This week I had and wanted to read chapter 1 of The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa. In chapter 1, I was newly introduced to an artist by the name of Pierre Bonnard.  His art is amazing but compleatly different and has a lot of nude female figues.

I like this photo because it is a lot more conservative than his other photos of nude woman.

 I very much enjoy this photo because it makes me feel very whimsical. The colors in the painting give you almost a seances of warmth

                        This photo I feel expresses the hard and tiring work of a woman.  

Post #1 The Accidental Masterpiece

The Accidental Masterpiece:On the art of life and vise versa
By: Michael Kimmelman
Response by: Emily Sullivan
     
            It has been a pleasure so far to be in the Stac class 14-15. I love to be in the class and Im excited to learn new things. Im ecstatic to learn about the history of art and what art means to me. Being a Stacie my first project was to read The Accidental Masterpiece:On the art of life and vise versa by Michael Kimmelman . I only read the introduction but I'm so excited to read  the rest of the book. It was really intriguing and really grabbed my interest. Michael's  purpose for the book , and his cause for writing it really interested me  to continue reading. He said "This book is, in part about how creating, collecting, and even just appreciating art can make living a  daily masterpiece." To me he is basically saying that even if your not 'great' at art, just appreciating it is art. Anyone and everyone can be an artist if they want to be, even if your a dentist like Dr.Hicks. Also another part of the introduction that really stood out to me is when he explained  that beauty and art is so unexpected but the world is full of it . It kind of taught me  to keep my eyes open and to see that the world is full of art. Michael said" that the most important things in the world are never as simple as the seem but that the world is also richer when it declines to abide by comforting  formulas."  I honestly loved the introduction to this book and I cant wait to write more responses on this book. You never know if the person next to you could be a future artist or writer.