Contemporary art

Contemporary art is art produced at the present period in time. Contemporary art includes, and develops from, postmodern art, which is itself a successor to modern art. In vernacular English, "modern" and "contemporary" are synonyms, resulting in some conflation of the terms "modern art" and "contemporary art" by non-specialists.


In this topic I choose Pop art 
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid-1950s in Britain and the late 1950s in the United States. Among the early artists that shaped the pop art movement were Eduardo Paolozzi and Richard Hamilton inBritain, and Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns in the United States.  

Why POP ART ?
 pop art is important because it reveals that pop art was far more than an artistic movement that was limited to artists and celebrities. The movement had socio-political implications that are still being realized today. In this regard, pop art could be considered more of a cultural movement or a social movement. The influence of pop art extends beyond the art world by influencing the business world and continually transforming culture into an ever greater artistic spectacle, desperately attempting to grapple with the apparent reality of capitalism. The essential significance of pop art is that economic and aesthetic considerations are not in opposition, as may have been the case in the traditional avante garde.

Art beyond the west

The Buddhist vihara at Sanchi, famous for its Great Stupa is located at Sanchi Town in Raisen District of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, it is 46 km north-east of Bhopal. The Great Stupa at Sanchi is the oldest stone structure in India  and was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BCE. Its nucleus was a simple hemispherical brick structure built over the relics of the Buddha. 

The most noteworthy of the structures is the Great Stupa (stupa no. 1), discovered in 1818. It was probably begun by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in the mid-3rd century BCE and later enlarged. Solid throughout, it is enclosed by a massive stone railing pierced by four gateways, which are adorned with elaborate carvings (known as Sanchi sculpture) depicting the life of the Buddha, legends of his... 
I want to get into some Eastern art, because Eastern art is super cool. And while art history books might make you think otherwise, not all good things come from Greece and Italy. The Hill of Sanchi is situated about 9 kilometres south-west of Vidisha in Madhaya Pradesh, India. Crowning the hilltop of Sanchi nearly 91 metres in height, a group of Buddhist monuments commands a grand view even from a distance. It is unique not only in its having the most perfect and well-preserved stupas but also in its offering a wide and educative field for the study of the genesis, efflorescence and decay of Buddhist art and architecture for a period of about thirteen hundred years, from the third century B.C. to the twelfth century, A.D., almost covering the whole range of Indian Buddhism. This is rather surprising, for Sanchi was not hallowed by any incident in Buddha's life; not is it known to have been the focus of any significant event in the history of Buddhist monachism. 

Modern Art

Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the style and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. 

This paintings is  Country road in Provence by Night I have a print of his one hanging in my living room and it has grown on me quite a bit over the last year. I like the juxtaposition between the dark foreboding sky and the light path with two farmers walking home from work. It feels like Fall to me with rich colors and the farmers in their heavy coats. There's a chill in the air.

Van Gogh painted this in May of 1890 while he was staying in a mental hospital in Saint-Rémy that had once beena monastery. He was institutionalized there after a series of breakdowns in early 1889, and it ended up being one of the most creative times of his life. The hospital was surrounded by beautiful open fields that inspired much of his work for the next year, when he worked on a series of paintings of cypresses including "A Wheatfield with Cypresses," "Road with Cypress and Star" (picture above), and probably his best known of these pieces, "Starry Night" . 

According to Kathleen Powers Erickson, Road with Cypress and Star more strongly reflects van Gogh's belief that he would soon die than the earlier painting The Starry Night.

20th century

20th-century art and what it became as modern art began with modernism in the late 19th century. Nineteenth-century movements of Post-Impressionism (Les Nabis), Art Nouveau and Symbolism led to the first twentieth-century art movements of Fauvism in France and Die Brücke ("The Bridge") in Germany. 

