StoryWorlds | Timeline Assignment Part 3 – ART

TIMELINE ASSIGNMENT

STORYWORLDS

3 CONTEXTS

• HERITAGE (CROATIAN HISTORY)
• SOCIAL CULTURE (HISTORY OF FILM)
• INSPIRATION (RENAISSANCE, FEMINIST ART)

 

INSPIRATION

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE / FEMINIST ART

Referenced in Visual

• ‘La Primavera’ Sandro Botticelli 1470
• ‘Madonna and Child with Six Angels’ Sandro Botticelli 1500
• ‘Untitled (Not Stupid Enough)’ Barbara Kruger 1997
• ‘Lipstick Bathroom’ Camille Grey 1973 (Part of WomanHouse Exhibition)

 

HISTORY OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE ART (1300-1600)

 

14th Century – Trecento 

1267 Birth of Giotto

1348 Black Death spreads through Europe, 25-50% of the population are infected

1386 Birth of Donatello

1389 Birth of Cosimo de Medici, the first of the Medici political dynasty in Florence

 

15th Century – Quattrocento

1401 Birth of Massacio

1420-36 Brunelleschi creates the Dome of Florence Cathedral

1428 Death of Massacio

1431 Birth of Mantegna and Bellini

1446 Birth of Botticelli

1449 Birth of Lorenzo de Medici, Cosimo’s son and later, a sponsor of Botticelli and Michaelangelo

1450 Donatello creates his sculpture David

1452 Birth of Leonardo da Vinci

1466 Death of Donatello

1469 Lorenzo de Medici takes power in Florence

1475 Birth of Michaelangelo

1483 The opening of the Sistine Chapel

1488 Death of Verocchio, Botticelli paints The Birth of Venus

1490 Birth of Titian

1488 Michaelangelo is apprenticed to Ghirlandaio

1495 Leonardo paints The Last Supper

 

16th Century – Cinquecento 

1505 Leonardo paints the Mona Lisa

1506 Death of Mantegna

1508 Michaelangelo begins working on the Sistine Chapel

1510 Death of Botticelli, Raphael paints School of Athens, Michaelangelo paints Creation of Adam

1518 Leonardo paints his portrait of Leo X

1519 Death of Leonardo da Vinci

1520 Death of Raphael

1564 Death of Michaelangelo

1576 Death of Titian

 

 

HISTORY OF THE FEMINIST ART MOVEMENT (1960-1990)

1960 Feminist Art Movement begins

1964 Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece challenges violence against and the sexualisation of women

1970 Prominent feminist artists Judy Chicago begins her education of women in the art industry with the opening of her art school

1971 Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? an essay by Linda Nochlin, was published in ARTnews, a publication formerly showcasing essays from only a male POV

1972 The A.I.R studio is founded, the first of its kind to showcase solely art made by women, Judy Chicago’s Womanhouse exhibition is debuted to the public, combining works from over 20 female artists, each inhabiting a room of a house with their art. 10’000 visitors arrive to see the exhibition

1973 Feminist Studio Workshop is created by Judy Chicago, Arlene Raven and Sheila Levrant de Bretteville in LA

1979 Judy Chicago debuts Dinner Party, widely known as the first ‘epic’ feminist art, she aimed to give women ‘a seat at the table’ by creating a table showcasing 999 prominent female figures of history

1985 The Guerrilla Girls are formed, a group of anonymous woman artists who performed out-of-box exhibitions and demonstrations to protest the patriarchy within the art world

1989 The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist was posted by the Guerrilla girls, a sarcastic and satirical list of all the ‘good’ reasons to be a female artist, challenging the idea that a far larger percentage of works in galleries are made by men

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

HISTORY OF RENAISSANCE ART

Art History Timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.dummies.com/education/art-appreciation/art-history-timeline/

Early Italian Renaissance the history of artistic achievement. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from https://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Italian-renaissance.html

Early Renaissance Art (Italy) (1400-1490). (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/early-renaissance.htm

Early Renaissance Art (Italy) (1400-1490). (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/early-renaissance.htm

History.com Staff. (2010). Renaissance Art. Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.history.com/topics/renaissance-art

