Art Journals / Compare Contrast

Art Journals / Compare Contrast Throughout the semester a journal will be kept and created cataloguing one piece from each chapter theme, artist, or major style. Each entry must have a good copy of the work in color and no larger than 2” x 3” or smaller than 1” x 1“. Each page must be appropriately titled and labeled. On each page must be included the following topics and each topic must be answered fully- yes or no answers will NOT be accepted. Each work must be fully identified. A fully identified piece must include the following information: 1-Name of the piece, 2-name of the artist(s), 3-style associated with, 4-size, 5-medium or media used, 6-the date or the century. There are six (6) topics that must be covered for each piece and they are: Subject Matter, Function, Artistic Decision Making, Contextual Analysis, Cultural Impact, and Comparison. Each of these topics has specific questions that have assigned for each set of images. You are REQUIRED to only use the questions provided.

 #26 Virginia State Capital (Ch 29), and The Forbidden City in China (Image 206) Subject Matter: Iconography - What do the buildings in the work represent or symbolize? Function: Why: Was it created to establish a cultural identity? Whom: Who was the Patron and why did the patron commission the work? Where: Was it created for a private home or a public place and why? Artistic Decision Making: What: What type of color scheme was used and why and why? Contextual Analysis: How: How does the work reflect a culture’s concept of power and authority and why? How does the work reflect political ideologies, and why? Cultural Impact: Did: What IMPACT does the architecture have on the history of art and why? Comparison: What political similarities do these two images share and how is it expressed in these two works of art?