POST 5: VIDEO GAMES

I don’t use the computer to play video-games. I've played a computer game. It was “Sonic” game.  I considered that the video games are productive just if we played for a few minutes, not all day!! . I hear that they are very entertained, but you must spend just few minutes in the week, because they can hypnotize.  Then, play video games it’s not a waste of time, if you control the time. I don’t play computer games because I'm not good at it, I try, but it’s not for me, but also y don´t play because I prefer spend time in watch movies , read a book, or I dedicate time to my friends. I think that the people that playing computer games are very funny for one hand and serious for the other hand (because they need concentrations). In conclusions, I don’t think it is harmful. The computer games can use productively, I know people who learn so much about the world history, it’s a very entertaining way to learn about (it’s not entertaining read a book about some history topics). I use the computer mostly to work on the university , but I have fun on the computer watching an online movie, reviewing Facebook, reading some interesting text about anything ( I love read a lot on internet, they are some many interesting books!! ).

POST 4: SUMMARY FROM A CAREER-RELATED ARTICLE

Velázquez portrait has pride of place in Prado – but original may be in Dorset (by Paul Hamilos).

The article is about the famous painting called “Las meninas”, was done by Velazquez. The news describes the authenticity  of the painting located in National Trust.

The original painting is in the Prado Museum, but there is a second copy in the National Trust. For a long time is believed that the painting in the national Trust is a copy. The author of the article describes that On Wednesday in Royal Academy of Fine Arts it became an event. Hundreds of people gathered to listen to one of Spain's most respected art historians. The professional said that the painting in the national trust is not a copy, but original draft of the painting (in the Prado Museum).

The doctor Diaz Padron said that he made thorough investigation and this led him to believe that the painting located in the national Trust was painted by Velasquez, is an original. Padron said that the painting documented as an original in the XVII and XVIII centuries. But in the XIX and XX centuries, the painting is a copy from Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, successor as painter to the royal court. Padron argued that the painting was the  first boceto painted by Diego, then the king asked him to reproduce on a large scale (in the Prado Museum). Padron does not see differences between both paintings. On the other hand, the Prado Museum denies that this painting owned By The National Trust is an original.

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/oct/02/velazquez-las-meninas-pradio-museu-madrid

POST 3: JAPANESE ANIMATION

The anime is a cartoon style that was born in Japan. As a child the first anime I saw was “supercampeones”. This series told the story of several characters who belonged to a youth soccer team. I remember very well when Oliver (main character) ran half the football field with a lot of drama (the series was devoted extensive minutes only show that). Like good little girl, I liked the team goalkeeper Oliver called Benji. One of my favorites anime was “Dragon ball”, I liked the color palette that was used, and the sense of humor that had the characters, but  I didn´t like  the fights (many chapters are devoted only to them). In both anime I liked the drama and movement of the characters and also recreated places: the architecture of the city (supercampeones) and natural landscape (dragon ball). After the first years of childhood I never went back to watching anime. I don´t feel attracted to Japanese culture. I heard songs from anime, but only chapters I've seen. I don´t like the anime soundtracks.

I would like to see these cartoons again and remember old times.

POST 1: MY IDEAL JOB

My dream job would be in a museum. Selecting works of art for an exhibition. Choosing the subject matter of the sample and also choose the order of the works. Would need to be trained in various skills that enable among others the expocision, preservation, and management of real artistic. Also would need a great team to support me in the various tasks that need to be made. I really would like to develop in this type of work because it is one of the most entertaining areas of the art world. You can meet many artists and many people related to the art world as well. It is difficult to find this kind of work because the art circuit is small in this country. You must have experience to be for example curator at the "Museo de bellas artes". Although you can start being curator expositions in small galleries. Hopefully one day I can be a great art curator.

POST 2: A COUNTRY I'D LIKE TO VISIT

I´d like to visit Mexico, because i think this is a beautiful country with a beautiful people. 

Mexico is the second most populous country in Latin America.There are so much delicious food. I saw in television so many people eating and drinking tequila there. I would like to drink tequila in Mexico, because its a very traditional drink in this country. I would like to visit the Bellas artes palace because they are a murals of Diego Rivera, saw them it would be very exciting! I would like to visit Mexico´s national Museum of anthropology, because the museum expose so much Maya objects. The museum contains one of the most world´s largest collections of archaeological and anthropological artifacts from pre-Hispanic Maya civilizations to the Spanish conquest. I would like to live in Mexico because i could work in some area related with a history of arts, more precisely history of Maya art. I think, Mexico its a very beautiful place to visit because it has an extraordinary culture (traditional food and art). Should be more fun to live in Mexico than Chile.

AUTOEVALUACION

I think the blog experience was interesting because i learned english in a different way, not in the tipical highschool style. So, i think the blog healped me to apply the english language in my regular life, considering my hobbies and my favourite things in the history of art. In that way, i also think that english is vital for professional understanding and comprehension of art, in all of it's forms, because art is a fenomenon that is global, and in that sence, it takes part in many cultures and periods of history.

That is why i think using english to express my interest in art makes me feel so much prepare to investigate more information, and comunicate my learning in a common sence with the people i care about.

I also think that been capable of comunicate in english, open the oportunity for me to get to know other people who speak english, like americans or europeans, and share experiences that will gave me other points of view. I think that is important because the subjective part in art is what makes us to express our own vision of the world.

In that way, i suggest that the blog could be shared with people from other places, or foreigners who live now in Chile, to be able to create a colective contribution and a shared point of view of a particular theme in today art movements, to generate new theories.

I Chose

Hi. I chose a music video by madonna. She is one of the most iconic singers today in America. She has inspired many artists marking trends in every artistic area (music, fashion, music video, performance, etc.)
She has earned the title of "the queen of pop" according to critics and music specialists, and has inspired the career of young pop artists such as Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Lady Gaga. Ever since the album "the Immaculate Collection" was launch with this single "Vogue" in 1990 the word Vogue, which until then was only used by specialized fashion people was too popularized by the song, so the word was changed into "Chic".The music video of the song Vogue works with a black and white aesthetic, and through dancers and the choreography and the gowns she used, Madonna's trying to reflect the meaning of the word "Vogue" (simply elegant). The trends Madonna has inspired since the eighty’s through her eccentric or revealing looks and her ever changing hair style (which has been black, red, blonde, short, curly, etc.), she's been introduced as a "Fashion icon". She’s a talented singer and performer which will always be a part of the artistic world in America, that’s why I recommend this music video, and especially because of the history behind the “Vogue” song.