Renaissance Timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from https://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/Renaissance-Timeline.html

Italian Renaissance Art (1400–1600). (2016, January 16). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/lessons/italian-renaissance-art-1400-1600/

 

HISTORY OF FEMINIST ART

The Feminist Art Movement timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-feminist-art-movement

Feminism & Art. (2016, December 22). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/lessons/feminism-art/

Feminism & Feminist Art. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/feminist/

Feminist Art Movement, Artists and Major Works. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.theartstory.org/movement-feminist-art.htm

T. (n.d.). Feminist art – Art Term. Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/feminist-art

StoryWorlds | Timeline Assignment Part 2 – SOCIAL CULTURE

TIMELINE ASSIGNMENT

STORYWORLDS

3 CONTEXTS

• HERITAGE (CROATIAN HISTORY)
• SOCIAL CULTURE (HISTORY OF FILM)
• INSPIRATION (RENAISSANCE, FEMINIST ART)

 

SOCIAL CULTURE

MOVIES/MUSIC/BOOKS

Referenced in Visual: 

• ‘My Own Private Idaho’ Gus Van Sant 1991
• ‘Trixie Belden’ Kathryn Kenny 1948-1986
• ‘Romeo + Juliet’ Baz Luhrmann 1996
• Stevie Knicks photographed by Unknown 1976
• ‘The Wild Thornberrys’ 1998-2004
• ‘The Great Gatsby’ F. Scott Fitzgerald 1925
• ‘Lord of the Flies’ William Golding 1954
• ‘Stand By Me’ Rob Reiner 1986
• ‘The Folk of the Faraway Tree’ Enid Blyton 1946

 

HISTORY OF FILM 

1824 Invention of Thaumatrope (Introduces ‘persistence of vision’ concept)

1832 Invention of Fantascope

1839 Introduction of Celluloid Film

1861 Invention of Kinematoscope

1888 Introduction of the first portable Kodak film camera (using film on wooden rollers)

1895 Auguste and Louis Lumière invent the Cinèmatograph (combination camera and projector) and host the first private screening

1899 Movie theatre in Philadelphia is the first of it’s kind

1900 Production companies begin to create feature films for widespread audiences

1903 The first Western ‘The Great Train Robbery’ by Edwin S. Porter debuts

1910 Thomas Edison invents the Kinetophone, allowing audio in film

1911 D. W. Griffith’s ‘Enoch Arden’ becomes the first ever feature length film

1915 D. W. Griffith’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’ introduces several narrative devices, such as the flashback and the close-up

1924 Walt Disney creates his first cartoon ‘Alice’s Wonderland’

1925 ‘Ben Hur’ becomes the most expensive film made with a budget of $3.95 million USD

1928 Walt Disney’s Galloping Gaucho and Steamboat Willie become the first cartoons with sound, also the inaugural Academy Awards are held at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood

1934 ‘It Happened One Night’ starring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable wins 3 Academy Awards

1935 Technicolour film is introduced

1937 Walt Disney’s first feature length film ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarves’ debuts to box office success

1939 ‘Gone With the Wind’ premieres, going on to become one of the most profitable films of all time at $192 million USD

1946 The inaugural Cannes Film Festival is held in France

1952 Premiere of the first feature length 3d film ‘Bwana Devil’ 

1953 Wide-Screen techniques such as CinemaScope are developed to counteract the popularity of television seen first in ‘The Robe’

1960 The premiere of Alfred Hitchcocks ‘Psycho’ cements it as one of the most famous psychological thrillers ever made

1961 ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ starring Audrey Hepburn debuts, winning multiple Oscars and becoming an instant classic

1965 ‘Sound of Music’ premieres and continues to be one of the most popular movie musicals of all time

1968 Motion picture rating systems are implemented to police the viewing of certain films

1976 The first use of Steadicam is seen in ‘Rocky’

1977 The first instalment of the ‘Star Wars’ franchise is released

1994 Steven Spielberg wins the Academy Award for best director with ‘Schindler’s List’

1997 ‘Titanic’ Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet premieres, and, for 12 years, remained the highest grossing film ever made with $1.843 billion USD made internationally

