Social Realism, write-up

Social Realism is the art movement which depicts the working class’s struggle during The 1930’s Great Depression in America. The artists who were part of the movement worked in visual arts, such as paints and photography. The movement was based on socialist political views, but should not be confused with Socialist Realism, a similar, but separate movement. Social Realism is not an “official” art, giving artists room for subjectivity. Social Realism is a reaction to the idealism of Romanticism, lead by the rich who ignored the poor. They were experiencing the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution. People were put into harsh conditions for work and were paid very little. The Social Realists “fought the beautiful art,” showing their side of the story, and that not all society is wonderful. Their art depicted the rough life style the working class had.

Making Art, final paper II

This is my final paper explaining my definition of art and the process I went through to make my art project. 

Making Art

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Finals. Final draft.

"finals" redo. by me.

Good and Bad Blogs.

Good Blogs have things like:
-cool innovative designs
-simple, straight forward navigation
-home pages that tell you what the site is about
-keeps you on your toes

Bad Blogs have things like:
-unorganized navigation
-overwhelming, confusing design
-hidden purposes that take forever to find

Diversity Blog Post

All of my group members are of a different ethnicity. Kelly is Chinese, Emma is black and white, nick is black and Native American, and I am Burmese and white. Kelly, Nick and I are sixteen, and Emma is seventeen. We all some from different backgrounds and we all have such different interests. Kelly loves basketball more than anyone I know. Emma likes to dance and be loud. Nick draws a lot on his free time. I don't really know what I like, I think it's easier for people to say these things about others and not themselves.

Kelly will keep everyone happy. Emma will keep us on track and awake, as long as she isn't sleeping herself. Nick offers creative input. I just know I'll do my work and try my best to help everyone else do their best.

Final Project

"Finals" a Holden original.

This is my final project for Digital Design.

Post 5: Connecting Your Project To Your Definition Of Art

Art is anything that is given the intention or effort to become art by its maker. Non-art is anything that was never given the intention to be art.

There is not a lot more that is given the effort of art than music. So much thought and time is put into music and lyrics, people spend their lives making them. Visual art can sometimes just be random and some break of inspiration, music can never be completely random, or else people will hate it. Like some reeeeaaally bad experimental music. It would be awful.

I have not yet written the lyrics to the song I want to record, but I have been working on it a lot. a LOT. I have written a few songs but I never like any of it so I always start over. It sucks because that's how I am. When I read it's rare for me to stick to a book because I get bored with ideas easily. When I try to write stories it's the same thing, that's why I write short stories, longer ones never work out. I enjoy constant change, it even helps me sleep, so I don't see myself writing songs in the future unless they are all poorly thrown together. I am not doing this again.

Post 4: Recording a Song

I am not good at making visual art unless I really dedicate all of my time to it, and since it is finals week I can't do that. Because of this, I have decided to record a song as my art project. I actually have to write my own lyrics, which will be difficult because I want to write something silly about monsters or zombies, and I don't want to expose myself to the class in writing a really meaningful song that actually expresses some sort of sensitive thought.

I do know that I want the song to be acoustic. I've used garage band before and I am really really bad at making music on it, I just use it to record, and even then I have only used it once so this is all going to be new. I want the song to just be lyrics and guitar. Simple.

Post 3: Read & Respond

Heidikins

The blog post I read was posted by some woman writing about her trip to Seattle and all of the amazing sculptures and architecture she got to see while she was there. I think the main point of her post was that Seattle has so much amazing art and it's all just there. You don't have to go to a museum to see it. None of the photos included in the post were taken in museums, they were all out on the streets. Maybe Heidikins is trying to say that we can find the most beautiful things right under our noses, if we look hard enough.

To prove this she included a few great pictures and told stories of her trip around Seattle. This is interesting because our ideas of art are similar, but she focuses on architecture and the more physical part of art. I really liked hearing about Seattle's architecture and I hope to see it soon too. Clearly it had an effect on me. My definition of art is the same, only now I am more conscious of where art can be found.

Post 2: What is NOT Art?

What is not art...well to keep things organized I'll again use the example of the old lady smoking. Like I said before, she is not art. Her existance is not art, she was made into art when the guy with the camera came up and snapped a shot of her and thought, hey this could be a very insightful peace of art. Then he developed it and chose it from his selection of photos, he hand picked it. Then he went on to frame it and put it in a gallery. That's how something that is not art becomes art. I don't really know if anything can ever stay in a non-art state, of course there are billions of people like our old woman who were never featured in a photo, but they all have the chance. I guess what I mean to say is: is there anything that can never be art? No, I don't really think so. I think everything has the chance to be art.