Blogger Week of April 15th #2

2. I have been looking forward to Unit Three for a long time. I have become very interested in the visual arts over the past few months, sparked by my visit to MOMA over break; I even plan on minoring in Art History. I think what has helped me most, in learning how to analyze a painting rather than describe it, is my Art 32 Class that is titled The Visual Experience of Cinema. When I first enrolled in this Art class I thought it would be an easy A, where I would just critique films. However, now that I have taken a couple tests, and written two papers analyzing the visual aspects of different cinematographers films I have a better appreciation for the visual arts, as well as college movie classes. Almost every day before we view movie clips, my teacher likes to project different abstract paintings on the movie screen and, basically, analyze the formal aspects of the art. I feel as though I have been practicing for Unit Three this entire semester, so now that the time has finally come, I feel comfortable, and excited about writing our Unit papers. I believe art, and the critique of art, can help people discover not just what the artist is trying to get across through his or her work, but can open one's mind, helping them find inner peace through a work of art.