Small Works and In-Depth Preparation: Research

• Buckminster Fuller--When was he working?

-he worked during the 40s but recieved the most recognition for his work in the 50s

• Ha-has (recessed walls)--where do you find these?

-they can be found in England and France but might have origin in asia

• Parco del Mostri--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

-it was made during the 16th century in lazio,italy

• Roman Forum--What function did it have? Where, when, what's your favorite image?

-the plaza(forum) was built in the middle of political buildings in rome and they used it for events like speeches,trials,gladiator matches and other stuff.

• Boboli Garden--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

-the boboli gardens are located in firenze italy and is dated to the 16th century

• Jardin du Luxembourg--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

-it was made in 1612, located in paris.

• Tivoli Garden (Italy)--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

-this garden is located near rome in tivoli and it dates back to the 16th century.

• Bernini's Four Rivers--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

-it was built in 1651 in rome for pope innocent x.

• Jean Dubuffet's Jardin d'Emaille--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

-this "garden" is essentially a giant sculpture made in 1974 in the netherlands.

• Stowe Garden--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

-it is located in england and it was made around 1680.

• Stourhead Garden--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

-this place is in england and it was built around 1725.

• Washington DC parks (any park space, structure, monument, or public artwork of your choice)--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

-hillwood estate,once home to john quincy adams

• Viscaya Museum--Why is this in Miami?  What is it named after? Who is responsible for it being built?  Where, when, what's your favorite image?

-it is located in miami because james deering wanted a winter home so he came to miami for its weather. james deering wanted it to have a sort of european name so he named it after an explorer named vizcaino and it was designed by paul chalfin.

• Fairchild Tropical Garden--Why is this in Miami?  Who is it named after?  Where, when, what's your favorite image? it is named after famous plant explorer david fairchild, it is in miami because robert h montgomery had a dream of having a botanical garden in miami it opened to the public in 1938.
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green dreams: gardens

in my opinion the first page was really well written then after that it just became confusing. the line that says: "Every garden is a replica, a representation, an attempt to re capture something" really stood out to me from the rest; to me that was the best written part of the entire passage. this line brought me to a sort of understanding of what a garden really is: just a representation of a landscape that is man made. it serves a similar purpose as a painting or sculpture in its ability to mimic a real place in nature but in the end is just as man made as any work of art.
the idea of the reading that is most important the idea that a garden is still natural. a human can only decide where to place each plant but in the end nature is a part of the job. for example, a human can plants all the seeds in a garden and let them grow in any way and nature will always finish the job of watering, giving sunlight and letting plants grow into any shape or form they wish but the same human will have total control over a painting and the end result of the painting will have nothing to do with nature in the way it is completed.

rhinoceros: metamorphosis in depth

the smaller pictures are process pictures and the final piece is the larger picture.
concept: i wanted to make a sort of backwards metamorphosed mark making tool out of the most common mark making tool around today.
process: i sharpened pencils using a sharpener and a blade then took the shavings and burned them. after that i mixed in a bit of ink to give the ashes a more solid consistency and i mixed the combination for about an hour. then i tested it and thought of how to display it.

rhinoceros: portrait/propaganda

i never got a chance to explain my pieces during the critique so here is my explanation: the first piece would be the portrait and its a photo of my girlfriend; i added a halo around her to symbolize the goodness in her mind and all the wires symbolize ideas that she has. the frame its in is supposed to symbolize her mind as a whole.
the second piece being the propaganda is an blurred photo of my self with a weak frame held together by wire to symbolize my mind and show the only thing keeping it together is my girlfriend. the marks surrounding the subject in the photo symbolize the ideas in my head and how messy they are.

pattern and ornament: triangle square circle motif

PAMM: Beatriz Santiago Munoz

Walking into the exhibit I felt as though I was walking into a screening of home videos. The videos shown felt very nostalgic; it reminded me a lot of my home in Venezuela. The videos felt really natural in the way they were filmed and in the subjects they portray because the subjects were real people and not actors. The video of the kids was really familiar to me because in Venezuela I remember going to see my cousins in the countryside and having funny adventures like that of the kids in the video. there was also a video of a hatian man talking about his eye opening experiences with voodoo and some dreams that he's had that made him believe in god and believe in some greater power and i found his story really intriguing. 

The way the exhibition was set up gave the videos themselves the most importance. The mirror sculptures were placed in a dim light that made them feel unimportant but those same dim lights made interesting reflections on the walls. I really wish the lighting for the sculptures was better but perhaps the lighting was intentional and the sculptures are really not that important. The video that accompanied the sculptures was the most interesting because it was shot using interesting techniques. The artist used the sculptures to make the videos, and I feel as though the other videos were made for an audience unfamiliar to South American culture that has a more exoticized view of South America and the Caribbean.

Response to Readings: A people's history of the US

I really like photography, so I was really interested in seeing the interpretations of two different photographers who rely on their perspectives of creating art for communicating realism versus creating art for the patrons and famous masses. I believe that to reveal an image strongly for realism, the content would be much more rendered to the truth.

It is really clear to see how the type of work is different-- as Curtis made the Native Americans seem like they were victims who would soon be forgotten while Throssel attempted to truthfully reveal who the Native American tribes were, especially at a time when human rights were trying to fight for different minorities rights.

Response to Readings: Rhinoceros

When reading the different interpretations of Rhinoceros in different scientific imagery, I enjoyed being able to read what the discoverer thought the Rhino looked like and how it translated to the documented image, whether or not they actually saw the rhinoceros in person.

I wonder how someone can imagine something that they've never seen before and seem to have scientific "facts" for. I don't believe that the discoverer who made the rhino image straight from someone else or from imagination should be allowed to call their images scientific discovery.