The Beijing Olympic Games Mascot
Date: 2008
Artist: Yuanjie zheng
Medium: cloth and cotton
Ideologically in the design of Beijing Olympic mascots for the first time the animal and human image of the perfect combination of stressed people-oriented, people and animals , the concept of nature in harmony Heaven ; in the design concept for the first time the Olympic element reference to the mascot , the creative fire baby from the Olympic torch ; more prominent in the design application to extend the use of personalization . A major feature is the headgear part of the five mascots can be individually developed , the use of more extensive , children can be selected according to their preferences different headdress worn on the head , lively child has become a cute mascot interaction greatly enhanced ; in the number of Beijing Olympic Games mascot is also the most in Olympic history , reaching five , reflecting the Chinese culture is profound . However for me, this mascot's colour is too simple, single colour can't attract everyone's eyeball.
The Atlanta Olympic Games Mascot
Date: 1996
Artist: By American Designer
Medium: cloth
Olympic Games mascot is a product of fantasy , designed by U.S. Ke Laofu communications company in Atlanta subsidiary . After the end of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games , it several times to change the image. Finally, it got a mouth, and eyes shining star ; original slender leg muscle , his face grow a nose . The whole mascot to the dark blue colored Olympic rings are set in the tail and the top of the eye , the spread of a century ceremony of the Olympic spirit . Plus on the crack mouth to reveal white teeth , purple and red and white shoes, which will make up this colorful mascot .
Because this fantasy out of the creature is simply an unable to locate heterogeneous , no one can see it in the end , no one knows what it is , that the original name can only be called , "What is it ( what it is ) . " Open call for the organizing committee for its name and received the reply of the thousands of children around the world . Ultimately, 32 children in Atlanta, the proposal is adopted , Izzy has become the new name . However for me, this mascot's colour was very colourful, and the appearance is too complex, but also there are not enough creative.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Critiquing Tools
Critiquing Tools:
1, proportion: harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
2, Palette: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
3, Vertical: a vertical structural member as a post or stake
4, Environmental: concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment
5, Corporate: done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
Adjective List:
Colour:
1, Primary: coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
2, Multicoloured: having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
3, Complementary: acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
4, Dark: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
5, Muted: being or made softer or less loud or clear
Principles and Elements of Design List:
Principles:
1, Stability: the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
2, Dynamics: the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies
3, Rhythm: may be generally defined as a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions.
4, Scale: an object defined on a set of points (for example real numbers) and used for a wide variety of applications
Elements:
1, Line: a measure of video display resolution or image resolution
2, Clour: it is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, green, blue and others. Color derives from the spectrum of light (distribution of light power versus wavelength) interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors. Color categories and physical specifications of color are also associated with objects, materials, light sources, etc., based on their physical properties such as light absorption, reflection, or emission spectra.
3, Texture: in the visual arts, texture is the perceived surface quality of a work of art. It is an element of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design and is distinguished by its perceived visual and physical properties. Use of texture, along with other elements of design, can convey a variety of messages and emotions.
4, Shape: the shape of an object located in some space is a geometrical description of the part of that space occupied by the object, as determined by its external boundary – abstracting from location and orientation in space, size, and other properties such as colour, content, and material composition.
5, Form: this is expression the object's appearance, from plane transforms a 3D.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Style Time Line
The name: Cubism
Description: In cubist artworks, objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form —instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context. Often the surfaces intersect at seemingly random angles, removing a coherent sense of depth. The background and object planes interpenetrate one another to create the shallow ambiguous space, one of cubism's distinct characteristics.
The date that the style existed: During the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A picture of an example of the style: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Cézanne_163.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubism
The name: Academic art
Description: Academic art is a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. Specifically, academic art is the art and artists influenced by the standards of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts, which practiced under the movements of Neoclassicism and Romanticism, and the art that followed these two movements in the attempt to synthesize both of their styles.
The date that the style existed: On 13 January 1563，until the 20th century.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/1863_Alexandre_Cabanel_-_The_Birth_of_Venus.jpg
The names of three artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: Cosimo I de' Medic, Peter Paul Rubens or Nicolas Poussin.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_art#The_academies_in_history
The name: Action painting
Description: Action painting sometimes called "gestural abstraction", is a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being carefully applied. The resulting work often emphasizes the physical act of painting itself as an essential aspect of the finished work or concern of its artist.
The date that the style existed: from the 1940s until the early 1960s
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Kline_no2.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_painting
The name: Antipodeans
Description: The Antipodeans were a group of Australian modern artists who asserted the importance of figurative art, and protested against abstract expressionism.
