Stylin'

Art Deco

   This modern style was great and I liked it beacause it innovate the old stuff with the new materials. The Art Deco architecture is one of the most famous things of this style because here you can find the Chrysler Building, one of the icon buildings in NYC, I haven't had the opportunity to see this building in my life but it's in my plans of visiting NYC. The theaters were also an Art Deco style and those kind of theaters were very common and for me they were kind of cool and with a lot of class! Talking about the design, Art Deco was again really great because the stuff that were done were cool and requested! The sharpeners and toasters with those forms were cool and come on; Rolls Royce, Buggati, Alfa Romeo everyone wanted one but I think you need some money for that. Sculpture was good but this type of sculpture was with a little more of class and like decoration for a house or a building. Paintings weren't too good but weren't too bad, I liked them they were simple with fine and firm brushwork and with a set of high colors but I don't see any modern or different. In general Art Deco was great, I loved it, I think it were the people with money, "class" and that wanted to be kind of different. 

California Modern

  

   This was a combination of styles and focussed on the houses. I didn't like a lot the house made by Neutra y Schindler because they were with a different style, they had a lot of windows were the house didn't need to. But I loved Neutra's objectives and intentions of making houses for the soldiers and that was really kind. The houses were small and kind of ugly but they had everything that you need. Irving Gill houses were beautiful! especially the "Raymond House" and "Cossitt House" those are classy houses combined with international style. The "Eames House" reminds me De Stijl type because of the lines and the primary colors.

Harlem Renaissance

   This movement of the african-american impact in every aspect of the american culture. I think it was great because this marked an improvement in the society and the culture of each person in america, beacuse african-american people are also caplable of everythin either culture or athletic. The Nicholas Brothers performance of tap dancing is AWESOME! I don't have word to describe it, I love when I saw it in class that's why I had to put it here. Does they have any tendon  or articulation? How they do all that stuff? It´s the best performance that I've ever seen!

  

American Perspectives

American Poetry

   This poetry was intense. It surprise me how different this poetry was from others that I knew, beacuse this one was full of bad things! That was a shocking thing. I'm not saying that I didn't like but it was a different perspective of the poetry, because for me poetry is good, love, peace and this was all about confession, drugs, alcohol and those stuff. Another thing that impress me was the life of the poets! Most of the poet's lives sucked; Crane was homosexual and he commited suicide, Schwartz was an alcoholic and suffered from mental illness, Berryman wanted to be Yeats and alcoholic, Lowell suffered heart attack, etc, etc. I see why this poetry was tended to be with that subject. Even though they had horrible lives, they made such great works that are still talked about the people. I think that the life of the americans influenced a lot in their problems, we can see that from that time living in NYC isn't easy as it seems.

The Eight

   I loved this paintings. The idea of "The Eight" was great because in some way the artist were teaching or showing the art to the people that didn't know anything about it. The Aschan School, focused in the urban life was a wonderful idea because people of lower resources always have been in distant with the art. Also I loved the style that each of the painters, the bruswork gives it the style of made "urban", it represent what they are seeing. Also loved the colors because help with the style of the paintings and do not clash with anything. I liked the painting of "Tam Gan" and "Willie Gee" by Robert Henri and what I didn't like is how can you approve  "Black Bear" and "Black Bear II" that isn't art! and my favorites are "Fire on 24th Street" and "The Fight" by Everett Shinn., they are amazing!

Forward!

Russian Silent Film

   ..................... That was my reaction to the "Battleship Potemkin" film! I have no words to the step part it was shocking but really really good and interesting! Einsenstein did a great job but obvioulsy it had some errors, you can notice the lack of experience to make movies and professionalism but it was awesome. The silent style gives it a plus because each one can make their different dialogues in their minds even though they give you some of them and that add some intensity. I liked it a lot and it's fairly judged as one of the greatest film of all time! The silent documentary "Man with a Movie Camera" was a great job regard to the edition because can you imagine make a movie with all those effects in those times! I think it was a tough work because 80 years ago they didn't have the same technology. And talking about the  plot it isn't to good because it just meaningless just people and stuff like that, I didn't like it at all. Russians were INSANE, no offense :)

De Stijl

   De Stijl was a strange movement, it was simple and didn't need a lot of things to be part of it. The paintings of De Stijl were very simple, they were just lines and geometrical forms. I liked them because I love the things that are simple, without to much things on it,  like Mondrian paintings. The "Composition II" was my favorite. But the other ones I thing that lacked of potential and ruined De Stijl's reputation or power to impact in the movements, like the" Rhythm of a Russian Dance" by Doesburg. The sculpture was cool, also just geometrical forms and a simple colors, for me that is a great sculpture. And about the architecture and desing, the chair is really good but comme on you need something soft for you! The Schroder House is an amazing job! Every technique of De Stijl is used and applied to build the house it is really really good, I would love to own that house! 

Objectivity

International Style

   This style of objectivity was simple and good. It was a base of the objectivity because the characteristics were the same ones, geometrical, lack of adornment, with a few decoration and those things. The architec Le Corbusier was really talented, he made some really good works! I think the "Notre Dame du Haut" clash with the style because the roof wasn't geometric and in general it wasn't simple! The idea of housing for me it was great but I think they just didn't know how to keep it like they planned it. The concept of the bulding was good but when they did it, it was horrible for me. I didn't like at all. I think it was sort depressing to live there without space, a lot of people and the decoration really bad, neutral and simple. But looking at the bright side they were useful because it was a space for living and separate from the big city. 

Scandinavian Architecture

   I find this type of architecture beautiful, cool and simple! My grandma house is like this style, is made of bricks, I have been seen scandinavian architecture since I was a kid and I didn't notice. The "Helsinki University of Technology Auditorium" is really big  and impressive. I like the style and lot of windows. 

   One thing I love was the work of Saarinen. The Morse style is very common in a lot of universities nowadays. But universities that have money and I think this style can be use to seize the space that they have.  The two airports are an outstanding job by him, they look very modern and beautiful.