Duchamp

In this article, "The bride Stripped Bare" it is talking about the large glass piece created by Duchamp that is currently located in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. If you ask my personal opinion, I could tell you what the piece was about without knowing the subject. Apparently at the top part of the pieceis the bride and the bottom is the groom. In the article Duchamp says that the piecesexual aspect and duchamp referred to it as a "hilarious" picture. The piece is very large, standing about nine feet tall and five feet wide. There are plenty weird and misunderstood aspects behind this piece. To hear Duchamp tell it, its a whole story surrounding this piece. In his descriptionof the piece he is saying that the bride is undressing and trying to reach a point of nudity and the bachelor is trying to undress the bride. I guess the flowing piece is suppose to represent the brides dress. I can't seem to tell how thats a bride or the bachelor at the bottom. The figures are extremely abstract and hard to resemble. However, on the other hand the piece is very neat and looks like a lot of effort was put into making it. The piece is nice but can be a little confusing when it comes to the subject matter. I think he makes good art but he's very unpredictable and you never know what he's thinking.

Gestalt

Gestalt is a German word that can be translated into english meaning shape, form, guise or likeness.

Patterns

After researching patterns I've learned that a pattern is a form, template, or model which can be used to make or genereate things or parts of a thing. Most patterns are more abstractly or a set of rules. Patterns are also repeated shapes or objects and referred to as elements of the series. Patterns are can be very symmetrical and can be very decorative using stripes, zig-zags, and polka dots. Patterns can be recognized in many fields including psychology, ethology, Computer Science, Golden Ratio, Art, Science and Mathematics. Patterns can be seen in religious and cultural societies. In mathematics and geometry patterns are generally used to describe shapes and geometric patterns. One common way that patterns are used in science can be The DNA strand, describing chromosomes, and electromagnetic currents. Patterns are very commonly used in society and can be used in so many ways. The part the I enjoyed the most in researching is that when you think patterns, you think artistic or mathematically but you'll learn that patterns are used in just about everything. A good pattern quotation by R. Buckminster Fuller is "A pattern has an integrity independent of the medium by virtue of which you have recieved the information that it exists. Each of the chemical elements is a pattern integrity. Each individual is a pattern integrity. The pattern integrity of the human individual is evolutionary and not static." Another is "Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern." -Alfred North Whitehead.