ART 3041 Special Topics: Digital Imaging

I visited the galleries on the 23rd street and 10th ave. There are a lot of great artworks created by different artists. I am amazed by the ideas the artists generate, and every artist has his/her own style and signatures in their creations. However, I am trying to compare these freelance artists with advertising artists. I think advertising artists are more limited on the ideas and the construction of the work. It’s easier for Freelance artists to success. Continue reading →

I visited the Museum of Modern Art and came across an exhibit with paintings by Van Gogh. Van Gogh is a painter that relied on his observations of his surroundings in order to paint a picture.  Most of his pictures came straight from  his imagination. He was a painter that set out to gain access to the spiritual qualities of the environment he was painting in. There were many paintings that caught my eye such as Eugene Boch, The Starry night, and Landscape at twilight. Each of these paintings felt like they had movement, which gave it an interesting feel. Continue reading →

One of the main works of art produced during the Protestant Reformation was the piece Christ Blessing, Surrounded by a donor and his family (Triptych of a Protestant family) by Ludger Tom Ring. This piece was produced in between 1575 and 1580 and it was painted as oil on wood on a central panel. Its dimensions are 31 3/8 by 37 and 5/8 inches with each wing being 32 by 14 and 5/8. It is currently located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Continue reading →