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I chose a book called Oodles of Doodles: and Assorted Sketcharoos by Tom Vandeusen. It stood out to me immediately because of how artistic it was. Although it is mainly a book of sketches there are text elements to the … Continue reading →

The following piece was done by artist Nancy Chunn and the piece was meant to depict the content of individual news articles from The New York Times using visual representations. I, personally believe that this article is relevant to myself because … Continue reading →

  I chose this example because the centered focus made it very apparent and eye-catching for me. The colored pencil border highlights the black and white image as the acrylic paint tops the image to add even more focus to … Continue reading →

This piece of art was interesting to me because it turned the commonplace newspaper into something unexpected. The artist, Nancy Chunn, created the piece in 1996. The artist seems to have added her own interpretation of what each article is … Continue reading →

I chose this piece because I feel it exemplifies the style I hope to create. It is old in it’s medieval style, but it is also displayed in a plain modern-esque fashion. I find the very angular thin portions of … Continue reading →

While on our trip to the museum, the two pieces that mostly caught my eye was the gay Asian poster and “Making Tide” a contemporary comic book. The text used where each Asian person’s name was written on the poster … Continue reading →

In the selected text, I believe that it has the visual presence it does because of its presentation of a poem. I’m unsure exactly what it is because of the different language, but the text is written in an italic … Continue reading →

I chose to analyze the book of music, written in Spain in 1500. It is a latin song book, for use by the Catholic Church in masses and special ceremonies. It is a handwritten manuscript, even though its as created … Continue reading →

I decided to use the Mary Martin Rebow papers for this post mostly because cursive, as a written text, isn’t very popular anymore, and in some schools isn’t being taught.  I don’t want to call it a lost language but … Continue reading →