I recently went to a local art gallery opening in Dallas and I was so amazed by the diverse artworks displayed as well as the artists that were passionate about their creations that I was inspired to revitalize my admiration for the visual arts. The last time I delved into the arts it was during my undergrad and grad school years when I majored in Art and then Arts & Technology but thanks to today’s online ecosystems, I’m able to put together two galleries based on my favorite art genres onto Pinterest.
The first art genre that I started pinning is Latino Art. On this pinboard, I’ll have Latino artworks from the US, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Artists from these regions share experiences from their country’s culture and history onto canvas and stone and I believe Pinterest can help me share it among my followers and hopefully peak some interest in Latino Art.
The second genre that I wanted to share on a separate pinboard is New Media Art. I especially love this genre because I enjoyed doing my own personal art projects when I was in grad school at UT Dallas. Some of my New Media Art projects were based on sound design, 2D animation, and video but there are so many other technologically based new media genres. Some others that I consider as art are computer animation, 3D modeling, user interface design, interactivity, and virtual reality. I look forward to exploring these sub-genres and pinning them on the New Media Artboard.
Pinterest is a tremendously popular and powerful social media network and I think it’s a tool that I can thoroughly explore and utilize as an online art gallery for my personal art interests that I hope to share within the social sphere. If you have a chance, check out my art gallery and feel free to re-pin.
Apart from public art , designed from the start for public display, large and expensive works of art have generally been commissioned by religious institutions, who normally have wanted these to be on display in temples or churches, rulers, the social elite , or civic bodies. Much art in private ownership has long been available for viewing by some portion of the public. In classical times religious institutions began to include a function as art galleries, with Roman collectors of engraved gems (including Julius Caesar ) and other objects donating their collections to temples; how easy it was to get to view these small items is rather unclear. In Europe, from the late medieval period onwards, many areas of royal palaces, castles and the houses of the social elite were often generally accessible, and large parts of the art collections of such people could often be seen, either by anybody, or by those able to pay a small price, or those wearing the correct clothes, regardless of who they were, as at the Palace of Versailles , where the appropriate extra accessories (silver shoe buckles and a sword) could be hired from shops outside. The treasuries of cathedrals and large churches, or parts of them, were often set out out for public display. Many of the grander English country houses could be toured by the respectable for a tip to the housekeeper, during the long periods when the family were not in residence.
Apart from public art , designed from the start for public display, large and expensive works of art have generally been commissioned by religious institutions, who normally have wanted these to be on display in temples or churches, rulers, the social elite , or civic bodies. Much art in private ownership has long been available for viewing by some portion of the public. In classical times religious institutions began to include a function as art galleries, with Roman collectors of engraved gems (including Julius Caesar ) and other objects donating their collections to temples; how easy it was to get to view these small items is rather unclear. In Europe, from the late medieval period onwards, many areas of royal palaces, castles and the houses of the social elite were often generally accessible, and large parts of the art collections of such people could often be seen, either by anybody, or by those able to pay a small price, or those wearing the correct clothes, regardless of who they were, as at the Palace of Versailles , where the appropriate extra accessories (silver shoe buckles and a sword) could be hired from shops outside. The treasuries of cathedrals and large churches, or parts of them, were often set out out for public display. Many of the grander English country houses could be toured by the respectable for a tip to the housekeeper, during the long periods when the family were not in residence.