Entries from February 2008

Friday, February 15th, 2008

The History of Art (a very cool thing!)

Sarah
I have been researching my project on Japanese art and have found some interesting things that I have never really thought about before. For instance, I had never taken the time to realize what and impact government and social systems have on art. During the years 1466-1590’s, Japanese art consisted of many warriors and “masculine” [...]

Monday, February 11th, 2008

IS REALITY TV RUINING ART?

By Morgan

Having art in reality television is a good idea, especially right now because of the writers’ strike. But without the strike I do not think art in a reality television would make a new hit Television show. The new upcoming show called ARTSTAR is a new reality show trying to find the next big [...]

Monday, February 11th, 2008

URBAN ART

By Josh
When people hear or think about Urban Art, they usually think about graffiti, which is a classic form of it, but Urban Art is so much deeper and more intricate. Urban Art is a great form of Art as it literally encompasses everyone around it. An amazing form of this, that is also really fun [...]

Monday, February 11th, 2008

OREO ART

Submitted by RJ

The famous picture of the burning monk Hòa thượng Thích Quảng Ðức. It’s pretty interesting how something simple like an Oreo can make a masterpiece.

Friday, February 1st, 2008

ART AND REALITY TELEVISION

Should Art and Reality Televison be considered as one?
By Lindsie
The question “what is art?” sparks much controversy. The term art is used to describe a particular type of creative production generated by human beings, and the term usually implies some degree of aesthetic value. An artist makes a work of art for various purposes, [...]

Friday, February 1st, 2008

SAND ART

By Jamie  

Photo Sources: http://wohba.com/blogimages/sand0107.jpg,  http://www.crystalinks.com/sand_sculpture.jpg

Sand Art/Sculptures can come in many different shapes and sizes. Many of them are huge and ornate, while some can be small and just drips of sand on top of each other. Sand Sculpting is a very different way of using sand. They often are huge and most of them are [...]