Review of Links

Today I started looking at the links that I posted yesterday.
Starting with the first link on the list, I found that it had pretty much nothing to offer for me. It was a link to the Art History department at Chicago University, but no information was provided and I couldn't really do  research there.
The moment I clicked on the second link I realized that it was the same art history department at Chicago University, so that was no help.
The third link looks very useful. It's a list of resources for different periods and cultures of art history. I'm definitely going to look back at it.
The fourth link was about.com. I'm not exactly sure why I put that on there, but it does have catagorized art so I may use it as something to look at but not to exactly take as research.
The fifth link was a website that doesn't look very reliable. Again I may look into it but I'm not sure if I can take it seriously.
The sixth link looks like it will help out a lot. It's a time line of art history. It could be perfect.
The seventh link again looks helpful. This one seems more like I would be looking at art instead of reading, which could allow for me to create my own interpretations of it.
The eighth link is to University of Michigan, the school of art and design. It interests me because it seems like school that I'd like to go to. It also has information that could be useful.
The ninth link is a list of other websites about art history. Again, could be useful.
The tenth link is another college, and doesn't seem to have anything interesting or helpful to me. It seems to be more aimed towards students there.
The eleventh link is a library book. I don't even know why I put that on there. It could be useful if it was actually the library that I went to. Really where was my mind that day?
The twelth link looks helpful.
The thirteenth and final link is another university website.
So, for my own reference, these are links that I need to look back at:

http://arthistory.about.com/
www.arthistory.net
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/
http://www.umich.edu/~motherha/
www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/art-history
www.huntfor.com/arthistory/

Links

At the beginning of the year I made a list of links that applied to 'art history'. I realized that I should probably post them here, so this blog is going to be links that I have. I'm not sure that they are all relevent, but here they are:

-http://arthistory.uchicago.edu/

-http://gradadmissions.uchicago.edu/academics_research/programs/art_phd/

-http://arthistoryresources.net/ARTHLinks.html

-http://arthistory.about.com/

-http://www.arthistory.net/

-http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/

-http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/

-http://www.umich.edu/~motherha/

-http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/art-history

-http://arthistory.rutgers.edu/

-http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-8365

-http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/

-http://www.uic.edu/depts/arch/ah/welcome.shtml

What I've been up to

This blog is going to be incredibly short. I realize that I missed a day, sorry.
I don't have much to say right now, I've been kind of overwhelmed and working hard on other things so I haven't been able to research. I will most definitely work on it tomorrow.
That's it.
~Shannon

New look, new approach.

As you may have noticed, I changed the look of my blog. Nothing big, it just fits me a bit more. I feel like my blog finally expresses me, so that's good.
As for my new approach, I've decided that I'm definitely not posting enough. To tell you the honest truth it's because I have been very, very busy recently. I was sick for a while, and even though I had the technology to post I couldn't motivate myself while hacking up a lung. I've been back for a week, but I've been making up what I missed for the entirety of that week. Truthfully when I don't have a deadline for this blog it kind of takes a back seat to everything else that is needed soon. So I apologize.
I've kind of gone off track here. What my point was is I'm setting a deadline. My deadline: Every day by the end of the night. I'm going to continually post, once a night, no matter how little I have to say. I need to force myself or else it won't get done. It's not even a matter of grades, it's just that I really want to do this the best I can. I may start video blogging, but I have to check into the technology of it so we'll see.
I have to add one more thing I'm going to think over. I have been doing a lot of art recently, but none of it is related to this sort of thing. It's all either doodles, comics, or anime. I can post it if it's relevent. I'm just not sure that it is. Any feedback?

So, now I'm going to go learn about art and such.
I'll be posting another blog tonight about what I learned if I get the time. If only there were more minutes in the day...
~Shannon

Animation

I want to start by apologizing for not blogging for so long. I've been busy, to the point where I don't have time for much of anything but homework and family. 
I got sick last week. All week long. I know that isn't much of an excuse considering the technology I have but I find it very hard to motivate myself when I feel the way that I did. Again, sorry.
So now, to the point of this blog.

I have decided on another way to contribute to our project, with the help of my group members.
I am now embarking on a journey to learn the history of animation! (Hooray.)
Along with the history of airplanes and flying things (which interests me very little and seems like it would occupy about a week before it ran out of information) I will be looking into the first types of animating and cartoons. We will then incorperate it into our project by making ads for the jetpack. It seems like the only possible way to use animation and art history.
So there you go.

Now, what I've found so far:
Today I used wikipedia to get a general background on the subject I'm studying. I know that wikipedia isn't exactly reliable... but I think it would be beneficial to have some sort of idea what I'm getting into.
According to the page, animation dates back to the Paleolithic times, which is the time of the cavemen (I don't think cavemen is the correct term... but I'm not exactly an expert in prehistoric times so I'll go with it.) Looking at the drawings at the drawings that were done during that time, it is clear that some sort of animation was intended.

I think this picture found on a 5,200-year old bowl in Iran is interesting. The effort put into animating without the tools we have today is impressive.
Another example I found was the Anatomical Studies of the Muscles of the Neck, Shoulder, Chest, and Arm by Leonardo da Vinci, which is again an attempt at animation.


The problem with these attempts at simple animation is that they can't actually move. It's still interesting to look at what was put into animating in the very beginning.
I suppose I'm done blogging for now... I think I've written enough that anyone reading is thouroughly bored by what I find interesting. 
Overall I think looking to previous animation will help us out. Maybe I'll look at the history of ads and propaganda too  because I think it could help us find the most effective strategies. So that's it.
~Shannon