Enlightenment Blog Post

Enlightenment Blog Post



After looking at Hogarth's marriage a-la-mode, it gives you a good insight into the marriage problems of the 18th Century. With that in mind, to now look at the situation of marriage in today's society, I see the following problems in America's Society: Disconnect due to technological advancements. An example of this is the man or woman who spends more time on the internet than spending with their spouse and or family. Another problem with marriage today is time well spent together. In our society it is much easier for a couple or family to eat out and get the "quick fix" when it comes with food, instead of as a family or couple getting together, preparing a meal and eating together and spending quality time with each other. If I were to create a scenario similar to Hogarth's, it would look like the following: The starting of a relationship would begin with a man and woman meeting online and talking about their relationship. The second one is the couple meeting together and eloping to get married. The next picture would be the couple realizing that marriage is difficult and they have many differences and start to avoid each other. Afterwards, the next picture would show the couple in a therapy session, discussing their issues over text message. The final picture would depict the couple meeting with a divorce attorney to get their marriage terminated. With our situation compared to Hogarth's, we can see the similarities of the marriage ending in a bad way. The differences is Hogarth's began unhappy and ended unhappy and ours started happy and ended unhappy.

Baroque Blog Post

Baroque Blog Post

David is an iconic sculpture that pretty much everyone knows about, but most people don't know that more then one famous artist sculpted him.  The most famous one was created by Michelangelo, and stands 17 feet tall shown below in picture number 3.  There is also one that was created by the artist Donatello shown in picture number 2. One similarity of both of these statues is that they are both nude.  Both Donatello and Michelangelo were both men of the Renaissance Era. During this era the art was focused a lot on beauty, more specifically the beauty of the human body.  Another sculpture of David was done in the Baroque period by Bernini, shown in picture number one. One way that it differs from the other two is that he has some clothes on. At least enough to cover the essentials. Also in the Bernini piece David is depicted in action rather then just standing there.  This shows that perspective of the Baroque period because it is more dark then the other two. Meaning he is in the process of killing Goliath and the other ones he is standing there and looks more peaceful. I personally like Michelangelo one out of the three, maybe just because it is so familiar to me.

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more pictures of my beautiful sister! hope you enjoy(: 

Renaissance Blog Post

Renaissance Blog Post

The Last Supper is the painting I have chosen to use for my blog concerning the Renaissance Period. The Last Supper is filled with rich cultural and emotional aspects, even in our day. I will be reviewing the lines, shapes and forms of this painting in the following post. The most significant form of line that Leonardo Da Vinci uses is Leading Lines, which Da Vinci uses in this painting as a compositional aspect in the which he guides the viewers eyes around the painting by the way people are positioned and the direction of their eyes. When it comes to the forms, there are organic shapes in the front and more geometric shapes in the back, causing the organic shapes, the people to stand out. He drew perspective lines to give the painting more depth and give it a three dimensional effect. The Last Supper was a painting of its time period because during this period there was a widespread belief in mans goodness and ability to better himself. What better depiction to use than the example of the Great I am, the one who was believed to have taken upon himself the sins of all those who would repent. It was the place where Jesus met the last time with His disciples in the flesh and where He institutes the Sacrament, the way for the believers to remember His great and last sacrifice. 

Medieval Blog Post

Medieval Blog Post

In the newest version of Robin Hood produced by Director Ridley Scott, he gave a realistic approach to the establishment of Robin Hood and the need for such a man in that time period. In comparison of the movie itself to the actual reality of the Medieval Era, there were multiple similarities. For example, as stated in the canvas reading on the Medieval world view, it was stated that those who had inherited large areas of land were known as "lords" and the "serfs" or peasants were those who worked the land owned by the lord. That was their responsibility for living on the land owned by the lord. In the movie, Sir Walter is the lord of Nottingham. His birth son(Robert)is killed in battle early in the movie and later when Robin comes to deliver Sir Walters sword, used by his now dead son, Walter asks that Robin stay in Nottingham and pretend to be Sir Walters son returned from The Crusades so that when Sir Walter passed away, they would not lose the land to "the crown". Also, the involvement of the church in the movie comparative to the time period is accurate. One example of this is the issue with seed going to York(church capital) instead of staying in Nottingham. On the other hand, two specific areas where things were altered for a modern audience in my eyes were the following: 1. Maid Marianne falling in love Robin Longstride and 2. Friar Tuck making alcohol and being a drunkard. In the canvas reading, it talks about how they had a strict class system(feudalism)in the which Robin would have been looked at as a lowly foot soldier and Mary, a respectable heiress. That is not the case as portrayed by the movie. Hollywood is aware that we thrive off love stories and that it would keep the plot line intriguing. The last example is Friar Tuck. In the movie he is portrayed as a man who keeps bees for the sole purpose of creating alcoholic beverages. He is also showed at a community party drinking heavily and he makes the reference that if he wasn't the village priest, he would be the village drunkard. That is very inaccurate to the time period and was placed to keep the audience entertained. In Conclusion, I enjoyed the movie and thought overall that it portrayed the Medieval Era correctly.   

Alyssa's Senior Pictures

1.this is my sisters friend, who I had the pleasure of taking her senior pictures.