· How do I move from stereotyping into actual engagement?

· By not judging the other person, and rather look at myself before judging the person I don’t know tend to judge people in whole because I don’t really know there situation and I think my down fall is I always believe I’m right which I’m really trying to work on for the pass years. And being an introvert never really help me as much because I never like asking for help, because I would judge people before hand before getting to know them, I don’t open up easily to people I hate public speaking and sometimes feel that nobody understands me. People is people is people…They always gonna disappointment.

· What activities can I enter in with the Other, which seem natural?

· Maybe by being more open, trying to express myself, talking to people more.

· How will I record the experiences?

· By keeping a journal, writing it down or expressing it in a drawing or music I like.

· What are my ethical responsibilities?

· To be more respectful, to not judge someone without getting to know them first and to always have a open mind because nobody has the same views or beliefs as you do.

Croshay Essay

This experience of croshaying was a challenge for me because I didn’t know how to croshay at first, but once I learnt too it wasn’t that hard I worked with my partner Lesley. We decide to combine our two bright colour wool together so it stands out more. Mine was yellow and Lesley was bright pink.
We decide to put it on a unique place where everyone can notice it but something we use every day but don’t really take note of.
The space where we decide to put our first croshay design was on the department door handles, its very bright and striking but it also were I and my friends have to walk through every day. It’s the door of my career. Every day is a new opportunities being bright or not, so bright as the colours reflect in our croahay work. And plus the croshay has a dual purpose making the cold steel handles into so soft covers for your hands.
The second place we decide was the announcement box because we have to listen to everything from their important messages, who at the phone what time the safe is open and most importantly what the silver price is think it’s significant because we don’t even realize how much we need it.
The third place we decided to put on our finally croshay piece was the platinum room door handle because that is where I want to be, it’s my future. One day when I’m finish with this course I love to specialize in working in gold and platinum because the gold is platinum. And I know it’s what I make out of it the door can be open or close but it’s what I make out of it. And hopefully this course will open other doors for me.

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Willie Bester

Willie Bester a South African artist who was born and raised in South Africa suffered under the apartheid years which are depicted in his art work. As an young boy Willie Bester living in Montagu he didn’t have access to sketch book or chalk therefore he use to sketch in the ground sands with his finger acting as a pencil as a young child. Bester self-taught himself to oil paint on canvas because he thought to be a true artist at that time he had to know how to paint and not sculpting. His love for art became when he walk from home noticing the different houses and then returning home and trying to rebuilt it in ice cream sticks ,cardboard boxes and matches which he collect from the street. Later he became to work in oil paints and did mix medium as well.
Willie Bester is a well established artist today because he always sensed a deep need to give shape to the things he was experienced around him. Bester is a political and cultured artist which you can see in his art works. It’s a voice of injustice to the apartheid times.
Bester inspiration was the poverty, infrastructure as we can see in his art work as well as the households of the Western prints on the walls of their houses, therefore making his work more Western tradition he lived in the Montagu where he painted portraits of Montagu people. His artwork is like a record, document each person showing great emotion. It’s like a narrative wanting to tell his story which he display in his work. But later in his life he started using his own life as a source of inspiration. In different stages of his life he started using different mediums and from oil painting to collages and assembly, mix medium.
In bester art work there is always a solution to the problem, his art work is usually harsh a graphic depicting life as a ‘’Black South African’’ during the apartheid times and showing children abuse. You can identify his work by the material he uses like metal, wire, scraps and in his work uses Neldedle patterns, Graffiti and oil paint and his art work is usually lumbering.
One if his painting is Head North, dated in 1995 the Medium used is mixed media and this painting measures up to 1800x3500x1200.
‘’We despair of saving the colony from those evils which threaten it by turbulent and dishonest conduct of vagrants who are allowed to infest the country in any part, nor do we see any prospect of peace or happiness for our children in a country that is destructed by internal commotions' Piet Retief. Leader of the Voortrekkers. First line of the petition to the British who occupied the Cape in the 1830s.’’