The date that the style existed: They staged a single exhibition in Melbourne during August 1959.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Antipodeans_exhibition_melbourne_1959.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: Charles Blackman and Arthur Boyd.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipodeans
The name: Art deco
Description: Art deco or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style. Art deco's linear symmetry was a distinct departure from the flowing asymmetrical organic curves of its predecessor style art nouveau; it embraced influences from many different styles of the early twentieth century, including neoclassical, constructivism, cubism, modernism and futurism and drew inspiration from ancient Egyptian and Aztec forms. Although many design movements have political or philosophical beginnings or intentions, art deco was purely decorative.
The date that the style existed: the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s and into the World War II era.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Lempicka_musician.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: John Wade and Tamara de Lempicka
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco
The name: Art Nouveau
Description: Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art". It is known also as Jugendstil, pronounced, German for "youth style", named after the magazine Jugend, which promoted it, as Modern in Russia, perhaps named after Parisian gallery "La Maison Moderne", as Secession in Austria and Hungary after the Viennese group of artists, and, in Italy, as Stile Liberty from the department store in London, Liberty & Co., which popularized the style.
The date that the style existed: during 1890–1910.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Alfons_Mucha_-_F._Champenois_Imprimeur-Éditeur.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: Manuel Orazi and Alphonse Mucha.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau
The name: Arts and Crafts Movement
Description: It was largely a reaction against the impoverished state of the decorative arts at the time and the conditions in which they were produced. It stood for traditional craftsmanship using simple forms and often applied medieval, romantic or folk styles of decoration. It advocated economic and social reform and has been said to be essentially anti-industrial.
The date that the style existed: Arts and Crafts was an international design movement that flourished between 1860 and 1910.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/William_Morris_design_for_Trellis_wallpaper_1862.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: William Morris and Charles Voysey
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_Movement
The name: Ashcan School
Description: The Ashcan School, also called the Ash Can School, is defined as a realist artistic movement that came into prominence in the United States during the early twentieth century, best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York's poorer neighborhoods.
The date that the style existed: begin in 1908.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/McSorley%27s_Bar_1912_John_Sloan.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: William Glackens and Maurice Prendergast.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcan_School
The name: Baroque
Description: The Baroque is a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music.
The date that the style existed: begin around 1600 in Rome.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Magi_-_WGA20244.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: Peter Paul Rubens and Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque
The name: Classical Realism
Description: Classical Realism refers to an artistic movement in late-20th-century painting that places a high value upon skill and beauty, combining elements of 19th-century neoclassicism and realism.
The date that the style existed: begin in 1905.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Jean-Leon_Gerome_Pollice_Verso.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: William McGregor Paxton and Paxton
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Realism
Description: In cubist artworks, objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form —instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context. Often the surfaces intersect at seemingly random angles, removing a coherent sense of depth. The background and object planes interpenetrate one another to create the shallow ambiguous space, one of cubism's distinct characteristics.
The date that the style existed: During the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A picture of an example of the style: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Cézanne_163.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubism
The name: Academic art
Description: Academic art is a style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art. Specifically, academic art is the art and artists influenced by the standards of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts, which practiced under the movements of Neoclassicism and Romanticism, and the art that followed these two movements in the attempt to synthesize both of their styles.
The date that the style existed: On 13 January 1563，until the 20th century.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/1863_Alexandre_Cabanel_-_The_Birth_of_Venus.jpg
The names of three artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: Cosimo I de' Medic, Peter Paul Rubens or Nicolas Poussin.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_art#The_academies_in_history
The name: Action painting
Description: Action painting sometimes called "gestural abstraction", is a style of painting in which paint is spontaneously dribbled, splashed or smeared onto the canvas, rather than being carefully applied. The resulting work often emphasizes the physical act of painting itself as an essential aspect of the finished work or concern of its artist.
The date that the style existed: from the 1940s until the early 1960s
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Kline_no2.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_painting
The name: Antipodeans
Description: The Antipodeans were a group of Australian modern artists who asserted the importance of figurative art, and protested against abstract expressionism.
The date that the style existed: They staged a single exhibition in Melbourne during August 1959.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Antipodeans_exhibition_melbourne_1959.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: Charles Blackman and Arthur Boyd.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipodeans
The name: Art deco
Description: Art deco or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style. Art deco's linear symmetry was a distinct departure from the flowing asymmetrical organic curves of its predecessor style art nouveau; it embraced influences from many different styles of the early twentieth century, including neoclassical, constructivism, cubism, modernism and futurism and drew inspiration from ancient Egyptian and Aztec forms. Although many design movements have political or philosophical beginnings or intentions, art deco was purely decorative.
