WARP: Dejaney Ibarguen

I found Marion Fayolle’s piece quite interesting. On page 2, the mimer, you see a man approaching a mirror, touching his own reflection, and as he is about to kiss it, a woman that comes up from behind him hits him with a rock, shattering the man & the mirror itself. I feel like the message here could have to do with a relationship between the man & woman. Though the woman was dealing with someone narcissistic, & out of anger & lack of patience, she finally decides to get rid of this relationship. In the process causing a mess, and shattering the man himself, perhaps his ego as well. On page 3, fragments, we see the woman trying to pick up the pieces, but two other women join her and help. This could be that she is left to pick up the pieces for herself after the relationship is over. Though she didn’t end up doing it alone, but rather with the help of her friends, because in situations such as break-ups, friends are most times a reliable source to help us through a t...

Barnacle State Park

    Before this reading I never gave much thought to ornament and pattern. That being said, I found it interesting as to how deeply it could go upon it’s surface and what I already knew of it. I never once thought the connection of ornament and pattern could be tied to a biological sense. Although I still find that statement hard to believe, the point of view in which it was presented was still interesting to read.       The last thing I would imagine to be controversial would be ornaments and patterns. Though reading about the time ornament gained a tainted view gave me a lot of insight on how ornament and pattern speaks beyond a simple symbol or design. After this reading I have come to realize how ornament and pattern really is a huge aspect of everyday life. I never realized it was, even since the beginning of time, from carvings on walls, now to digital representations of patterns.  

I prefer Burgkmair's woodcut over Dürer's. I feel as though Burgkmair's woodcut is stronger than Dürer's, due to his successful use of contrast and various linework. Such as the crosshatching and hatching on the rhinoceros' body, giving a more detailed depiction of the rhino in comparison to Dürer's. Dürer's looks a bit washed out, with very little contrast. There is attention to detail such as the scales on its body, but it doesn't read as strongly to me as Burgkmair's. Burgkmair's is also cleaner, and personally pleasing to the eye.   I found François Legaut's depiction of the rhinoceros to be the most amusing. The story behind it is funny and it was made in a lighthearted manner, rather than "this is a concrete example of what the rhinoceros looks like". He basically based these various illustrations of the rhinoceros on other artist's depiction of it, and combined it all in one piece. Which I ...

    Before this reading I never gave much thought to ornament and pattern. That being said, I found it interesting as to how deeply it could go upon it’s surface and what I already knew of it. I never once thought the connection of ornament and pattern could be tied to a biological sense. Although I still find that statement hard to believe, the point of view in which it was presented was still interesting to read.       The last thing I would imagine to be controversial would be ornaments and patterns. Though reading about the time ornament gained a tainted view gave me a lot of insight on how ornament and pattern speaks beyond a simple symbol or design. After this reading I have come to realize how ornament and pattern really is a huge aspect of everyday life. I never realized it was, even since the beginning of time, from carvings on walls, now to digital representations of patterns.