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1: August 24-28 (Introduction and Chapter
19)
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directories below, find one example each of a realistic, idealistic,
and abstract work of art. Note that these terms relate to
the style of the work of art, not its subject matter. For
example, a painting of an angel may be done in a realistic style
if it represents the figure in a realistic human form. (Review
Lecture to be sure you understand the meaning of
these terms.) Send me the URL's to each work, and a brief
assessment
(1-2 sentences) of each work's formal qualities that qualify it
as an example of realism, idealism, or abstraction.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
2. On the internet, find
an example of
ancient (not medieval or Renaissance) Roman relief sculpture
that
demonstrates the influence of this type of sculpture on the work of
Nicola
and Giovanni Pisano. Send me the URL and describe what the
Pisanos
derived from Roman sculpture for their own work.
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CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TWO TASKS
AND RESPOND
TO IT:
| 3A. Find an example
of a painting
by Giotto on the web that is not illustrated in your text. Send
me the URL and describe what new innovations the artist brought to the
art of painting evident in the work you have selected.
3B. Search the internet
for examples
of works done in the International (Gothic) Style. Send me the
URL
to one site, and define the International Style traits of the work you
have selected.
NOTE: Be sure all of your
links work
and take me to the specific image you want me to see.
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2: August 31-September 4 (Chapter 20)
1. Locate a detail of the interior center panel of one of
the
following altarpieces: van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece, or Robert
Campin's Merode Altarpiece or
Hugo van der Goes' Portinari
Altarpiece. Send me the links to the site, and in a
paragraph describe the iconography of the panel (the symbolism of the
subject matter). (Use your textbook and Lecture 2 to help you
understand the iconography.)
2. Find a website
illustrating other views of Claus Sluter's Well of Moses than that illustrated
in your textbook, and another site showing an example of Gothic figural
sculpture. Send me the URLs to the sites and describe Sluter's
approach to depicting the human figure (& drapery ) in sculpture in
comparison to the Gothic example.
3. Compare and contrast the construction of space in Rogier van
der Weyden's Deposition and
Dirk Bouts' Last Supper.
Think about what is emphasized in each work as a result of the picture
construction and what, if any, new ideas are used.
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3: September 7-11 (Chapter 21)
1. Referring to Gentile da Fabriano's Adoration of the Magi and
Masacchio's Tribute Money,
carefully define the stylistic differences between the International
Style and the Italian Renaissance Style.
CHOOSE ONE OF THE TWO FOLLOWING QUESIONS TO ANSWER
2A. Consider the ways in
which the works of Donatello, Masaccio, Filippo Brunelleschi,
Michelozzo, and Alberti borrowed from and invented upon the art and
architecture of ancient Greece or Rome. Choose a work by one of
these individuals and find an ancient work of art that shows stylistic
similarities. Send me the URL to the site illustrating the
ancient work of art, and explain how it and the Renaissance work you
have chosen are stylistically related.
2B. The concept of 'reality' was conveyed differently by
fifteenth-century Italian and Flemish painters. Comparing
Masacchio's Tribute Money
(fig. 21-18) and Robert Campin's Merode
Altarpiece (fig. 20-4), discuss how each artist creates a sense
of the 'real world' in his work (think of perspective, light, surface
realism, etc.).
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4: September 14-18 (Chapter 22)
1. Using either Leonardo's Last Supper or Raphael's School of Athens, examine all the
ways the work exemplifies attributes of the Renaissance style and
communicates concepts important to Italian Renaissance culture and
philosophy.
2. Compare and contrast Michelangelo's David with Donatello's (fig. 21-12)
in terms of how they are constructed (material and technique) and how
each artist chose to communicate the subject. For whom and what
purpose were each made?
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COMPLETE ONE OF THE TWO TASKS
BELOW
3A. Find an
example of an Italian Mannerist painting, sculpture,
or building on the web (one not illustrated in your book). Send
me the URL and describe the characteristics that make it Mannerist.
3B. Thinking about the works of Bramante and Palladio, discuss
how the High Renaissance architects drew from, and invented upon,
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5: September 21-25 (Chapter 23)
1. How did Grünewald make the subject of his Isenheim Altarpiece more relevant
to the patients for whom it was intended? Give specific examples
of the iconography in your answer.
2. Find additional images of Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights on the
internet and send me the link. Describe the iconography of one of
the three panels in the triptych.
COMPLETE ONE OF THE TWO TASKS BELOW
3A. Identify two new subjects that appear in Northern Renaissance
art in the sixteenth century. Fine two examples of each new
subject matter not illustrated in the text and send me the links.
3B. Find additional works by Albrecht Dürer on the
internet
that illustrate how the artist drew upon Renaissance ideas in his style
and subject matter. Send me the URL to an example and tell me
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6: September 28-October 2 (Chapter 24)
1. Describe all the ways in which Bernini's design
and sculpture for the Cornaro Chapel
and for the Baldachino
in St. Peter's Bascilica exemplify artistic and religious
concepts of the Italian Baroque period.
2. Discuss the development of illusionistic ceiling painting,
beginning with Mantegna's frescoes in the Ducal Palace in Mantua
(1465-74; fig. 21-47 & 48), through the High Renaissance (fig.
22-18), and culminating in Italian Baroque examples (figs. 24-16,
24-22, 24-23 & 24-24).
3. Discuss the role of the artist and the viewer in Diego
Velázquez's Las Meninas.
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7: October 5-9 (Chapter 25)
1. Discuss the Baroque characteristics of each
of the following: Ruben's Raising of
the Cross, Rembrandt's Anatomy
Lesson of Dr. Tulp and George de La Tour's Adoration of the Shepherds.
