Historical Type Poster – Tasty Type
Sticky postI wanted to pick a topic that was eye-catching and unexpected. Maybe it was because I was on a diet at the time… but I decided to go with a burger! I went with the title ” Tasty Type” to… Continue Reading →
Christi Belcourt (1966 – Present)
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Background Christi Belcourt is a visual artist born in Scarborough, Ontario. Their families ancestral roots originate from the Metis community of Manitou Sakhigan, Alberta. Her family is full of creative individuals, with her brother finding success as a writer and… Continue Reading →
Joan Miró was born on April 20, 1893, in Barcelona, Spain. He was a Catalan painter who combined Surrealist fantasy with abstract art. He worked in lithography, produced murals, sculptures and tapestries. Miró’s father worked as a goldsmith and watchmaker. Early on, Miró attended a commercial… Continue Reading →
The Lumiere brothers Auguste Marie Loise Lumiere and Louis Jean Lumiere were manufacturers of photography equipment known for creating their cinematography motion picture system. This invention leads to the first-ever showing of a motion film in all of history. Backstory … Continue Reading →
Claude Lorrain was a French painter best known for ideal landscape paintings. He was also a draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He was born in 1600 in a small village of champagne. It is said that both Claude’s parents died early on… Continue Reading →
For my the artifact assignment, I recreated Egyptian hieroglyphs carved into stone. This is not a copy of a real artefact, but my best attempt at what an authentic Egyptian artifact would look like. To make this as accurate as… Continue Reading →
How it began The history of the wood type letterpress poster began in 1828 when Darius Wells’ was the first to invent the means to produce letters out of wood. Along with this, he published the first known wood type… Continue Reading →
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida was a Spanish painter best known to have excelled in portraits and landscapes.Early in his artistic career, he painted historical and social realistic works like the Otra Margarita (1892). Where he has received the most recognition… Continue Reading →
I had a hard time figuring out a topic at the start. After some deliberating and receiving feedback from Judy, I chose to go with the subject of “Anatomy of Typography”. To bring an aspect of relatability, I linked the… Continue Reading →
When skimming the ten surveys, the event that first grabbed my attention was the first Olympic Games held in Greece. Before this assignment, I knew nothing about the history of the Olympics Games, so I thought this would be an… Continue Reading →