a mixed media artist who formerly worked in Cleveland,MS. Ms. Plough attended school at the University of Iowa, obtaining a Bachelors of Fine Arts, and at the University of Arizona receiving a Master of Fine Arts. After receiving such illustrious degrees, she went on to pursue her career as an artist. Pastoral Tableau exhibit was displayed in the Wright Art Center located on Delta State University’s campus. This exhibit featured several pieces displaying animals such as a horse, a fox, dogs, and…
satisfied. What about Chinese people in the past? How did they enjoy their spare time? According to Li Huarui, who is a professor at Capital Normal University, “Landscape painting was a “gentlemanly” pastime exclusively favored by literati just as rustic retreats were literati places,” (Huarui). Twelve Views of Landscape, which is a landscape painting that takes place in the Song dynasty, is an escape from routine life for Xia Gui, the artist of the painting as well as viewers; the painting…
However, as the book takes on earthquakes and hurricanes. They are describing how man-made objects can destroy any landscape. They are using cultural landscapes as an example in the book. When something is destroyed how people as a community come together to rebuild it. This shows how globalization came along with major cities and how it is linked. The themes they are talking about is…
Allegory of Geometry” by Laurent de La Hyre, which was made in oil on canvas 1649. The painting is signed by La Hyre on the lower center part of the painting along with the date created. La Hyre is a French painter who was “born in Feb. 27, 1606, in Paris, France”(1) and later “died in Dec. 28, 1656, in Paris”(1). La Hyre is famous painter who is known for painting in the French Baroque style and for painting in the Classicism style. La Hyre’s “paintings reflects the influence of Vouet,…
From this week’s reading, I’m most interested in the landscape painting of Fan Kuan, TRAVELERS AMONG MOUNTAINS AND STEAMS, from the Song dynasty of China. This is a ink painting on silk that describes the Monumental landscape at that time. Most importantly, Neo-Confucianism coincided with the development of these kind of Monumental landscape painting and played an important role on this kind of art. Neo-Confucianism is a Chinese moral philosophy which rebuilt Confucianism with Buddhism and…
I’ve always enjoyed Impressionist art, but only recently became aware of Gustave Caillebotte’s “The Floor Scrapers,“ painted in 1875. The oil canvas is so unusually realistic that it really caught my eye. Here are three men planning a floor--perhaps it’s new, or an old one being refinished--and their really hard work (I’ve done the same job) is so strikingly at odds with the elegant room they are in, that the picture intrigues me. I can almost smell the raw wood, and the men’s sweat. We are in a…
Humans, by nature, characteristically modify the landscape in which they live. Through the myriad of processes and mechanisms used to alter the landscape sometimes come deliberate alterations of symbolism or meaning. The sub-dicipline of cultural geography investigates the variation of these symbolisms, traditions, and cultural products across time and space. It is through the lens of cultural geography, especially in respect to environmental symbolism, that we can interpret the value and…
this common area and to the left of the bedroom in an office space with its own hidden courtyard. The swimming pool acts as a means to separate the rough landscape from the house. Function is also accounted for with every human necessity taken care of in its simplest form. (See Figure…
Focusing on landscape architecture, this essay will defend the presence of history in contemporary thought and promote an active and critical engagement with the antecedents of design. It will be argued that the study of design history provides valuable self-reflection and a broader understanding of the context designers operate within, offers the ability to respond in an informed and sensitive manner to…
Lawrence Halprin Lawrence Halprin was an influential landscape architect. His projects have many values to become benchmarks in the development of modern landscape architecture. For example, the most his favorite design is the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington D.C which set a new standard for the public’s involvement. The plazas and grand fountains in Portland, Oregon are a joyful participation in public open spaces. Moreover, he also wrote many lectures and books, such as the Sea…