1998 ‘Titanic’ wins a record 11 Academy Awards

2001 The category of Best Animated Feature is introduced to the Academy Awards. ‘Shrek’ directed by New Zealander Andrew Adamson, takes it home

2006 The Walt Disney co. acquires Pixar Animations

2007 Home video giant ‘Netflix’ launches an online presence, creating the first site where customers can legally stream movies straight to their personal devices, in only 3 years, the company would garner 20 million subscribers

2009 ‘Avatar’ directed by James Cameron premieres, quickly becoming the highest grossing movie of all time grossing $2.7 billion USD worldwide

2014 Netflix releases their first feature length, original film ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend’ on the platform, prompting a great change in the film industry in regards to format and projection

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

HISTORY OF FILM 

In Film | September 20th, 2011 8 Comments. (n.d.). The Birth of Film: 11

Firsts in Cinema. Retrieved November 16, 2017, from http://www.openculture.com/2011/09/the_birth_of_film_11_firsts_in_cinema.html

Dixon, W. W. (2008). A short history of film. London: I. B. Tauris.

Film History Milestones. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2017, from http://www.filmsite.org/milestones.html

Film History Timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2017, from http://www.softschools.com/timelines/film_history_timeline/436/

Movie Timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved November 16, 2017, from https://www.infoplease.com/arts-entertainment/movies-and-videos/movie-timeline

 

 

StoryWorlds | Timeline Assignment Part 1 – HERITAGE

TIMELINE ASSIGNMENT

STORYWORLDS

3 CONTEXTS

• HERITAGE (CROATIAN HISTORY)
• SOCIAL CULTURE (HISTORY OF FILM)
• INSPIRATION (RENAISSANCE, FEMINIST ART)

 

HERITAGE 

CROATIA AND MY FAMILY

Referenced in Visual 

• Maté Vučić (My Great-Granddad) photographed in Croatia Date Unknown
• Photographed in Whangarei 1950
• Building in Dubrovnik (where my family are from)

 

HISTORY OF CROATIA

Family History

400BC Greek colonies founded on the islands of the Adriatic Sea

925 King Tomislav crowned first King of Croatia, establishing the Croatian Kingdom

1102 Croatia enters union with Hungary after the death of the last King Peter Svavic

1382 Dubrovnik buys it’s independence from the Hungarian King

1526 Ottoman’s win the battle of Mohacs, beginning their rise to power in Croatia

1847 Croatian becomes an official language, replacing the prior-used Latin

1895 My Granddad Maté Vučić is born in Dubrovnik in December

1918 The Austro-Hungarian empire is abolished after the end of WW1 and the Kingdom of Serbs is established (later named Yugoslavia) with Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia

1941 Nazi Germany invades and attacks Serbs and Jews, Croatia takes in Bosnia and western Serbia to become a ‘Greater Croatia’

1942/47 My Great-Grandfather migrates to New Zealand, marries my Great-Grandmother Alvaretta and gives birth to Neville and Petar Vucich (my Grandfather and Great-Uncle)

1945 Croatia becomes a republic of the Yugoslav socialist federation, going against the rule of communist Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito

1965 Maté Vučić dies when my Grandfather is 19 years old

1980 Tito dies, beginning the collapse of the Yugoslav federation as republics begin to claim their independence

1989 Collapse of communism in Eastern Europe

1990 First free election in Croatia in 50 years. Communists lose to the Nationalist Conservatives

1991 Croatia declares independence to contempt within Serbia, by December, one third is under Serbian power

1992 Croatia becomes involved in the Bosnia-Herzegovina war, supporting the Bosnian Croats against the Bosnian Serbs, then against the Bosniaks (Muslims)

1995 The Bosnia-Herzegovina war ends and Croatia begins to claim back it’s land occupied by the Serbians

1996 Croatia restores its relationship with Yugoslavia

1998 Croatia claims back control in the last area occupied by the Serbians

2000 The liberal Croatian People’s Party, headed by Stjepan Mesic enters government

2009 Croatia joins NATO

2010 President Josipovic visits Belgrade, suggesting a thawing of the relationship between Croatia and Serbia

2011 Croatia signs EU accession treaty

2013 Croatia becomes the 28th member of the EU

2015 Kolinda Grabar-Kiratovic is elected Croatia’s first female president

2016 Andrej Plenkovic becomes the president

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

HISTORY OF CROATIA

A SHORT HISTORY OF CROATIA. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.localhistories.org/croatia.html

