Assignment 6 - Dani Fauzi

Of all the classes I took sophomore year, I learned the most from AP Art History. Taking AP Art History with Mr. Junker not only gave me the tools as an artist to convey meaning in my work, but also gave me tools of analysis that apply to other history classes, and even the analysis of writing. I realized that writers or artists use similar tools to craft effective works. Both use juxtaposition of contrasting concepts/images to emphasize the most important parts of their pieces, both have to work to engage an audience, the works of both suffer when overcrowded by too many concepts at once. I found myself analyzing every piece of art and writing, figuring out what techniques the artist used to make their work so striking.

It also changed my perspective on the simplest occurrences, finding an application in my everyday life. Here’s an event in which I used my skills from AP Art History in my life over the summer:
It was 2 in the AM on a bleak, dry june night. I was a young  NEET laying in my bed, marinating in the dejection of never getting a callback for an interview for employment at my neighborhood rite aid. My phone went beep in the night. A snap from a friend. I opened it.


I laughed a little and passed out into sleep. But it was the only thing on my mind when i emerged into wakefulness the next morning/afternoon. It had been funny enough to warrant a screenshot, and I opened that up.
I was in tears. What was a late-night snapshot of teen shenanigans was actually a photographic masterpiece in disguise…. It had all the makings of a renaissance magnum opus--strong, intersecting diagonals, a sense of motion--CHAOS!!!, dramatic use of lighting, a brilliant focal point featuring bold, bloody, rubenesque red………… incredible…..

(both young children in the image consented to my posting of this onto the World Wide Web)