient when and if you have to use what's been learned.

Another thing is, learning the cultural and historical parts (the ART side, because it helps you to understand why a technique is done and for what purpose or significance it has) of the discipline go hand in hand with the Martial side of the discipline. That's why it's called MARTIAL ARTS because it takes the combat side of the discipline with the cultural and historical side as one complete teaching.

And even then, there's no telling how "good" you're going to be unless you have a good training ethic.

several Kung Fu disciplines put emphasis on "economy of movement", but not "Martial efficiency". Martial efficiency as you put it can only be achieved by diligent training, because Martial Arts in general is a LIFELONG experience. Many Martial Artists have trained since they were very young, often as young as Four years old, and still continue training to this day.

how many Martial Artists that have Mastered a particular discipline (or mastered more than one discipline) have you heard of that NO LONGER study Martial Arts?

that would be prob'ly only a handful since many Grandmasters and Martial Artists in general continue to study, and only "quit" until their death (which is pretty obvious at this point that they can no longer study Martial Arts).

Plus if you don't continue training, you'll slowly lose what you've learned. the muscle memory and reflex action will still be there, but you'll find yourself wondering what you could've done later on should you need to use what you've learned, or accidentally use what you've learned after you've quit your regular training.

So if you can't devote at least 3 maybe 4 days to train for at least 1hr minimum, then I'd suggest that you don't waste your time and money trying to learn Martial Arts, because you're not doing yourself any favors by just studying MartialArts for 2yrs and then quitting.

Any Martial Art is going to be able to help you in a real situation no matter what discipline you stud because there is Not one that is "better" than another.

So, unless we can devise the technology to "download" the techniques of Any or ALL the disciplines into our brains like they did in THe Matrix, then I'm afraid you're out of luck, because it takes several years of training to become a decent Martial Artist.

**max no less as you suggested, unless you're really adept at picking up on the techniques like Joe Louis, the world reknowned Kickboxer who REPORTEDLY recieved his 1st degree blackbelt in a year or less.
Reply:Karate. Train at least twice a week, spar as often as you can. Defending yourself will become second nature after a year or so, you will be able to respond accordingly to any threat. Karate is very good if you ever find yourself dealing with multiple assailants too.
Reply:ju jitsu all the way. It's fun and plus you dont need to be strong it's all about using other people's strength against them

p.s you also get to chuck people
Reply:I am going to tell you a short story so you'll understand my answer. My Martial Arts training first started back in the early 1970s at my friends house by his Father, a WWII Vet. Then I went over to another friends house in the mid '70s were his Father (a 3rd dan Black Belt) was teaching Tang Soo Do. Later in '76 I went to a place called House of the Dragon..Chan Shou Do Kung fu. In 1978 it was off to John C. Kim's School of Chung Moo Kwan (8 Martial Arts styles in 1) and from there, back to Jacksons Tang Soo Do from 1980-84. I took a M/A break for a few years then got back into it in 1986, I became a mamber of the U.S. Tang Soo Do Assoc. but in the summer of 1988 I was going too two different Schools to learn two different Korean Arts, Tang Soo Do and Tae Kwon Do. Man! I had my work cut out for me. It took that summer in TKD and I past my Brown Belt test. By 1991 I quit TSD a short time after I bought my first home and went into Professional Wedding Photography.

My son was born in 1992 and in '97 I was lookin for a School to get my boy signed up. We ended up at a Kenpo School some 30 miles one way from home. Because of the class schedule and the late nights my son did not enjoy his lessons much, but I stayed on. Ten years later I can't say enough positive things too say about KENPO KARATE a true self-defense system. Like nothing I have ever learned in the past.

Kenpo is designed for multiple attacters from different angles, its like Chess, 3, 4, and even 5 moves ahead of the game. It's been proven as a evry effective Art on the street and it's based on concepts %26amp; princibles...the what if theory.

If there is a Kenpo School in your area please by all means check it out, watch some of the classes, ask questions, etc. Go online and view some of those Kenpo technique video demo clips.
Reply:of course not taekwondo, thats olympic type sports, u need things like Kung Fu, which has nice style or Things like Aikido which has u learn to take away guns or grapple or joint lock but kung fu also teachers that, the difference is the forms, and style, which is really nice and the weapons if u like those spears and swords and nunchuku.
Reply:i am soorrry i didnt read that big paragraph but i suggest any martial art school becasue martial arts = self defense.i wanna learn kung fu tho =)
Reply:any martial art that you choose will aid you in defending yourself.

there is no guarentee you will be good however there is a way to find out.

if it feels comfortable in the beginning then continue till your two year goal. after two years im sure youl be mixing it up enough to know your way around a fight.
Reply:savate , if you just want to crush someone, but all arts are good if you are dedicated.
Reply:take Japanese ju jitsu or kung fu excellent in the street.

