post #9

Banksy's Mona Lisa

 This piece of art is made by Banksy and is postmodern graffiti. This exhibits the Mona Lisa holding a missile launcher. She is clearly out of her original elements here. I see several postmodern visual strategies in this picture. One of them is juxtaposition, the Mona Lisa traditionally has nothing to do with weapons and graffiti. Another strategy is re-contextualization, the Mona Lisa in this case is the image that is familiar  to us. Hybridity is also incorporated with this picture. This is so, because there is cultural blending between old and new forms of art.

 

Post #8

What did I learn in the first quarter of art?........Before taking an art class my view of art was different than it is now. Before, I thought art was all about loud colors and expressive pictures. Now I know all of the details behind it.I learned about the elements and principles of art. I learned hot to properly critique art work. So now instead of saying "this piece of art is pretty and cute" I can say "this piece of art forms unity because of of its complex elements coming together in perfect balance".I also learned the different types of drawings. it doesn't seem like I learned many crucial things, but what I learned are the basic and technical terms to defining art.