# Art History/Reflections/Rawson

Rawson's Reflections august 27: I decided to do my project on The Diego Rivera Web Museum. Today, I searched for a piece of Art to aquire for the collection and I found it at the end of the period. I decided that Os Semeadores would be a nice addition to the collection.
august 30: I thought that this was a good addition because of the political importance that most of Diego Rivera's work portrays. The oppression of the working class and the problems with capitalism are represented well by Os semeadores. I sent my project, but i had problems citing the paintings.
september 12: At first I was skeptical of Serra's work because I am so used to the idea of art as being typical skilled realism. The random steel plates did not meet my past standards for art, but after hearing Serra talk about his pieces, I discovered that the plates are not necessarly art, but the art is found in his minipulation and displacement of space.
september 14: I have finished my review on richard serra and am not sure where i should post it. I found his work interesting and accepted it into my realm of art if you will. I found a lot of good background information and included stuff about minimalism.
september 17: I liked the review that we read in class because it was more opinionated and actually talked about the pieces. The first review was interesting but wasn't really a review and only talked about the installation of the sculptures
september 21 Podcast reflection: I listened to the interview with orville hammond the jazz performer. It was very enlightening because I had never heard a podcast before. The podcast contained background information on Hammond and also an interview that contained different types of questions. For example, where did your inspiration come from? What is the best concert that you have ever been to? What is it like teaching improvisation. Also, it included several minutes of his pieces that were quite astounding. Overall, it was beneficial to listen to the podcast because now I know exactly what the class is trying to do.
september 21: Connor and I had some trouble coming up with in depth questions because of our lack of background information, but created several question that can be found under Connor's reflections.
september 25: I really enjoyed Mr. Anderson's presentation. I felt that it was a unique experience to have a real artist come into class and tell us about the pieces that we have been looking at. Similar to the Serra works, I was skeptical about several of the photos, but after hearing the creator speak, I was much more open minded toward the photos. Overall, I thought this was a good project and having Mr. Anderson come in was very cool and necessary for the podcast.
september 28: I found mr. Anderson's second presentation insightful aswell. It gave us a chance to ask our questions and really get a feel for his works. I personally do not really understand what we are trying to do with this podcast project but im trying to figure it out unsuccessfully.
october 5: Today, Connor and I agreed upon the theme of Power and Authority for our big podcast project. I think it is a little odd to have a themed museum, but I guess in makes sense. I'm looking forward to this project to expand my art apprecition through the topic of themes.
october 8: I have finished my orientation to the big podcast project and it contains five pictures of power and authority which are listed below: Rawson Haverty Connor McCleskey Power and Authority
1.
In Ancient Korea, royalty wore these earrings as symbols of power and authority during the three kingdoms period in the 8th century A.D. The impressive amounts of precious metals and jewelry were put into the grave of the powerful and wealthy.
2. This is a Bust of Julius Caesar that was most likely created to make him seem more imposing, powerful, and authoritative than he actually was during this time. The bust, made in 44 B.C. by an unknown creator, was probably commissioned by Julius Caesar for the above reasons.
3. This is a painting of Napoleon Bonaparte during his conquest of Europe. In reality, Napoleon was quite short and not intimidating, but this painting portrays him as a fearless leader. Also, Napoleon most likely did not enter the fights, but stayed close to the rear, commanding and scheming during the battles safely behind the troops.
4. This Mesopotamian Sickle sword, property of an Assyrian King named Anad-Nirari who lived in around 1300 B.C. This sword was a ceremonial symbol of his royalty and contained engravings of gods on both sides.
5.
This is a picture of Chairman Mao who was an oppressive leader, but was very powerful which enabled him to create this picture of himself seeming God-like and having power over all of the people.
October 11: I think that Connor and I did a good job with our diverse works which followed or theme of Power and Authority quite well. However, we neglected to cite our sources and 3 of the 5 works were of famous rulers, so maybe we need more variety in our museum. Overall, I believe that our 5 works represented the theme well