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Level 3 Art History (90491) 2012 90491Q 904912 3 Level 3 Art History, 2012 90491 Describe the meaning of iconographic motifs 2.00 pm Wednesday 21 November 2012 Credits: Four QUESTION BOOKLET There are twenty-four questions in this booklet, two for each area of study. You should answer ONE question. Write your answer in Answer Booklet 90491A. Check that this booklet has pages 2 –16 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank. YOU MAY KEEP THIS BOOKLET AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION. Achievement Criteria Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with Excellence Describe the meanings conveyed Explain how iconographic motifs are Evaluate the importance of iconography through a range of iconographic motifs used to convey meaning in art works. in conveying meaning in art. in art works. © New Zealand Qualifications Authority, 2012. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the prior permission of the New Zealand QualificationsAuthority. 2 You are advised to spend 40 minutes answering the question you choose from this booklet. INSTRUCTIONS There are twenty-four questions in this booklet, two for each of the following areas of study: • Fourteenth-century Italian Painting • Fifteenth-century Italian Painting • Italian Renaissance Sculpture • High Renaissance and the Development of Mannerism • Venetian Painting • Northern Renaissance Art • Cubism and Abstraction 1900 –1930 • Fauvism and Expressionism • Dada and Surrealism • Architecture: Modernism to Postmodernism • Modern American Art • Modern New Zealand Art. Select ONE area of study and answer ONE of the two questions. The definition below may assist you in your answers. Write your answer in Answer Booklet 90491A. DEFINITION Iconography: The study of iconographic motifs (eg images, symbols, signs, icons, emblems) to convey meaning in art. 3 This page has been deliberately left blank. 4 FOURTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN PAINTING EITHER: QUESTION ONE Plate 1 Simone Martini, Altarpiece of St. Louis of Toulouse, c. 1319 For copyright reasons, this resource cannot be reproduced here. (a) Identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in this altar panel. Select and name ONE other fourteenth-century altar panel that depicts a saint, and identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in the selected altar panel. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs you identified, and explain how these motifs have been used to convey meaning about the saint depicted in each altar panel. (c) Evaluate the role of iconography in encouraging the veneration of saints in fourteenth-century Italy. OR: QUESTION TWO (a) Select and name TWO fourteenth-century landscape paintings, and identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in EACH painting. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs you identified, and explain how these motifs have been used to convey meaning in each painting. (c) Evaluate the effectiveness of landscape-related iconography in conveying ideas about human behaviour in fourteenth-century Italy. 5 FIFTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN PAINTING OR: QUESTION THREE Plate 2 Piero della Francesca, The Resurrection, 1460 –1463 For copyright reasons, this resource cannot be reproduced here. (a) Identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in this painting. Select and name ONE other painting by Piero della Francesca that uses setting to convey meaning, and identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in the selected painting. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs you identified, and explain how these motifs have been used to convey meaning in each painting. (c) Evaluate the effectiveness of Piero della Francesca’s use of setting in conveying spiritual meanings in his paintings. OR: QUESTION FOUR (a) Select and name TWO paintings by Masaccio that portray dramatic and / or miraculous events, and identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in EACH painting. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs you identified, and explain how these motifs have been used to convey dramatic and / or miraculous meanings in each painting. (c) Evaluate the effectiveness of Masaccio’s use of iconography in portraying dramatic and / or miraculous events in his paintings. 6 ITALIAN RENAISSANCE SCULPTURE OR: QUESTION FIVE Plate 3 Michelangelo, Madonna of the Stairs, c. 1490 For copyright reasons, this resource cannot be reproduced here. (a) Identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in this sculpture. Select and name ONE other sculpture by Michelangelo that depicts the Virgin Mary, and identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in the selected sculpture. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs you identified, and explain how these motifs have been used to convey meaning in each sculpture. (c) Evaluate the effectiveness of Michelangelo’s use of iconography in exploring ideas about the Virgin Mary. OR: QUESTION SIX (a) Select and name TWO Italian Renaissance sculptures of heroic figures, and identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in EACH sculpture. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs you identified, and explain how these motifs are used to portray the strength of the character in each sculpture. (c) Evaluate the effectiveness of iconography in conveying meaning about strong heroic characters. 7 HIGH RENAISSANCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANNERISM OR: QUESTION SEVEN Plate 4 Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna and Child with St. Anne and John the Baptist, c. 1499 For copyright reasons, this resource cannot be reproduced here. (a) Identify at least TWO iconographic motifs and / or devices used to convey spiritual meanings in this cartoon. Select and name ONE other art work by Leonardo da Vinci, and identify at least TWO iconographic motifs used to convey spiritual meanings in the selected art work. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs and / or devices you identified, and explain how these motifs have been used to convey spiritual meanings in each art work. (c) Evaluate the effectiveness of the iconography used by Leonardo da Vinci to convey spiritual meanings in his art. OR: QUESTION EIGHT (a) Select and name TWO High Renaissance portraits of a pope, and identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in EACH portrait. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs you identified, and explain how these motifs have been used to convey meanings about personality and power in each portrait. (c) Evaluate the extent to which the iconography used in the portraits of popes was effective in conveying the importance of the pope in the Roman Catholic Church. 8 VENETIAN PAINTING OR: QUESTION NINE Plate 5 Giorgione, The Three Philosophers, c. 1503 / 1504 For copyright reasons, this resource cannot be reproduced here. (a) Identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in this painting. Select and name ONE other Venetian allegory, and identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in the selected work. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs you identified, and explain how iconographic motifs have been used to convey meaning about everyday life in each painting. (c) Evaluate the importance of this iconography in conveying meaning about everyday life in Venice in this period. OR: QUESTION TEN (a) Select and name TWO Venetian sacra conversazione, and identify at least TWO iconographic motifs used to convey meaning in EACH painting. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs you identified, and explain how these motifs have been used to convey meaning in each painting. (c) Evaluate the significance of this iconography in conveying important religious ideas in Venice in this period. 9 NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART OR: QUESTION ELEVEN Plate 6 Hieronymous Bosch, Last Judgement (central panel of the triptych, Vienna), c. 1482 For copyright reasons, this resource cannot be reproduced here. (a) Identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in this painting. Select and name ONE other Northern Renaissance painting that depicts Judgement Day or Hell, and identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in the selected painting. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs you identified, and explain how these motifs have been used to convey meaning in each painting. (c) Evaluate the extent to which this iconography conveyed a convincing sense of life after death in this period. OR: QUESTION TWELVE (a) Select and name TWO Northern Renaissance art works that use animals iconographically, and identify at least TWO animal-related iconographic motifs in EACH art work. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs you identified, and explain how these motifs have been used to convey meaning in each art work. (c) Evaluate the effectiveness of this iconography in conveying allegorical meaning in Northern Renaissance art. 10 CUBISM AND ABSTRACTION 1900 –1930 OR: QUESTION THIRTEEN Plate 7 Georges Braque, Fruit Dish, Ace of Clubs, 1913 For copyright reasons, this resource cannot be reproduced here. (a) Identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in this art work. Select and name ONE other Cubist art work that features a still life, and identify at least TWO iconographic motifs in the selected art work. (b) Describe the meanings conveyed by the iconographic motifs you identified, and explain how these motifs have been used to convey meaning in each art work. (c) Evaluate the importance of iconography in conveying meaning about objects and surfaces in this period. OR: QUESTION FOURTEEN (a) Select and name TWO art works by Fernand Léger that demonstrate his enthusiasm for ‘the
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