Vivienne Westwood at the V&A

 I have always liked Vivienne Westwood's designs, and when I saw this I knew I had to research into it. Although I had an idea that it might've been influenced by the 18th century, I had no idea that this was the case when I saw the dress.

"Satin and flocked tulle gown by Vivienne Westwood. Created for Lay Bianca Job-Tyoran to wear to Queen Charlotte's Ball, 1994. Museum no. T14-1997. Given by Lady Bianca Job-Tyoran."

"Vivienne Westwood created this romantic dress for Lady Bianca Job-Tyoran to wear to Queen Charlotte’s Ball in 1994. This élite charity event has effectively taken over the role of court presentations: etiquette demands that women wear white dresses and pearls are considered appropriate jewellery. Vivienne Westwood’s design provided the grand statement that the occasion demands. Inspired by 18th-century rococo motifs, she gave the dress a modern note by shredding the tulle skirt."
(http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O83545/evening-dress-westwood-vivienne/)

Ruth Issett

Issett is a fairly well known artist that uses print, dye and stitch to create art; her enjoyment for using colour comes through in her work by using fabric or paper. 

"Much of her work is about movement and glimpsed observations of environments. Every observation is interpreted into colour, carefully noting the variations achieved through the use of collective media."

http://textilestudygroup.co.uk/members/ruth-issett/ 

Futurist Manifesto

http://www.unknown.nu/futurism/ - the entire list of manifesto's and information about the Futurist

 

Fluxus Manifesto

"Fluxus was the 20th century's first truly international, inter-medial art movement. Although it began in Europe, many American artists – George Maciunas, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, Benjamin Patterson, Emmett Williams – were at the centre of the group, which soon spread to the USA and Japan. Fluxus created a strong sense of collective identity, although it was never characterized by a common style or programme. All the same, differences of opinion arose: the Lithuanian-born Maciunas propagated artistic collectivism and rejected outright any ‘European’ individualistic cult of genius, while the ‘individual mythology’ of Beuys was in line with the European spiritual tradition.

On account of similar conflicting views, the performance of Stockhausen’s ‘Originale’ in New York led to open strife within the Fluxus group."

http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/fluxus-manifest/

http://www.artnotart.com/fluxus/gmaciunas-manifesto.html

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-fluxus-manifesto/Content?oid=883339 - news article on the manifesto

Surrealism Manifesto

http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/SurManifesto/ManifestoOfSurrealism.htm

http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T340/F98/SurrealistManifesto.htm - first one?

http://www.pennilesspress.co.uk/annexe/surrealism.htm - info on the movement and the manifesto 

Dada Manifesto

There seems to be two different manifesto's for this movement, one in 1916 and another in 1918.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dada_Manifesto_(1916,_Hugo_Ball)

http://ieeff.org/dadamanifestoberlin.htm

http://pers-www.wlv.ac.uk/~fa1871/surrext.html - wolverhampton university extracts

Manifesto

man·i·fes·to

/ˌmæn əˈfɛs toʊ/ Show Spelled [man-uh-fes-toh]   

noun, plural man·i·fes·toes.

a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.

Life Drawing - 5th Dec.

This week in life drawing I found it both quite easy and challenging; I found it much easier to draw a male model rather than a female model, although I had trouble with foreshortening on some poses. In the future I'd like to get some more shading onto the sketches to make them more realistic.
My general composition of the human body is getting better week by week and I can see that I'm starting to believe how the body is positioned more than what my mind is telling me that's wrong and should be changed.