One of the 20th-century art paintings is Charing Cross Bridge, London, Charing Cross Bridge is a series of oil paintings by French artist Claude Monet. Painted in between 1899 and 1904, they depict a misty, impressionistic Charing Cross Bridge in London.During the years between 1899 and 1905, Monet travelled to London to capture its sights from the fifth-floor balcony of the Savoy Hotel. Monet was captivated by the London fog, a notable atmospheric effect made markedly worse by the heavy pollution of the Industrial Revolution. He painted the Houses of Parliament, Waterloo Bridge, and Charing Cross Bridge over and over, as he had earlier done with haystacks and Rouen Cathedral, dashing off paintings to capture fleeting atmospheric effects. He was extremely prolific, beginning nearly 100 paintings in London. Thirty-seven of the canvases were of Charing Cross Bridge, only twelve of which he finished in London; the rest he took back to his Giverny studio for completion. 
I like this paintings beacause it shows a lot of creativity. The Art Institute’sHouses of Parliament, Westminster resembles a tissue-thin screen of shifting blues and pinks, suggesting the changing light of the sky through the fog and in the water’s reflections

Baroque

 According to my research, This is the oldest work that with some degree of certainty may be attributed to Rogier van der Weyden; the master never signed his work. If this is the case, it is probably also his most impressive work. As an altarpiece it was intended for a chapel in Leuven, but fell into Spanish hands in the 16th century. Today, it is on display in the Prado in Madrid.

In the center, Jesus is taken down from the cross by a bearded Joseph of Arimathea and a well-dressed Nicodemus. Christ's pale body forms an arch with the upper arm of the woman on the left: Mary Magdalene, known by her low-cut dress.

Christ's body is almost immaculate apart from his wounds; the holes in his hand and feet, the blood on his forehead from his crown of thorns, and the cut inflicted by a Roman spear. I choosed this panel painting because The work is unique in the period because of Mary's swoon; her collapse echoes the pose of her son, as far as to the two figures that hold her as she falls. Denis expresses the conviction that the Virgin Mary was near death when Christ gave up his spirit; Van der Weyden's painting powerfully conveys this idea.

The shape of the crossbow can be seen in the bent and torted outline and curve of Christ's body and arched back, which seems to reflect the patronage of the Greater Guild of Crossbowmen. Powell argues that in medieval theology, a common metaphor compared the form of Christ on the cross to a taut crossbow.
The descent from the cross is a very beautiful painting.

Renaissnce

During the two hundred years between 1400 and 1600, Europe witnessed an astonishing revival of drawing, fine art painting, sculpture and architecture centred on Italy, which we now refer to as the Renaissance (rinascimento). 


Renaissance, a French term which has come to describe the 'rebirth' of interest in classical art and learning, above all from Italy, from the early 14th to the mid 16th centuries. The term is applied as a stylistic label to the art of these centuries.

I agree with the style of renaissance, because Renaissance style was inspired by the art and architecture of ancient Rome. It originated in Italy in the 14th century and gradually spread across the whole of Europe.  The new styles of decoration came to England in the 16th century. Engraved books of Renaissance motifs provided an important source for English designers. Foreign artists and artisans working in London were also influential in introducing the style.
their artworks and sculptures look amazing specially the "The Grostesque"  The Grote

sque was a style of decoration based on ancient Roman wall paintings discovered in Italy in the late 15th century. It featured a combination of scrolling plants, figures, fantastic creatures, masks and vases.

Christian art

what is christian art?Christian art is sacred art which uses themes and imagery from Christianity. Most Christian groups use or have used art to some extent, although some have had strong objections to some forms of religious image, and there have been major periods of iconoclasm within Christianity.What is art? I've read and thought about it, but it's still a vague concept. I read a blogspot by Justin Taylor that summarized an essay by Leland Ryken asking if The Scarlet Letter is a "Christian book". Recently, I read The Christian Imagination: Essay on Literature and the Arts. It opened up the idea of art Philosophy. What is art? What is "Christian art" ? How do I create Art ? How do I enjoy art? "What would be your reaction if you’re told to have only one topic in (all) your art" ? For me, if I am given a chance to be the artist and there is only one prospective topic which is Christian art" it's okay, Because if you're an artist it doesn't matter. Even if you have only one topic you still able to make an art.

