Graffiti

This is graffiti that I get a chance to pass by almost every time I go home and it always catches my eye. It is very colorful and has many interesting and unique shapes. I do believe that graffiti is a form of art because it is just a group of people expressing their emotions through an unusual form of art.

My Photographic Eye

Woods Watcher

(Michael J. Taylor)

Slavery
(Jacob Lawrence)

The Raft of the Medusa
(Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault)

Constantine's Dream
(Piero Della)

Civil War
(Don Troiani)

All of these various artists have created these inspirational paintings about historical events that have happened over time.

Art and the Human Nature

Human nature can be described as a humans characteristics ,way of thinking ,and way of acting, that all normal human beings have in common. This piece of art shows the obvious human nature of reproduction. It shows that all forms of life, not just humans, must rely on efficient reproduction in order to carry out there lives on earth.

Architecture

Finlandia Hall

This is a piece of architecture that was created by one of Finland's most famous architects, Alvar Aalto. Alvar was born in Kuortane, Finland and studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology. He opened his first architectural office in 1923. Aalto became a member of the Congres Internationaux d' Architecture Moderne shortly after this and even though he had many famous pieces of architecture he did not receive world attention until the mid 1930's. Alvar created this building for the city of Helsinki and is used for conferences, concerts, and as a congress centre. This was a very unique design ,which caught my eye right away, and took him nearly 5 years to complete.

The Hall itself show many of the ideas in which Aalto experimented with during his lifelong preoccupation with monumental building construction. It is a very decorative and horizontal building with many cubist's forms. The main material for the exterior of the building was Carrara marble and also has copper roofs.

The inside is also covered with plenty of marble, but is also accented by very detailed hardwoods and ceramic. The inside of the building features many asymmetrical and acoustical wall structures.

It is amazing that Aalto created every lighting fixture, every piece of furniture, panels, and flooring materials specially for this building.