Art

The later half of the Middle Ages is described as the Age of Cathedrals. In a well-composed, multi-paragraph essay, compare and contrast two distinct Gothic cathedrals from the textbook. In other words, how is a French Gothic cathedral similar and different from an English Gothic cathedral? Do not compare and contrast two French cathedrals or two English cathedrals. Consider the following in your essay: What features are specific to the cathedral? Do these specific features have a function? What style variation or regional variation is the cathedral? How do we know? How are the designs and materials similar and different from each other? What architectural elements are similar? How your essay will be graded: It meets the requirements and addresses the questions above. Contains specific examples from the textbook and lectures. Grammar, spelling, and other mechanics contain are few to none. Essay in author’s own words, meaning not verbatim from textbook and PowerPoints. Proper citation. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Length: 2-3 pages, double-spaced.

You may submit here with your final exam.  The essay MUST be submitted before the end of your Final Exam. Directions: Your response should be concise and comprehensive with a minimum of 250 words.  This should be written all in your OWN WORDS—but other sources should be used appropriately to support the presentation of your comprehension.  If you use sources, they must be cited correctly using APA or MLA format.

Throughout this semester, we have engaged with architectural complexes that have served multiple functions, among them promotion of the authority of the ruler along with promotion of the religion of the populace.  For this assignment select three monuments that we have studied from the Ancient Rome PowerPoint through Gothic, and contrast how each has used architecture, space, and decoration (either sculpture, painting, mosaic, or architectural forms themselves) to promote the agenda and needs of the site. You might, for example, compare the Pantheon, Hagia Sophia, and the Dome of the Rock; or Aachen, Sainte-Foi, and Chartres. The choice is yours, just be sure to choose monuments from THREE different lectures. You will want to consider function, style, audience, and, of course, the motivations of the patron in your discussion. Be sure to be thorough, including specific details for each site in the formulation of your argument. (750-1000 words)

Women have always served an important role in the history of art. Although often in contradictory ways, they have emerged as artists, subjects and objects.  Using 4-6 different artworks from this course, please write an essay that explores the changing and diverse role of women in the arts. Please consider the ways women have been portrayed (style and content) throughout the ages.  The strongest essays will have a central argument that is backed up with a range of visual evidence, employs the terminology from the course and demonstrates a complex and nuanced understanding of the issue.  Answer should be 2-4 pages, 1.5 line spacing, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1-inch margins. All answers should be in full sentence, paragraph form and well edited.  No citations or outside sources are required or necessary.   I just uploaded one powerpoint. I will provide the link of powerpoint in google docs since it is large file.

This assignment has two parts. The first part is to create a self-portrait and the second is to describe how your self-portrait utilizes the principles and elements in Chapter 1 as well as at least two mediums discussed in chapter 2. You should also think about at least two works of art that influenced your self-portrait and why. They might have influenced the style and method of your portrait, or they may communicate ideas that are important to you that you wanted to include in your self-portrait. You are to create a self-portrait that utilizes at least two different media (photography and painting and drawing, collage, etc.) and include images of an early middle and late stage of your art work. That is worth 20 points. You are to write 3-5 paragraphs double spaced 12 point font typed description and analysis of your self-portrait. Place the images and the writing into one document and attach the PDF to submit this assignment. This assignment is intended to give you an opportunity in communicating with visual language and the creative process by creating your self-portrait. If you take a photograph, that can be your start, but you need to include other methods and media. Potentially you could paint or draw on top of the photograph, you could collage images in using digital tools, or physically cut and paste them. You could create a video, that includes drawings, paintings or other media. The subject of your self-portrait should communicate something about who you are or who you want to be. These ideas can be truthful, fictional, or aspirational. Your self-portrait should illustrate these ideas and you can use your 3-5 paragraph writing to explain how the visuals communicate different ideas you wish to express.

Instructions:  The critical reading response should at a minimum:  • Choose one direct quote from the reading(s) and analyze it.  • You may analyze, dissect, discuss, or contextualize the quote(s) using ideas from class examples, discussions, films, or lectures.  • Avoid a lengthy summary of the reading! You may summarize the reading, but it should not be more that 300 words (at most!).  • You may find the idea of “glasses” helpful (see Williams Reading Guide), eg. what does this particular theorist help us to understand or “see.” Other questions to use might include: “why does this theory matter?”; what is the relevance of this theory to understanding culture or media?”  ———————————————- For this reading response, students can choose 1 topic from the set of readings below. For each topic, you can use whatever readings we cover that week, and one other. However, the focus must be on the reading from the week(s) you choose to write on.  • Technology(week1): Donna Haraway “Cyborg Manifesto”  • Identity(week2): Richard Dyer “On Whiteness” OR Kimberlé Crenshaw “Intersectionality”  • Bodies(week3): Judith Butler “Bodies that Matter” OR José Muñoz Esteban “Feeling Brown, Feeling Down: Latina Affect, the Performativity of Race, and the Depressive Position” ————————————– The reflection should be about 1200 to 1500 words, and be in MLA style. The critical reading response invites you to delve more deeply into the readings, to examine the writing of a given theorist, and to compare it to the ideas of other theorists. • No outside research is necessary. You may use these academic websites (see below) to help you dissect or contextualize the reading or topic.  • A thesis statement is optional. The response must be analytical.  • Cite the class readings, lectures, films, and other sources using MLA style.

