The Last Supper

I am choosing to write about Da Vinici's The Last Supper.  Written in the late 15th century, the painting depicts the last supper of Jesus and his 12 disciples when Jesus would tell them all one of them will betray him, referring to of course Judas.  The painting is a perfect epitome of the art of the time.  With the mountains and valleys in the back the paint displays the atmospheric characteristic of the time that was introduced during this time as well as the linear perspective with all the lines drawing together on a single vanishing point which is right in the middle or right above Jesus' head. This also displays the Renaissance idea that Jesus should be the center of the art during the time. The disciples all are doing similar things with their hands as well. James, I believe, is the disciple to Jesus' immediate left, is holding his hands in a manner that immediately draws the eye to Jesus because of the line his two hands create.  They run directly to Jesus' head.  The next group of disciples down the table to the left, all have their hands out in a line that makes the eye run through the painting towards the center, which is Jesus. This painting is a perfect portrayal of the art of the time also because it shows Jesus as the center of the artwork.  The art in this time wanted Jesus to be portrayed as the center of their whole being.  This displays that with the singularity of Jesus and the fact he his the vanishing point, drawing the eye directly to him even when first glancing at this painting. The color used in this painting also depicts this idea.  The sides and edges of the painting seem to be a little blurry/faded and Jesus in the middle seems to be shining and more brightly lit.  Jesus also is a lot brighter than the background with the clothes he is wearing and his pale skin.  This basically pops him out and makes the focal point easier to see.

Classical Blog Post

I am responding to the blog post about the historical periods.  I don't feel there is one true artist that can be labeled as the best representative of our time, but many artists.  I feel the music industry would be the best credited source and best representative body to define our culture right now.  We have such a wide variety of artists in that industry that we can get a big look at how our culture is right now. We have bands such as One Direction that play music for younger ages talking about how someone is beautiful.  This doesn't make sense to me.  As a society I think we are making our kids grow up to fast so they can become what, in their eyes, is the cool thing.  We have other artists such as Miley Cyrus who used to be this sweet innocent girl who used to sing about having fun with her friends and such, and now at the ages of 16-18 shes singing about drinking and partying.  She also pole dances at the kids choice awards for Nickelodeon. This is just wrong. She is portraying the best way to have fun is basically be a whore and wear nothing.
I feel our culture right now is going downhill.  We have little girls acting like whores and skanks, and its perfectly fine to their adults because they see that on television and in movies.  I think our culture is terrible and needs a wake up call.