Art History take home test

Museum Exhibit- 2013

Museums around the world are curating new exhibitions of their art collection each year around different themes and ideas.

You're to “curate” a show based on a theme you select from the list below.

You need to use five pieces of artwork for your art exhibition, using the whole timeline of art as your guide.

You must properly ID each work, list them chronologically, and include why/how it represents your chosen theme.

You must include:

• FIVE works of art (5 WORKS X 20 PTS = 100PTS)
• One work from beyond the European Tradition (Africa, Oceania, Asia, Native Americas)
• One work from Ancient Cultures
• One Work from 1900-2013

You are welcome to use works that are not in your text book. They can be drawings, paintings, sculpture or even architecture.

Please choose one of these themes, and select 5 works of art that follow the guidelines above.

• Representations of nature
• Gender issues in art
• Art that “documents” a historical event
• Race, clan and class in art
• Art and technology/technological innovations
• Patronage-role of patron and artist
• War and peace
• Sacred spaces
• The human body in art/different representations

This will be collected on Friday, April 22.

Homework: March 31 - April 6

Tuesday, April 2: Assignment #103

ALL: Flipping the classroom

Please watch the following videos on smarthistory.org and take notes on the 4 slides:

Monet's Gare St. Lazare

Millet’s The Gleaners

Gaugin’s Nevermore

Klimt’s The Kiss

Wednesday, April 3: Assignment #104

AP: Short Essay Practice

Please complete the two short essay questions. One has to do with Rodin’s sculpture, and the other is a quote. Please read page 855 to help you understand the quote!

Thursday, April 4: Assignment #105:  AP: Timeline Assignment

Impressionism

Realism

Post-Impressionism

Symbolism

Romanticism

Naturalism

Art Nouveau

You are welcome to do this assignment in your sketchbook or on the computer.

For each:

1. Find the relevant dates and the significance of each style (at least four sentences).

2. Include at least two artists for each style.

3. Place everything on one continuous timeline. Some will overlap.

Friday, April 5: Assignment #106:

ALL: Long Essay

Please use an example from chapter 29 and an African  (chapters 15 &32 Do not use Dogon couple! You already know that one!) work.

This question asks you to explore the stylistic relationships between the form and content of figurative art.  How a culture is perceived is often expressed in depictions of the human figure.  Choose two specific representations of the human body from different cultures.  Only one of your choices may be from a European artistic tradition.  Discuss significant aspects of each culture that are revealed by the way in which the human body is depicted.

You will need to read about the culture to explain the historical values of the work. I will be collecting this!

82nd and 5th

This is a new web series on youtube which features the Met Museum's curators discussing their favorite work of art in the museum. They are interesting and worth watching!

Flipping the classroom-NeoClassicism

Wednesday, March 14: Assignment #96

ALL: Smarthistoy Videos

Please watch the 4 videos on David and Neoclassicim on smarthistory.org

1.    Oath of the Horatti

2.    The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of his sons.

3.    The Emperor Napoleon in his Study

4.    The Intervention of the Sabine Women

Please take any notes on the provided sheet.

Also, for Thursday's article on Washington, it was publishe here, which has the full article and more pictures!

Homework: March 10-16

Monday, March 12: Assignment #94

Guided Questions:

AP Only: Enlightenment

Complete the guided questions for chapter on Baroque Art in chapter 28.

Tuesday, March 13: Assignment #95

ALL: Venn diagram

Complete the handout for the Venn diagram. Please answer the following ways each piece serves a purpose: Subject, Style, and Symbolism. 

Wednesday, March 14: Assignment #96

ALL: Smarthistoy Videos

Please watch the 4 videos on David and Neoclassicim on smarthistory.org

1.    Oath of the Horatti

2.    The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of his sons.

3.    The Emperor Napoleon in his Study

4.    The Intervention of the Sabine Women

 Please take any notes on the provided sheet.

Thursday, March 15: Assignment #97

AP: Article on Gerorge Washington

 Please read the article on George Washington and answer the questions on the packet.

Friday, March 16: Assignment #98

AP: Review

Please complete the review questionson Ancient Near East. ID each work, what theme would each piece fall in, and include 3 important facts.

Review on Tuesday, March 12 in room 118 from 2.00-3.00 pm. “Important Domes in Architecture”  

 

Homework March 3-9 2013

Monday, March 4: Assignment #94

AP ONLY: Guided Questions:

Baroque Art

Complete the guided questions for chapter on Baroque Art in chapter 24.

Tuesday, March 5: Assignment #95

ALL: Artist Box Sheet

Complete the artist box sheet to finish up the Baroque chapter! I will be collecting this!

Wednesday, March 6: Assignment #96

ALL: Venn diagram

Please complete the Venn diagram. Use images 28-4 and 29-42. How does the 150 years in-between these two works change the style of the artwork?

Thursday, March 7: Assignment #97

AP only: Short Answer Essay

Complete the following two short answer essays questions.

Use 28-9 for the 1^st one.

Use 28-26 for the 2^nd one.

 I will be collecting this!

Friday, March 8: Assignment #95

AP Only: Review Worksheet 

Complete the two long essay outlines.  I have given you an example of how it should be completed. Please use the categories that I have assigned.  

 

Homework: January 6-12 2013

Monday, January 7: Assignment #59

ALL: Please complete the 2007 short answer essay on the BAYEAUX Tapestry.

Tuesday, January 8: Assignment #60

AP: Please complete the GUIDED QUESTIONS. Use Chapter 18 to help you review. 

Wednesday, January 9: Assignment #61

AP: Please complete the handout for the 2 short answer essay questions. One is on St. Denis and the other on jamb sculptures. Use your textbook, and make sure to fully answer each question!

Thursday, January 10: Assignment #63

ALL: Please complete the handout for long essay practice.  It discusses technological developments. Please use a work of art from the Gothic chapter and one from Byzantine.

Friday, January 11: Assignment #64

 AP Sketchbook Assignment -Time Line of Gothic Architecture -Using the following categories, choose works of architecture from each period. First, fully identify the time period, and the major architecture changes that shaped the cathedrals during that time. How did the culture influence the art? Fully identify each piece of art you selected, and describe the distinguishing characteristics of each piece. In total, you will have discussed 7 specific pieces of artwork, and described 5 different time periods for a total of 12 points.

Early Gothic - 2 examples

Late Gothic- 2 examples

Rayovannt Gothic - 1 Example

Flamboyant Gothic - 1 Example

Perpendicular Gothic - 1 Example

Looking Ahead:

All late work due: Wednesday, Jan. 16^th

Midterm is January 18^th