Which do prefer in Art?? Realistic Art.

Artists have always drawn inspiration from Nature, human experiences, mysticism and a variety of other facets of life. As times change, art also evolves. Realistic Art?? I prefer this art. Realists basically draw inspiration from contemporary life. The subject matter of their paintings generally includes daily scenes and ordinary people.They depict contemporary life in a realistic and accurate manner. One must not allow subjectivity and imagination to affect the depiction of the objects.  Realism in art is all about rejecting idealization. Those who follow the realistic tradition in art believe in an accurate portrayal of ordinary people and events. Painting ordinary people and daily scenes in a realistic manner is the objective of this form of art.

What is Realistic Art or Realism?? In its most specific sense, Realism was an artistic movement that began in France in the 1850s, after the 1848 Revolution. These Realists positioned themselves against Romanticism, a genre dominating French literature and artwork in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Seeking to be undistorted by personal bias, Realism believed in the ideology of objective reality and revolted against the exaggerated emotionalism of the Romantic movement. Truth and accuracy became the goals of many Realists. Many paintings depicted people at work, underscoring the changes wrought by the Industrial and Commercial Revolutions. The popularity of such 'realistic' works grew with the introduction of photography. A new visual source that created a desire for people to produce representations which look “objectively real.”

My Experience Creating a impromptu Art

Impromptu Art?? I experience this many times, like in poster making contest, projects, etc. Last November 29, 2012, there was an event in Lyceum called PRISAA or game event of many college student in different schools in Laguna. So, when I was sitting besides my MMA classmates, somebody tells us that we have to watch the program and draw the different happenings during the event.At First, I don't have any idea about this, I don't know what I going to draw. And then later, Lyceum Spartan Dance Troupe have a intermission number and they are perform well. Then, I thought in my mind the moves and steps of LSDT, so I have an idea to draw of what I saw and I started to draw it.

It was really enjoy and challenging creating an impromptu art. For me, it is really hard the task but enjoyable and I'm inspired because of my classmates. It was fun, you will give your best to do the task   in very short time.  Art has been and always will be my passion. I can't live without Art. It makes me feel so comfortable whenever I'm doing an Art. I want to enhance my talent in designing and in Multimedia because I want a better future.

Best period of Art History

For Me, the best period of art history is Renaissance. The Renaissance is the period during which there was a rebirth of interest in Greek and Roman art forms. The Renaissance began in Italy in the 1300s and was characterized by an intellectual movement away from the religious themes that had dominated the Middle Ages. Instead, Renaissance artists began to focus on worldly themes such as the importance of the individual. At the same time, artists began to emulate the styles, particularly in sculpture, that were common in antiquity.

The Renaissance was a time when learning in many disciplines expanded due to a higher standard of living which led to increasing numbers of universities, academies, and libraries. Much of this learning influenced the art styles of the period. Painters during the Renaissance used increasing levels of mathematical precision in their work, learning how to apply techniques we take for granted today, such as the use of perspective to portray scenes which appear highly realistic to the viewer. Portrait artists used improved anatomical knowledge to paint human figures which looked authentic. The main distinction between the art of the Middle Ages and that of the Renaissance is the level of realism present in painting and sculpture.

Some of the most famous artists of the Renaissance include Michelangelo for the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and his statue of the biblical David; Leonardo da Vinci for his many paintings including the Mona Lisa; and Raphael for his painting The School of Athens, which depicts important philosophers from antiquity.

Who is Mona Lisa??

Leonardo Da Vinci, the creator of the Mona Lisa was one of the most influential painters of the Italian Renaissance. He became a true master of his craftmanship by looking closely at nature and the subjects of his paintings. He recognized that one way to paint realistically is to observe everything with great care. He took long walks in the nature and turned his attention to every little detail. He often took notes on his observations and made detailed sketches of the things he saw in his notebooks. There are several different theories that have been considered about who could be the mysterious woman on the painting. The woman figure on the painting is dressed in the Florentine fashion of her day and seated in a visionary landscape. She has an enigmatic expression on her face that gives the artwork a heavenly mystery. Some sources claim that the painting depicts a young Florentine woman whose husband, Francesco del Giacondo commissioned the portrait of his wife. To please Giacondo, Da Vinci used the sfumato techniques to achieve the perfect beauty of a woman. Hence, the Mona Lisa later became the symbol of the perfect female creature.

