Art History Blog

Keanu Netzler
12/6/13

Blog Art History

1. What do you think we can learn from studying works of art from the past?

            I think that we will learn a lot from past art. Peoples work with visual art from the past could teach us a lot about their cultures. It could teach us about the way that they lived their lives. What they did for fun, and it could also tell us story’s; stories that could be about them, stories that are filled with mystery, or stories about everyday life.

2.  Explain the truth of the adage “A picture is worth a thousand words.”

            To me I feel like that it will vary from person to person it just depends on what you’re looking at and how you perceive it. For instance one painting may say something to one person, then the next person that looks at it, possibly could see the same thing. But they most likely hear something different from the art work.

3. According to http://youngadults.about.com it says that these are some of the few careers that will be available to those who have a degree in art history.

1.      Gallery curator

2.      Art conservation and restoration

3.      Museum marketing and public relations

4.      Art law and law enforcement, including the FBI's forgery team

5.      Art consultant for a hotel or corporation

6.      Artist management and representation

7.      Museum facilities operations

8.      Museum fundraising and development

9.      Special events planner for a museum or other arts organization

10.  Antiquarian book dealer

11.  Antique dealer

12.  Art and estate appraisal for an auction house or private firm

13.  Art investment consultant

14.  Art museum website design

15.  Exhibit installation

These are just a FEW of career opportunities to those who hold a degree like this.

4.  What is critical thinking and how is it applied to the study of visual art?

           Critical thinking is really taking deep thought in something that is interesting you or a bothering emotionally or mentally, it’s just really evaluating the situation at hand. I think that critical thinking plays a huge role in art. Art can be drawn one dimensional, but it can have I three dimensional meaning to it. That kind of thinking I feel like is more for the artist but, critical thinking is also important with people that observe the art. If you don’t really think about a really let your mind free you will miss out on the artist message to you.

5. Of the arts we will be studying, sculpture, painting. Architecture, photography, film, and fashion, what are you most interested in and why?

 I am more interested in film; I just really love a good film. It’s not like I don’t appreciate art I just feel like I get more out of the message from the director through a film. Whether comical, motivational, action packed. I feel like I get more out of a film.

What is the Value of art?

What is the value of art?

To me, the value of art you cannot really put a prize on. I think that the value of art is established by the people who are viewing the art. One pice of art may absoutl move somebody and could be worth the world. But to the next person that same piece of art could mean absolutely nothing, and to them it could be worth no more than the dust in their pocket. I feel like true value of an artwork will increase when the artist is dead. The death of an artist really increases more in money value and in personal value. Because upon the death of the artist, no more work of theirs will be created therefore the value will go up significantly.

Blog #2 Humanities

This is my second assignment for my humanities class. This assignment is based off of the Elizabethan Era aka The Golden Age aka The Shakespearean Period.

1. They call this age The Golden Age because of all the lands were at a better spot with advances in technology and economy and the lands felt like they were at peace with themselves. They had also felt a sense of purity like gold, therefore comes the name The Golden Age. Here are some important dates and events from this time period.

1485- King Henry VII cemented his success and settled the tension between Yorkists and Lancastreans, by marrying Elizabeth of York (Future Queen Elizabeth the First).

Late 1400's Queen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne and the result of her reign came wars between The English and the Spanish Armada and the people under her rule loved and respected her.

In this time was when Shakespeare was alive and writing marvelous works. This is also why they called This Era the Shakespeare Age.

2. There were many differences between The Renaissance Era and The Middle Ages. These differences were advances in war technology like in the Renaissance Era, gun powder was invented which ended the era of "knighthood". According to a survey on WikiAnswers the new world was discovered in the time period of the Renaissance and this helped launch explorers to discover new parts of the world along with the invention of the compass which aided their journey also. Now the middle ages was a more primitive age because of wood and stone were main source of tools, buildings, weapons, and things were just more simpler back then. The Renaissance Era also had advanced in music and poetry with composers and writers such as Giovanni Gabrielli, Shakespeare, William Byrd, and Pierre De La Rue.

3. The word Renaissance in French means "rebirth" and in this era was a rebirth in many different ways. One way was the beginning of this era was the end of the black plague and for a lot of the world that was a big rebirth. In one area, music was really reborn and here are few key composers of this time period that gave this era a said "rebirth".

Thomas Tallis (1510-1585)

An English composer who was a famous church musician that composed a great amount of music for the church and the Queen Elizabeth I. Queen Elizabeth I granted him and his people access to the printing press and they published music for Latin and English choirs.

William Byrd (1543-1623)

Byrd was known for his piano works and was also known as the "genius of the keyboard". He not only was a renown pianist, but was known as the greatest English composer of all time. He also had mastered every style of music.

Giovanni Gabrielli (1553-1623)

Gabrielli was well known for bridging The Renaissance Era to the Baroque Period of music. He was known for his well planning and usage of the method, The Antiphon and his great works from the Venetian School.

4. Queen Elizabeth I was a very famous ruler and was recognized for being a very loving and wise ruler. Along with other important dates and events is why this time is called the Elizabethan Era. Her reign was a big part of a wide spread increase in literacy and arts with great poets and composers like Shakespeare, Hawkins, and Greenville. A key military event during her reign was when she defeated the Spanish Armada with a significantly inferior army. The Queen also established "the poor laws" which were to help and aid the needy and was also recognized even more for her will to take care of those in need.

5. Othello is a play about a Morro, meaning he is from Northern Africa who is a highly ranked officer in Venice, Italy. Othello falls in love with a Venetian woman, who he later on in the play kills out of jealousy and rage because he is deceived by his own officer who had Othello thinking that the Venetian woman, Desdomona, is cheating on him. Mostly everyone dies at the end of the play because of so much dishonesty and defiance from people they thought they could trust. In my opinion I feel like this play will relate to the humanities as a whole than any other Shakespeare play because it is a view on human nature. Specifically the nature of knowing who we can trust and who can be trustworthy, the nature of either desires or selfishness, and the nature of truths or false accusations. All of these things play a huge part in today's humanities and has been proven to me through this play.

The sonnet

Ive lived the life where struggle comes
I could'nt see the end, when did it start
my life was down and to calm it, was psalms
No one was together we were all apart
just looking for help, where is a palm
where is my salvation where does it start
it was my lord he made brought me to be calm
and my family came and mended my heart
i had someone to catch me in case i would fall
the end was over time for a new, to start
the lord is my light and my salvation
whom shall i fear, him alone