N. Dolphin WARP

For this topic we learned about how much control artists have over the messages they want to convey.  The compositions we create, colors we use, mark making, it all conveys moods and feelings the the audience can pick up and use as context. I chose to do a portrait of Marcello, the man that sells flowers by my house on 88th and 107th. That man never stop smiling through rain, scoring sun, or the cold. He always looks content to be doing his job; he radiates light from his little crooked smile. For my propaganda I was trying to portray how dangerous and laborious his job is. I didn't emphasize the opposite quality as much as try to show opposition but leaving a connection. The compositions have repeated colors and patterns in them, but still portray different moods. "Concrete Jungle" represents an urban area perceived as a challenging place to live. The Miami I have lived in my whole life has been a hot, hardworking city. I have personally felt with and seen others strugg...

I chose the photograph titled [Mr. Smith, Overseer at Wylie Mill, With four children, Chester, South Carolina]. The photograph for the gelatin silver print was taken November 1908 in Chester, South Carolina. The photograph is a portrait of 4 children workers and their overseer "Mr. Smith". It is evident that the man in the middle is the authoritative figure, especially since he is in the center.The youngest looking kids are on the lower steps and the older ones on the same step as the overseer. The children's poses look very timid, while Mr. Smith is just straight on open and confident. The man is very serious and stern looking. The three children look serious as well, except for the kid all the way to the right. He is what makes this picture to me. He is the only one cracking a smile; he shows the children's innocence. He proves that these workers are still just children and still have premature mentalities. It aches my heart seeing how serious these little baby boys...

I prefer Dürer's woodcut because of how much character it has in it. It is a more stylized piece with exaggerated armor looking features and detailed scales on the rhinoceros. Even though a rhino does not look exactly like his woodcut there is a reference of a one horned rhino, and I can see it. It is his interpretation and that is why I like it because it looks different and has more character to it. I find it to be more interesting than Burgkmair's naturalistic version.  Francesco Granacci's version of the rhinoceros is the one I found the most amusing. It is obvious he has influence from Giovanni Penni's with the low scooping U shaped head and the shape of the body. But Granacci's version was a more realistic version of an illustrative rendering of the rhino so it looks strange all together. I found Dürer's unrealistic but metaphorical because of its armor. But Granacci's looks like it is wearing an iron skirt with little legs underneath like ...