Reflection of MCA visit

     we went to museum of art in Chicago, on the Chicago ave, last Wednesday.
It was amazing for me, because it is a new style to express the history of architecture of Chicago.

  when i saw this work, i was attracted by the color. when i got closer to it, i found that is a building, but i was still considering why the artist used the bright red.



This is a project that is skyscraper in Chicago.



This is a rotating project. This is a project that still confused me today. I really do not know what is for?

Ha ha  I like this, because this is our team project. we want to make a 2 skates in the sky.

For this, it is a little toy, but it has skyscraper element inside.

And in the bookstore, i found a poster book. It has lots of pictures in the book. hahah  but these pics are all about the life in China 35 years ago.  I saw Chairmen Mao. it is very interesting.

photostoray about the Jacob Lawrence and Reflection: The Industry of Ordinary Things

It  was the first time to go out in this class. we went to culture center. it was an exhibition about the industry of ordinary things.

this show ' subject is about the ordinary, but i saw lots of non ordinary stuffs. Some were seemed like ordinary, but the meaning it expressed is very abstracted. we got some photographs, some projects. anyway, it is fun.

Stories and histories--- painting with painting

Hi everyone.
     Today, i want to talk about themes of art--- stories and histories. Long long ago, many artists already used art work to record something, or somebody happened at that period. In this chapter, i was sososo interested about the creative method for narration. that is painting in painting.

we can check this work. It is the famous Chinese wash painting in the Tang Dynasty. The whole work is describing the king is  playing the go with his brother. we can see the screen behind them. there is another art  painting on the screen. that is so attractive and creative style.  it is not only narrating the life of king, but also the beauty of folding screen.

   This is the same period art work with the example in the textbook. it recorded the story about the religion. the art is still found the painting in this painting.

    painting is the most popular way to narrate the human histories during now. many artists try to make new ideas or styles to attract the people. i like.

  

Tian An Men Square

     I have been to Beijing twice. I remember my first experience about Tian An Men Square, when i was in Beijing.
     I was shocked at the huge, when i saw the Tian an Men Square, although i have seen it through TV too many times. I was proud of it.
    Tian'anmen Square is one of the largest squares in the world. It covers an area of 440,000 square meters. On the north is the red Tian'anmen Gate Tower. On the south is Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall. At the center stands the Monument to the People's Heroes. On one side of the square is the Great Hall of the People and on the other side is the Museum of Chinese History. Tian'anmen is standing at the end of square, and it is the head of the the Forbidden City. In the huge square, it seems protecting the palace and the whole China.

      Tian'anmen， is located in the center of Beijing. It was first built in 1417 and named Chengtianmen. At the end of the Ming Dynasty， it was seriously damaged by war. When it was rebuilt under the Qing in 1651， it was renamed Tian'anmen，and served as the main entrance to the Imperial City，the administrative and residential quarters for court officials and retainers.  
      I like two lions in front of Tian'anmen. The two stone lions by the Gate of Tian'anmen，one on each side were meant as sentries. They gaze toward the middle axis，guarding the emperor's walkway. In front of the gate stands a pair of marble columns called Huabiao. They are elaborately cut in bas-relief following the pattern of a legendary dragon. Behind the gate stands another pair of similar columns. The story of Huabiao may be traced to a couple of sources. One of the versions accredits its invention to one of the Chinese sage kings named Yao，who was said to have set up a wooden pillar in order to allow the ordinary people to expose evil-doers， hence it was originally called a slander pillar. Later it was reduced to a signpost，and now it serves as an decoration.

    I want to go back to see the Forbidden City. Maybe next year, i will plan it.

hi everyone.. nice to meet you folks.