Alverno High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Sierra Madre, CA)

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TQ. A ,,,.p 'NI -f I' 52' X Y Art of Self-expression 1 Staying in tune and playing with beat, Thalia and lngrid Uyemura take the musical arts in hand. Instruments delicately used to produce music, may enlighten a person to some extent. Y As well as playing music at church gatherings and during masses, lill Redmond and Laura Gomez play several tunes during their free time for their own enjoyment. Lyrics are many times expressed with music to give a pleasurable effect. ft. Y-v if .N .,, . . .f ' s There are no bound- aries which limit the cre- ative arts. They can be described as dazzling, po- etic and sparkling. To the amazement of many peo- ple polled, Fine Arts not only includes literature, music and drawings, but also dance, painting, sculpture, architecture and the decorative arts. Basically, it can be char- acterized as anything which supports and ful- fills the beauty and mag- nificent sensations these arts have to offer. They leave the observer free to interpret the works with awe and pleasure. Many feelings these arts may create can be effective and emotional, and often they can reveal desirable feelings inside a person to open oneself and enjoy the art of self-expressionb x vw,. ,, ,. X X x l X: N 'a . . V3 . . I K .V ,.,. , NX A Smiles and laughter brighten the warm and promising friendship developed be- tween Sarah Van Wickle and jenny Berkley. Because people care and enjoy one an- other's company, a special kind of love can grow through the art of friendship. 1 Artwork by: Mary Finton Fine Arts 45

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Art of Writing Calligraphy, one of the additional classes, was an art like painting, print- tra dimension - the liter- ary. This type of work carried an intellectual making, drawing or sculp- message in the content of ture - a way of commu- its text. The best calligra- nicating what is seen. The phy communicated as inventive calligrapher ex- such, with a striking im- plores the world of visual art as thoroughly as the painter. Calligraphy also has much in common with traditional handi- crafts and decorative arts. Students responded to these arts sensually as well as visually, because they were handmade of pact, expert craftmanship and a thoughtfully, cre- ' atively chosen quotation or text. All letter styles had a per- sonality of their own and a commonly accepted use. Each calligrapher expressed their own unique ideas through the art of writing. I Calligraphy by: Alicia Grabowski 4 beautiful materials. Callig- raphy also offered an ex- algal ill - 1 charters u buulmg bubg lug. plllOvV6b 5093 UPON the I t. .str .. .QE ,.. 9 . W, . !., 1 N : V ss. RE . Q be-if f ' W cl' 0 - 3 fl. fl A , C? A A, . vote ,truce D10 1 my XVI: I 1 , .- it H.. ' 9 F Ren . 'ls ig -ff -'Z-0 ft T Ti NF- AN. L 4f,i. , , 'thi 7lSLf xsft ij TQONN C, G ANP P L Tl PZ UNif':::.l4l.- his V' 2, 'll J. . lr ra R 532125 cmb his 1120fl7eR:5avfl alla A Calligraphy by: Amy Huber uidllg ,Olg 1 Calligraphy by: Aida Ortiz 46 Fine Arts