ART in Center of life

As my group's focus for the project is on the different venues of college students, I found some images of places where students like to come together and enjoy. What was shocking while I found these pictures was that, although some are difficult to be counted as a venue but people can enjoy their life through many different means. It is all because of the difference in our taste in life. I think this is why there are so many different revolutions, genres and view on art. But the question that came to my mind was why can a specific art theme be seen in different eras such as the renaissance when people obviously seem to like different things? Why do we not find five different themes in art within one era?


European museum, from http://www.europeword.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/European_Museum-300x200.jpg


concert in Belgium
from http://www.ilankelman.org/brussels.html


a world cup stadium
from http://www.digitalworldtokyo.com/index.php/digital_tokyo/articles/world_cup_hdtv_backbone_can_handle_480gbps/


A symphony
from http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/4C3C3F5BA0670B3B8025755300567B97

ART in concept Designs

I found some interesting concept designs of many different things. Imagination is like the spark that can start an entire forest in fire (but in a positive way) and as I look at these concept designs, I always wonder if there is a limit to imagination and if there is, when will we reach that dead end.

concept psp design with bendable screen

from http://www.walyou.com/blog/2008/10/18/new-psp-2-concept-design-with-scrolling-oled-screen/

concept nail watch design

from http://www.slashgear.com/the-tx54-concept-design-is-not-for-nail-biters-1612604/

concept watch design 

from http://gizmodo.com/231961/hourglass-watch-concept-design

Ford concept design

from http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2009/03/05-ford-iosis-max-concept/

BMW concept design 

from http://www.impactlab.net/2008/08/12/2015-bmw-concept-design/

Boeing Concept design

from http://community.warplanes.com/2010/07/01/designs-for-future-supersonic-airliner-revealed/

ART in Design

With the development of technology, I believe art and design has become more and more closer. Art takes time to make. An artwork starts from brain storming, sketching, drawing, painting, creating, revising, revising, revising, revising....... So does design. Just like any art work, design starts from brain storming. The architect needs to have a basic idea of what he is creating. Then simple sketches are made on paper so that the architect can remember the artwork he was going to make and also to be able to more easily visualize the basic idea of the thing me is making. Some might not agree but from brain storming stage, creation of an artwork has already begun. 

As we can see below are some of the stages for making a steering system. Now as many people knows, steering system is only one small part of the entire car. 

first the main body is made.

then specific parts are made to put into the main body.

then a simple assembly of some parts are made.

and then those assemblies are assembled again to create the entire system, or the sub system of the entire system or the goal(car)

Visiting the High Museum of ART

As a person who have only been to few museums, I was excited to go to the high again. Maybe it is because of my great expectation, I was not very impressed with the exhibition. The exhibition consisted of drawings and paintings of venetian art. The moment I entered the exhibition, I started to read the description of the exhibition and was depressed by the few amount of artworks that are present.
The first area of the exhibition was where the drawings were present. out of the entire exhibition, I think the drawings where the best not because I prefer sketches over paintings but also because the drawing section of the exhibition consisted of sketches that showed the progress of each artists artworks. It fascinated me how much process one has to go through to create a master piece.
The second section and the third floor consisted of artworks by Titian and other artists. The paintings didn't interest me be cause they were normal paintings of portraits of people or different stories such as the story of Diana. Although the details of the painting impressed me a lot but the commoness of the theme made me dislike the second portion of the exhibition.

Smithsonian Museums

There are total of 19 museums in Smithsonian Museum, and here are some brief explanation of some of the museums.

National Museum of African Art- This museums contains artworks that fuses the technical achievements, visual imagery, spiritual beliefs and social purposes into one.
The website to National Museum of African Art http://www.nmafa.si.edu/index2.html

National Air and Space museum-  This museum focuses on the Technological development of aerospace engineering since the inventions of the Wright brothers. This museum does only contain air crafts but also a vision that people have for future.
The website to Air and Space Museum http://www.nasm.si.edu/

National Design Museum- This museum provides knowledge to how design shapes our everyday life and studying how the new designs can optimize our future.
The website to Design Museum http://cooperhewitt.org/EDU/

The National Portrait Gallery- This museum contains portraits, sculptures, and paintings of famous historical figures. The museum helps the public visualize these historical figures and make closer connections with them. The museum also help to learn more about the each figures background.
The website to National Portrait Gallery http://www.npg.si.edu/inform/overview.html

Smithsonian Museum

Smithsonian Museum is one of the largest Museum in the world. The Smithsonian focuses on education and research of the people. With most of the facilities located in Washington, Smithsonian is a government funded institute that includes 9 research centers and 19 museums and zoos. The institute was founded by a British scientist named James Smithsonian who donated his money for the "Establishment for the increase & diffusion of Knowledge among men". There are several art museums in the Smithsonian museum but  the one that I want to talk about is the Hirshhorn museum. The Hirshhorn museum, designed by Gordon Bunshaft, started around 1960 with the permanent art collections of Joseph Hirshhorn. Hirshhorn museum is an important museum in America because it is the first museum devoted to modern art. There are around 6000 art works in the museum. Most of the art works focuses on French sculpture, 19th-century American painting, and the first generation of the New York School. A famous part of the Hirshhorn museum is the garden. The garden contains artworks of traditional historical themes that addresses emotion, politics, religion, and economics.


From http://newsdesk.si.edu/photos/hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden

There are many amazing designs in the world designed by many artists, the design that most amaze me are Davinci's designs. Davinci is a man who literally designed everything. Starting from sculptures, artworks, and even war machines. Davinci's two most famous artworks are probably the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. However his mechanical designs are all very famous as well. What is interesting about Davinci's mechanical designs is that a lot of them actually does operate. On the bottom are pictures of some of the mechanical designs designed by Da Vinci. Some of other things Da Vinci was interested in drawing are anatomy, religious artworks, and complicated mathematical designs.