Well, even though this blog was not updated, my thoughts were jotted down!
Thank God for the good ol' pen and paper =)
"A picture is worth a thousand words"
- Napoleon Bonaparte
On Thursday (12 Jan) we learned that people of old used art as a means to communicate ideas, opinions and such. Not everyone was literate, and not everyone could use words or write poems to communicate their thoughts. Many overcame this limitation using art.
"The soul never thinks without a picture."
- Aristotle
Using colours and concepts, the thoughts of society was transferred and communicated using art. With regards to psychology, a Freudian psychologist would look at a painting and analyse it; is the picture trying to convey a manifest or latent content? In other words, is the artist expressing an issue of face-value or is there a deep-seated issue that the artist is facing, and is trying to convey its message via his masterpiece?
"Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience."
- Dale Carnegie
In view of all the above quotes, my next course of action is to continue combing through the art movements and various art works, and look into both the latent and manifest content of the art pieces. What is so special and significant about this art movement? How will the artist's pieces affect my art works?
Looks like this CNY will be art-iful ! =p
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