There are many other theories about the subject of the Mona Lisa painting not included here, but these tend to be the more popular theories. In addition to the speculation about who Mona Lisa represents in Da Vinci's painting comes also much speculation about her smile - or rather, if she even is smiling - and if so, why she is smiling or what that smile is meant to represent.However, the current 'owner' of the Mona Lisa painting is the Louvre museum in France. The official story behind the history of the Mona Lisa, as reported by the Louvre, is that Mona Lisa's model was most likely a woman named Lisa Gherardini, who was the wife of an Italian merchant from Florence, Italy.At the time the painting was created, it was not uncommon for families to commission painters, such as Da Vinci, to create family portraits, so the story that Lisa Gherardini was the model for the portrait that was commissioned by the family is, at least, plausible. However, this theory does bring up other questions such as why Da Vinci would move the painting to France instead of leaving it with the family. But what do you really know about besides her enigmatic smile? Many people says that she is perhaps most famous painting in the world, the portrait is an oil painting from the 16 century, Da Vinci took more than 4 years to paint her, he must have been fond of her and Da Vinci carried the paint everywhere he went, the painting was actually called Mona Lisa. Monna, in italian means "The Lady", It became Mona Lisa due to a spelling mistake in english, and etc.

In the end, there is no official story, and since Leonardo Da Vinci died in 1519, he has taken the secret of who was the real subject of Mona Lisa and why she was smiling the way she was to his grave. Perhaps it is the mystery behind this somewhat ordinary portrait for its time period that makes this stand out as a spectacular work of art. After all, human beings do tend to love the air of intrigue and mystery that surrounds the unknown. Nevertheless, the true identity of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa will remain a mystery of the ages.

Week 10 - Things to do to Enhance Creativity

Creativity is one of our best characteristics, something we can use in every aspect of our lives. It’s inventiveness at it’s best and we all have a level of genius within us to call upon our creative skills when we choose to do so. Being deeply involved in creative activity is one of the most enjoyable experiences we human beings can have. What’s more, it allows us to put something back into the pot of life, to give something of value to others. For many people, though, creativity seems mysterious and out of reach — a gift given to some people and not to others. The truth is that it is not a rare gift, but a quite understandable process — one that any of us can use to enhance our enjoyment of life.To improve upon your own creativity find out what most creates that environment for you and enjoy the results.

Many people experienced blocks to create thinking. If you are engaged in work or in an environment that encourages repetitive work for instance, there is no opportunity to be engaged creatively. In the old economy, creative thinking is not considered as important as getting the task on hand done. You are rewarded based on fulfilling numbers, following guidelines and rehashing the old. You do not gain extra points for thinking out-of-the-box. And so you are in the habit of keeping your ideas to yourself than risk being laughed at. You may eventually find yourself feeling stifled. Life becomes less interesting when there is no outlet for creativity. In case you believe otherwise, you have the capacity to think creatively. When you are thinking creatively, you are employing both your left and right brain. You are getting them to work together. You may not have been using much of your right brain but that does not mean that you do not have one. Since you are born with both parts of the brain, then it is within your power and interest to use them effectively.

Week 9 - All about Blogging :))

