overall experience

My last post is about my experience in this class. This has been by far my favorite class in college thus far, and the reason being is becasue of the way we had to get out and find out answers on our own and learn about art in the outside world. It was a pleasure to learn so many new things and find out so many new aspects to life!!

Ronnie Woods art

Sculpture

these are two awesome sculptures which happens to be my favorite art form.

art write ups

A great asian piece of art(great article)

In 1689, Kangxi, the emperor of China, embarked on a tour to inspect his southern provinces, undertaking a two-thousand-mile journey from Beijing to the cities and towns of the Yangzi Delta and back. Included in the emperor’s retinue were his mother, the dowager empress, as well as imperial wives, children, concubines, bureaucrats, and thousands of soldiers.

As part of the tour, Kangxi climbed to the top of Mount Tai, the “cosmic peak of the East” and a site sacred to all three Chinese religious and philosophical traditions—Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. For centuries, Chinese emperors had made pilgrimages to Mount Tai to worship earth (at the base) and heaven (at the summit) and affirm the legitimacy of their rule. An emperor only visited when he could provide a glowing account to the cosmos about the state on the empire. In Kangxi’s case, he could report on a new era of stability in the nascent Qing dynasty and increasing prosperity throughout the empire.

Kangxi’s visit to Mount Tai represented more than just the fulfillment of an age-old religious rite. Potent political symbolism was at work at well. As a Manchu, Kangxi was considered an outsider by the Han Chinese over whom he ruled. When the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) began to crumble in the early seventeenth century, the Manchus, who ruled the region to the northeast, began seizing territory. By 1662, the Manchus controlled Beijing, had disposed of claimants to the Ming throne and launched the Qing dynasty that would rule China until 1911. By visiting Mount Tai, the emperor sent a message to his subjects that he intended to rule not as a Manchu conqueror, but as a traditional Chinese monarch.

Given the importance of Kangxi’s visit to Mount Tai and of the inspection tour itself, it is not surprising that steps were taken to record it for posterity. Instead of a soaring obelisk or a towering arch, which would be the European choice, the tour was commemorated in a series of twelve handscrolls. The format was perfect for documenting a long journey, as it would allow the viewer to follow the progress of the emperor’s retinue. Each scroll measured twenty-seven inches from bottom to top and forty to eighty-five feet wide. Laid end to end, the scrolls spanned the length of three football fields.

Other museums

I would love to visit some other museums for sure. I heard that there are alot of them out west and they have alot of cool things to see. I wish that i could get on a plane and fly out there right now to go check some out. it is my dream to find out alot more about art and make it a big part of my life. It is necessary first though that i go to some good museums!

high museum

my experience in the high museum was a terrific one.. i was able to learn alot of new things as well as see alot of excellent works of art. It was such a wonderful experience and i learned so much, but i would love to go back again see more of the museum that i was not able to see. I really wish that i had more time so i could have seen the da vinci area which i heard was very excellent.

Notre dame football 5 pics

To me football is art everything is so syncronized, and its like a beautiful play. I truly believe that is the best thing in the world and just looks so beautiful.