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ART 101 Week 9 Final Project Art Timeline Final Project ART 101 Week 9 Final Project Art Timeline Final Project: Art Timeline In the final project for this course, you assume the role of a museum curator who receives the following e-mail from the Director of the museum: Following a meeting with our museum’s Web design team, it is now my priority to improve the content of our museum’s Web site. We decided on an interactive timeline focused on one art medium. It is your job to choose one art form such as painting or sculpture for the timeline. You must also have a common theme for the artwork you select. If you were to choose sculpture, your theme might be 20th- Century Sculpture. Whatever you focus on, make sure you do not make the timeline too long. Ten works should suffice. After selecting the 10 works of art, write a short paragraph to accompany each one. You have approximately 9 weeks for this project before you turn over your selected artworks and content to the design team. Review Appendix A for a detailed overview of this assignment. Select one art media on which to focus. Examples might include painting, architecture, performance art, or film. Whereas these are broad areas, you must select a single medium and then make your timeline focused on that single medium. Research the Internet, or Grove Art Online in the Axia Online library, and find 10examples of your chosen media that are thematically connected. Examples of thematically linked art media include linear perspective in European paintings. black and white film noir. Greek figural sculpture. international video art. Organize, in a Microsoft® Word document, the 10 works in chronological order and include a 100 word minimum paragraph for each in short essay form using APA format. To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint Capstone CheckPoint Write a 200- to 300-word summary of the following questions: How are the arts in your community supported by various agencies and citizens? Do you think there is enough or not enough support of the fine arts by these entities? Explain why or why not. What is your role in the creation and support of art in your community? To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 8 DQ 2 Using Internet resources, find one example of installation art. Describe the artwork you have found in the Main forum, including the title, artist, year created, and where it was installed. Discuss the meaning of the work and how it relates to what the artist has created. Provide your personal reaction to your chosen work and comment on each other’s examples of installation art. To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 8 DQ 1 Discuss the representation of the human body by the Egyptians and the Greeks. What are the similarities and differences between the two? What does the sculptural representation of the human form say about each culture? To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 8 CheckPoint Sculpture Mediums and Process CheckPoint: Sculpture: Mediums and Process Resource: Ch. 14 & 18 of A World of Art, Appendix B, and Appendix D Complete the Appendix D matrix with examples of each type of sculpture listed. Fill in the title of the artwork, the artist, year created, and medium. In the last column, determine whether the work is additive, subtractive, or neither. You may use Internet resources, your CD-ROM gallery, or your text for examples of sculpture. To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 7 CheckPoint Greek and Roman Architecture CheckPoint: Greek and Roman Architecture Resource: Ch. 16 of A World of Art Write a summary comparing and contrasting the characteristics of Roman and Greek architecture in 200 to 300 words. Provide examples of architecture from both Greek and Roman culture. To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 7 Assignment Architecture and Function Assignment: Architecture and Function Review Ch. 16 & 19 of A World of Art. Create a 5- to 7-slide PowerPoint® presentation that includes the following: Examples of architecture from Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, respectively Brief explanations of the elements of architecture as they relate to specific aspects of each religion Names of types of buildings associated with each religion A separate slide with references using APA formatting Citation beneath image, such as Fig. 1 To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 6 DQ 2 View a clip from North by Northwest directed by Alfred Hitchcock at: 005A&index=10 Discuss the types of shots used in the clip. How do they build tension in the scene? Provide an example of one sequence of shots you have viewed in a film or television program that built dramatic or comedic tension successfully. Don’t forget this is due on Thursday, March 18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRfmTpmIUwo&feature=PlayList&p=BA D2FB242B64 To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 6 DQ 1 View the video clip on the daguerreotype process found at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Web site at.http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dagu/dagu_1.htm In your opinion, what is the most significant difference between the daguerreotype process and modern photography? How do early and modern photos differ in the creative process of image production To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 6 CheckPoint Film and Popular Cinema CheckPoint: Film and Popular Cinema Resource: Ch. 13 of A World of Art Summarize the distinction between film and popular cinema in 200 to 300 words. Provide examples of each and explain why they fall into either category. To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 5 CheckPoint Drawing Review the nature and function of Leonardo’s drawings on the Universal Leonardo Web site located on this week’s student Web page. Review the nature and function of Michelangelo’s drawings on the British Museum Web site located on this week’s student Web page. Describe how each artist viewed drawing as a part of the creative process in 200 to 300 words. To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 5 Assignment Painting Styles Assignment: Painting Styles Review Ch. 21 & 22 (pp. 504–518) of A World of Art View the Neoclassic piece, The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, by Jacques Louis David on the National Gallery of Art Web site located on this week’sstudent Web page. View the Impressionist piece, The Luncheon of the Boating Party, by Pierre- Auguste Renoir on the Phillips Collection Web site located on this week’s student Web page. Click on the link to go to the home page of the Phillips Collection Web site. Select Collection. Click on the Luncheon of the Boating Party from the drop down menu on the left hand side of the screen. View the Abstract Expressionist piece, Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), by Jackson Pollock on the Metropolitan Museum of Art Web site located on this week’s student Web page. Click on the link to go to the home page of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Select Works of Art. In the Search box type in Autumn Rhythm, and select the first item that comes up. Write a 500- to 700-word summary in APA format that compares and contrasts Neoclassicism, Impressionism, and Abstract Expressionism. Use the selected artwork as your examples for each. Include the following in your discussion: How each style reflects its era and the culture Discussion of painting techniques Formal elements To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 4 DQ 2 The design for Cubist artwork was dramatically different from what had come before in the history of painting. Why did the artists involved in the creation of Cubism choose this radical and innovative approach to the design of their artwork? What influenced early Cubist artists? To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 4 DQ 1 Post your responses to this discussion here this week. Review the podcast found at EWART Web site, on the composition of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. Looking at the Last Supper what design elements do you recognize? Discuss them in your response. Use the vocabulary from the chart in the syllabus. Thinking of the Last Supper, or any artwork that interests you, what do you think is the most useful element of design for an artist? Which element of design do you think is the most important and integral to the creation of a successful artwork and why? To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 4 CheckPoint Design Movements CheckPoint: Design Movements Complete the Appendix C matrix. Add two more design movements with respective examples at the bottom of the matrix. Include approximate dates for each movement. To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 3 CheckPoint Analytical and Expressive Line CheckPoint: Analytical and Expressive Line Write a 200- to 300-word summary that answers the following: Summarize the difference between analytical and expressive lines, providing examples of each. Do you agree or disagree with the connection of analytical line with masculinity and expressive line with feminine qualities? Explain why or why not. To Know More Tutorials Visit http://www.tutorialfirm.com ART 101 Week 3 Assignment Formal Analysis of Art Assignment: Formal Analysis of Art Review: Ch. 5–7. Complete the Organizing Space exercises in the Discovering Art 2.0 CD-ROM: Open the CD-ROM.
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