Skin Art

The word tattoo comes from the Tahitian tatu which means to mark something. Some people are against tattoo's, but they don't realize that tattoo's have been a form of art since 12,000 B.C. Tattooing has been a form of knowing someone's religion or traditions. Both men and women around the world have had tattoo's of what they were skilled in so they would get noticed. That is a lot like today, quite often people are tattooed to show who they are for example the Hell's Angel's have tattoos to show their groups symbols.

Ancient Egyptians used tattoos to show their roles in society and how important they were. They often tattooed the criminals in their society so others will know that they are dangerous. When they moved along so did the tattooing. Tattooing has not stopped and is getting much more advanced. Tattooing has now changed a lot. We often tattoo ourselves to just for the artwork not for symbols as often anymore. A lot of people also keep it traditional and get something special to them done for themselves. For example I recently got  tattoo done for my baby niece and my sister also got one done for her baby, I also know a few people that have gotten the breast cancer ribbons for their mother or Aunts. There are also people who love having the art imprinted on themselves because it is beautiful and a good way to express yourself.

The Famous Mona Lisa

Everyone knows about the famous Mona Lisa, but not everyone knows who the woman that sat and posed for hours and even days to get painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. The wife of Francesco del Giocondo is the woman being painted,  Lisa Gherardini. Leonardo chose to paint her because he though she was the most beautiful woman alive and she was celebrating her new marriage and her new born son Andrea, although she had a daughter die the year before around the same time he was born. The Mona Lisa was the first Italian portrait to focus on the half-length on a woman in 1503.

Michelangelo's Hidden Art

Michelangelo is known as the most famous artist of his time. He is my favorite artist because did any kind of art that he was challenged to do. He was a sculpture, painter, architect, and a poet. His nickname was also "The Father and Master of all The Arts".

Michelangelo was an Italian Renaissance artist. Almost everybody knows about his sculpture of David and his painting in the Sistine chapel but don't know about his job of creating the tomb for Pope Julius the second. This was one of Michelangelo's first large projects to work on and it took him years to finish. He put a lot of effort and detail into his tomb and most people didn't even recognize it as his at the time.

"Madonna on the Stairs" is a relief that Michelangelo created in his teens. It shows a woman protecting her child under her long clothes. He didn't leave much information about it. Madonna was a Greek woman that was protecting her child from Christ.

"Battle of the Centaurs" is another not-so famous relief that Michelangelo created in his teens. While this piece of work is very famous in Greece not many other countries know about this beautiful piece of work. This shows the battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs. This was a very powerful subject of mythical creatures that were made into art in Greece and still is until this day.

Hugo Montero

Spray paint art has become extremely popular over the generations. Spray painting began in the 70's by a man named Hugo Montero or also known as "Can Gogh". Hugo is from Mexico and is still alive today but has retired his Spray Painting job. Hugo is a inspirational figure to all Spray painters. He is the father of Spray painting.

I myself have taken on the spray painting job. In the summer time when I have more time to relax, I sell them to anyone who would buy them. I relate to Hugo very well. We are both self taught artists and his work inspire me a lot to keep trying to reach the level of details that he can reach in his art. My art is also more galaxy themed while Hugo kept his softer and detailed to look almost realistic.

Hugo Montero

My art work

 

As you can tell Hugo has much greater detail than I do in my spray paints. He has much more experience than I do and that makes me want to work harder next summer to make mine almost as detailed as his.