A full day in Grand Rapids, on 10 October 2015 with my 2 best friends, we loaded into my car to embark on a world wind day to experience all the luxuries Grand Rapids had to offer us. With the assignment rubric folded in my pocket and a pen, all of us had seen pieces of art that made us question, discuss, and analyze. Starting in Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum one artist was very blatant about not hiding his symbolism inspired by old world paintings, particularly the renaissance era. Randy Van Duinen used oil paints to depict a scene called “Redemption”, and at first glance you see a sorrowful angel beginning for mercy from the heavens but at closer inspection you see relief in the angel’s face as lighter colors around him show a beam of light or hope. I liked the shading the artist uses to give a sign of darkness but the beam of light around what looks like the repentant angel.
Moving around Grand Rapids rather in the car or on foot, we all enjoyed the company, artists, and delicatessen. Arriving at Boardwalk GR Condominiums we see two note worthy art mediums, one artistic piece was painted with earth tone acrylics called “Space between Mother and Child” by Nataliya Yutanova. The piece was abstract to say the least, the …show more content…
The piece called “Bulldog Tutu” by Jeane TerHaar, I just thought this one was definitely silly, and having pets I dressed mine up at times and they definitely are not okay with being in clothes. Also the facial of the bulldog definitely makes the viewer have compassion for the animal. Reflecting on the piece bulldogs, as was Socrates, are viewed as visually unappealing creatures but both maintain a sense of dignity and grace in humiliating circumstances. Attitude is showed through in the painting and in the reading of the literary piece “The Apology” by Plato depicting the show of this publically undignified
Moving around Grand Rapids rather in the car or on foot, we all enjoyed the company, artists, and delicatessen. Arriving at Boardwalk GR Condominiums we see two note worthy art mediums, one artistic piece was painted with earth tone acrylics called “Space between Mother and Child” by Nataliya Yutanova. The piece was abstract to say the least, the …show more content…
The piece called “Bulldog Tutu” by Jeane TerHaar, I just thought this one was definitely silly, and having pets I dressed mine up at times and they definitely are not okay with being in clothes. Also the facial of the bulldog definitely makes the viewer have compassion for the animal. Reflecting on the piece bulldogs, as was Socrates, are viewed as visually unappealing creatures but both maintain a sense of dignity and grace in humiliating circumstances. Attitude is showed through in the painting and in the reading of the literary piece “The Apology” by Plato depicting the show of this publically undignified