Extra Credit # 7 (and a trip to the History Museum...)

Artwalk is Friday, April 8th in Downtown Mobile. 

Address: 318 Dauphin St, Mobile, AL 36602

Phone:(251) 432-9796

Several of the students from UM are in a show at the Mobile Arts Council!!!

Go to the show and take a picture with your favorite piece of art--Post it to the blog for extra credit!

Please title your post,

Lastname, EC #7

 http://www.mobilearts.org/media/five

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Also, my Art History class is going to see the exhibit at the History Museum on April 12th at 11:15am.

If you are free that day, you are invited to join us! We will have a special tour of the King Tutankhamen exhibit.

http://www.museumofmobile.com/

Admission is a special price of $7.50 per person.

Address: 111 S Royal St, Mobile, AL 36602

Phone: (251) 208-7652

Architectural styles: Greek Revival architecture, Italianate architecture

 

Melder EC #4

Extra Credit #6

Go to this Artist's talk!  Sign in there to get credit. Free food at reception after!

Artist Scott Michael Raynor

Raynor will discuss his work during Art Talk (Ben May room #1) on April 7 at 1 p.m., with a reception following. Admission to the gallery and Art Talk are free. 

The show will be open March 1 through April 8 in the Ben May Building on campus. The exhibit is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.   

http://umobile.edu/news/university-of-mobile-marilyn-foley-art-gallery-to-feature-exhibit-by-artist-scott-michael-raynor/ 

Brown, WR #2

The upside-down horse represents the fallen and confused life of an individual nearly 18,000 years ago. The brown body of the horse most likely was colored in such a manner in response to the available resources of the time. The black mane and hooves are black and were likely created by charcoal or a burnt substance that was combined in a watery medium and then applied to the wall. It is remarkable how the work of art has survived all of these years without showing apparent signs of erosion. I wonder what the purpose of these drawings were; to articulate the life of an individual or to represent a bigger picture? These images nonetheless give us a small glimpse into the life of those we have no historical evidence to know their lifestyles.

Melder WR #2

          While studying this cave, the part that I found was most fascinating was The Shaft panel. This segment of the cave displays what is called the Panel of the Wounded Man. In this picture contains a bison, man, bird, and a rhinoceros. This work caught my interest because it seems to be telling a story, and also because this man is the only human drawing in the whole cave.  It appears as if the he is being attacked or threatened by the bison who is standing as though ready to charge with his horns out front. Underneath the man there is a bird perching on something tall and narrow, perhaps a branch or some tall grass. It is unsure what the species of the bird is because it does not have any clearly defined characteristics. The artist, maybe not being very developed or detail oriented, painted the man’s head and that of the bird the same way, two simple curved lines that do not meet up where the mouth would be; instead, leaving an open space. In this time, it is said that birds were the conductors of souls. Clearly, the rhinoceros has a different appearance than that of the man, bird, and the bison. Unlike the other drawings/paintings that are completed with a brush type tool, the rhinoceros is created by the spraying of pigments. The long line that is drawn through the bison has been understood as a spear piercing through its body.

Wood WR #2

The cave art that most grabbed my attention was the Man and Bird on the Panel of the Wounded Man.  This was interesting to me because it was the only depiction of a human that I had seen. Also, it was not as elaborate as the bull or many other animals painted in these murals. It is interesting to me that this early art had a very clear theme: wildlife. They followed this theme so closely to only include one one minimalist, conquered, dying member of their own race. Even the bird, who is guessed to represent a spirit to move the dead, it depicted in almost the same amount of detail, while being quite smaller.

Stroud WR #2

The painting that I found to be the most intriguing was the Head of a Cow. In its simplicity, this art is part of the artist's every day life. Art for these people was not just of the extravagant and ostentatious, but of the activities and figures encountered every day. Art is all around us, and while today many of us have to take a class to realize this, these simple people knew this to be true in their most basic existence. The Head of a Cow is not meant to be special. It is a provider of milk, meat, and tools. The artist probably painted the cow's head just because he or she felt the need to paint, but that is what makes it so beautiful. These ancient drawings are proof that art is something we as humans need, and Earth without "art" is just "Eh".