Please write one learning log for each topic and make sure to follow the instructions. Each topic needs a work from the ppt I uploaded. Do as much as you could and I will increase the tips if the assignment is complete.

The introductory paragraph should include the name of the piece of art and the name of the artist, if known. Also include the name of the museum or gallery. The second paragraph should be a detailed description of the piece of art, including the artwork’s genre. The third paragraph should address some specific features of the artwork. (Consider use of color, line, perspective and shading.) The fourth paragraph should include your personal reaction to the piece. Why did you choose this piece? What does it remind you of or inspire you to consider? The final paragraph should include your overall opinion of the piece. Here is the link to the painting: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79792?artist_id=3147&page=1&sov_referrer=artist

ou are asked to place your Case Study Artist within an art historical context and need to select 5  artists/artworks from this course  that you feel relate to your case study artist.  Remember relate can also mean contrast, or in opposition. We have been examining works of art across time- Think of each module as a period and make sure you include 4 different modules/periods in your examples.  We also have been examining art from many contexts, so you decide how to relate the artists from the course to your case study. Come up with a theme (thesis) and title for your art historical analysis and discuss the 5 artists/art works you selected in relation to how they relate to what you have learned in this course.  Since we have covered so much, you will need to narrow down what you focus on. This is an assignment where creativity in thinking will be rewarded. But keep your format simple.  You will post a document with an introductory paragraph followed by 5 paragraphs and then a conclusion paragraph.  Each of the 5 paragraphs in the body will discuss the work of art/architecture/visual culture and its title author and date along with an explanation of how it fits within your particular theme and the case study artist 50 points- Turned in on time and on topic 10 points- Clear Theme/Thesis/Concept 10 points- Supported by 5 good examples covering the course 20 points- Reasoning- Critical Analysis- Examples link and contextualized provided, Originality and creativity 10 points- Composition (Grammar, Spelling, tenses, etc. & Proper Citations if used) https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/late-gothic-italy/florence-late-gothic/v/cimabue-s-santa-trinita-madonna-giotto-s-ognissanti-madonna https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/late-gothic-italy/florence-late-gothic/v/cimabue-maesta-of-santa-trinita-1280-900-1290 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/late-gothic-italy/florence-late-gothic/v/giotto-the-ognissanti-madonna-1306-10 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/early-europe-and-colonial-americas/renaissance-art-europe-ap/v/fra-filippo-lippi-madonna-and-child-with-two-angels-c-1460-1465 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/high-ren-florence-rome/pontormo/v/parmigianino-madonna-of-the-long-neck-1530-33 https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/rococo-neoclassicism/neo-classicism/a/kauffmann-cornelia-presenting-her-children-as-her-treasures

Due to the pandemic,you will most likely not be able to visit a museum for the Gallery Smart project. Therefore, you can choose an artwork from a museum online exhibit.  See the links below  for some choices. I hope this information is helpful. Museums The Louvre: You don’t have to book a ticket to Paris to check out some of the famous pieces in the world’s largest art museum. The Louvre has free online toursof three famous exhibits, including Egyptian Antiquities. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: The works of Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Jeff Koons, and Franz Marc are just some of the 625 artists whose work are a part of the Guggenheim’s Collection Online. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Move at your own pace through the 360-degree room-by-room tour of every exhibit in the museum. Van Gogh Museum: You can get up close and personal with the impressionist painter’s most famous work thanks to Google Arts & Culture. Getty Museum: Los Angeles’s premiere gallery has two virtual tours, including “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry,” which is a closer look at food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The Vatican Museum: The Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, and Raphael’s Room, are just some of the sites you can see on the Vatican’s virtual tour. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum: Madrid’s must-see art museum has the works of some of the continent’s most celebrated artists like Rembrandt and Dali available online. Georgia O’Keeffe Museum: Six virtual exhibits are available online from this museum named for the “Mother of American modernism.” National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City: Dive into the pre-Hispanic history of Mexico with 23 exhibit rooms full of Mayan artifacts. British Museum, London: The Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies are just a couple of things that you’re able to see on a virtual tour of the museum. NASA: Both Virginia’s Langley Research Center and Ohio’s Glenn Research Center offer online tours for free. Also, you can try some “augmented reality experiences” via The Space Center Houston’s app. National Women’s History Museum: Have a late International Women’s Day celebration with online exhibits and oral histories from the Virginia museum. Metropolitan Museum of Art: Though the Met Gala was cancelled this year, you can still have a peak at the The Costume Institute Conversation Lab, which is one of the institution’s 26 online exhibits. High Museum of Art, Atlanta: This museum’s popular online exhibits include “Civil Rights Photography” — photos that capture moments of social protest like the Freedom Rides and Rosa Park’s arrest. Detroit Institute of Arts: Mexican art icon Frida Kahlo is the focal point of two of the four available online exhibits. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Golden Age of Dutch art is highlighted in this museum which includes the work of Vermeer and Rembrandt. National Museum of the United States Air Force: You can’t take a ride in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidential airplane, but you can check it out, in addition to other military weapons and aircraft, online in the Air Force’s official museum. MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art): New York’s extensive collection is available for view online. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The 16 virtual exhibits include a special section on 21st Century Designer Fashion.