if your tall muay tai is for you, if your athletic choose karate or take won do , if your not strong and have very little striking skill choose aikido,wing Chung and jiu jitsu is for every one.

choosing the best type of martial art is like choose your dream car some might choose fast one ,some big ,on looks it depends on the person just like martial arts that why there is so much argument which one is the best a short person might argue that bjj is better than muay tai because he cant kick as good as the tall people in muay tai and a tall person will get grappled easy in bjj because hes got alot of limbs and bones sticking out . no one can tell you the best martial art they would just tell what there good at.

what im trying to say "its the martial artist not the martial art"
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Reply:Boxing isn't too bad. Brutal as it can be, is still a sport. It'll help you hit harder and faster, but if you run into a good wrestler or someone who wants to fight on the ground you're screwed.

So now you're left looking for something that is very no-frills and was designed specifically for self defense as they will certainly have taken grappling into account.

Krav Maga is an isreali system that has gotten very good reviews, so has Brazillian Jui-Juitsu(BJJ). I suggest BJJ because it's almost specifically designed to help smaller people take on larger opponents on the ground. It's also the base that many UFC/MMA fighters use when in competition, and you KNOW those guys have to stick with what's most effective.

The only downside? There's barely any striking taught in the classes.

I suggest taking a combination of the arts I listed above.
Reply:Uh.. Okay, I'm not sure I read that whole paragraph, but I would recomment Aikido, cause it's a lot easier and you learn how do unbalance your opponent... Of course, I'm not one to tell you, considering that I'm a white belt....
Reply:I would recommend either Aikido or Tae Kwon-do. Both are mainly defensive arts.
Reply:It's called pepper spray. I can almost guarantee that no "martial art" will give you what you want. However, an hour or two course on the correct use of pepper spray will definitely give you what you want. So will the correct use of the Taser (the ones the police use that shoot the little darts into a person....not the handheld ones) and the use of a handgun will all give you what you are seeking. However, there are real problems with the use the pistol or even the Taser that will result in you being gang raped every night for years on end by psychopaths while a guest of the state....depending on where in the US you live. This reason alone makes pepper spray the superior choice.

Here is a good website on the salient facts you need to know vis a vis the martial arts:

http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/
Reply:Bunjin Kan Taijutsu is absolutely the best. In fact, the techniques are so deadly, they will not allow it into tournaments.
Reply:There are no best arts, only best artists.

there are no short paths.

Try to find the best school in your area and train there.

You feel that self-defense is something that can be bought I believe. Even if someone sells you a "self-defense course" as you are looking for it will not work. If you don't constantly practice this stuff (preferably against other people) it will fail you in a critical moment.

Attacks done in the street are committed by criminals. They always have an advantage be surprise, strength, numbers, weapons, etc.

These criminals practice this behavior time and again. Not in dojo's or gyms, but for real on victims. Victims never get real practice, only simulated training.

Walk wisely my friend, most situations can be avoided with self and environmental awareness.
Reply:LIsten, tkd is crap

pepper spray wont help if there is wind, or if the attackers take it from you.

guns, or tazers wont work against to many attackes at once and can also be taken from you also.

judo, krav maga, san shou, or muay thai.

i do judo and lung shou pai, lung shou pai is graet but takes a long time.
Reply:American Kenpo, Ed Parker style. Out of the first 10 techniques, half of them have strikes to the throat or groin. This is not a sport, art or a game. In Kenpo eyes, groin, temple, breaking joints and basically the all around "dirty" fighting techniques are the emphasis. It is not who is right, it is who is left.
Reply:A basic, traditional school in Karate or Aikido are best. Fancy spinning kicks and leaping about like a figure skater only lead to slip-ups and errors that could cost you your life.

IPod Nano cover art?

2010-04-12T18:53:00.003-07:00

I don't know why, but none of my CDs have cover art that's showing up. One reason may be that all of the ones I'm trying to get cover art for are burned CDs from my frieds. Also, please don't tell me that I need to check the box that says View Cover Art, and don't tell me that when on iTunes I should right click the song I need cover art for, and it'll get me cover art, but neither of those things are working. Isn't there some way that you can get pictures yourself and set them as cover art? If you know, please tell me.

IPod Nano cover art?
On my mac computer I find pictures from google and drag them from there to the bottom left corner where it says Drag Album Cover Art Here. I do it when I am playing that certain song.