What is BLOG??
"Blog" is an abbreviated version of "weblog," which is a term used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. A blog features diary-type commentary and links to articles on other Web sites, usually presented as a list of entries in reverse chronological order. Blogs range from the personal to the political, and can focus on one narrow subject or a whole range of subjects. On a blog, the content consists of articles (also sometimes called "Posts" or "Entries") that the author(s) writes. Yes, some blogs have multiple authors, each writing his/her own articles. Typically, blog authors compose their articles in a web-based interface, built into the blogging system itself. Most blogs have a method to allow visitors to leave comments. There are also nifty ways for authors of other blogs to leave comments without even visiting the blog. WordPress is one such advanced blogging tool and it provides a rich set of features. Through its administration panels, you can set options for the behavior and presentation of your weblog. WordPress goes to great pains to see that your blog posts look good, the text looks beautiful, and the html code it generates conforms to web standards.
A blog is also a good way to keep track of articles on a site. A lot of blogs feature an archive based on dates (like a monthly or yearly archive). The front page of a blog may feature a calendar of dates linked to daily archives. Archives can also be based on categories featuring all the articles related to a specific category. A blog is also a good way to keep track of articles on a site. A lot of blogs feature an archive based on dates (like a monthly or yearly archive). The front page of a blog may feature a calendar of dates linked to daily archives. Archives can also be based on categories featuring all the articles related to a specific category. One of the most exciting features of blogging tools are the comments. This highly interactive feature allows users to comment upon article posts and link to your posts and comment on and recommend them. We'll also discuss how to moderate and manage comments and how to deal with the annoying trend in "comment spam", when unwanted comments are posted to your blog.

Here is a nice little acronym on blog that will help you to remember what blogging is all about.

B - Best friend. Get to know people, Make friends.
L - Learn. Want your blog to succeed you have to learn. Learn from the best.
O - Officious. Become a guru. Build up credibility.
G - Give. Blogging and social networking is all about giving rather than taking.

Week 8 - Effects of Media on our Lives

     In a decade or two, media is grown to a huge level. Now there's not a single thing where media cannot reach. Media and technology in just a few time has done an impressive job. Now a days media, technology, etc. are part of our lives. We can say it is somehow impossible to live without them for today's generation. It provides a lot of comfort to the society. Well, even comfort somewhere has it's own deficiencies and disadvantages. Now, people can directly view those things which can't be imagine by a normal person two centuries ago. We are on moon now. We have achieved very delightful prospects of science now. A thing which is called as "Machine" today has changed our life on total basis. It has made life easy and in some way dull for us.

       Media with his own very graceful looking advantages has done a magnificent work for us all. Now, we can say on our world that nothing is impossible. Media now has become a business more than anything. Good or bad? it doesn't worth, at least for them. When there's a new controversy around someone, even if it's too personal to go on with but if you're a face of which is known by a great deal of people, your personal life is not personal anymore. You're then just more than anything to yourself. There are both good and bad effects of media on our lives. So, we should be optimistic but yet concerned. Media should think about what they are doing these days. how the lives effect from some stupid mistakes. but we should also thank them for giving such good pleasures for our selves also.

Week 7 - Rain! Rain! Go Away! Come Again in another day :)

   

      What to do in rainy days?? Hmm. Let me think. We've all had those long and dreary days, filled with miserable rain outside. Well, rainy days may ruin some cheerful plans of outside activities, but it doesn't have to be dull, boring, or frustrating inside. Whenever you have the chance, stock up on board games, surfing in the internet, play online games, watch TV, do a homework's or projects or whatever you like. Whatever you do, if you make some advance preparations, the next rainy day at your house is sure to be something more than just another dull and dreary day. But when there's a rain all day, cancel all trips or classes and just enjoy what's available in your immediate vicinity. Then what I mean is hot food available around the street corners or right at the doorstep of your neighbor. And stay safe inside in your house and watch TV for some important news about the weather.

     Many children wants a rainy day because sometimes they don't have a classes and they do want what they do. When stormy or rainy days, I only do is texting or messaging my classmates to know if we don't have a classes, do a homework's, review for the quizzes or exams, and to rest. We do not watch news in our TV because we don't have a cable or antenna in our apartment but next time we will buy antenna for we can watch news. Like on Monday and Tuesday, there is a storm name "Gener". I also wake up earlier in the morning to wash, to eat and to attend classes and then when I know the news that there is no classes because of the new storm "Gener" I feel like "WHAT? Really". We don't know if there is a storm sometimes so be alert or watch news everyday for the safety.