Willie Bester's work ,Heading North seems to have reverberations of the Trekboers petition to the British who occupied the Cape in the 1830s. The ox was chosen by the Trekboers as an indigenous animal that withstand the hardships of the interior and transport edthem to the so-called 'Promised Land'. However in Bester's work everything is double meaning and multi-layered and understanding about his work. In Bester direct display and appoarch, molded people's understanding of South African history. He presents this history in a way that encourages the viewer to critically reassess the own opinion and how they view life. Particular images from the past tend to have a potential to resonate with meaning in the present’’. Bester mingles historical episodes with current realities in order to critique history. While the sculpture has references to the historical Afrikaner exodus in the 1830s, the contemporary machine gun on the back of the ox echoes not only the Trekboers iron fist from the past but the continuation of physical aggression. ‘’










What is unique about this piece if art work for me is the structure of the ox self its upright and made out of metal which tell me the animal is powerful and very strong and cannot be easily moved which stands in its way. But also have wire hanging from the art work itself tell me the ox when through a lot of hardship times.


This art work really stands out for me its called “Trojan Horse’’ it kinder remind s of war with all the metal and gadgets and weapon place on the horse itself the art work was made in 1985 and during the apartheid times. Not a lot of colour is used and the main material is metal again using different scrapes metal and forming it into a work of art.
The one leg of the horse is lifted up so for me it shows the horse is ‘ready’ in a sense for anything ready to go to war, run ready for anything. And I love the way he depicts every detail of the horse even the hair.





Willie Bester the missing ones

This art work depicts children that been lost missing and abused .The shoes all have numbers on it could be the age or maybe how many years they been gone. Every pair of shoes has it’s own colour showing us or for me that it could be any race or anyone’s child. It funny that he actually chose shoes because he could have chosen clothes toys but the shoes actually have a greater impact for some what reason.

Willie Bester's family home is Cape Town suburb of Kuilsrivier and it stands as a beacon to his uncensored artistic expression. The whole house is decorative with his art work inside and out its like an reminder for us from where we came from, our roots. The statement it makes like his art does is that by looking past the clichés of everyday life in our country, one will discover the raw energy and inventiveness that give our land and its people their unique character. ‘'Willie has the ability, reflected in his work and lifestyle, to manage successfully many different philosophical approaches, which ultimately allowed them to design the house in such an Imaginative manner. The house forms an integral part of the artist Willie Bester's life and work and would one day stand as a museum commemorating his success as one of South Africa's most prominent contemporary artists.’’

