Visual learning

is it something every picks up quickly. The first tip for studying effectively is learning and understanding your learning style. Throughout high school I was a firm believer that I was in fact a visual learner. Visual learning style tips however was never helpful. When Reading for Speed and Understanding first began we took an assessment to judge our learning style. I was Kinesthetic. Swaying away from the visual spect and entering the kinesthetic manner I soon was able to pick up more…

portrait of Martin Luther done by Lucas Cranach the Elder during one of his workshops. The painting actually titled Martin Luther was created around the same time that the Madonna with the Long Neck was created. When comparing the two there is an obvious visual difference in the execution and style of painting. Unlike with the Madonna with the Long Neck, Martin Luther is portrayed in his portrait with proper proportions and coloring. There is no stylization or manipulation to the figure or no…

My visit to the Tampa Museum of Art took place on the 4th of February 2017. The Tampa Museum of Art is located at the heart of downtown Tampa and is home to some of the most widely acclaimed creative works of art in the United States. I had never been to a museum prior to my visit. My visit to the Tampa museum was very informative and a rare occasion to learn about the beauty of art. I was pretty anxious from the beginning because I didn’t know where to start, but after speaking with a security…

Yeyenne Telisme ARH2000 Reading Response 1 The word “art” means different things to different people. Art is one of many words that its definition varies throughout cultures and people. I might interpret art as something so simple as a painting but another might be able to define that term due to their experience or studies of art. This connects to the course because in the same sense that, what the Western culture might consider to be art can be seen as just another object or some “tool” to…

Art education refers to the education given in disciplines including dance, theatre, visual arts, music, that attempts to enhance human development, cultural heritage, and societal competency, among many of personal maturities (Bryant, n.d.). This definition of what art educations means and stands for, given by the Fine Arts Department of a School District located in Katy, Texas, may first of all, be interpreted differently around the world, and may, second of all, take on an incredibly modern…

Walter Bendix Schonflies Benjamin was born into a wealthy Jewish family in Germany. He was a German philosopher who is associated with the Frankfurt School and his areas of interests were literary theory, language, aesthetics, and technology. Benjamin was influences by and is associated with the work of Karl Marx, Theodor Adorno, and Bertolt Brecht. Moreover, one of Benjamin’s most influential writing is titled, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936). The primary argument…

Aesthetics have come to have a different meaning to me since I first enrolled in the class. I have come to think of the advancements we have made on the topic mind-blowing. I think every philosophy we have looked at has held a truth. Schiller says it is nature that equipped man with the ability to move from what is real to what is not. Nature provided man with two senses to help them create; sight and hearing. Once someone can enjoy sight he is aesthetically free. The power of sight gives…

For centuries, there has been a huge controversy over what the public should be allowed to see when it comes to nudity in art. One of the most famous pieces of art that portrays nudity is Michelangelo’s statue of David. The statue of David was given to Queen Victoria as a gift from an Italian nobleman in 1857, without knowing that the statue showed a man’s genitals. Having been shocked, officials commissioned a sculptor to cover the man’s genitals with a fig leaf that could be taken on and off.…

Introduction This personal action plan will include things such as my personal growth, (how this class as affected my diversity awareness), diversity benefits (things that will benefit me from valuing diversity), diversity communication (how communication will promote diversity awareness), and diversity goals (what my most important diversity goals are for the future. Personal Growth The reason I took this course is because it seemed interesting and I wanted to know more about how others…

Descriptive One of the most amazing pieces of artwork located at the New Orleans Museum of Art is the sketch for “The Pest House of Jaffa”. This piece of art work was done by the French history and neoclassical painter Antoine-Jean Gros in 1804. This painting is an oil painting on canvas and has the approximate dimensions of 12 x 24 inches. The painting was commissioned by Vivant Denon for Napoleon. The painting is a sketch that is depicting Napoleon Bonaparte in the city of Jaffa visiting…