The Lowes symbol is enclosed by a house-shaped polygon, which builds on the point that it sells household products and architecture products. The slogan below it also builds on the point that the symbol makes. Therefore this representation is effective in portraying the company's purpose.

This is by Xu Beihong, a Chinese calligraphy artist from the early 20th century. It is a painting capturing Magpie in midflight. It looks as if it is being pushed by a breeze, and the vines in the background add natural effect. What I enjoy about this is how it looks so natural. I also like its simplicity and the bird itself.


Beihong, X.. Flying magpie. N.p., 1942. Web. 9 Feb 2012. <http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/60046640>.

History of Drawing

Early History
During more ancient times, the Greeks focused much on mathematics in their architecture, art, government, and daily life. This is one of many examples of how the Greeks incorporated mathematics into their art. http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/10300/10315/greek_10315.htm
This is an example of how symmetry and geometry was a inspiration in their art.

The Middle Ages
Later in history, during around the late1st millennial period, Catholicism was highly valued. That value was reflected in the art of that period.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wilton_diptych.jpg
This is a picture of a common Catholic feel, halos of light around the highlighted figures' heads and the angel wings.

The Renaissance
During the Renaissance, the people of Europe began to focus on human form and nature.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vitruvian.jpg
The Vitruvian Man is a fine example of the focus on human anatomy. By Leonardo Da Vinci, it describes the proportions of a human (which many can be described as PHI).

The Renaissance in Northern Europe
At first, the Renaissance in the North focused mainly on religious affairs in art. Later, they focused instead of the concepts of their daily lives.
http://www.robinurton.com/history/Renaissance/BrueghelPeasantDance.jpg
This is a portrait of how the peasants made their free time and got down and boogied. It is an example of the later art in the Renaissance, focusing on daily lives.

The 1600's and 1700's
Around this time, Baroque became the common style of art. Baroque was known for its exaggeration to evoke emotion to the viewer.

The show of Jesus Christ as a baby, Virgin Mary, and the Magi also show how the Church encouraged this style so they could a better impression through art. The faces and poses of the people in this painting make a noticeable exaggeration of drama.

The 1800's and 1900's
The 20th century began to show interest in abstract, geometric design, and twisting the colors. Cubism, Fauvism, and Post-Impressionism were the most dominant examples of the time.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg/220px-Matisse-Woman-with-a-Hat.jpg
This is an example of Fauvism; it consists of bright colors that mysteriously seem to mix well together. Henri Matisse was know best for this line of work, and started a long chain of Fauvism that still goes today.

Contemporary Art
Today's art has made a huge leap forward. Today's art seems to correspond with pop culture, and it has been commonly suggested that fine art is fading.
http://char.txa.cornell.edu/art/fineart/modernus/sport.gif
This is what is referred to as pop art. It is common to see a person face made into many different colors and repeated over and over. It is a fine example for how art follows popular culture.

Blog Assignment Four

The two articles by Charlotte Jirousek and Erik Spiekermann have a few similarities, such as how they both concur on the fact that artists, scientists, and designers all go through some kind of creative or design process. Both also agree on a fact of how both go through a process to develop something that interest or concern them.

The difference in their thought processes are how Erik Spiekermann claims that designers and scientists have a differential design process to solve their problems, unlike artists, who while they too go through a design process to solve problems, they seem to have it different, when they create something, it seems less cerebral compared to an engineer. 

First Quarter Review

In the first quarter, art class really seemed to become more, well, artsy. The numerous drawing and abstract art projects really seemed like we were doing something creative and artistic.The project that seemed the most artistic was the chiaroscuro project. There were some challenges to it, like how I tried to make it so all the dark and light shades would blend in just right. The project made me learn how to make the lighter and darker shades in a picture make it more realistic. I am proud of how in the end the shading in my project seemed to work wonderfully.

Before ninth grade art, my sketching techniques needed some work. Since first quarter, my drawing detail has improved. For one, I'm putting more detail to lining in my drawing to make it more realistic. Second, I have started using shading to make shadowing in my drawings and make them look more three-dimensional. With these two disciplines in place, I will be able to improve the look of my sketches.

Blog Assignment 3

Hai!

Hi everyone!!!!!!! This is my first post on my first blog! I am Ian Crumrine from Ohio, and I'm starting this blog for art class. This is just a basic introduction. I am a freshman at DRSS, and I am quite interested in physics, mathematics, reading, writing, singing, acting, and running (I suck at dancing....)