Conjunto Music and Its Influences

Conjunto music came from the influence of classic rock, and jazz, and also from blues. It started around here in South Texas, in the mid 1900’s. Conjunto music is different from other genres of music because most of the music is played with accordion. It is not my kind of music, I mostly listen to Texas Country, and older rock and roll. But it has a good beat to it but I just don’t understand the words from the songs. Conjunto music and the accordion has came along because of the way it is played and how the music sounds. The important insights I picked up from the video was where the music started at and how it started. I also learned about when it started and why it started. I also learned how the accordion is used in the music and what the music was about, and how it is a form of country music speaking in another since of language. It is just sang in another language, but it is basically country music sang in a Tejano way. But I learned a lot of information about the music and the type of music it is, but it is not my kind of music, because I don’t understand what they are saying. It was still fun to learn about the music of South Texas.

My Art Choices

The title of the first piece of art work that I found at and he San Antonio Museum of Art, is called “Passing Storm over the Sierra Nevada’s.” It was painted in 1870 by Albert Bierstadt who was born in 1830 and passed away in 1902. This particular painting was oil based colors painted on canvas. What I found most striking in this painting was the colors he used, and also the texture of the painting, for example the shadow of the trees on the water. My overall impression of this work is, the peacefulness in the painting it looks very still almost like there is no wind blowing, it is just a very calm looking calm. I just like the paintings color and how he painted the trees and the clouds, he made it look very realistic. The advantage of seeing the painting in person is that, in person you could see the texture and colors better then you could over the internet. The disadvantage of going to the actual Museum is the drive from Floresville to San Antonio. It was also hard to find this Museum, I am not very good at driving here in San Antonio. The title of my second painting interested me is “Double Scramble.” It was painted in 1968, by Frank Stella, who was born in 1936. It is fluorescent alkyd painted on canvas. What struck me on this painting was the bright colors used, he used a bright yellow green, and blue. In this painting he used a good amount of color, and he also used symmetry, and lines, another element used I shape and form. My overall impression of this piece of art work was whoa it looks very bright, it looks very intense with the bright colors, and the way Ilooks almost like a maze of different bright colors. I just had these impressions because it caught my eye very quick like, as I was walking through the museum. Another word that suits my impression of this is ooh, that is bright, too bright for my taste. In this case the advantage of walking through the museum and studying this painting was seeing the bright colors in person, are way better then looking at the over the internet. But one disadvantage again was the travel up to the museum from Floresville, but it was still worth the drive to study this piece of art. This is what I saw in these two pieces of art work.

Wilson County Courthouse

The place I made a visit to, was the Wilson County Courthouse. This building has been standing on Main Street for many years. It has been there since the early 1930’s. It still has the bell in the bell tower at the top of the building. This building is located in downtown Floresville. It’s artistic structure is what caught my eye for this project, just how the court house looks and also how old the building itself is. The court house has a steeple, it kind of reminds me of a church with the steeple and the bell tower. In the court yard there is the old jail house which has some artistic features itself, it is a two story building that has a few jail cells in it. It is also a museum now. The court yard also has a peanut made out of some kind of rock with a plaque on the bottom of the peanut. Inside the court house it has been refinished, but is still looks the same that it did seventy years ago. This was a unique assingment, but it was kind of cool, I am not really into the artistic side, so therefore I am not interested in the artistic way of things. But I learned a lot about the history of the Wilson County Court House, and I also learned a lot about the old Wilson County Jail House. That is what interested me the most.