Graceful of Option 3, I propose a Diploma Design Project that:
- Awards to my favorite Greatest Artists in art history.
- Applies the essence of Ancient Egypt Art.
- Present 2 pieces of design that are distinct and representative.
Preliminary Research
Western Artist
1st Nomination: Leonardo da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519)
- “Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.
- The father of palaeontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time.
- The inventor of the parachute, helicopter and tank.
- He epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal.”
Oriental Artist
2nd Nomination: Wu Daozi (680–c. 760)
- “Also known as Daoxuan, was a Chinese artist of the Tang Dynasty.
- Michael Sullivan considers him one of “the masters of the seventh century,”.
- Wu traveled widely and created murals in Buddhist and Daoist temples. Wu also drew mountains, rivers, flowers, birds. No authentic originals are extant, though some exist in later copies or stone carvings.
- Wu’s famous painting of Confucius was preserved by having been copied in a stone engraving.
吴道子（约680-759），吴道子是一位全能画家，有“画圣”之称。同时吴道子是中国山水画之祖师。他创造了笔间意远的山水”疏体“，使得山水成为独立的画种，从而结束了山水只作为人物画背景的附庸地位。吴道子的出现，是中国人物画史上的光辉一页。
(Research and sketches to be continued…)
Good Research! Continue developing your idea and consider what we discussed in class today. You may want to try zooming in on which aspects of Egyptian art you would like to focus on, and pick out the direction or reference of your intended design direction. Your research on the historic background is great, do consider ways you can incorporate modern ways of expressions with the historic studies as well. This will help you expand and add interest to your design; at the same time making it relevant to a modern day context too. 🙂
Got it! Thanks for your comments and encouragement! After the discussion with you, I have reorganised my thoughts on the mind map and further developed my idea as listed below:
For Egyptian Art, I would apply its style consistently in my design of 4-6 diplomas: (1) clear lines and simple shapes; (2) flat areas of colour; (3) certain patterns for the frame design; (4) a sense of order and balance.
For the modern ways of expressions, they play an significant part in my design since I will compose my diploma design using the principles I learned in our class. I will determine one to four most representative symbol(s) as design elements for each of the chosen artist and express his achievement or characteristic in my way.
A possible reference of Consistency.
A possible reference of Composition.
Great that you are doing more research! You mentioned wanting to work on designs for 4-6 different diplomas, are you referring to the versions that you will try out or intend to create 4-6 different design for the final? I would advise that you try out the 4-6 versions (sketches / test-out samples) and show me during the consultation and we will see how you could proceed from there. One thing to note is that, apart from picking out the style, you should also think about what want is your composition and the main graphic elements to represent the idea of an award show for the great artists you have picked out.