Community Interaction

For my community interaction I plan on asking different people to draw a self portrait of themselves in under 20 seconds. Their goal will be to make a picture that clearly identifies who they are, so that it is easily recognizable by other people. The purpose of the time limit is to make the participant put emphasis on their characteristics which they believe indentify them. Once I have everyone’s sketches, I will have everyone take a vote on which drawing is the easiest to determine who it is, and also include a description of why their drawing was the most recognizable.

Online Scavenger Hunt

1. Monet vs Manet
Both Claude Monet and Edourad Manet were French impressionists in 19th century. They both were born in Paris, and used similar painting techniques that were typical of impressionists. Monet is known for his loose paintings of landscapes, which was the result of him trying to capture nature's natural sunlight. His paintings can be identified by their obvious dabs of paint. He preferred to paint nature outdoors, which differs from Manet who chose to paint inside. Manet also included people as his subjects rather than nature. His painting style was similar to Monet in the sense that it was looser than traditional styles, but his lines were more defined and more structured than Monet's.

2. Camille Claudel
"L'Age Mur" is described as an autobiographical sculpture that depicts a love triangle. Camille Claudel fell in love with Auguste Rodin while she was apprenticing for him. They were in a relationship for a long time, but Claudel wanted him to leave Rose Beuret, who he lived with and had a child with. Many believe that Camille went mad after he refused to leave her.

3. The following were stolen from the Gardner Museum:
Johannes Vermeer - The Concert
Rembrant- The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, The Lady and Gentleman in Black, and a self portrait
Govaert Flinck- Landscape with an Obelisk
Degas - La Sortie du Pelage, Cortege aux Evirons de Florence, Three Mounted Jockeys, Program of an Artistic Soiree
Manet- Chez Tortoni
Out of those stolen, my favorite was Landscape with an Obelisk by Rembrant.

4. Eugene Delacroix
The man in the top hat in Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix is believed by some to be a self portrait of the painter. More recently, however, historians have come to believe that the man might actually have been modeled after Etienne Arago, who was a theatre director.


5. David Mach
David Mach's "Gorilla" is made entirely of coathangers.



6. Rob Mueck
One of my favorite Rob Mueck sculptures is "Two Women", which is a very realistic sculpture of two elderly women standing together. The position of the two women makes it look like they are having some sort of conversation, which neither of them are enjoying. My favorite part of the sculpture is both the realistic position of the women and their hair.



7. Paul Rahilly
a) The dog in "Girl in a Paper Dress" looks like it is a poodle. b) His painting Still Life, Beef & Vegetables has a green chili pepper in it. c) His painting Brioche, Pears and Eggs has a brioche in it.



8. The "Concert Bill Sketch" has red, white, and blue as the colors.



9. Ryan Smith
a) Ryan Smith's "Taxidermy Tammy" shows a little girl creating really weird and deformed stuffed animals. b) The people in "pig pile" are described as Mexican wrestlers. The way they are piled though is similar to football.

Wikipedia:

1. Vincent Van Gogh - Amsterdam - Gothic Architecture - Italy - Romanians - Count Dracula - Vampire
2. Francisco Goya - Post Lingual Deafness - Hearing impairment - Outer Ear - Ear - Cartilage
3. Lucian Freud- Goldsmiths, University of London - Brian Molko - Glastonbury Festival - Glastonbury Festival line ups - Tool
4. Mark Rothko - Mythology - List of Legendary Creatures - Serpent
5. Diego Rivera - Providence, Rhode Island - Roger Williams