Author: Hannah Bruschi

This week we went to the High Line to see the view and how an urban city like New York can as greenery.  When we first arrived, we learned the history of the area, known as the meat packing district.  The High Line was originally used to bring meat into the district via trains.  When the tracks were no longer in use, the city decided to convert the area into a park.  The park now has hundreds of people who visit a day and the revenue it creates is great with services in both food and tourist shops.  They have no sold over 36,000 tacos and 72,000 gelatos, and the park is only getting more popular.  I especially enjoyed the different statues and art work that were modern and chic.  I enjoyed my visit to the High Line very much, and I am planning to visit again.

In class that day we started with introducing ourselves to one another in the class and I never knew that everyone had such completely different backgrounds whether artistically, athletically or academically.  I have always valued the arts and I am glad to finally be taking my first class learning about the arts in New York City.

After we learned about each other we started looking at different types of pictures and I have never analyzed a picture so deeply before.  I have never heard of echoes in paintings, as well as the idea that lack of color contrast makes a piece boring.  I enjoyed the painting of Napoleon the best because of how realistic and strong they created Napoleon to be.  I disliked the contemporary art because of how vague the shapes looked, I had a hard time understanding what was going on.

As a musician and piano player myself, I especially enjoyed listening Professor Kahan playing the different pieces of music that had the same rhythm but different moods.  Moonlight Sonata was definitely my favorite piece played because of my love for classical and baroque music.  I never thought I would be able to her the naturally minor song played in a major key.  It sounded really good.

Altogether, I am glad to be enrolled in this class and I cannot wait for next week.

Hannah Bruschi