ART 411

     In a general, casual conversation, beauty is as subjective as the individual. Therefore, a mutual consensus of what is and isn’t beautiful isn’t necessarily prioritized, but is ultimately impossible, regardless. Arts’ beauty from a professional perspective like those with jobs of an art historian and art critique, however, tend to abide more traditional guidelines which give arts their status and value.      What we read in “Beauty Discourse and the Logic of Aesthetics” by Amelia Jones addresses the falsehoods made by Dave Hickey in claims of being an absolute authority in the judgment of creative beauty as implied in his book “The Invisible Dragon: Four Essays on Beauty” and contending it against some of the world’s most influential, notified artworks that contradict his claims. Jones later in her paper suggests a more politically conscious perspective in an attempt to shift from the traditional but ineffective approach to aesthetics.    ...

 Hi everyone, my name is Xaiyne (Zane). I’m a fine arts major with business administration and cannabis studies minors. I am one more academic year until graduation!! As far as future plans go, I have none… yet! Only time will tell. From this course though, I hope to take away a much more creatively expanded, socially conscious, perspective on visual arts. Instead of a picture of myself, here’s a fill in of my family pets! And yes, that tiny black hole is another dog. The painting I chose is titled “L'Umana Fragilita (Human Frailty)” by Rembrandt. I chose this piece of art because I’ve always been drawn towards macabre themes and styles in visual arts. I once tried to paint in tenebrism myself and it taught me a lot about how to read and identify colors under certain lighting conditions, helped me stay more conscious of directional light, and how to emphasize features with highlighting techniques. The piece reads differently because of the directional light, while still being balan...