UPDATE: When you play a song in iTunes it shows in the bottom left corner where it usually says Now Playing. So play a song and drag the album artwork into the box.
Reply:I'm not sure on that one tough question
Reply:you can go to www.youtube.com

then search for the song you want
Reply:first off, right click and click info

the where it says "artist, author, album" and all the other stuff, make sure the album is the exact form it is in the itune library

for example:

Artist: blink-182

Album: blink-182: greatest hits

make sure that the album is "blink-182: greatest hits"

not "blink 182: greatest hits" because even the smaller error wont find the cover art

then right click and click get album art

the reason it isnt working for u is because the album name int right

so go to itunes and search the band name

find the album name and enter the exact letters into the info of your song

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Is it possible to model for nude art and be a Christian?

2010-04-12T18:53:00.002-07:00

Is it possible to model for nude art and be a Christian? One of my really good friends models for nude art. I'm not going to lie, she has a really nice body with the hour glass shape and is really fit and in good shape. I can see why she models for nude art, though one thing about her is that she's a Christian. I asked her if that goes against her religion to model for nude art and she says it doesn't. She tells me that art is a form of expression and that nude art is a beautiful form of art that has been around for many years. She has invited me to some of her art sessions and from what i noticed it seems as though she models for erotic nude art, with her posing with other female models in sexual erotic artistic poses. Is it possible to model for nude art and still remain a faithful Christian?

Is it possible to model for nude art and be a Christian?
I agree 100% with Naturist Jo! I am a christian naturist Bob, but don't do nude modelling, but would if I were asked! I just enjoy being clothes free at home or on a nude beach with lots of others. So what does that have to do with religion. Too many people associate sex and nudity together! Yes, it is possible to be nude and not have sex...believe it or not! Try it and you will find that it is great!
Reply:She probably is a Christian but she is making a mistake and using poor judgement.

A Christian represents their faith and their God in all they do, and it doesn't sound like that is what is going on.
Reply:I think there is fine line between art and dogma.

Its mainly personal too. I'm sure alot of Christians have opposite views about modeling nude and being fine with it.

I don't have a problem with it, as a Christian, if it is for true art.
Reply:Well it depends what this is. Are they pictures or is she modeling for an art class and being painted, Were are these pictures/paintings going?

If it is true art then it is fine, but if it is porn then she needs to get out of that profession.
Reply:Yes Christians can be naturists, nude models etc. There is nothing in the Bible against nudity. Sure "indecent acts" are another issue. What has happened over the years is some religious leaders have had a bad attitude and created dogma against all sorts of things, including nudity. So it is possible for nudity to be agains a particular sect, but it is not biblical based. Perhaps she should challenge her church, make an issue over it, there is nothing wrong with a Christian being a nude model.
Reply:No sin is restricted in Christianity because the whole concept of teachings of Prophet Jesus have been distorted..
Reply:Ever had a look around in some european museum? Who do you think financed that art?

(catholics and protestants alike)
Reply:So how were Adam and Eve dressed before the "fall"? I'd say yes to your question.

Is it possible to model for nude art and be a Christian?

2010-04-12T18:53:00.001-07:00

Is it possible to model for nude art and be a Christian? One of my really good friends models for nude art. I'm not going to lie, she has a really nice body with the hour glass shape and is really fit and in good shape. I can see why she models for nude art, though one thing about her is that she's a Christian. I asked her if that goes against her religion to model for nude art and she says it doesn't. She tells me that art is a form of expression and that nude art is a beautiful form of art that has been around for many years. She models for erotic nude art, with her posing with other female models in sensual artistic poses, and she has invited me to some of her art sessions. Is it possible to model for nude art and still remain a faithful Christian?

Is it possible to model for nude art and be a Christian?
well art is art, its not porn :) well not normally, haha. I dont see why she can't do this. The body is natural and its who we are.
Reply:Michelangelo had no problem painting nudes on the Sistine chapel!
Reply:if you are wanting to see what you can get away with and still be a christian. i for one will fully live for God. not worrying about what the bottom line is, but what is the top line.
Reply:No. The bible specifically says that women should adorn themselves in modest apparel. Rather the public display of a naked person, be it man or woman, is just the opposite according to God. When Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit, they realized they were naked and they hid themselves. God made them clothes from animal skins to cover their nakedness. God doesn't want us to expose ourselves to anyone other than our husband or wife.
Reply:Nudity is not sin. ADultery and fornication are sin. Nudity is natural.
Reply:hare you ever LOOKED at any religious artwork???
Reply:I do not believe you can do nude modeling and be a Christian at the same time.

Recently someone sent me the following prayer attributed to Paul Harvey, which poignantly expresses this perversion of values.

Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, “Woe to those who call evil good,” but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Amen!

The prayer is built around Isaiah 5:20 which reads as follows:

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. (NIV)

To read the entire article, go to:

http://www.injesus.com/index.php?module=...

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Reply:yes it iss possible because your freind does it and the universe hasn't imploded yet

and please stop asking this wuestion every few days

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