2. Identify three new subjects that appear in 17th-century
Baroque painting. Find examples of each on the internet (not
represented in your textbook), and send me the links. |
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8: October 12-16 (Chapter 26)
1. Find an example of a Mughal painting and
another of a Rajput painting on the internet. Describe their
basic differences in terms of style, composition, subject and reference
to the artist. Send me the URLs.
2. Find additional images of the Taj Mahal and of the Gopura of
the Great
Temple at Madurai. Send me the URLs to each, and
discuss how the construction, style and ornamentation of each structure
serves its intended function. What foreign architectural styles
influenced the Taj Mahal. |
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9: October 19-23 (Chapter 27 & 28)
Chapter 27
1. Summarize the arts of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties
in terms of how aesthetic taste was dictated by the ruling court and
the educated literati class.
Describe specific works in your summary. How did Chinese literati painting influence Korean
painting.
2. Discuss palace and garden design in China during the Ming
dynasty. What philosophies are expressed in the arrangement and
appearance of each?
Chapter 28
3. Discuss the reflection of Zen philosophy in the living
environment (architecture, gardens), paintings , and rituals (including
the objects and spaces made especially for rituals) in the Muromachi,
Momoyama, and Edo periods. Give examples of specific works of art
in your response. |
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10: October 26-30 (Chapter 29 & 30)
Chapter 29
1. Identify the Rococo
traits in Boffrand's Salon de la Princesse, Watteau's Pilgrimage
to Cythera, and Boucher's Cupid a
Captive.
COMPLETE ONE OF THE TWO TASKS BELOW
2A. Describe how Enlightenment ideas inform the works of
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and Thomas
Gainsborough.
2B. Identify the Neoclassical traits evident in Kauffmann's Cornelia Pointing to Her Children,
David's Oath of the Horatii,
and Boyle and Kent's Chiswick House.
Chapter 30
3. Describe the Romantic characteristics of Gros' Napoleon at the Pesthouse at Jaffa,
Gericault's Raft of the 'Medusa',
Turner's Slave Ship, or
Goya's Third of May, 1808.
COMPLETE ONE OF THE THREE TASKS BELOW
4A. In your own words (not the textbook's), summarize the
technological, scientific, and political forces that contributed to
modernist ideas in art. Describe how the Realist artists
responded to these forces, giving examples of specific works of art.
4B. Discuss the development of cast iron in architecture and and
its impact on structure and style. Find two examples on the
internet to support your statements.
4C. How did the development of photograhy impact the fine
arts? Find two additional examples of daguerreotypes on the
internet.
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11: November 2-6 (Chapter 31)
1. Identify the characteristics of Impressionism in
terms of both style and subject matter. Discuss how these
characteristics are displayed in the works of Monet, Renoir, and Degas.
2. Describe how each of the four prominent Post-Impressionist
artists--van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat and Cezanne--responded to
Impressionism. In other words, what aspects of Impressionism did
each adopt, revise and/or reassess.
3. Discuss new developments in architecture and the decorative
arts at the end of the nineteenth century, including Art Noveau design
and advancements in metal frame construction (Richardson and Sullivan).
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12: November 9-13 (Chapter 35) **Note skip in chapter sequence
1. Identify and describe four art
movements that represent reactions
(both positive and negative) to the events of World War I.
Use
examples of specific works of art in your description of each art
current.
2. Discuss the development of modern architecture in Holland, Germany,
France, and America. Find examples (three to four) of modern
architecture outside of the premier centers of modernism (e.g. the
Czech Republic, Hungary, Scandinavia, Italy, etc.), and send me the
URLs.
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13: November 16-20 (Chapter 36)
1. The concept of the 'environment' gained great
importance in post-WW II art and architecture. Discuss the many
ways in which painters, sculptors, and architects responded to the
natural environment in their work.
2. Discuss the increasing role of 'performance' as a concept in
post-WW II works of art beginning with Abstract Expressionism.
Discuss all of the post-war movements to use 'the event' as a work of
art. Give examples of specific works of art and artists in your
discussion.
3. Discuss the meaning of Post-Modernism as it applies to both
art and architectural development. Find two examples each of
postmodern art and postmodern architecture on the internet that do not
appear in our text and send me the URLs. |
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14: November 23-27 (Chapter 32) **Note skip in chapter sequence
1. Identify the pantheon of Aztec
dieties. Describe how Aztec worship of them is evident in the art
and structures they made. Find additional depictions of Coatlicue
and Coyolxauhqui on the internet and send me the URLs.
COMPLETE ONE OF THE THREE TASKS BELOW:
2a. Describe all aspects related to the organization of the Inka
culture. How do the sites of Machu Picchu and Cuzco reflect the
structure of the Inka Empire. Find two additional examples of
Inca sites and send me the URLs.
2b. Find three internet sites that include images of objects produced
by
three of the following North American indigenous groups:
Navajo (Southwest), Pueblo (Southwest), Hopi (Southwest), Northwest
Coast (Kwakiutl, Tlingit, Haida), Eskimo, and Great
Plains. Send me the URLs. |
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15: November 30-December 4 (Chapters 33 & 34 )
1. Compare how ancestors and the deceased are
commemorated in the various Pacific Cultures (Melanesia, Micronesia,
and Polynesia). Use examples of specific works of art in your
answer.
2. Discuss the interactive function of visual objects produced in
Kongo, Senufo, Dogon, Mende, and Kuba cultures of Africa.
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