What Makes Your Heart Sing?

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” 

Michelangelo Buonarroti

The Art Room

by

Emma Carter

What makes your heart sing? That is the question posed during this week's art history lecture as we studied the life and work of Michelangelo Buonarroti.

Pieta
1498-1499
Michelangelo

At thirteen years of age, Michelangelo first trained as a painter in the studio of Domenico Ghirlandaio. Though the brush seemed made for his hand, it was the carving of stone that made Michelangelo's heart sing. 

“The greatest artist does not have any concept

Which a single piece of marble does not itself contain

Within its excess, though only

A hand that obeys the intellect can discover it.”

Michelangelo Buonarroti, I Sonetti Di Michelangelo: The 78 Sonnets of Michelangelo with Verse Translation

Here are a few student pieces from this week that make my heart sing:

Watercolor
Rachel Levi

Acrylic on Canvas
Rylee Breed

Evolution of CharactersAustin Carpenter

Friends
Digital Photo
Emma Carter

This week, we also had a representative from SCAD give a presentation.

Will OdonnelSavannah College of Art and Design

And now, an amazing video!



And, a new video by Samuel Carter