As a child I loved Greek mythology, so of course when this came out I loved it. The stylised Greek influenced character design is very simple but effective in this.
Lecture Eleven: Early Photography
Joseph Nicephore Niepce 1765 - 1833
‘View from the Window at Le Gras’
- Inventor credited with making the first photographic image
- Created the process of photography because hands weren’t steady enough
- Experimented with other mediums
- Continued to refine the process, evntually selling his invention to the French government
1825 heliograph, and early from of the photographic image
William Henry Fox Talbot 1800 - 1877
Miss Horatia Feilding, his half sister
- developed a more expensive type of photographic image
- charged professionals £300 a year
- became widely used a produced both a positive and negative image
- Created the photoglyphic engraving process
Latticed Window- Oldest photographic negative in existence
Karl Blossfeldt 1865 - 1932
- German photographer, sculptor and teacher
- Fascination with nature, flowers and plants especially (process of how they grow)
- Took photographs of plant samples for Moritz Meurer, viewed as art due to the natural shapes/patterns
- Showed photography’s poetential as an art form due to unique perspectives, images created that could not be done with traditional media
Julia Margaret Cameron 1815 - 1879
‘Annie, my first success’
- British photographer, specialised in pictures of celebrities
- Portrait photos in soft focus style
- Trying to capture beauty of her subjects in a similar way to a painter
Photograph of Ellen Terry
- Photos of women in strong, powerful poses, contrasted the stereotype that women were weak, portrayed women as people instead of objects
Portrait of Julia Prinsep Jackson
This advert is so whimsical and charming, it’s my most favorite of recent adverts.
Lecture Ten: Brit Art
- Known for its controversial/shocking subject matter
- No real connection between the artists
- Referred to as the ‘Young British Artists’ (YBA)
- Revoloutionised British art scene, supported new and interesting artists
Sarah Lucas
- Sculptor
- Helped found the YBA
- Shocking/provocative
- Uses furniture to substitute the body
- Statements about gender stereotyping, death, sex, humpr and general human behaviour
Tracey Emin
- Involved in the start of of YBA
- Installation pieces
- Textiles/text
- Most famous piece of work ‘Everyone I ever slept with’, Tent filled with 102 names of all the people she’d ever shared a bed with (not all sexual)
- ‘My Bed’ installation piece, her actual bed, used condoms, dirty underwear, about her depression
Damien Hirst
- Leading member of the YBA
- Internationally known, one of richest British artists
- Famous for use of death-themed installations, mostly using dead animals that have been preserved
- Mystery of mortality/questionning life and death/afterlife
- Colour spot paintings, spinning discs
- Believes that the creative act of art begins within your head and that it is a response to your surroundings
I love the looseness of these watercolours or inks. Even though the detail is minimal the picture is still clear.
Kurt Huggins, Zelda Devon - 100th Anniversary of the RMS Titanic
Lovely Titanic-themed piece. I love the gold, decorative corners with the angry looking fish.
The crisp white against the dark background gives these pieces a cold, wintry feel.
Audrey Kawasaki’s work always gives me shivers. The girls’ faraway gaze, combined with the soft tones and unusual media make her work seem unearthly and eerie.
Creepy! I love the fluid strokes and the stark contrast between the colour and the black. I wonder what media this was done in?
Hello. I like Bourbons.
This is the blog of Sami Gibbs, a boring sod studying Design at the University Centre at Blackburn College.
Tea is nice.
ENJOY!
This is the blog of Sami Gibbs, a boring sod studying Design at the University Centre at Blackburn College.
Tea is nice.
ENJOY!
