Research List On Board

Richard Buckminster Fuller
was an american architect, system theorist, author, designer, and inventor.
In his lifetime he worked in the modernist period and almost all of the the major events of human history in the 1900s.

Haha Walls
recessed walls these walls were constructed so as to be invisible from the house to give full view of estate. Can be found England. Hahas are part of English heritage

Parco del Mostri : Favorite picture.

Roman Forum- public square and market place reserved for the vending of goods.

I visited this site in 2010.

Boboli Garden- 

Construction started in 1550 in Florence, Italy. 

Jardin du Luxembourg- It is located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, and began construction around 1612 by Marie de' Medici. 

Tivoli Gardens - Villa d'Este 16th century in the renaissance time period located in Tivoli, near Rome.

Berminis Four Rivers- Designed in 1651 by Bermini and is located in the Piazza Navona in Rome

Jean Dubuffet Jardin d'Émail - 

Made in 1974, in Otterlo, Netherlands

Stowe Garden -

In England Opened in 1683

Stourhead Gardens - is located in Wiltshire, England. And was opened in 1725

Washington D.C.  The Sculpture Garden was completed and opened in 1999 

I visited a few months ago. ( not my pics though)

Vizcaya Gardens -In Miami, Florida.  constructed in 1914

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden- 

located in Miami, Florida the Garden was opened in 1938.

Portrait & Propaganda, SmallWorks

Communication, Illustration, Interpretation

I had a misunderstanding when reading the A and B assignment post. For some reason I thought I had a choice between A and B.  I will bring B (propaganda) in on Thursday

this is my portrait

Creature/Other Assignment Documentation

Other 1 

This is what I brought into class today on Tuesday, October 4 2016. And the two pictures below were taken before I painted in the skin color of these interpreted peoples and creatures.

PAMM Visit- Outside Visits

A People's Art History of the United States - Response

I think that it is very hypocritical to have the desire to document a peoples tradition only after they begin to "vanish." With the title of "Vanishing" rather than taking a photograph appreciating the native Americans. If curtis appreciated natives his photographs would have more respect historically.  Many of these tribes do not exist anymore, but there are still some that are still out there surviving. Throssel photographed with respect to the Natives, photographing what was really happening politically, and terms of their social condition. Throssel's photograpsh do show us(anyone viewing it) that these natives were and are till this day, fighting to survive and to keep their religious views alive and certain traditions still practiced.

Curtis does not take his photographs supporting the natives. The photographs taken by Curtis do not depict as historical events but depict as a 'hollywood western film" like it says in the reading.

The Rhinoceros - Response

The fascination towards a new discovery is something that will always exist among interested humans. Even in the context of the present, with our technological advancements. Every time I am on facebook, and I see a post on a new fish that was discovered. I always stop and sit through the video very devoted to a video that talks about it and shows us a visual of it... Now take that fascination and triple it. The people of the time that were able to have access to Durers depiction were blown away by this animal.

Having only art as a method of depicting how this animal looks, is what gives it the magic or explosion you take in when you see something for the first time.. Durers art and the new animal put together created this explosion of curiosity. No one would know if he accurately depicted it. they would have to just judge this animal by what they saw in this depiction, unless they have seen one in person before. Had it been discovered with a photograph would people have reacted the same way? Durers depiction fed more to the curiosity because of how much he exaggerated it. Even though the realistic representation would shock someone the same way. The animal looks like a tank.