Thursday, May 31, 2012

Skills for Academic Learning (Research)

Image1, Gothic, http://www.fanpop.com/spots/gothic/images/24297328/title/gothic-photo

Gothic
Gothic may refer to:
* Germanic people
* Medieval Culture
* Romanticism
* Modern Culture
* Typography
* And some other uses

Germanic People
* Goths or Gothic people, a group of East Germanic tribes.
* Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken by the Crimean Goths.
* Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language, spoken by Goths.
* Gothic alphabet, one of the alphabet used to write on Gothic language.


Medieval Culture
* Gothic art and Medieval art movement.
* Gothic Architecture. 
* Gothic Revival Architecture.

Modern Culture
* Goth Subculture.
* Gothic Rock, a type of rock music.
* Gothic fashion.
* Gothic metal.

Typography
* Black letter or Gothic Script.
* Sans-Serif or Gothic typefaces.
Image 2, Gothic Typography,  http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Search/?kw=typography&source=Brown-LettersAndLettering


Neo- Gothic 
* Relating to constituting a revival or adaptation of the Gothic especially in literature or architecture.
* First known use of Neo- Gothic is in 1892.
Image 3, Neo-Gothic Architecture,  http://phototravels.net/vienna/vienna-v/photo-vienna-v-029.html


Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in decorative and visual arts, literature, theater, music and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome. One such movement war dominant in Europe from the mid-18th to 19th centuries. 



Pop- Art
Pop-art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950's in Britain and in the late 1950's in the United States. Pop-art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular cultures such as advertising, news, etc. 
In pop-art, material is sometimes visually removed from its own context, isolated and/or combined with unrelated material. The concept of pop-art refers not as much to the art itself as to the attitudes that led to it.
                                              Image 4, Pop-art, http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/21/pop-art-is-alive-classics-and-modern-artworks/
 


Tattoo
* Tattoo is a form of body modification, made by inserting indelible ink into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment.

* History 
Tattooing has been Eurasian practice at least since around Neolithic times.

* Types of Tattoos
The American Academy of dermatology distinguished 5 types of tattoo.
1, traumatic tattoos also called natural tattoos that results from injuries, especially asphalt from road injuries or pencil lead;
2, amateur tattoos
3, professional tattoos, both via traditional methods and tattoo machines.
4, cosmetic tattoos, also known as permanent "make up"
5, Medical Tattoos.
  
   
 

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Photography 1 (3)

Panorama Definition
Panoramic Photography
Panoramic photography is a technique of photography, using specialized equipment or software, that captures images with elongated fields of view. It is sometimes known as wide format photography.
                                          Image1, Panorama Landscape, http://www.meghatravels.co.in/
 
Difference between Panorama and Wide-angle
1, The term has also been applied to a photograph that is cropped to a relatively wide aspect Ratio
2, While there is no formal division between "wide-angle" and "panoramic photography" "wide-angle" normally refers to a type of lens, but using this lens type does not necessarily make an image a panorama

Wide-angle: 1 shot goes distorted and twisted.
Panorama: Combination of image, 180 degree or 360 degree.

To shoot panoramic pic
Exposure, overall setting             All has to be Manual Setting
Length, 50m-100mm
Tool, Tripod 

Black and White Photography Definition
1, Often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.
2, Black and White as a description is also something of a misnomer for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray. Further many prints, especially those produced earlier in the development of photography were in sepia (mainly to provide archival stability) which gave a richer, more subtle shading than reproductions in plain black and white, although less so than color.


Image 2, Black and White photography, http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/09/beautiful-black-and-white-photography/