Egyptian Art

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During last week and this week of learning about Egyptian Art, so many things I never knew before have come to my attention. I never knew that the ancient Egyptians took out certain body parts and placed them in special jars and it never occurred to me how old these tombs really were. What amazes me is that they're still there, whether in museums or still inside a huge pyramid. Last week we looked at different pyramids through out Egypt and learned about the actual size they were, some up to 45 stories high made with over 2 million bricks! That's amazing! If something were built like that today it would turn many heads, so imagining it being built all that time ago seems almost impossible. I especially like the project we're making for this unit. The barbie's make a perfect size mummy!

*Image is the Great Sphinx and the Pyramid of Khafre http://pro.corbis.com/images/CB015951.jpg?size=572&uid=%7B06D44330-3F62-4D4B-A3A2-A2153AA624FA%7D

Prehistoric Art

Here is a photo of a bison painted on the walls of the Lascaux Caves located in France.

I found the unit of Prehistoric Art to be quite interesting to my surprise. What really shocked me was my ability to actually draw something and not have it look like a train wreck. Even if a peice of art doesn't look spectacular, it really doesn't matter. I was just really proud that I could draw my little gray elephant that's on display for the whole school to see. After learning where art pretty much originated and how paint and techniques were developed, it made me realize that those concepts are still used today, just modernized. I really like the peice that we made with our homemade paint. Even though it was only jello and some spices, it turned out so pretty and I was so surprised to how much I'm starting to love art. This week during class, I learned that the aspects and background of Prehistoric Art are really the back bone of today's methods and patterns. Between looking at the caves at Lascaux and of those at Chauvet, they all had one thing in common: simplicity. But just because they were simple doesn't mean they weren't so magnificently created. The way they showed movement by drawing that echo effect or the way they captured lighting by shading, all showed such an advancement in their society and in the art world.

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Thunderstorm

The rain falling down lightly at a slant to the ground makes a peaceful scene. The sound of the rain hitting the ground makes a calming tone to the scene. The strikes of lightening and booming thunder constrast to the smoothing sounds of the rain. The popping rain off of the roof creates some sort of exilerating emotion to the calming rain against the ground. I also think the browns and greens creates a feeling of calming and the season of autumn nearing.

I forgot the link I got it from, so here :)

http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=digital+media&i=41342,00.asp
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This is a picture of when I was in Capri, Italy this summer. I used digital media by downloading it to the computer and posting it on my blog. :)

Digital Media

Digital media usually refers to electronic media that work on digital codes. Things such as cell phones, digital video, digital television, and the internet are some examples of digital media. In the art world, digital art has become popular by starting with a traditional art piece and using the internet or some sort of media technology to combine the two into one.