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MACAULAY SEMINAR I-HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Gwen

by: Jessica Bash, Elijah Maduro, Bryan Laluces, Darya Ryndych


(the reflection is part of the video)
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A Pic-Nic Party, Thomas Cole

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Gwen

by: Katherine Dorovitsine, Deanna Pisacreta, Sharfa, Ahmad


In our conversation at the museum, we touched on different types of analysis including description in our portrayal of the painting itself from the picnic itself to the background, and formal properties in our discussion of the artist’s use of color. We also touched on subject matter by addressing the idea of autumn and the contrast between mortality and happiness. Interrogation was utilized in our questioning of the perspectives of the characters in the work, and historical context was addressed in our contemplations about the classes and occupations of the figures. We could have focused more on the artist’s intention and developed our ideas in the other forms of analysis more fully. If we had more time, we would have added our analysis into the video in the form of text and edited the audio more fully.
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WEB OF LIFE BY JOHN BIGGERS

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Gwen

by: KIRIAKI GIANNOULAS & ELINA NIYAZOV


We analyzed the relationships between the connections of the objects in the painting and connected it to the natural life cycle. We focused on the context of the painting, specifically on the support of each organism. We didn't analyze the size or the materials that were used. If we had more time, we would've considered the scale, colors, time of creation and materials of the painting.
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Avarice, Portrait of a Lady

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Gwen

by: Lauren Lazarte, Manuel Francisco Cifuentes, Robert Xhelili, Jonah Green


Reflection Piece:

For our Media Arts Workshop, we chose to analyze Portrait of a Lady by Giovanni Boldini and Avarice by Fernando Mastrangelo. In our analysis we used description, interrogation, formal properties, subject matter, content, the historical context, and artist’s intention. Ultimately, this provided us with an overall sense of the meaning of the art works.
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Doges Palace

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Gwen

by: Jessica Jiang, Maryia Shaban


Claude Monet had a signature established in everyone of his paintings. Not only was he an impressionist, but he created emphasis on light in every landscape. In our primary reflection of the painting we discussed point of view first, setting the scene at which the image was remembered on canvas. We analyzed the use of colors and made a point to focus on the details in unison with the entirety of the paining in order to understand it completely. At a second listening, we realized that we could of expanded more on the artist's preferences, his use of shadow and light, his inspiration, and how it was exhibited with paint.
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In Danger by Hendrik Willem Mesdag

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Gwen

by: Mariana Adieb


In my conversation at the museum, I included many descriptions to account for the overall general picture and also the small details in it. I discussed formal properties such as the shape and lines that can be drawn for deeper analysis and the painter's choice of color, tone and composition. In the middle and toward the end, I asked questions about the art, in which I think about ideas that cannot be answered by just observing the painting. If I had more time, I would have included more interpretation of the artist's intention and also add historical context.
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Rodin’s Burghers of Calais

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Gwen

by: Annmarie Gajdos, Rehmat Sakrani, Stephanie Angus


We included all the different types of analyses; descriptive, interrogation, formal properties, subject matter/content, historical context, and artistic intention, in our conversation. If we had had more time, we would have liked to further analyze the form and historical context of Rodin's sculptures.
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Winter Scene In Brooklyn by Francis Guy

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Gwen

by: Serene Rivera, Chloe Carter-Daves, Jacob David, Sammy Wagman


We did a lot of description. We didn't do nearly enough interpretive analysis, and we didn't ask many questions, perhaps it's because we took a lot of our personal interpretive analysis as given, perhaps due to the incredible detail of the picture, which makes us feel as if there is less room for interpretation, even if it is. We gave a lot of historical context, perhaps due to our knowledge of American History, and our knowledge may as well have affected our interpretation, having thought we knew the context well.
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Two Ivans and Oksana

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Gwen

by: Ariana Campbell, Nohelly Derosiers, Kayla Fontaine


We discussed the description, formal properties, subject matter, and historical context. However, we did not interrogate the work of art…our main focus was the sleeping father.
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George Washington

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Gwen

by: Nathan Vulakh, Vadim Mell, Matthew Tuckman, Michael Itshakov, and Gabriel Vizgan


We looked at the symbolism behind the position of Washington, the objects in the painting, and the different aspects of the paint. We didn't pay attention to the art method. We would have like to pay more attention to his paint style if we had more time.
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