Week 6 - Internet is Superhighway :)

Superhighway?? I don't have any idea about that. But for me, it is a internet connections. One of the early nicknames for the Internet was the "information superhighway" because it was supposed to provide the average person with fast access to a practically limitless amount of data. For example, Imagine a car (a file, for instance) parked in parking lot A (a computer). The car needs to get to parking lot B (another computer located miles from the first computer). In order to get to the other parking lot, the car had to be driven (retrieved) on the highway. From the highway, the car gets on the freeway or interstate (the superhighway), and then gets on back to the smaller highway leading to parking lot B. While on the highways and freeways, that same car travels along with lots of other cars (other files being retrieved) on their way to other parking lots. The car reaches parking lot B and stays there. The Internet is a worldwide computer network made up of thousands of autonomous networks run by no one. It's one vast superhighway formed by many converging highways, the computers or separate networks.

For these networks to be able to communicate with each other, they use a common set of protocols called the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol or the TCP/IP. TCP/IP is defines that computers use in order for them to be able to exchange information and communicate within the network.  Popular discourse would have us believe that the Information Superhighways will just be a faster, more powerful version of the Internet. Many people use their internet using a modem or router like Wi-fi, Smart Broandband, MyGlobe etc. From now, so many people using internet faster and they can connect to the internet through cellphones. Internet is important to us because it can gives information to us, we can communicate with other peoples, you can watch video and movies from internet or listen to your favorite music, play online games, and more. But Internet sometimes gives virus or bad communication like porn sites, so internet is not always good and safe.

Week 5 - MMA Family :)

    MMA Family?? That is my second family. I had a great time with my brother and sisters in Multimedia Arts. My Classmates in MMA was so funny, kind, and friendly. I thought it won't be having fun in MMA Family but I realize now that in this family, I have a new lot of friends. I Love my MMA Family! We're experience sometimes when we are feel bored in our class, someone will gonna make have a funny joke or something but sometimes there are "CORNY", Hahaha! We MMA 1-1 have a teamwork each other if we are have a assignments, projects or presentations. Many people say that if you are a Multimedia Arts, they think we are Artistic, Creative and Imaginative. We choose MMA because we know that MMA gives us new friends and family to us. We will always be a Multimedia Artist! :) Proud to be.

   

    In thursday, we have a GA or what we called a General Assembly of all MMA students. It's good to see the other MMA student or our brother and sisters in GA. We discussed about in our new organization of all MMA students. And some of higher year of Multimedia Arts share their experience what did Multimedia Arts do. They give us tips how to manage our time, to do a homework's, projects, etc, and to make a teamwork. If you're MMA student, you have to be Patient, hardworking and versatile. Me, a Multimedia Arts student, proud to say that MMA  is the best, no one can replace me as a Multimedia Arts student.

Week 4 - The Value of TEAMWORK!

What is a team and why is teamwork important? There is a popular saying that goes: "no man is an island" and this is true. In my career I have experienced working alone and working with a team. I only experienced working alone once, and it was hell. Sure, you get to do things right on your own but you end up burned out and it gets lonely overtime.We are social beings whether you accept it or not. One cannot forever deny the fact that he has to get along well with people in order to survive. When I say survive, I don't mean merely to eat, drink or breath. I'm sure you get the idea. In this article, I will attempt to give appreciation to "you" on the value of teamwork. The concept of teamwork is extremely important to the success of any team. All coaches talk about working as one unit, as a unified team. Teamwork and unselfishness create the backbone of a great team, without them a team cannot realistically compete. You can have a group of superstars, but if they do not work well as one unit, chances are they are not going to be as successful as you would think. The team working as one cohesive unit is going to be the key in their success. o succeed at the task in hand everyone involved needs to combine their efforts. If everyone does their job well, then it increases what the team can accomplish. This teamwork has to be recognized by everyone and know that great things can happen if individuals master the fundamentals and work together as one unit. Everyone has their own unique role, but each person's individual role must be recognized and appreciated. Teamwork is something that must be a high priority and given constant attention. Every player needs to understand how important it is for them to work smoothly together if they want to be successful. Each player must be dedicated to the whole team and be willing to act unselfishly. When challenges arise (as they always do), the team needs to have the resources, accountability and commitment to deal with them in a constructive and positive manner. A sense of teamwork will play an integral part in this.

