Filip's Arts Blog

  The Pieta                This is one of the greatest art work's by the famous artist Michelangelo and it was made during the Italian Renaissance during the years 1498-1500. Michelangelo created this art work after the cardinal Jean de Billheres asked him to create a sculpture that would go into the side chapel at Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. He created it by, according to himself, one of the greatest Carrara marble block he ever worked with and has been used by ancient Roman builders and was priced to be one of the best materials to use during the Renaissance.              The Pieta itself shows the Virgin Mary who is holding up the dead body of Jesus Christ after his death and his removal from the cross. For me, this art piece reflects sadness in Virgin Mary by the shape and structure of her head. A slight down-tilted head makes me think of sadness and devastation and with knowing of what the art represents I can imagine that the emotions I am feeling are "correct&

  Description  This is an art project of a hand that is crumbling a piece of paper with its force and was presented during the 2011 Armory Show which was held from March 3- March 6 in New York. The artist of this image is unknown. The main colors that was used was yellow and white with some shades all around telling me that the color black also was involved.  Analysis  My first thought of this art piece is that the artist is trying to show anger and frustration. I can see this by interpreting the hand gesture and it shows me this emotion through this. But, from another perspective, I would say that it does not have to be this emotion because of the color choices the artist did here. The artist did not choose the common "angry" colors like red or black but instead chose yellow and white, which for me is a sign of happiness and joy.  My own opinion of this art is that I like it a lot and I would gladly invest in something like this, depending on the price of course. I feel like