Write one to two paragraphs discussing your impressions of the art pieces you found. Include: What are the art pieces about? Wha
t elements make the art pieces modernist art? Explain. How do the pieces differ from other art with which you may be familiar? In what ways do you think technology influenced the pieces that you found?
I found the painting of Mona Lisa on the internet. It was the portrait of a woman smiling. It is a very famous painting and more pretty than other on-line art. Technology allows me to see the painting without flying to Paris where the painting is.
Ansel Adams' photos of the National Parks are available to view online. I find them very pretty portraits of nature's beauty. Adams' works are not flashy like other modern artists but at his times, they were breaks from traditions which were far more conservative. Other photographers used color films which were available but Adams stayed with black and white.
Without the internet, I would only be able to see a limited number of his works on exhibits in the museum here.
Relief printing technique is the process of printing from a raised surface where the non-image areas have been cut away. It is a technique in which the parts of the printing surface that carry ink are left raised, while the remaining areas (negative spaces) are cut away. Woodcuts and linoleum prints (lino cuts) are relief prints.
