blog reading 3

WALKER BIG IDEA

Big idea in art is the deeper concerning and understanding in life showed by the art. The writer talks about the relationship between theme, subject matter and big idea. Sometimes, the big idea is the same as theme. Big idea always is expressed by the subject matter. Then he also use Jennifer’s art work to talk about how big idea is expressed in the art. I like the teaching tips like the questions asked to students. These let me think how to think through what do I want to show people in my project and how to use the comparison of color, line and other elements in drawing to show my big idea. I think if an art work has an big idea in it, it will be meaningful and educational. And before you come up with a big idea with one subject, we need to know very well about that part. So you can have a good understanding, rather than making others confused you.

My confusion about this reading is the explanation about her work. I feel kind of hard to understand it. For example, the painting “ the garden”, how it can make sense with she wants to break the rule?

Barrett Connote/Denote

This reading is about the connotation and denotation in the art. I feel like this reading is kind of same like “Walker Big Idea”. The connotation is like the subject matter which give people the directly visual feeling. Denotation is like the big idea which is hiding behind the connotation. However, for denotation and big idea these two concepts are different. My thinking is big idea is what the creators want the people know. The main idea is confirmed. For, denotation, the same as the big idea is it has what creator want people have a type of feeling when they see the work. Different people can have different feelings. For example, different ages kids have little different reaction with the Teddy bear. I feel like the denotation is kind of like the people’s identity. We can have other own identity, but people can still put different dentity to us, even if they don’t know us. For example, I am Chinese. But if I usually stay and live with Americans, some people will think maybe I am Asian American. So , actually I just have the identity of Chinese. But people give me an identity of Asian American.

I think I understand this reading. My little confusion is what is the first picture in the first page “ cut and paste” mean?