My Favorite Artwork

My Favorite Artwork

This is by far my favorite artwork of all time.

(I even have a pair of leggings with this design on them.)

The Great Wave was created by Katsushika Hokusai. 

It is a wood block print that was created between 1830 and 1833. 

It was made in part of a series that he was working on entitled the "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji".

The Great Wave off Kanagawa soon became his most famous work and is the most recognized Japanese works of art in the whole world. 

If you look closely at the photo you can see that there are small ships (3) in the sea. 

It is depicting an enormous wave that threatens these ships near Kanagawa. 

The most common misunderstanding of this photo is thinking that the wave was part of a tsunami, in all reality is is just a large wave in the middle of the ocean, all in japanese 'okinami'.

The thing that is not commonly recognized in this photo is Mount Fuji in the background.

In the series, Mount Fuji is always in the background and the foreground depicts a certain condition.

Just a little knowledge session on my favorite piece of work.

<3 Marie

Graffiti-like Light Installation

When I came across this on the internet, I thought it would perfect for a blog post!
It is a Danish outdoor work of art by an artist named Armsrock. He has displayed graffiti-like installations of art at local train stations for nightly visitors. He names the series "Markinger".
The crazy thing about this (and what makes it so cool ) is that it was created by projecting unique engravings done with an etching needle.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!

Television

Television can be considered an art that has been around since 1927. Although many inventors contributed to the creation of a television, Philo Farnsworth made the world's first working television system with electronic scanning of both the pickup and display devices. It was first demonstrated to the press on the 1st of September in 1928.

These pictures above demonstrate how televisions have evolved since 1927. They were originally a small little box with a huge back containing hundreds of wires and now we have gone to the thinest HD or 3D televisions. 

Everything that is displayed on television can be considered as an art work. The great part of it is that no matter how big or small, it can be considered art.

Picture 1: displays how the colors sent off of the television create a sense of mood in the room allowing the people in the room to feel a different way.

Pictures 2 and 3: are the same artwork. What they are doing is showing the evolution of artwork and how its come to be in a simple installation. 

Picture 4: is an installation art piece at the Sharjah International Biennial 2005. It shows screen caps from different TV channels from around the world all at once.