Art Fun 200

  Understanding Northern Renaissance Art          Ever since I was a little girl, art that did not have a lot of color did not seem enjoyable, as the faces in the painting of American Gothic by Grant Woods also seem to depict. The stark lines and minute details were influenced by Northern Renaissance painters as he learned to admire those works when he lived in Munich. Throughout my life I have seen this image and thought it was possibly just a simple painting of possibly a farmer who had a wife that was mad at him. The image was always popping up at different points in life and it was somewhat confusing to me as to why this was such an important piece, now knowing that there are many stories that viewers depict onto the painting of what they might think it is about or what is going on behind the scenes and seems to be more of a conversational piece to hear other peoples take on the painting.      My grandparents went through the great depres...

  The Analysis of Power     When I think of inspirations of power, I think back to my middle school years when we learned about the Egyptian culture. It is overwhelming at times to comprehend the events that took place over five thousand years ago, created in exactly 2500 BCE, what they were able to create in art while not even having running water or cell phones at the time. After doing some research to catch up my memory of the events that took place during their times as well as the art that was created, hieroglyphs, sculptures, as well as paintings were the most influential. I was intrigued to know what the most powerful works of art were from this time period and it included the Great Sphinx of Giza which is still looked to for inspiration today.     There is no real way of creating my own works of art that would be the same size or capacity of the Great Sphinx, but it does inspire me as its work has lasted so long through history for everyone to see w...