Art

1.Tell me what format you used to take the test (stereo speakers, car audio, earbuds, headphones, etc).  Please use the highest quality speakers you have available. 2. Give me a short paragraph for each song explaining your choice.  Tell me what you heard in the track that made you choose it.  Did you choose the uncompressed WAV file? If not, why didn’t you choose the WAV track? https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/02/411473508/how-well-can-you-hear-audio-quality

Complete BOTH comparison essays. Essays should be around 1-2 paragraphs. Write an essay comparing and contrasting Caravaggio’s Entombment (1600-1604) and Rembrandt’s The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (The Night Watch) (1642). Discuss the similarities and differences between the two works of art. Make sure to consider the following: subject matter, style, medium, and formal elements of the works as well as the intended meaning/purpose and historical context. Your essay should also address the main theme of the comparison. Write an essay comparing and contrasting Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (1503-06) and Picasso’s Girl with a Mandolin (1910). Discuss the similarities and differences between the two works of art. Make sure to consider the following: subject matter, style, medium, and formal elements as well as the historical context. Your essay should also address the main theme of the comparison.

PICK ONE OF THE TWO TOPICS PRESENTED: 1.) select an existing product, brand, or design that shows innovation in form, function, and purpose. What is the cultural relevance of your concept in today’s society and how does it compare to similar products, brands, or designs that already exist? Tell us what makes this work great in your opinion. OR 2.) Select an existing product, brand or design that you believe has positively benfitting culture/society in some way. Provide your individula analysis of its merits.  THE CHOSEN TOPIC MUST PERTAIN TO THE BEAUTY/FASHION/ DESIGN INDUSTRY.

In this assignment please comment on my classmate assignment post for both part 1 and 2 and in your comment you should state if my classmate completed the assignment well(both parts of the assignment),why do you think that, and what can be done to make the assignment better(if needed).I put the URL for the google doc where you can find my classmate assignment. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VlRwzEVJ-QazB0pSWSM6kFwtgLCNCVH9p9ElVhero4Y/edit

Assignment For this project, you’ll answer seven questions about artists from ten of the art movements you studied throughout your course. You must select one artist from each of the following movements to research:  1. Neoclassicism-Benjamin West, Angelica Kauffman, Antonio Canova, 2. Romanticism-Caspar Friedrich, Henry Fuseli, Théodore Géricault,  3. Impressionism-Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Alfred Sisley  4. Post-Impressionism-Pierre Bonnard, Paul Sérusier, Emilé Bernard,  5. Expressionism and Fauvism-Franz Marc, Georges Rouault, André Derain 6. Cubism and Futurism-Sonia Delaunay, Alice Bailly, Gino Severini, 7. Dada and Surrealism-Max Ernst, Hannah Höch, Yves Tanguy, 8. Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art- Cy Twombly, Joan Mitchell, James Rosenquist  9. Minimalism and Post-Minimalism-Robert Ryman, Robert Morris, James Turrell  10. Postmodernism and Deconstructivism-Yasomasa Morimura, Daniel Libeskind, David Salle  Questions Once you’ve selected the 10 artists you would like to focus on, you’ll need to research answers to the following seven questions or question groups:  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. In what ways is the piece characteristic of the movement specified above? (Include an image of the chosen piece.)  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?  7. What’s innovative about the artist’s work for that time period?  You’ll then write an APA-formatted essay that contains a title page, a brief introduction and conclusion, in-text citations supporting your research, and a reference list. Answer each question using complete sentences. The essay should be a minimum of 1,200 words. However, most students finish the project in about 2,000 words. Answer the questions in essay format; do not answer them in list format. You’ll need to find at least one source for each artist from the internet, a library, or elsewhere. Be sure to use reputable sources when searching for information on your selected artists. Your essay should include a cover page and works cited page using APA formatting.

What are the characteristics of the Neolithic Period? Neolithic cultures have domesticated plants and animals.  Neolithic people lived in sedentary environments because they depended on harvests, food storage, and livestock for subsistence year-round.  These people did not paint deep in caves.  Instead, the Neolithic people in Europe and Western Asia were builders, constructing what we call megalithic architecture. In this assignment you will learn about the Neolithic megalithic architecture of Stonehenge in England.  part 1: Read this Smithsonian.com article on the Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe. Answers to these two questions to me,    What are the common elements between all three Neolithic sites (Stonehenge, Göbelki Tepe, and ?atalhöyük)?  What about these Neolithic sites, in your opinion, is most remarkable?  this would be just a paragraph long.   part 2: Even though “trying to pick out symbolism from prehistoric context is an exercise in futility,” imagine that you could have one question about these sites answered definitively, as if you had access to an omniscient archaeologist.  What question would you ask? just one question

You will write a response to two or three images from a body of work of one of the following artists: 1. Sally Mann 6. Margaret Bourke-White 2. Cindy Sherman 7. Henri Cartier-Bresson 3. Nan Goldin 8. Richard Avedon  4. Phillip Lorca-diCorcia  9. Annie Leibovitz 5. Edward Burtynsky 10. Dorothea Lange Be sure to do your research on the artist and their work and tell me what you believe has motivated the pieces you’ve selected in addition your personal thoughts and feelings on them. Consider addressing some of the following questions about each piece you’ve selected for your response:  What is the image “About”? What is the genre?  Is there an obvious objective? i.e.. propaganda etc.… What design elements are being used to create dynamism? What is the Emphasis of the image? Where is my eye going and why is it going there? What was the intended Emphasis? What are the technical considerations? Does the technique help or detract from the intended message or concept? What is the photo’s emotional or psychological impact?

