1. Read the pages listed above. Begin your writing by asking 2 specific ‘types’ of questions about the content of the reading. Write down the ‘type’ of questions (below) you are asking AND write down the questions themselves.
a. The book states that art collecting “attracted those who used art as a status symbol, proclaiming their wealth and social prestige and personal taste” Linda, Weintraub. In The Making: Creative options for contemporary Art, pg. 11. Today art is still used by some as tool to spout their wealth and status. Why must art be used and bought to display wealth? (Challenge)
b. Art has changed drastically over the years from the way that it’s sold to the concepts of how it is made. The book stated that “some artworks pass …show more content…
TED talk by Tim Brown on the importance of play.
1. The chapter of your Artistic “self” was thought provoking. When I was younger I would always draw very specific things that I had liked at the time, anime, cars, dinosaurs, and etc. I would try my very best to draw the item in question just like it was presented to me, but as I grew older I started not to copy the item but instead asked my self-questions like “How would I draw that?” or “How would use that in my work?”. It was by asking those questions that I started to have my own sense of “self” and that my way of doing things are an extension of me.
2. Choosing a mission for your art is a process that I believe to be very hard for some and just comes naturally for others. The chapter of the same title “Choosing Your Mission” made me remembers a time in school when I did not want to be an artist. At one point during my years in high school I wanted to become some with an interesting career, nothing specific but I did not want a boring life. During this time frame I had decided to take an art class on a whim even though at that point art was merely a hobby, But look at me know, art something that was once a hobby has now become my major because of the choice I had
a. The book states that art collecting “attracted those who used art as a status symbol, proclaiming their wealth and social prestige and personal taste” Linda, Weintraub. In The Making: Creative options for contemporary Art, pg. 11. Today art is still used by some as tool to spout their wealth and status. Why must art be used and bought to display wealth? (Challenge)
b. Art has changed drastically over the years from the way that it’s sold to the concepts of how it is made. The book stated that “some artworks pass …show more content…
TED talk by Tim Brown on the importance of play.
1. The chapter of your Artistic “self” was thought provoking. When I was younger I would always draw very specific things that I had liked at the time, anime, cars, dinosaurs, and etc. I would try my very best to draw the item in question just like it was presented to me, but as I grew older I started not to copy the item but instead asked my self-questions like “How would I draw that?” or “How would use that in my work?”. It was by asking those questions that I started to have my own sense of “self” and that my way of doing things are an extension of me.
2. Choosing a mission for your art is a process that I believe to be very hard for some and just comes naturally for others. The chapter of the same title “Choosing Your Mission” made me remembers a time in school when I did not want to be an artist. At one point during my years in high school I wanted to become some with an interesting career, nothing specific but I did not want a boring life. During this time frame I had decided to take an art class on a whim even though at that point art was merely a hobby, But look at me know, art something that was once a hobby has now become my major because of the choice I had