This assignment is a bit different from the other ones you’ve done. For this assignment, I want you to create a work of art in a style similar to one of the artists from this unit: Picasso, Braque, Kandinsky, Matisse, Miro, Dali, Mondrian (or any other artist not mentioned here). Pick one of the artists,…
Read more
Throughout the semester, students will develop the analytical skills to approach a work of art through four basic elements of art history: style, function, subject matter, and historical context. So far, we have incorporated these four elements when looking at 19th century landscape painting and sculpture, the invention of photography, the Harlem Renaissance, the New…
Read more
Throughout the semester, students will develop the analytical skills to approach a work of art through four basic elements of art history: style, function, subject matter, and historical context. So far, we have incorporated these four elements when looking at 19th century landscape painting and sculpture, the invention of photography, the Harlem Renaissance, the New…
Read more
Throughout the semester, students will develop the analytical skills to approach a work of art through four basic elements of art history: style, function, subject matter, and historical context. So far, we have incorporated these four elements when looking at 19th century landscape painting and sculpture, the invention of photography, the Harlem Renaissance, the New…
Read more
Book: Living with Art, 12th edition, by Mark Getlein For this assignment, we will be trying calligraphy—the art of beautiful writing. In many cases, calligraphy is used to elevate the importance of a passage of text. Decorating mosques with words from the Qur’an is one example. Another example is using calligraphy on invitations for an…
Read more
Book: Living with Art, 12th edition, by Mark Getlein This assignment is practice for our final exam. It’s called a Short Answer, which means you answer the question with a few sentences in a paragraph. (A long answer would be a full essay.) There is no specific word count. You need to write enough to…
Read more
Book: Living with Art, 12th edition, by Mark Getlein Throughout chapters 14 and 15, there are many examples of art being used to embody major aspects of their culture. Ancient cave paintings show animals that lived in the region tens of thousands of years ago; Greek sculpture exemplified an aesthetic and restrained ideal; Byzantine art…
Read more
Instructions This week you will use your readings from the past two weeks as a point of departure to create your own artistic production and a reflection paper. Part 1: Art Creation Select one of the visual art pieces from Chapters 1-6 or the lessons from Weeks 1-3 to use as a point of inspiration.…
Read more
100 Book: Living with Art, 12th edition, by Mark Getlein Doris Salcedo is a Colombian contemporary artist. While our chapter talks about South American cultures, Salcedo does not work in these traditions. Her work directly confronts the legacies of colonialism, conflict, and displacement in her home country. Doris Salcedo: https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s5/doris-salcedo-in-compassion-segment/ The segment is about 16…
Read more
Three facts about Art: It doesn’t happen in a vacuum It rarely can be discussed without context Context shifts as time and events occur The example for this week is one that has been affected by recent events, even though the area is ancient. “From modest beginnings in the First Century BC, Palmyra gradually rose…
Read more