Blog Assignment 2-Brief Summary And My Own Top5

In the " Ten Good Reasons", the art writer Justin Paton selects ten amazing contemporary art works and explain the reasons why these paintings matter to him. Justin tries to tell readers "What is art?" and why arts impact too much in the world.

The majority of the art works Justin talks about is paintings and I think some of the reasons about a particular work is pretty meaningful, like "to show us how things look not only outside but inside", "start to describe things but then break away into other rhythms" and "what matters is not how big a painting is on the wall, but how big it grows in the mind". I think all these reasons can reflect a point which is all sorts of art are come from life, and, they are also higher than life. Artists could use their mind to look the other side of our society, live, experiences, etc. So, when you looking at a object on the canvas you may possbily feel this is familiar but it's also a little bit different from the real one.

So, if there is one art work which is really matter to you, I believe it must not becacuse you just like its exquisite drawing and flowery color, and I'm sure you must have find the specific emotional link between the you and the work created by artist. I hold the opinion that every one has their own top ten.

My top five

1, Chinese painting:Along the River During the Qingming Festival, by Zhang Zeduan.

As we know, there are many ways to describe arts, some are exquisite image, some are described abstract. Along the River During the Qingming Festival is famous of its geometrically accurate images of boats, bridges, people and so on. It is a 5.28-meter long painting, there are 814humans, 28boats, 60 animals, 30buildings, 20 vehicles. From the picture you will find each of those objects are drew quite accurate, ingenious and as vivid as life and amazing hand painting captures the daily life of people. So, there is no doubt that Zhang Zeduan has the astonishing ability to create art from real life.

2, The movie Pirates of the Caribbean. This is a adventure film and the charactor Captain Jack Sparrow is the most fascinating hero I'd ever seen. The red headband, black goatee, orchid fingers, etc. All these factors creat a art charactor Jack Sparrow. The reason why I love this film is beacous Jack Sparrow can bring audiences to a dangerous, thrill, but also exciting world, letting people to feel the real atmosphere of the time when pirates were controlling the sea.

3, The Dancing House, by Frank Gehry. This is a famous and magical building located in downtown Prague. This building is landmark of new style because it is break the tradition design.

It's looks like a house is dancing with jumpy syllable, and if you a imaginative you can also say it's a drunk building!

4 Mao, by USA artist Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol painted on the occasion of President Nixon's visit to China and this is one of the most exciting painting created by Warhol. On this painting you can see the bold and vivid colors, and it will gives audiences a irresistible charm. I think for people from western countries Mao is both a strange and common face to them, and Warhol use his special visual language to describe the pop representative man of eastern culture.

5 Statue of David by Michelangelo, this is genius Michelangelo's most famous masterwork. People will find the extraordinary technical skill and original imagination of this genius. Once I draw a sketch of a copy of statue of David, I deeply felt the strength of art and the more you look at the work and draw it the more you will learn from it.