A TIMELINE OF CROATIA. (n.d.). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.localhistories.org/croatiatime.html

Croatia profile – Timeline. (2017, March 17). Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17217954

Maxwell, C. (2013, February 28). Crash Course in Croatia’s History. Retrieved November 18, 2017, from http://www.travelchannel.com/destinations/croatia/articles/crash-course-in-croatias-history

Planet, L. (n.d.). Lonely Planet. Retrieved November 18, 2017, from https://www.lonelyplanet.com/croatia/history

 

 

Specialist Technologies | Shape of Things Reflection

Throughout the Shape of Things class, I have learnt about iteratively creating through visual ideas and mediums. We created many of the same thing, in different ways, creating a diverse portfolio of concepts and test pieces. By creating in wood, plaster, ice etc. We were able to explore the properties of materials, how they perform in different contexts and how we can utilise these techniques over the entire course. Also, learning how to document and build on these ideas was a good way to continue to unfold this idea of iterative creation we have been exploring this entire year within the BCE. This idea of iterative creation is one that I have taken into almost all of my other projects, striving to create the best work I can by continuing to push it to its limits every time I think of something new to create. This process also taught me about how shapes and forms change and can be manipulated in new an interesting ways that I would never have though of before. These ideas will continue to come into play within the BCE and even further into my artistic career as they are ideas that will help to create better and more developed work in the future.

The skills that I gathered during the Shape of Things class transferred into the majority of my other courses, through the ideas of iterative creation and development. In the integrated project for Creativity & Design, I created a series of pieces that utilised organic shape and texture, layering colour and transparency over to create interesting compositions. I think that by studying shape and movement so clearly within Shape of Things, I was able to further understand how different shapes (not just square, circle etc.) perform alongside each other, how their forms interact and how different textures and materials can make a huge difference in the overall feeling of the piece in the end. The iterative idea came in to this when I wanted to take my work to the next level, it didn’t always look like the end product throughout the process. Because I have been opened to the idea of the iterative process, I now fully understand the implications of keeping your work the same, never changing it. You don’t get that full, vibrant work you get with development and careful thought within the process. I think that by utilising these ideas and by considering the treatment of my shapes more, I was able to create a more interesting and unique sequence of works.

The idea of getting stuck in and just making is one that, over time, I have become more familiar with. I have always been almost stuck in the middle of artistically reckless and meticulously worrisome. By exposing myself to this idea of making before thinking, I am able to just make, not worry about the end product and often, create work that is much richer and more interesting than a planned out, mapped and posed idea that never turns out the way I envisioned. By creating without reason for the first few weeks, I was able to explore the nature of the material, rather than getting too into what it meant and how it would turn out in the end. I didn’t know the end goal, and that was a nice change for me. I took this in to the integrated project when I got stuck in the middle. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to create, my idea had strayed from my initial proposal and I didn’t think that I could pull off what I had promised. I just began to make, I took photos and I gathered materials and I just started, not thinking too hard about how it would turn out or putting pressure on myself to make it perfect. It was then when I stumbled upon my final idea.

I think that by integrating the things that I’ve learnt in this class into my future projects, I will be able to create more vigorously and freely. I will strive to understand form and shape, how it moves and performs, and I will take the physical skills I learnt (plaster casting, soldering etc.) into my future endeavours to create better works that really embody the ideas and concepts I create in my head.

Creativity & Design | ?Scape Project

FINAL WORK SELECTION (DIGITAL)

FINAL WORK (IN STUDIO)

SOME ITERATIONS

STUDIO (OTHER ARTEFACTS)

RESEARCH

Pinterest/Artist Research

Board

I found most inspiration in these select artists:

Malin Gabriella Nordin

Rebecca Morris

Bruce Ingram

Mood-Board

 

 

 

Specialist Technologies | Shape Of Things

WEEK 1 

In the first lesson within the shape of things course, we began to create shapes out of cardboard. By doing this we were able to learn the way shapes move, how they can be formed in multiple ways and how certain materials perform and don’t perform.

