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Showing posts with label Famous People. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Famous People. Show all posts
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Frank Gehry
“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.”
Gehry’s style at times seems unfinished or even crude, but his work is consistent with the California ‘funk’ art movement in the 1960s and early 1970s, which featured the use of inexpensive found objects and non-traditional media such as clay to make serious art. Gehry has been called "the apostle of chain-link fencing and corrugated metal siding". However, a retrospective exhibit at New York's Whitney Museum in 1988 revealed that he is also a sophisticated classical artist, who knows European art history and contemporary sculpture and painting
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry
I know this wasn't on my To Do List of posts, but I watched an animated show called Arthur.(Yes I still watch it. If you know what it is, DON'T JUDGE ME!) For those who do not know what it is, it's basically about an aardvark 3rd grader who has great and funny adventures. Sometimes they have guest appearances and this time they had a man named 'Frank Gehry' . Read on if you wish to learn more.
Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Frank Owen Goldberg; February 28, 1929) is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California. His buildings, including his own house, have become tourist attractions.
He was born in Toronto, Ontario. His parents were Polish Jews. A creative child, he was encouraged by his grandmother, Mrs. Caplan, with whom he would build little cities out of scraps of wood. His use of corrugated steel, chain link fencing, and other materials was partly inspired by spending Saturday mornings at his grandfather's hardware store. He would spend time drawing with his father and his mother introduced him to the world of art. "So the creative genes were there," Gehry says. "But my father thought I was a dreamer, I wasn't gonna amount to anything." It was my mother who thought I was just reticent to do things. She would push me."
Much of Gehry's work falls within the style of Deconstructivism. Deconstructivism - an architectural movement or style influenced by deconstruction that encourages radical freedom of form and the open manifestation of complexity in a building rather than strict attention to functional concerns and conventional design elements (as right angles or grids). Looking at the pictures makes it easier to understand.
8 Spruce Street, Gehry's titanium and glass tower in New York's lower Manhattan, opening February 2011Gehry is sometimes associated with what is known as the "Los Angeles School," or the "Santa Monica School" of architecture. The appropriateness of this designation and the existence of such a school, however, remains controversial due to the lack of a unifying philosophy or theory. This designation stems from the Los Angeles area's producing a group of the most influential postmodern architects, including such notable Gehry contemporaries as Eric Owen Moss and Pritzker Prize-winner Thom Mayne of Morphosis, as well as the famous schools of architecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (co-founded by Mayne), UCLA, and USC where Gehry is a member of the Board of Directors.
Gehry’s style at times seems unfinished or even crude, but his work is consistent with the California ‘funk’ art movement in the 1960s and early 1970s, which featured the use of inexpensive found objects and non-traditional media such as clay to make serious art. Gehry has been called "the apostle of chain-link fencing and corrugated metal siding". However, a retrospective exhibit at New York's Whitney Museum in 1988 revealed that he is also a sophisticated classical artist, who knows European art history and contemporary sculpture and painting
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry
Monday, November 22, 2010
Alexander the Great
I am soo happy because I finally got a laptop which I am writing on right now. Now to the real post.
In 356 B.C.E Alexander III, or the Great, was born to Olympias and Philip II of Macedonia and in 336 B.C.E, 20 years later, Philip was assassinated by his bodyguard at his daughter’s wedding. Alexander acted ruthlessly following his father’s assassination, killing all who opposed his rule.
Two years later in 334 B.C.E Alexander proved his bravery when he took his army across the Hellespont to liberate the Greek cities under Persian rule in Asia Minor. This plan was previously announced by his father, but the astounding campaign of his conquest was entirely his own ambitions. Alexander claimed descent in his father’s side from the Greek hero Hercules (Heracles) and from his mother, descent from the hero of the Trojan War Achilles. Later in Egypt his claims were raised a notch higher, when a priest at Alexander saw himself as spreading Greek desert shrine of Ammon hailed him the “son of Zeus”.
Alexander’s army served him loyally. His elite cavalry, the Companions, were a tight-knit group with whom Alexander fought, ate, and drank with like equals. On the battle field Alexander led from the front, something that wasn’t done. He could be supremely reckless of his own safety, yet he was also thoroughly professional in organizing and motivating his cavalry and infantry in battle.
