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Beauty

Beauty is colors and objects coming together in harmony to create a relaxing sense to the eye and mind. Everyone gets so caught up in the media's definition of beauty that we lose sight of what is truly beautiful to us as individuals. Beauty is a strong word to use now-a-days. "Ugly" is an equally strong word. A person can't rightfully call something "ugly" until they have looked at it from every angle. The media has taught us to only look at things from the outside and with that today's society has lost the desire to learn more about the person, work of art, or anything that they are about to judge.

Review of "The Burning Giraffe"

Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Oil painting on wood panel (dimensions unknown)
Genre: Surrealist Art
Description: The setting for this painting is an early evening atmosphere with a marina blue sky. Two female figures are in the painting. One of the figures has drawers coming out of her right leg and one coming out of her chest. Both of the figures have unclear phallic shaped objects jutting out of their backs. These objects are supported by what appear to be a series of crutches. The first female figure seems to be stripped down to nothing but muscle tissue with the second figure holding something that I concluded to be a piece of meat or muscle tissue.
In the distance of the painting is a giraffe that is on fire. After reading further in to works by Dali, this image of the "burning giraffe" is seen Dali's film The Golden Age and again in the painting "The Invention of Monsters". Dali believed this image to be a premonition of war.

Review: Initially, I look at this painting and I'm actually kind of astounded that someone could think to create something so bizarre. When looking at this image, I recognize the "burning giraffe" from Dali's other work "The Invention of Monsters". The two figures are seemingly just wondering off into the vast emptiness of the world, without a clue that there is a giraffe on fire near by. After reading further into Dali and works by him, I found an interesting article piece pertaining to this painting. It tells how the artist relates this painting to psychology. A statement by Dali in the article says, “The only difference between immortal Greece and our era is Sigmund Freud who discovered that the human body, which in Greek times was merely neoplatonical, is now filled with secret drawers only to be opened through psychoanalysis." He is saying that the body and mind are full of secrets. Most of which are subconscious and can only be brought to the surface when the being is willing to submit to such things as psychoanalysis. Another interesting thing that I found out about this piece is that Dali saw the “burning giraffe” as a “premonition of war and great struggle”. This painting was created in 1937 and in five years later, in 1942, we entered our second world war. Jewish people struggled in Nazi Germany before and during this time.
This painting is one of my many favorites by the great artist Salvador Dali. His works have inspired me to always think outside of the box in any case and that things aren’t always at first what they appear to be, meaning that you should always look for the deeper meaning or cause.

Review By: Angela Whittington
Article used for statement can be found at: http://www.3d-mouseion.com/engels/sada_eng2.htm

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Explanation of My Self-Portrait

I chose this picture for the my "Self-Portrait" activity. I chose it because it represents the two sides of me: The "Serious got to get the job done" side and the "Goofy, fun-loving, down-to-earth" side.

***Please note that I didn't draw a self portrait because I'm not very good at drawing faces. Well, with the exception of cartoon-ish things.***

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Brain Lateralization Test Results

Right Brain (24%) The right hemisphere is the visual, figurative, artistic, and intuitive side of the brain. Left Brain (66%) The left hemisphere is the logical, articulate, assertive, and practical side of the brain

My Definition of Art

The definition of art is in the eye of the beholder.
Art to me is beauty. A pleasant sight to the eye or sound to the ear.
Classical music, a chair in the shape of a hand, a wall with paint seemingly just thrown onto it. All to me are beautiful. Paintings by Salvador Dali just make my heart melt. They are classic in their beauty because they are different. They aren't just pictures of someones face or paintings of fruit. To me, he is the genius behind surrealism.
Classical music is beautiful because it relaxes the mind and the body. The way that 300 instruments come together to create something so wonderful is purely amazing to me. I don't have any favorite composers because I can't decide who I love more.

My definition of art may have went off subject, but I hope that the idea I am reaching for is understood. I can only give my definition by explaining how it makes me feel.

***Post intended for FA10503***