Can the Bible help us evaluate art? Consider the concepts found in Philippians 4:8: Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and ifanything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.

Let's concentrate for a few moments on this verse in order to see if it might at least provide the beginning of a framework for the evaluation and enjoyment of art.

Apollo of Veii

 The Apollo of Veii is an over-life-size painted terracotta Etruscan statue of Apollo of ancient Veii and dates from c. 510 - 500 BC. It was created in the so-called "international" Ionic or late-archaic Etruscan style. It was discovered in 1916, and is now on display in the National Etruscan Museum in Rome.

The Apollo of Veii is an over-life-size painted terracotta Etruscan statue of Apollo from Veii of, in the 'international' Ionic or late-archaic Etruscan style. It was discovered in 1916, and is now on show in the National Etruscan Museum.

It was probably made by Vulca, the only Etruscan artist we know by name. It was part of a scene of Apollo and Heracles contending over the Ceryneian Hind, 12 metres above the ground on beams on the acroterion of the Portonaccio Sanctuary of Minerva. Apollo, dressed in a tunic and short cloak advances towards his left with his right arm outstretched and bent (his left arm is towards the ground maybe with a bow in his hand); Heracles, with the doe tied around his legs, is outstretched towards the right, leaning forwards to attack with his bludgeon and with his torso in a violent curve.This is very, very speculative, but I wonder whether the idea of putting terracotta statues on the roof of the temple was inspired by the sculptures added to the pediments of Greek temples (like the temple of Aphaia at Aegina, which is discussed elsewhere on KA). These pediments and their sculptures were originally painted, and I have seen reconstructions in which the background of the pediment was painted in a very bright, sky blue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Aphaea#mediaviewer/File:Aphaia_Western_Pediment.jpg Perhaps this is what gave the Etruscans the idea of simply putting their statues against the sky itself, rather than against a painted background? 

There also is a rather obvious Greek influence on the Apollo statue - like a kouros, it has a striding stance, archaic smile, braided hair and no contrapposto. Unlike a kouros, however, this is a clothed figure... These similarities and differences do seem to support the idea of the Etruscans both adopting and altering Greek sculptural traditions.

Stonehenge

Stonehenge, on Salisbury plain in England, is one of the most recognizable monuments of the Neolithic world and one of the most popular, with over one million visitors a year. People come to see Stonehenge because it is so impossibly big and so impossibly old; some are searching for a connection with a prehistoric past; some come to witness the workings of a massive astrological observatory. The people living in the fourth millennium BC who began work on Stonehenge were contemporary with the first dynasties of Ancient Egypt, and their efforts predate the building of the Pyramids. What they created has endured millennia and still intrigues us today.

in fact, what we see today is the result of at least three phases of construction, although there is still a lot of controversy among archaeologists about exactly how and when these phases occurred. 

 we haven't found out the whole story of Stonehenge, but we know parts of it, like, people found bones under Stonehenge, so it might have been a burial place. it was most likely a place where special occasions, like weddings were held. i have been there, and a couple minutes drive away, there is a place called wood-henge, and its like Stonehenge, but its made out of wood. people think there's a connection between the two, but scientists are still trying to figure it out. 

 Mona Lisa

based on my research, The Mona Lisa's mysterious expression may have captivated the world, but hers isn't the only enigmatic smile Leonardo da Vinci created. Researchers examining an earlier painting by the Renaissance master claim to have unravelled. the painter's secret to creating an 'uncatchable smile'.