Essays: From the list of essay questions posted on the class site you will select four (4) to answer during the semester. See the schedule for when these essays are due. The essay is due on the due date however you will have one day past the due date to post. Any post made on the additional day will have a deduction of 10 points made. Each essay must: The question must be included as either the subject line of your post. The question will not be included in your word count. Each post must contain at least 600 words in the answer to the question. The 600 words does not include the question or works cited list. The score for any essay that is less than 600 words will be prorated and additional deductions for writing errors will be made from that prorated score. ? Note: Please submit as a Word document or a rtf document. Do not submit pdf’s. ? Essays can be posted at any time prior to the due date. ? Note: All quotes must be documented. The Chicago Style (Turabian) is the correct format for art papers. Examples of proper footnotes and works cited page done in the Chicago Style are readily found online by searching for “Chicago Style citation.” Failing to document quotes is plagiarism. ? Wordiness will be deleted from your word count. (-3) Example: In my own personal opinion I think I do believe …… ? Documentation of any wording taken from other authors is required. Failure to document source material is plagiarism. AUTOMATIC DEDUCTIONS Answering question that you previously answered but with a different answer -50  Not including the question in your essay –5  Submitted one day past the due date –10  Failure to document source material 0 on essay

Image of Bernini’s Ecstasy of St.Teresa: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/ Estasi_di_Santa_Teresa.jpg/250px-Estasi_di_Santa_Teresa.jpg Image of Caravaggio’s Crucifixion of St. Peter: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Caravaggio_-_Martirio_di_San_Pietro.jpg/300px-Caravaggio_-_Martirio_di_San_Pietro.jpg The Protestant Reformation and the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation had major influences on the Western art world, out of which Baroque art would emerge. Artists and artworks became an essential arm of the church, needed to inspire faith and commitment within an institution that found itself destabilized by this schism. Though Baroque artists continued to use the vocabulary of ancient Greeks and Romans, as had Renaissance artists, there were major shifts in how religious imagery would be depicted. Compare two Baroque artworks, Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s sculpture Ecstasy of St. Teresa with Caravaggio’s painting, Crucifixion of St. Peter, in order to identify and discuss this shift in religious imagery. Again, give a formal analysis of each painting in order to distinguish the different approaches of these two artists, but this time pay close attention to light, movement, and theatricality. Make a brief comparison to Renaissance art in order to illustrate the shift in art periods. Use the required course materials to help you discuss, briefly, (1) the history of Baroque art and these two artists in particular, (2) the role of the church, and (3) how Bernini and Caravaggio differently conveyed faith and commitment to the church. It is important to note that this assignment is your second introduction to Art History and Art Criticism, so it is imperative that you continue to exercise your ability to visually analyze. The required course materials, under “How To Write About Art: Art Criticism and Formal Analysis,” will continue to aid you in developing these skills. Assignment Expectations Here are five keys to writing a great Case Assignment! For each Case in this course, please: Make sure you fully address the case assignment prompt- don’t just describe the painting and don’t forget to ‘really look’ at the painting. Be sure to respond to the expectations stated under “Learning Outcomes” in the Syllabus. Apply ideas from the background readings to your analysis and discussion of the case assignment prompt. Write, at minimum, three to four pages, not including images or references. Include a separate cover page that includes your name, the course name, the module, and assignment name. Set your format to 1″ margins on all four sides, 12-point font, double-spaced. Include a separate cover AND reference page at the end that includes every website and article on which you base your information and analysis. In the reference list, please note that a URL with no additional information is not a complete reference. Over time, link root will make any URL useless. Each reference should contain all the information a reader would need to find the source. In this Case Assignment, you will: Give an explanation of the values—influences, themes, techniques, subjects—characteristic of the period or style under study. Give some information about how the social, political, or religious history of the period influenced its art and artists. Provide biographical information about the artist whose work is assigned or (in SLP assignments) chosen for reflection.

Discuss the lifestyle of ancient Egypt that strictly preserved the “Ka”.  Using the text and links you’ve found, write about how fashion, death ritual OR building campaigns were designed to create a “soft” and successful entry into death. You may comment on found links using information based on the text, (Art a brief history by, Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren) also from a reliable online site. Related your own thoughts on these works based on what you have learned.