As a student studying art, the importance of art history must be well known. However, the monotony and lack of interest of art history courses make most children's shoes ignore the role of art history courses and think that works and professional skills are the most important. But art history tells the development of human civilization, It covers the classic representatives and outstanding works of various art schools. It can let you know where the art we are learning comes from, so that you can know where the art should go next.

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Art Story Mosaic Workshop

Natural light art study abroad will take you to explore the kaleidoscope like mystery behind the story and reach the rich inner world. This art history workshop will select several famous art masterpieces to explain, leading you to appreciate some interesting human civilizations in the art history, understand the uniqueness and interest of works of art, and explore their roots and inheritance, And personally make a mosaic work to close the distance between the artwork and itself.

　　 Source of mosaic:

The use of mosaics originated in ancient Greece. At the earliest, because of technology and other reasons, only black and white were used for matching and combination, which was very popular among the ruling class at that time, because it had a good visual effect. Later, in order to enrich the works in a more diversified way, some people tried to use smaller pieces of rubble or cut small stones themselves to complete a mosaic.

The use of mosaics in religious places

After hundreds of years, mosaics gradually became very common, and the floors and walls of general residential buildings and public buildings began to be decorated with them. Especially in the Roman period, the prosperous and prosperous social economy of Rome made the use of mosaics develop unprecedentedly, and the construction of ancient Rome became very luxurious. (Image and text data from Baidu Encyclopedia)

Introduction of art tutor:

Miss Liao

Master of Creative Advertising, University of Falmouth, UK

Coventry University Bachelor of Illustration and Graphic Arts

I graduated from Coventry University with a first class degree in illustration and graphic arts. During the undergraduate period, I mainly studied and studied the creativity of plane posters and brand visual communication; Finally, I got an offer from Coventry University as a graduate student of graphic design and London School of Communication as a graduate student of brand image design. Due to the love of creative print advertising, the graduate student majored in creative advertising at the University of Falmouth, UK. After graduation, he returned to China and worked in Wanbo Xuanwei and Shanghai Yuyi Advertising Company successively, serving online design of Amazon Cloud, Microsoft, Philips and other companies. I hope that through my own experience and understanding of relevant majors, more students can realize their dreams.

Good at: advertising creativity, graphic design, illustration, brand image design

Miss Huang

Mr. Huang graduated from the Department of Traditional Chinese Painting of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor's degree. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Chongqing Normal University with a master's degree. During his undergraduate period, his works have participated in the exhibition of sketching works and the exhibition of "Open June". In 2013, he went to Dubai with Mei Zhongzhi and Chen Hang to hold the "Flower and Bird Spirit" exhibition and exchange art. During the graduate period, he specialized in art teaching, had a deep understanding of the psychological state of high school students, was committed to combining Chinese traditional art culture with high school art teaching, and had rich experience in cultivating students' art literacy and improving their art foundation. He has won the first and second national scholarships, and his graduation creation has been selected as excellent graduation work.

Good at: meticulous flower and bird painting, hand painting

The achievements of the mosaic collage exploration activity:

　　 Understand the information and art history of art works

Understand the role of art history, attach importance to the inspiration and guidance of art history for their own creation, learn from the development trend of art for thousands of years, and understand that each school has its own art theory. The development of art cannot be an accidental innovation that breaks away from the existing status quo, but a reform that needs to add its own elements on the basis of existing and previous theories.

　　 Exploring the Interest of Art History

This mosaic art workshop will overturn your dull understanding of the content of traditional art history, lead you to appreciate some interesting human civilizations in art history, change the stereotype of this kind of courses, and learn about art history spontaneously.

　　 Improve artistic aesthetic awareness

Understand the development history, classification and other basic concepts of mosaic art, be familiar with the application of mosaic in various art fields, appreciate the mosaic arts and crafts, discuss the aesthetic expression of modeling, color and composition, and improve the art aesthetic art.

　　 Create mosaic collages

Under the leadership of two art tutors, he was familiar with the mosaic production methods, and independently completed a mosaic collage of his own. After the finished product was made, he shared his creative experience and feelings of art history with friends with similar artistic tastes.

Details of art history professional workshop activities:

　　 technological process:

13: 00-13:30 Sign in

13: 30-14:30 Tutor tells interesting stories of art history

14: 30-15:00 Select materials/determine preliminary scheme

15: 00-16:40 Mosaic collage

16: 40-17:00 Share design ideas

Time: 13:30-17:00, November 11, 2018

Location:

Cost: 49 yuan/person (free for natural light students)

Students who like the mystery of art history, understand the story of history and art, and create their own collection of works. This art history workshop will satisfy your curiosity and help you in the application for art retention, Study abroad to improve your background ！

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