Blogging Experience

Hello everyone!

Well, this post is the last and I have to talk about my experience writing in this blog.

I liked to write in my blog because I feel that I helped, but say, for example, “I enjoy” is too much, you understand me? Because it was an obligation and sometime the obligation not always are funny.

Write in English was a new experience and a lot much if you think that is public.

I think about the advantages are obvious: think, write, opine, explain, argue, etc. in English helps to learn the language.

 On the other hand, the disadvantages… maybe in the beginning, it is not always easy manipulating a blog.

I consider that write about different topic was interesting because I like various. For example talk about art, music, movies. That is good for learn, talk about what we like.

What are my suggestions? All topics was about give an opinion, maybe if we can to talk “what we did last summer” or “what we want to be in the future”, help us exercise the grammatical tenses.

Well, I hope you liked my blog, I say goodbye and I hope to see you in the next semester, dear mates.

Bye!!

My favourite subject

Hello everyone!

Today I'd like to talk about my favourite subject this term: Restoration. In this class I have done many things despite the few classes. I like this class because I learn the theory and practice. I learn about Restoration history, techniques and we have restored ceramic, textile, paintings and in the future metal. I have learned conservation too. The conservation is important because avoid the restoration, that involves modifying the art piece.

The more difficult thing is restore ceramic, at least for me. Restore ceramic was the first practice class, but not only we needed one class, we needed, if I'm not mistaken, three classes. I carried a dish and my teacher broke it. I had to unite all the pieces and make a missing with gypsum and sand down and paint looking for the right color. Definitely for the restoration you need lots of patience, believe me!!

I like this class because among so much theory and history, it is good to have something practical to learn, not you think? It is a nice experience although I don’t know if I want to be a restorer.

Bye!!

Commenting

Hello everyone!

 This post is about my opinion respect a video: Denis Dutton talks about “A Darwinian theory of beauty”. Here Dutton explains the theory that the reason that we find something beautiful is human evolution and not just the beauty is "in the eye of the beholder". He starts to talk that is complicate define why something is beauty because it’s things very different.

All the same, he points to the answer can be found in a Darwinian theory, evolution. He says that beauty is for adaptive effect and I consider that is true but I think that he leaves some things aside. Rather than argue against, because I think fifteen minutes is not enough, maybe he has many more tests, I will discuss with one example.

If the classic music is beauty, like Beethoven, why not all the people listen to? Why not all the people have to Beethoven in their favorite’s music? And I don’t tell Beethoven isn’t beauty music, but the question is interesting.

I really believe that his theory missing something else, but as I said, maybe fifteen minutes are not enough to say everything. I love, then, to read more about his theory in the future.

Bye!

A great artist

   Hello, well today I’m going to talk about an artist, yeah!   Art.   THE TOPIC!

  

   But it is problem for me because I can’t have one favorite artist… for me all artists are important because they building the history, each one.

  

 Then I’m going to talk about an artist that I consider important because of change the manner to see the art. He was very relevant: he changed the art’s topics (along with other artists of the time as Millet and Daumier). I talk about Courbet.

   But for understand his importance, first remember the context. We remember that before art’s topics were about religion, mythology or historical events. Courbet saw the importance in the people, poor people, and their humility, work and their faith.

   In the time, the ordinary people is not sufficiently important for be in a painting, but Courbet changed that. For example, great topic then great painting. Courbet did big painting for the humility people, really big. That was really revolutionary and was the first step for change the art.

   Each artist is important or relevant for change something. Give one step like this, is always risky, not always understood. My favorite artists are, then, not understood because are visionary at the same time, like: David, Caravaggio, Goya, Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Mondrian, Malevich, Duchamp, Magritte, Kahlo!, Pollock… seriously, I like many artists and I cannot downplay any!  Do not you think so?

Well, I hope you understand me. I like an artist because he changes something and when they become visionaries like Courbet.