Neo Classicalism
Is a name given to distinct movements in the decorative and visual arts. That influence western classicalism art and culture.
This movement was known in the Ancient Greece and ancient Rome in the mid 19th century. Its a movement that grew against Rococo style which was more decorative and inheritance. The Neo classicalism was dived into two parts the restoration age which took place in the 1660’s to 17th and the Augustan age whereby the pope was the main ruler and everyone regarded the pope as a god, he was the central poetic figure.
During the neo classicalism period what took place was he rise of the middle class. people wanted more the expansion, industrial revolution, growth urbanism and capital.Redefition of the European standards and education ,people now depend on themselves and what they where earning through hard work.
Four main revolution that was rising was the :
Industrial
Artistic
Social
And the political
In the industrial revolution beginning in England in the late 18th century it had important implications for the social and physical organization of the life and work. Which was mainly machines replacing human and animal power. they introduced new materials such as iron steel and glass, new methods of construction was implicated to make life more simplified. New building types, factories railroads station bridges and more middle class housing.
Example is a Bridge, the bridge at Coalbrookdale is the first cast iron bridge built using contrition techniques which will be more completely recognized a century later in the Eiffel Tower and other buildings. Done by Abranham Darby and Thomas Pritchhard,called the iron bridge ,1776-79
Neo classicalism movement in the mid 17th represents poltical events and seriousness of the time it was a period following the rococo movement embodied a desire to return the perceived ‘’Purity’’ of the arts of Rome. Depicting classicalism themes and subject matter in archaeological settings with people clothed in classical costumers. Many painters during this time added fabled beings and mythological figures in their painting.
One if the artist during this time was Jacques Louis David. Born in1748 into a middle class family. he study at the academies Royal under the Rococo theme. On his trip to Italy he was influenced by the classicalism style and soon develops his own style. During his life he painted for royalty and then French revolution and at the end of his life painted for the emperor of Napoleon. His art work was always filled with harmony, simplicity and proportion.
The painting called Oath of Horatii by by David, the painting portrays the Haratii brothers swearing allegiances to the state while the father holds swords high for them to grasp. The structured lines of the painting demonstrate show David stays away from delicate famine lines every line and colour is minimalist and there is no unneeded brush stroke. Colours are kept well balanced as shown and the forced point or the viewer is draw towards the swords. Although the story involves the Horatii family sons going out against their cousins, because one if the cousin happens to be the lover of the sister of the Horatii brothers and when he brothers survive the battle against them by killing the lover of his sister she curses him and he in return skills her for her inappropriate behavior, although David does not depict this in his painting.
Rise of the power the middle class emerging emphasized self-reliance and personal achievements as to oppose to privileges and inheritance. Being middle class a was defined by taking responsibility for one’s self but also family and community. They realized through hard work they could achieve social and economic success. Neo Classicalism was originally a reaction against the previous generation artist which was the Rococo.
Jewellery in the neo classicalism shapes are general more geometric, scrolls and garlands were a popular theme Decoration tended to be the light and retrained side. The hairdos included swept up and therefore necklines where open, long dangle earring was wore but during this period jewelry was only wore for special occasions and women were not allowed to wear it ,only when a women get pregnant and has her first child could she wear it as a gift from her husband. Elements in the design of jewellery was leaves Greek patterns and the gem or diamond would be the focally point it was not really decretive and women and people wore it as a pieces of accessories than oppose to jewellery if they did wear jewellery the jewellery had to have a purpose for example a broach.
The Fashion in this period they wore short wasted gowns soft flowing skirts and were often made of white like the Rome clothing. The middle class and upper class women would have the different dress for different events as so the men. Both changed clothing in perpetration for evening meals follow by entertainment, afternoon dresses, walking dresses and even traveling dresses. Moring dresses must be completely covered because that was the law or you would be disgrace the family name. Dinner hours later in the day arms elbows could be bare morning dresses worn inside the house. They were high-necked and long-sleeved covering the throat and wrists generally plain. Evening dresses were often decorative with short sleeves baring bosoms and bare arms covered with cloves.
Young ladies wore softer shades like pink, blues and mature matron could wear colours like purple, black and deep blue’s or yellows

• Slide 1
• Northern Mannerism in the early sixteenth century is the movement's most consistent and enduring feature. Though Mannerist paintings appeared well before the outbreak of the Reformation in 1517, the mood went hand-in-hand with the personal form of religious expression.
• Mannerist artists used traditional subjects like adamn and eve for example were recreated more dramatically emphasize the direct intercession of holy figures.
• The noticeably unnatural construction and color of Mannerist compositions echoed certain features of late medieval art in Northern Europe, even as they pointed toward a new form of religious practice.

