THE BIRTH AND LIFE OF OPERA

I knew Italy was known for a lot of great and high quality products like Ferrari’s, Lamborghini’s Prada and even Pizza, well maybe not pizza. however, the video we watched in class shows the Italian people were the first to come up with this art form of entertainment that they call Opera.  So not only do they make great cars and clothes they produce some of the world finest music. In Opera, the whole story is sung. Even though you don’t know what the hell they’re saying you still know its intense and captivating. As a society we love to tell stories and I think it just wonderful that the Italian manifested a dramatic way to tell their stories, then they combined it with some of the most breath taking sceneries. Make me want to sing my next story at a high pitch. Just kidding but  I definitely considering catching a show the next time I am in New York.           

Art has always been a subjective in nature and while there are many forms of it, it’s hard to really define what art really is. I think art is anything that has been created for purposes of being enjoyed. We saw in class people going to the great extremes in order display beautiful art works. For example, the fire works show that was set off on top Burj Khalifa building in Dubai was nothing less that magnificent. Blowing up 50 million dollar for the purely entertainment and visual aesthetics is something most would consider over the top.

Another extreme form of art is a having the title of a castrato. A young boy would literally sacrifice he sexual maturity by castration in order to have what was considered then a pure singing voice.  

My name is Chris Navarro. I am Communications major with a minor in flim. I love to shoot video create photographs and make hip hop music. 

First class meeting:

The first class gave me an understanding of what is to come in this semester. I like how students are able to participate in our class environment by being able to arrange the classroom setting and also, in discourse. I also like how we given the opportunity to think about how some of these great art works are created not just by looking but with our other sesnes as well.  One art piece that stuck out to me was the clown head. While looking at it straight on through a lens, it forms a clown face however; looking at it from the side angle gives a whole new perspective on how it may have been created. What tools where used, how long did it take to make, was it done by one person, what inspired this person to make this sculpture? These are is just some of the question that comes to mind while checking this clown out. I look forward to finding out the answers to these question and more during this semester.