Michelangelo: notes on the Creation of Adam

Michelangelo: Creation of Adam
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Senior exam: one-page comparison essay on 2 artists, such as Basquiat and Kahlo

basquiat
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Any of the artists we've studied in fine arts survey!

- titles
- dates
- locations
- third person
- scholarly tone
- documentation
- jazzy title

Leonardo / fine arts survey

Leonardo / fine arts survey
Originally uploaded by trudeau

Please look to the notes associated with the sketches above.

K'Naan, Alt-J and Youth Lagoon: music away from the mainstream

K'Naan
Originally uploaded by kingpinphoto

Off-the-beaten-path music presentations!

Red Baraat
Alt-J
Youth Lagoon
Alexander Rybak

Say a few biographical and explicatory words and play the video! 10 pts.

My favorite today was "Breezeblocks" by Alt-J. Stunning film.

Leonardo da Vinci / Renaissance art

Leonardo skull / Renaissance art
Originally uploaded by trudeau

Leonardo Supper Quiz
1. Leonardo's equestrian statue, "Gran cavallo," was never cast in bronze though it inspired awe as a giant clay sculpture. The subject was a __ . a) prince b) eagle c) horse d) castle.
2. L was raised in the vicinity of the city that was a center of Renaissance arts from the 14th to 16th centuries, Firenze. Today Firenze, located on the famous Arno River, is known as __, which means "flower." a) Florence b) Bologna c) Venetia d) Roma.
3. In Firenze visitors find a Medieval enclosed bridge called the "__ Vecchio." This bridge integrated shops into the structure. Once the stores featured butchers; today the storefronts are occupied by jewelers and art dealers.
a) Regulare b) Ponte c) Duomo d) Arco.
4. As a young man L was apprenticed to a studio where he learned drafting, chemistry, metallurgy, metal working, plaster casting, leather working, mechanics and carpentry as well as the artistic skills of drawing, painting, sculpting and modelling. It was the workshop operated by the famous artist __ . a) Michelangelo b) Botticelli c) Ludovico il Moro d) Andrea del Verrocchio.
5. The Last Supper was painted for a __ . a) monastery b) library c) museum d) art gallery
6. The Last Supper is a mural. Such works were ordinarily painted via the style called __, in which paint is applied to wet plaster. a) watercolor b) pastel c) fresco d) relief.
7. The Last Supper is on display in the city of a) Milan b) Florence c) Roma d) Bologna.
8. The figures in Supper are __ life size. a) larger than b) one half c) three quarters.
9. Much of his work was not performed as an artist but as an architect and designer to aid his royal employers in their __ . a) religious duties b) wars c) public buildings d) personal residences.
10. Cesare Borgia's stronghold city, Imola, was celebrated and aided by a __ developed by Leonardo. a) canal b) map c) fortified wall d) system of wells.
11. Leonardo was a bastard, or illegitimate child. T / F
12. His life of 57 years surrounded the year of __ . a) 1300 b) 1400 c) 1500 d) 1600.
13. In traditional paintings of The Last Supper one person is often placed on the other side of the table from the remaining apostles: __ . This was not true in Leonardo's version. a) Peter b) Judas c) Matthew d) Paul.
14. Leonardo did not die in Italy. In has last years he was employed and housed by Francis I, King of __ . a) France b) Germany c) Espana d) England.
15. Leonardo was sporadic and dilatory; his rate of work could be called __ . a) fast b) slow c) erratic.

The rich organ sound in gospel, jazz and rock music: the Hammond B3

Hammond B3 HDR
Originally uploaded by Peter Gorges

While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard instrument for jazz, blues, rock, church and gospel music.

The original Hammond organ used additive synthesis of waveforms from harmonic series made by mechanical tonewheels that rotate in front of electromagnetic pickups.

In the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s the distinctive sound of the B-3 organ (often played through a Leslie speaker) was widely used in blues, progressive rock bands and blues-rock groups.The Leslie speaker creates special audio effects using the Doppler effect by rotating the speakers or a sound-directing duct.

Named after its inventor, Donald Leslie, it is particularly associated with the Hammond organ, says Wikipedia, but is used with a variety of instruments as well as vocals.

Leslie originally bought a Hammond organ in 1937, in the hope it would be a suitable substitute for a pipe organ, but was disappointed with the sound in his home compared to the large showroom where he had originally heard it. Consequently, he attempted to design a speaker to overcome this. He initially tried making a cabinet similar to Hammond's own, but then surmised the variation in sound a pipe organ produced because of the different location of each pipe meant he should try making a moving speaker. He developed the familiar combination of a rotating drum and horn for bass and treble frequencies respectively.[1]

Alternative to college and the white collar world: becoming an artisan

Artisans D'Angkor
Originally uploaded by spOt_ON

An artisan or artizan (from French: artisan, Italian: artigiano) or craftsman (craftsperson)[1] is a skilled manual worker who makes items that may be functional or decorative, says Wikipedia.
Exs -
furniture, sculpture, clothing, jewellery, furniture, tools or even machines such as the handmade devices of a watchmaker.

An artisan is therefore a person engaged in or occupied by the practice of a craft, who may through experience and talent reach the expressive levels of an artist using his hands, mind and heart in his work and what he creates.

Some examples -

- wooden boats
- guitars (luthier)
- organ pipes (metallurgy)
- sea salt
- herbal olive oil
- soaps
- custom fabrics
- treehouses
- saddles
- chimes, bells
- carburetors
- beers
- paper and print