Sara Turner, As myself.

This photo was taken this spring.

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Blog 5 Early Modern

Murdering Airplane (1920) is a collage by the German Dadaist/surrealist Max Ernst. It depicts a monstrous aircraft with human arms flying over an open field. In the lower right-hand corner two soldiers are carrying a third wounded soldier.
The Dada movement was created partly as a critical response to World War I. This had a special significance to Ernst who served in the war. This work was a statement on the advent of aerial warfare that occurred in that war.
I found this work appealing in the fact that it “shows” that the creations of man, no matter how “seemingly harmless” and how they make life easier, the creations are still used for killing.

Blog4 Impressionism

Although I do not Hate Impressionism I do not find myself absolutely drawn to it. When I am directed to look and give my opinion on various pieces I feel I get more into it and like it better but like I said earlier I do not feel drawn to it. Such as Claude Monet’s Sunrise that was made during 1872 in Argenteuil France, it really does nothing for me. I first feel as if it is sloppy and as a whole is undistinguishable unless I stare at it a while and I can place a beautiful harbor or water view scene. I feel I am working too hard to visualize what he wants me to see. On the other hand Lydia Leaning on Her Arms in Paris 1879 by Mary Cassatt is very beautiful and eloquent. It shows just enough detail to give the viewer a full picture. It also seems unfinished and to a point sloppy but it feels to me that it is going somewhere and I don’t have to work to see what it is that I am supposed to.

Comparing this style to the Italian Renaissance (which is what I would consider a favorite of mine) is like night and day to me. While Impressionism is basically what it says – an impression of what it is supposed to be – The Italian Renaissance is a rebirth or the humanistic revival and learning. The art work in the Italian Renaissance as a whole shows various learning, religion, and science. The detail is so in-depth that I feel as if I can “get lost” in it. Whereas I cannot feel that with any of the Impressionistic art.

Cosi Fan Tutte

Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (Thus Do They All, or The School For Lovers)
Così fan tutte is one of the three Mozart operas for which Da Ponte wrote the libretto. Composed: 1790, Language: Italian
“The artificial comedy, verging at times on the farcical, is set to apt and witty music, with a strong element of parody but also of a sentimentality which is constantly spilling over into genuine and touching sentiment.” quote by Sir Alexander Morley, London, 1970
I watched this opera in California back in 1998 and I have to admit it moved me and was funny. To listen to the trio wishing the men safe journey was gorgeous. Something about the vocals in opera has always impressed me.
The first performance of Mozart’s setting took place at the Burgtheater in Vienna on January 26, 1790. After World War II, it regained its place in the standard operatic repertoire. It is frequently performed and appears as number fifteen on Opera America’s list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America.
It revolves around men leaving for the military and about the women staying home (finding love, temptation, waiting for their men to return).

The Landing of Marie de Médicis at Marseilles Blog #2

Notice all of the fine details

The Landing of Marie de Medicis at Marseilles 1623-25
the Artist is Peter Paul Rubens and this painting is now located at Musée Du Louvre, Paris, France
The title says it all. It has the influence of royalty and the rise of the merchant classes. This painting is one of many propagandists mixing of myth and actual history.
The Medici series (1622—25) was part of the royal orders from France and Spain that expressed the pursuit of magnificence and self-glorification of absolute monarchs. I found this artwork to be athletically pleasing to me because of the colors and symbols are all throughout the painting. There is so much detail in this painting that it takes a while before you see everything. On the left hand side of the painting there is a man just watching the women in the water and behind him there is another blowing a horn that took me a few minutes to even acknowledge him. There is just so much to study, I love being able to just concentrate and find more.

The Death of Actaeon

From the Ancient poem Metamorphoses.

The Death of Actaeon about 1559-75, Tiziano Vecellio, which is now at the National Gallery in London.
I am always impressed with Mythological Art and the imagination it took to interpret what everyone and everything looks like to the artist. I find this type of artwork feels fluid and emotional almost like you can feel what is being depicted.
What this painting depicts is from an old myth about Actaeon hunting when he stumbles upon Diana, who is a modest goddess, bathing in the nude. She was angered by this so she turned him into a stag to only get devoured by his very own hunting dogs. There are two paintings that come before this one in the series, but I happen to enjoy this one best. Even though it is seemingly darker than the other two I feel I can tell that whole story just from this painting.
This painting was never delivered to Phillip II like the first two were, but according to the book, “Titian and Venetian painting”, 1450-1590 By Bruce Cole, this painting was to be a part of two earlier paintings; Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto which was noted in a letter to Phillip II in 1559.
Titan played a role in high society but if only for his art work. Including this work of art, most of Titan’s paintings ended up in Royal collections.

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