Thursday, December 15, 2016

Module 16: Reflections of AED 200

When I first started the course, my expectations were to learn about understanding the meaning and uses of art, and to have a better understanding of concepts, different interpretations, and development of art. I felt that learning about the principles, themes, styles and history of art has helped me meet these expectations.

After learning through the course, I would define art as a part of culture, history, and society, which encourages people to show their creativeness and express their feelings by sending out messages through their work.

My favorite visual artist at the beginning of the course was Cai Guo-Qiang. Cai Guo-Qiang uses gunpowder and fireworks as his tools to make art, which I found very interesting. After going through the course, I have become more interested in artists such as Antoni Gaudi. Gaudi’s works in architecture are amazing, and to see his works in person when I visited Barcelona in the past has made me appreciate it more after learning more about his works in this course.

I have taken a few online courses in the past and I still feel the same way in taking online courses. I feel that the course load for online courses can be heavy, especially with the amount of readings, discussions, and assignments that are due almost every week. This was the same case in this course as there are many things due each week. It was hard to keep up with all the deadlines, but I thought it was manageable with planning ahead of time.


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