BUT we hope you had a wonderful week, and now it's back to work, work, work. Today, we got back to SAQ, which is our last one for the nine weeks, and continued our discussion of Asian art and technology. Post Classical Chinese innovations included heavy-hitters like movable type, the compass, and the Grand Canal, among many others. As far as art goes, we can see the long-standing influence of Asian style, with its bold color choices, landscape imagery, and different perspective than previously used. Asian art is the bomb, yo. Here are some different examples:
Chinese landscape paintings and scrolls:
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Our East Asian artists also influenced many later artists. Read this article about Japanese art's influence on Van Gogh in particular.
This week is South by Southwest, or SXSW, OR the coolest music, film, and technology festival in Austin. Over the span of two weeks, underground bands, new films, and other creatives display their work or perform, and local Austinites or traveling hipsters can come check out their work. All my Austin friends love checking out the free concerts (worth in despite the awful Austin traffic). In honor of SXSW being this week, I'm going to steal Stanton's music schtick (just this week, I promise!) and highlight bands performing at the shows. Today's artist is Maggie Rogers, a songwriter whose career was launched when Pharrell Williams heard her song being played; she's kind of funky pop that I personally recommend for driving down the highway. Enjoy her single "Dog Years".
Happy Monday friends! Welcome back :)
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