Art

Is their any psychology behind color? For your Project Proposal, you should have clear goals for the outcomes of your work—NOT for the executions of your work. Focus on what your audience will think, feel, know, and/or do, not what you’re going to make. Allow the process and your research to help dictate the end result.

Please include in-text citations if needed Each Artist should have the following questions answered: 1. What’s the year of the artist’s birth (and, where applicable, death)?  2. Where was the artist born? Where did he or she create the majority of his or her work (if at a different location than this place of birth)?  3. What medium did the artist use? Did he or she use more than one main medium?  4. Which art movement did the artist contribute to? If he or she contributed to more than one movement, where did this artist make the greatest impact?  5. What are some of the artist’s most famous works of art? Choose one of these works and describe it in one to two sentences. In what ways is the piece characteristic of the movement specified above? (Include an image of the chosen piece with attribution.)  6. What challenges, if any, did the artist face that may have affected his or her work? What was happening in the world at that time that influenced the artist’s work? Be specific. If you cannot find a specific challenge, think analytically about how social, world, political and financial impacts might have shaped the context of the artist’s work.)  7. What’s innovative about the artist’s work for that time period?

ART 140, Drawing 1, Assignment 1 OnlineFor our first week please watch these videos about art making and the visual design process:A basic video explaining the importance of composition and how to communicate through images in art:https://youtu.be/oAPXep8wPtsIn addition, I would like you to watch an episode from an excellent series called Abstract; the Art of Design.  It is available on Netflix and some of the episodes are on YouTube.  We are going to watch Season 1, Episode 1, Christoph Niemann.The YouTube link is:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q_k8fVNzbGUAfter watching the videos, please go to discussion on Classes, (Activities—Discussions) and answer these questions:Which elements in image making do you find most compelling; line, shape, form, texture?Which organizational principles create images that you respond to most; balance, repetition, variety, simplification, contrast, etc?  You may mention specific images shown in the first video that you really liked.Please write a paragraph reflection on the work of Christoph Niemann.  How do you respond to his working process and the balance between effort and inspiration?Please complete by 2/3.

How do Navajo Sand Paintings of native American and Astro Boy of Japan represent their ideas of utopia and dystopia? What do they have in common? What is different?

1. Consider the theories of how Stonehenge was created.a. What is the definition of media (plural of medium)?b. What kinds of media were used to create Stonehenge so many years ago?2. In terms of the visual Elements and Principles of design, what visual features are striking at Stonehenge? Provide each Element of Principle that you see, then explain how it is used or achieved at the site.3. What was the original function of Stonehenge according to historians, scientists, and/or archeologists?4. What is the content or message behind Stonehenge (this is your interpretation and should be different from your response to question 3)?

Read about Hippolyte Bayard, and the drowning of Hippolyte Bayard.  https://www.artstor.org/2018/09/12/fake-news-the-drowning-of-hippolyte-bayard/   With regards to Bayard’s Self Portrait as a Drowned Man, what do you think of photography’s capacity to tell the truth? ending your response with a new question for the next person.

https://sites.utexas.edu/ransomcentermagazine/2019/08/20/introducing-the-niepce-heliograph/ https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/niepce-heliograph/ https://photo-museum.org/niepce-invention-photography/ Now, after learning about Niepce’s contributions to the birth of photography, it’s time for you to start exploring photography!  Your assignment: View from My Window Like Niepce, shoot through a window, inside looking out.  Consider the events of the past months and the idea of being inside and outside.  Also, use the concept of a window to spark your imagination. This should be an intentional composition, not a document.  Be conscious of everything in your image especially lighting and composition. Shoot 12 unique images (the equivalent of a half roll of film).  Please shoot as JPGs; do not use HEIC. Leave your images in color for editing later with Photopea or Photoshop.  Indicate your two best photos. Please describe your idea in the Comments section. Reminder: all photos submitted must be shot for this class; photos taken previously are not acceptable.

The art traditions of China and Korea are closely linked.  During the Joseon period however, Korean arts came into their own. One of the areas where this is most evident is in ceramics. Compare and contrast the following two pieces: Flask, Ming dynasty, 1426-1435 (pg 799) Horizontal Wine Bottle with Decoration of a Bird Carrying a Newly Caught Fish, Joseon dynasty, 16th century (pg 807) Write one paragraph comparing and one paragraph contrasting the visual elements and techniques used (Be very specific).

Content of Paper: you must identify what the work is, artist if possible, period of art, dimensions, and location. Discuss what it is about this work that makes it an example of a certain period. What are the characteristics that make it part of a certain art historical period? You are not to say things such as I like this, or this caught my eye, etc. What is the historical background of the work? Did the art have a particular purpose? What is the meaning or the iconography/symbolism of the work.  Be sure that you explain what is it that makes a work Old Kingdom Egyptian, Early Christian, Romanesque, High Classical Greek, or Gothic as examples. You must cite all information. You may use the museum’s website which will have good scholarly information. Use your textbook, or go to the library and find a book. Do not use Wikipedia, travel websites, or popular non-scholarly websites. If you have a question, ask me as to whether or not a source is suitable. You must have at least 2 sources for your paper. You must footnote either within the paper or at the end. The last page of the paper will have your bibliography. Use your textbook, and another scholarly source. Do not use Wikipedia, travel websites, or other popular websites. Do not use youtube, A&E, the Discovery Channel, Khanacademy,  smartarthistory, etc. Do not use any of that sort of thing. Go to a library, and check out a book. Do not use an encyclopedia. Use Kindle. You can tell the quality of a book by its publisher such as Yale, Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, etc. If you have a question about your source ask me. You may use the museum website where the work is now located. Again, don’t surf the internet for easy information. If you do not use correct sources, you will receive no credit. Failure to do this assignment will result in 20 points being deducted from your last exam. You can use your text book as one source. You need at least two quality sources. If your work is in the British Museum, use their website. If your work is in a top museum, use that website. Try the Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art.  NO PLAGIARISM. For citations Professor suggested: http://rub-a-dub.blogspot.com/2012/04/turabian-cheat-sheet-by-professor-john.html I choose Kritios Boy which was study in the class.  Here the link of the Museum: https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/youth-statue-kritios-boy https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/ekthesiakoi-horoi/i-aithoysa-ton-klityon-tis-akropolis Link where I found the picture: https://ancient-greece.org/images/museums/acropolis-mus/pages/110_1024b_jpg.htm YOU CAN EDITED THE DOCUMENT ATTACHED.

Taking a virtual visit to MoMA, please read about Tina Modotti.   https://www.moma.org/artists/4039?locale=en Then, scroll down and choose a photograph that you like. What are the basic shapes that you see? What lines lead you into the image?  What do you see first, second, and so on?  How are they connected? How does the composition convey/reinforce meaning in the photo? Please add the picture and the name of the picture.