I chose a Parallelogram for my shape.

Cardboard Shape

Line Drawing 

Tonal Drawing

 

WEEK 2

For the next lesson, we developed our skills in the workshop, looking at wire, wood and foam. I chose wire and wood.

Wire Shape

Wood Shape

Texture Study

WEEK 3

This lesson we went back into the workshops to explore plaster casting into sand. I used my wooden shape from week 2 to create a plaster cast of a parallelogram.

Plaster Cast Shape

Substance Study – Ice

WEEK 4

This lesson we explored shapes made with only plastic bags and air. We created a pyramid as a team. It went really well. We also explored light and shade using coloured lenses and different light sources.

Plastic Bags

Site/Context Shifting

Narrative

Amongst the great pyramids of Egypt, a great sinister mystery lies. Where did this strange phenomenon come from? Why does it whistle and glow orange at night? What purpose does it serve? The world may never know, and we must learn to be content in that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enterprising Professional | Integrated Assignment

PROJECT IDEA

My idea for a creative business venture is to run an independent gallery space for freelance artists and designers to display their work in a collaborative and collective way, without long term contracts or loyalties to large business driven galleries and spaces. The name of the space would be Ensemble (stylised as en-semble) the French word for ‘together’. The idea is to create a more casual and friendly environment to cultivate young (and old) creatives in a way that is more relaxed than other galleries. By creating this environment that encourages connection and collaboration between artists, they would be able to create more than they could alone, or within a traditional gallery space.

I thought of this idea while collaborating with others throughout this year within the BCE. I saw that as we worked closer, we began to improve each others work and, by working together on something, we could create really interesting works that combined the aesthetic and thematic ideas behind each of our individual works. This seemed like an interesting idea to explore further in a business sense.

The aim would be to find a space that is relatively easy to lease or purchase (maybe a warehouse or other open space), create a blank canvas for artists to come in and promote it to artists before going to the public. The aim would be to have at least 2 exhibitions on at all times that complemented each other and connected in some way (through themes, aesthetics etc.). This way, every exhibition promotes the ideas behind the gallery and this would inspire more artists to create in a similar way.

The idea of collaboration and juxtaposition is really interesting to me when it comes to displaying and showing art in a public forum. I love the idea of a space that really feels like it has been set up very intentionally and that the pieces displayed fit together.

This project would require a large network of artists and designers that have an interest in a space like this and ones that are looking for a space to exhibit their work without strong ties to a specific gallery or space. This might include artists visiting from overseas, young artists who can’t get the attention of major galleries for any reason, or just artists that wish to create in a more relaxed environment with that collaborative connection between them and others in their field.

The target market of this operation would be the percentage of the population that already attends art galleries int heir spare time, and hopefully specific targeted marketing (i.e towards young people on instagram, older people on Facebook) could draw a more diverse and wider audience to the gallery.

The issue that arises throughout this project is how it can be financed and make a profit for both the artist and the gallery. This can be solved by applying for grants (for the gallery) and scholarships (for specific artists) to be able to market, advertise and cover the upkeep of the physical space. There could also be opportunities to receive grants aimed at Maori and Pacifica artists by doing exhibitions around culture and significant historic events. By charging for the exhibitions, there is income, and by making the pieces available for purchase, artists can earn.

Evidently, there would need to be a basis on which the profit of the gallery and the artist is based upon. This, I would think, would be a base percentage that benefited both the gallery and the artist in profit margin. By creating this profit, the gallery is able to stay open, pay the lease etc. and the artist has the means to continue to create. I would hope that the artist profit in comparison could be raised slightly higher than usual large scale galleries, although this would depend on the turnover of profits as a whole (i.e how much work is actually being sold to consumers).

I have created a business model for this project which discusses further the implications, values, customer relationships and more:

BUSINESS MODEL PDF

Hopefully, by taking into account all of the aspects, this project could come to fruition nicely. There would obviously be struggles and problems along the way but I think that this business model would be strong enough to carry it through at least the hardest first part of getting the project off the ground.

 

 

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