According to Brian Bixler It would be easy to blame author Dan Brown and his blockbuster book and subsequent movie, “The Da Vinci Code”, for renewed public interest in the mysteries surrounding the world’s most famous portrait. The novel imagines all sorts of keys in the artist’s work that unlock mysteries of the ages. But even before Brown published his fictional tome, Mona Lisa has been an object of scrutiny for 500 years as scholars have tried to find answers to questions raised by the masterpiece. Researchers are currently lifting and testing bone sets from an Italian convent in hopes of identifying the remains of Lisa Gherardini, whom many believe to be the portrait’s subject. Those involved with the project to exhume her remains and use the skull to reconstruct her face say it will prove with more certainty that Mona Lisa is who they think she is, the wife of a Florentine silk merchant. DNA results may be completed as early as June. 

the 500th anniversary of the painting’s creation, the Mona Lisa has been laser scanned, examined with infrared light and digitally dissected to extract some of the secrets she might be hiding. In MIT’s journal, Leonardo, physicist Diogo Queiros-Conde takes a scientific approach to the phenomenon. The blending of pigments around the eyes and mouth play a trick on the human eye, he explains. When humans blink, less light filters to the retina and the eyes recognize various combinations of colors depending on the level of light. Remember, Da Vinci had as much of a scientific mind as an artistic one. Perhaps he intentionally painted Mona Lisa to have a flickering smile.

Other experiments have been conducted to discern more information from the painting and its anomalies. Digital analysis has revealed that Da Vinci’s facial characteristics and those of the woman in the painting are almost perfectly aligned with one another. That was enough to convince at least one researcher that the image is actually Da Vinci in drag.

There's Comparison to drawing sometimes identified as Leonardo's self-portrait. Leonardo's self-portrait obtained by stereoscopic observation. Some have seen a facial similarity between the Mona Lisa and other paintings, such as St. John the Baptist, sometimes claimed to be a portrait of Salai.

FREE DATA

Nowadays we have free mobile data in our smart phone. we can use it in some application like Viber and Kakaotalk, these two application also help us in case of emergency. the advantages of these app is you can talk and you chat your love ones not only in the philippines but also in abroad. especially your parents in abroad, you can talk to them for free.

there is an application that is becoming very popular as well as providing instant messaging service that allows phone calls and send text messages for free, this application is called Viber. Viber application can be installed on any BlackBerry brand team in the iPhone and any other smartphone that uses Android or Windows operating system. Once you have it installed you can call and send SMS to all your contacts who also have installed. Even if you have the most current version of Viber, you can create your own groups to chat. Viber will also have the option to share with your friends any image you have in your computer and even take a photo, put text in it and send it to one or more of your contacts at the same time.

 Services like this that give free calls and other communication services for free to other in-network users are numerous, but what I find more interesting with services like KakaoTalk is that it uses your phone number to identify you and does not require you to register for a username. First advantage of Kakaotalk is ‘Group Chatting’ function. In my opinion, this advantage is the best advantage of Kakaotalk, compared with a text message. And second, Kakaotalk are connected with the game, like ‘Cookie Run’ and ‘Dragon Flight’. Because Such games are based on kakaotalk, we can compete with our friends. Third, kakaotalk has a many appropriate emoticons. these emoticons are help us express our emotion and thoughts, without talking.

 However, Kakaotalk also have a big disadvantage. If I read the Kakaotalk message, usually I can’t ignore that message. Because kakaotalk have a ‘read alarm’ funtion, if I read a message, my friend can see it and will be waiting for my reply. I think this function is the worst point of Kakaotalk.All of things have advantage and disadvantage at the same time. So I think we should using consider that and it is a duty of user.

interactive user feedback and creative participation. Common examples of new media include websites such as online newspaper, blogs, or wikis, video games, and social media. A defining characteristic of new media is dialogue. New Media transmit content through connection and conversation. It enables people around the world to share, comment on, and discuss a wide variety of topics. Unlike any of past technologies, New Media is grounded on an interactive community

And also as of our today's generation, we have YAHOO and SKYPE that we can use to someone we want to talk. with the help of this software we have an easy way to communicate someone. 