The date that the style existed: the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s and into the World War II era.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Lempicka_musician.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: John Wade and Tamara de Lempicka
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco
The name: Art Nouveau
Description: Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art". It is known also as Jugendstil, pronounced, German for "youth style", named after the magazine Jugend, which promoted it, as Modern in Russia, perhaps named after Parisian gallery "La Maison Moderne", as Secession in Austria and Hungary after the Viennese group of artists, and, in Italy, as Stile Liberty from the department store in London, Liberty & Co., which popularized the style.
The date that the style existed: during 1890–1910.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Alfons_Mucha_-_F._Champenois_Imprimeur-Éditeur.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: Manuel Orazi and Alphonse Mucha.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau
The name: Arts and Crafts Movement
Description: It was largely a reaction against the impoverished state of the decorative arts at the time and the conditions in which they were produced. It stood for traditional craftsmanship using simple forms and often applied medieval, romantic or folk styles of decoration. It advocated economic and social reform and has been said to be essentially anti-industrial.
The date that the style existed: Arts and Crafts was an international design movement that flourished between 1860 and 1910.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/William_Morris_design_for_Trellis_wallpaper_1862.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: William Morris and Charles Voysey
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_Movement
The name: Ashcan School
Description: The Ashcan School, also called the Ash Can School, is defined as a realist artistic movement that came into prominence in the United States during the early twentieth century, best known for works portraying scenes of daily life in New York's poorer neighborhoods.
The date that the style existed: begin in 1908.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/McSorley%27s_Bar_1912_John_Sloan.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: William Glackens and Maurice Prendergast.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcan_School
The name: Baroque
Description: The Baroque is a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music.
The date that the style existed: begin around 1600 in Rome.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Magi_-_WGA20244.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: Peter Paul Rubens and Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque
The name: Classical Realism
Description: Classical Realism refers to an artistic movement in late-20th-century painting that places a high value upon skill and beauty, combining elements of 19th-century neoclassicism and realism.
The date that the style existed: begin in 1905.
A picture of an example of the style: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Jean-Leon_Gerome_Pollice_Verso.jpg
The names of two artists/designers famous for being a part of the movement: William McGregor Paxton and Paxton
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Realism
Monday, February 13, 2012
Muses, the goddesses
·
The history
The Muses in Greek mythology are goddesses who inspire poetry, traditional music,
literature and dance. There are nine members in the Muses who are the daughters of
Zeus and Mnemosyne.
·
The adventures
In one myth the Muses judged a contest between Apollo and Marsyas. In other myth,
they have a singing contest between Thamyris and Muses, in the end the Muses won
and punished Thamyris by blinding him and robbing him of his singing ability.
·
The relationships
Father: Zeus Mother: Mnemosyne
·
The appearance
All the members in Muses, they are beautiful and sexy women, golden hair, plump body
and exquisite skin.
There are some images:
·
Analyse any symbols associated with the creature
Emblem of the Muses:
Calliope - epic poetry; Clio - history; Euterpe - flutes and lyric poetry; Thalia - comedy and
pastoral poetry; Melpomene - tragedy; Terpsichore - dance; Erato - love poetry;
Polyhymnia - sacred poetry; Urania astronomy.
·
Interpret it’s evolution through history and popular culture.
Nowadays, the Muses always used in band name ( Nine Muses for Elle Korea ) (
http://www.allkpop.com/2010/08/nine-muses-for-elle-korea ) or some books name.
·
List three sports this Greek myth/god be used to symbolise and why?
Dance, the Muses stand for dance, there are many images about them.
All the members have their exclusive instrument. All of them are masters of this
instrument.
Singing, one of the strongest abilities is singing. We can find many mythes mentioning
singing contests.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
My goal
My name is Chenguang Lu ( as my english name is Sonny ).
I come from China which is a mysterious and ancient country.
Now I have had arrived Australia for six months to complete my universty course.
For me there is a short goal when I arrived Australia, I should finish my course as soon as possible. After that maybe i will back to China or stay Australia to find work if there have a perfect chance.
I come from China which is a mysterious and ancient country.
Now I have had arrived Australia for six months to complete my universty course.
For me there is a short goal when I arrived Australia, I should finish my course as soon as possible. After that maybe i will back to China or stay Australia to find work if there have a perfect chance.
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