Alexander saw himself as spreading Greek civilization by the sword. He founded Greek cities; the most famous is Alexandria in Egypt. He sought to Hellenize - to make Greek – the Persians whom he conquered. In 330 B.C.E Alexander established himself successor to the Persia throne. His adoption of the mantle of the Persian Empire created troubles for his Macedonian followers. The Persian traditions were not known of to Macedonians. They were also jealous when new Persian followers found favor with Alexander. Discontent came to a series of mutinies which Alexander violently suppressed.
Alexander was both ruthless and powerful. He killed in cold blood. In 323 B.C.E at the age of 33 he moved to Babylon, where in June he fell ill and died of fever (or possibly poison) leaving no clear successor.
In 356 B.C.E Alexander III, or the Great, was born to Olympias and Philip II of Macedonia and in 336 B.C.E, 20 years later, Philip was assassinated by his bodyguard at his daughter’s wedding. Alexander acted ruthlessly following his father’s assassination, killing all who opposed his rule.
Two years later in 334 B.C.E Alexander proved his bravery when he took his army across the Hellespont to liberate the Greek cities under Persian rule in Asia Minor. This plan was previously announced by his father, but the astounding campaign of his conquest was entirely his own ambitions. Alexander claimed descent in his father’s side from the Greek hero Hercules (Heracles) and from his mother, descent from the hero of the Trojan War Achilles. Later in Egypt his claims were raised a notch higher, when a priest at Alexander saw himself as spreading Greek desert shrine of Ammon hailed him the “son of Zeus”.
Alexander’s army served him loyally. His elite cavalry, the Companions, were a tight-knit group with whom Alexander fought, ate, and drank with like equals. On the battle field Alexander led from the front, something that wasn’t done. He could be supremely reckless of his own safety, yet he was also thoroughly professional in organizing and motivating his cavalry and infantry in battle.
Alexander saw himself as spreading Greek civilization by the sword. He founded Greek cities; the most famous is Alexandria in Egypt. He sought to Hellenize - to make Greek – the Persians whom he conquered. In 330 B.C.E Alexander established himself successor to the Persia throne. His adoption of the mantle of the Persian Empire created troubles for his Macedonian followers. The Persian traditions were not known of to Macedonians. They were also jealous when new Persian followers found favor with Alexander. Discontent came to a series of mutinies which Alexander violently suppressed.
Alexander was both ruthless and powerful. He killed in cold blood. In 323 B.C.E at the age of 33 he moved to Babylon, where in June he fell ill and died of fever (or possibly poison) leaving no clear successor.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Leonardo di Piero da Vinci: One of the Worlds Most Amazing People
Leonardo di Piero da Vinci, also known as Leonardo da Vinci, was one of the best painter's ever. Known everywhere for his paintings, Leonardo da Vinci was also an amazing inventor. He thought of helicopters, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, and even the theory plate tectonics (Plate tectonics is a scientific theory which describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere). He was also very interested in science. He studied the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, and botany. As for his paintings, Leonardo's most famous are Mona Lisa, Last Supper, and The Vitruvian Man.
Not much is known about Leonardo da Vinci's childhood. When Leonardo was fourteen, he was an apprentice to the artist Andrea di Cione, known as Verrocchio. There he was educated in the art of art. Many painters were apprenticed or associated with Verrocchio.
Leonardo lived in Ludovico il Moro in Milan, Venice, Rome, Bologna, Vinci in Florence, and France. His earliest known drawing was in 1473. Some people say Leonardo had ADHD. He had many signs of it. Leonardo loves planning drawings, but seemed to finishing painting it less enthusiastic.
Some fun facts about Leonardo da Vinci are
Stingy with money
Loved learning
Had journals filled with nothing but studies of different things like hand postures
Drew three of the most famous paintings, Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and The
Viruvian Man
Name means Leonardo, (son) of (Mes)ser Piero from Vinci
Leonardo is one of the remarkable people Earth ever created. He was more than just a painter. He had ideas of things we use. Here is a list of good books on Leonardo.
- Leonardo's Shadow by Christopher Grey
- For beginners : Who was Leonardo da Vinci by Roberta Edwards, Illustrated by True Kelly
That's all for now. Soon I'll do a book review on Leonardo's Shadow. It's a great book.
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