                                                                With products and services ranging from maps and movies to photos and technology, Yahoo is more than just another online email provider; it's an online company with specific advantages over other online companies. Yahoo Small Business, for instance, helps you create an online store that can make you money. While the Yahoo Store isn’t free, plenty of other helpful free services are a click away. With Yahoo's Standard Yahoo Mail service, you can send email, receive it, manage contacts.

It is very important to know that skype technology is a network-intensive program , it has potential to be a great technology , and it is one of the most popular online inventions helping with the communication of businesses , the family , and friends , and it is  completely free .

You should know that skype is a new development to the  information technology that has many benefits as the webcam which is a real time camera whose images can be accessed using the World Wide Web , It is a small camera ( video camera ) which is made out of a lens , image sensor , and other support electronics .

"NEW MEDIA IS LIKE A MEGAPHONE.
 IT AMPLIFIES YOUR ABILITY TO REACH MORE PEOPLE."
As social media continues to evolve and change, business are now adapting and embracing these changes with open arms. Companies are no longer relying solely on flashy ad campaigns or well-constructed press release to communicate with customers. the rules have changed. Business must decide if they want to reveal their human side and forge new relationships with customers, or stay stagnant and "old school."

we all know that we do live in this age of new media. YOUTUBE this website can help us to show your talent to everyone, Especially your works as artist you can share all your ideas.
You can show to other people what you can do, and also you can help them about their question.
MONEY? yes, you can have it. by the help of this, you can do anything you want especially video, if there's someone watch your video posted in this website he/she can share it to other website, and when other people watch it and watch it again by other people (ONE:MANY) a days before  you can be discover like JAMICH a youtube sensation. you also shows important things like new is normally uploaded onto youtube too. this means it's useful to easily keep up with the news.

But there is alose have disadvantages, Some videos can sometimes be inappropriate without warning.

 

Use of New media

Sometimes, there is a good thing in social media (new media). Because sometimes when you can do nothing, you can entertain yourself by using it instead go anywhere and buy something which is not too important. just use the internet for you to entertain yourself . by the help of social media you can use Facebook,twitter,blogger and etc. 

you can post anything you want, including your feelings, your drama in life.
and also by the help of social media you can be updated on whatever trending now. specially the news, because nowadays the internet is more ahead in news rather than newspapers.

you can do a lot of things, you can learn and you can discover new crazy things. and also you can play any games you want, you can use any application. but there's more, not just laptop or computer you can use, but also you can use mobile data in your smartphone, you can use Facebook, twitter, Instagram.

Media has effects on body images, because Body image can be defined as "a subjective picture of one's own physical appearance established both by self-observation and by noting the reactions of others. body image can also be seen as directly related to self-esteem and self-concept.
the advantages of new media for me is, new media 
can provide all the information that we could ask for.
when you think about it, the popularity of new media 
for us conducting research makes all the sense in the
world. It's a lot more convenient, for one thing. 

What is New media for you?

hello! this is all about new media. What is new media for you? All i can say is, it can help us but in the other side, it also can cause bad thing to us. for me it is something that can help us especially for students like me who need help from the internet .Especially in our generation you can see what you want, you can learn anything from internet. you can make your assingment, projects etc. easily by the help of this.

but not all the time it can be a  good thing for us. Why? because sometimes we do not use it correctly. because sometimes it becomes a reason why many of the students got a lower grades. We become lazy because of social media.  I know that all of us aware what is happening now in social media. If there is anything that I know that you will never ever learn in social media is to control and to discipline your self on how you use social media. or in everything.

Always remember that our responsibility is to limit ourselves. especially when it comes to what new media bring to us. what new media can do? either it is a good or a bad things you should always know your limitations. Because there are things that you can't learn from google, there are things you can't change just because of what they say to you, do you know why? beacuse you can learn it,  you can change it  if you want by the help of yourself.

Love begins here

 Every day is a new beggining. treat it that way.

 Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be. 

 

 Maybe it's not always about trying to fix something broken Maybe it's about starting over and creating something better. 

  And suddenly you know .. It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.