• One of the artist during this period was Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528)
• He was a brilliant painter, draftsman, and writer, though his first and probably greatest artistic impact was in the medium of printmaking.
• Dürer's talent, ambition, and sharp, wide-ranging intellect earned him the attention and friendship of some of the most prominent figures in German society. He became official court artist to Holy Roman Emperors .
Slide2
Head of a Young Woman
• Black chalk heightened with white chalk on green prepared paper
• This head in three-quarter profile is probably one of a group of drawings made by Dürer in 1521–22 in preparation for a large painting of the Sacra conversazione (Sacred Conversation), a multifigured composition in a unified space with the Virgin and Child surrounded by saints.
• This sheet may have been a study for the head of Saint Catherine. Like seven of the other drawings, because the same green paper was used.
• This technique eliminates the white of the paper and incorporates the color of the ground into the subject and the shadows appear darker and highlights the whiter making the image seem more three-dimensional
• Dürer may have learned this technique in 1494–95 during his first trip to Italy, where drawing on prepared paper had become common by the second half of the fifteenth century.






Slide4
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)
Oil on wood
• This picture shows Saint Anne, who was particularly regard with respect in Germany, with her daughter, the Virgin Mary, and the Christ Child.
• The theme and emotional intensity of the work, which was intended for private devotion, suggest the influence of the artist's new beliefs. Following martin luther
• The motif of the Virgin adoring the sleeping Christ Child was probably inspired by the painter Giovanni Bellini. admired during his two trips to Italy.

Slide5
Jacopo da Pontormo
• His expressive use of vibrant color and varied, complex poses inspired the first generation of Mannerist painters in Florence.among this group were Andrea's students Jacopo da Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino (1494–1540).
• The intense tones and gracefully figures in Pontormo's crowded Deposition in the Church of Santa Felicita heighten the emotional pitch of the picture and show a taste for elegance
Slide6
Bust of a Woman with an Elaborate Coiffure
Rosso Fiorentino (Italian, Florentine, 1494–1540)
Black chalk, certain contours reinforced in pen and brown ink, background tinted in brown wash

• Although a later collector identified this bust as a portrait of, duchess of Mantua, Rosso intended this drawing as an ideal representation of a beautiful young woman.
• Inspired byMichelangelo's teste divine (divine heads) of the 1520s, this mannered figure is dominated by her coiffure, with numerous braids curled about a pair of horns; her elaborate clothing, with complex patterns of drapery held in place by a brooch; and her gaze.
• Although certain details were touched with ink and the figure was silhouetted with wash at a later time, the characteristic clarity and precision of the original drawing in chalk are visible.

Slide7
• An example of mannerist architecture is the Villa Farnese at Caprarola in the rugged country side outside of Rome. This is during the 16th century spread Mannerist styles more quickly than any previous styles.
• A center of Mannerist design was Antwerp during its 16th century boom. Antwerp Mannerism was the form in which Renaissance styles were widely introduced in England, Germany, and northern and eastern Europe in general. `

• whose proponents sought to create dramatic and dynamic effects by depicting figures with elongated forms and in exaggerated, out-of-balance poses in manipulated irrational space, lit with unrealistic lighting.
• Mannerism artietichet is an exaggerated new sense of an artistic "personality", an exciting new development at a time when the primary purpose of art was to inspire and devotion, to entertain and to educate.

Slide8
Palladio (1508-1580) was the preeminient architect in the Mannerist style.
• The roots of his principles lie in Classicism, but his specialty was the richly inventive way in which he could arrange Classical elements to produce surprises such as the four identical porches.
• This feature of the Villa Rotunda represents an unexpected exaggeration: although Classical in proportion and appearance, no Roman temple would boast a porch on every side. In addition, the Mannerist characteristic elongation is apparent in the long, and deeply cut, stairways.




Slide9

• Outside of Italy, however, mannerism continued into the 17th century. In France, where Rosso traveled to work for the court at Fontainebleau, it is known as the "Henry II style" and it had a particular impact on architecture.
• Rudolf II PragueHaarlem Antwerp Mannerism as a stylistic category is less frequently applied to English visual and decorative arts, where local categories such as "Elizabethan" and "Jacobean" are more common. Seventeenth-century Artisan Mannerism is one exception applied to architecture that relies on pattern books rather than direct precedents in Continental Europe.