Just remember T.E.A.M. - Together Everyone Achieves More!

Week 3 - The changes of communication to technology

      As civilization has evolved, so has communication technology. From letters to phone calls to email, basic communication methods have consistently progressed into to the complex systems we have today. As humans continue to become more dependent on technological communication, such improvements will continue to be made. Modern day communication technology has essentially made interaction instantaneous, inexpensive and concise. Except for in-person, speech-based communication, it could be argued that all communication is technologically based. With the advent of written language -- itself a kind of technology -- humanity experimented with varying forms of technology to record their thoughts. From the stone tablet to parchment to the printing press to computers, our methods of written communication have continued to change, although several remain in use simultaneously.
       Technology has increased exponentially nearing the end of the 20th century. There are now so many new means of communications that looking back at a decade ago, you would be surprised at all of how technology has progressed since then. The internet has become a new mode of communication which branches off into web cam conversations, instant messaging, email and social networking sites. Another main mode of communication that is dependent on today is the cellphone, almost everyone has one now a days. The internet has allowed people to communicate with one another from and to any part of the world. Web cam conversations for example allow people to see the person they are communicating with along with their voice. This is a more personal type of communication, it is fast and allows you to reach people at any corner of the world as long as they have a web cam and an internet connection. Instant messaging has also been becoming more and more popular. It is also a main source of communication among many people (especially the younger generation). Instant messaging allows people to talk to each other through writing instantly. Social networking sites are fairly new but it allows users to add their friends and send them messages. There are many options available in these sites such as messaging, chatting and uploading photos which you can connect to your friends and family.
     

Week 2 - The Importance of Communication!

        Good communication is important. It can help someone to understand what another person is saying. It also means that they can express their own needs and concerns. When someone is seriously ill, there will be many things that need to be discussed. Some of these discussions may be difficult and emotional. It is important that people find and use information to help plan future needs. This will help when communicating with family members, friends, health professionals and colleagues. Communication is important and can be positive if handled well. It can also be hurtful, depending on how it is done and the words that are used. Communication needs to be open and sensitive, as well as appropriate to the situation. The amount of information required by an individual can change with the circumstances.
Communication is the basis of our lives and we would in this day and age, be handicapped without it. Everyday we are communicating with each other in some way or another, be it by using words, actions or even expressions in conveying a message. We humans depend not only on face-to-face communication but the kind that brings technology to the fore to bridge that gap between people by mere seconds across vast distances. Communication is the life blood of any business . No business can be perform without effective communication. It is an effective tool of supervision. Communication skill is one of the most important qualifacation both at the time of Appointment and promotion. There are many ways that through which we communicate, email, internet, social networking, letters, cell phones, signs, newspapers, radio, magazines, the list goes on and on. Everything is essentially a communication and we are surrounded by this in society. We now communicate on such a large scale and this is ever growing, communication is society is a must for, social, political and economical factors

Week 1 - CAS is Fun!

                                     
( Sorry kung mali-mali english ko atleast I'll try. Hehe! )
 
            Well, In this week is so great and fun. I feel the college life how it is hard but I'll try my best to succeed in college. In my first day in Lyceum, I feel so nervous because you know it's my first time in college and I'm freshmen only. And then first day, we have a lots of assignments and we have to do a 2 minutes video presentation about in our self. It feels like very nervous to me because for me that is what I called a project not a assignment but in college that is a assignment only. And we introduced our self in front of our new classmates and it's very shy because we don't know each other. But after 5 to 6 days, we are not very shy and we can communicate each other.
 

• My 2mins. Video Presentation in Communication Technology

           Earlier is Freshmen's Day and all the freshmen like me is going to the gym and watch some intermission number, interview, orientation and more. I feel like it's boring earlier because we are just sitting and listening. But I was happy when all the different colors of balloons are floating. That was amazing! And then I register for the dance troupe earlier not I love to dance but to enhance my talent in dancing. And that's it! I realize that CAS is Fun!! :)