15 Jan The Early and Midcentury

ART105 Introduction to Visual Art

Module 1 Assignment

Write one or two short paragraphs (3-4 sentences each) answering the following:

1. Have you taken an online course before? Which ones? When?

2. What are your expectations for this online course? What types of experiences do you anticipate, wish to have, or wish to avoid?

3. Do you have any previous art/art history background? Have you ever taken art or art history in college or high school? If so, what types of courses? Do you consider yourself an amateur artist?

4. Who is your favorite visual artist and why?

If you have no art background or favorite artist, that’s OK, just let me know. Hopefully by the end of our semester together you will have found one

Save your work as a Microsoft Word document. Make sure to include your last name as part of the file’s name. Turn in your work by clicking the “Practice Submitting an Assignment 1” link above. Type your name in the comment box and attach your file in the area below. (If you do not have Microsoft Word, copy and paste your assignment into the comment box as well.) Click “Submit” to hand in your work.

ART105 Introduction to Visual Art

Module 2 Assignment

Visit the Art Institute of Chicago’s website at http://www.artic.edu/aic/. Browse the images in the permanent collection (click “Collection” in the gray bar at the top of the webpage). Select any one piece that interests you, and copy and paste it into a one-slide PowerPoint presentation, along with your name, the artist’? s name, the title of the piece, the year(s) it was made, and the medium (material from which the work was made). Also include a short sentence explaining why this piece intrigues you. If you do not have PowerPoint, you may create the document in Microsoft Word. When you save your file, make sure you include your last name as part of your file name.

How to hand in your work:

Click the “Assignment 2: Practice Submitting an Assignment 2” link above. Type your name in the comment box and attach your file in the area below. Click “Submit” to hand in your work.

ART105 Introduction to Visual Art

Module 3 Assignment 3

Assignment: Visual Elements

1. Look through the permanent collection at the Art Institute of Chicago’s website. Go to www.artic.edu/aic and click on “ Collection” at the top.

2. Select artworks from the permanent collection that illustrate 15 of the visual element terms listed below. Do not use the same image for more than one term.

3. Copy and paste your images into a 15-slide presentation. Each slide should include an image, the artist (if given), title, date and medium (materials: e.g. oil on canvas, engraving, wood carving), the term your piece exemplifies, and a short sentence explaining how the image effectively demonstrates that term. (For example, “The photograph uses complementary hues because the two main colors, blue and orange, are opposite each other on the color wheel” or “This woodcut demonstrates hatching under the table because parallel lines are set closely next to one another to create a darker value.”) If you do not have PowerPoint, you may create a document using Microsoft Word.

List of Visual Elements (choose any 15):

contour line

implied line

implied compositional lines

psychological lines

lines that outline and shape

lines that create texture

modeling/chiaroscuro

hatching

cross-hatching

contour hatching

stippling

lines that suggest direction or movement

actual mass

implied mass

geometric rectilinear shapes

geometric curvilinear shapes

organic shapes

positive and negative shape (image must have both)

figure-ground reversal

high value contrast

low value contrast

cool colors, warm colors, saturated colors, tints, shades (image must have at least three)

analogous color scheme

complementary color scheme

optical color

impasto

actual texture other than impasto

visual texture

trompe l’oeil

subversive texture

overlapping

relative size

linear one-point perspective (explain where the horizon line, minimum of two orthogonals, and vanishing points are)

linear two-point perspective (explain where the vanishing point, minimum of four orthogonals, and two vanishing points are)

atmospheric perspective

actual motion

stopped time

implied time/implied motion

illusion of motion

How to hand in your work: When saving your work, include your last name as part of the file name. Then click the “Visual Elements” link above. Type your name in the appropriate field and attach your file in the area below the comment box. Click “Submit” to hand in your work.

ART105 Introduction to Visual Art

Module 4 Assignment

Assignment: Principles of Design

1. Look through the permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s website. Go to http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp and click on “Curatorial Departments” or “Collection Database” at the left.

2. Select artworks from the permanent collection that illustrate 15 of the principles of design listed below. Do not use the same image for more than one term.

3. Copy and paste your images into a 15-slide presentation. Each slide should include an image, the artist (if given), title, and date, the design principle your piece exemplifies, and a short sentence explaining how the image effectively demonstrates that term. (For example, “The cat, being the largest and most complex form in the photograph, is the focal point,” or “Because of the repetition of triangular shapes and the color red, visual unity is created.”) If you do not have PowerPoint, you may create a document using Microsoft Word. Be sure to save your work with a title that includes your last name within it.

Principles of Design (choose 15):

visual unity

conceptual unity

variety

actual balance

pictorial balance

bilateral (pure or formal) symmetry

approximate symmetry

symmetrical balance

asymmetrical balance

horizontal balance

vertical balance

diagonal balance

radial balance

imbalance

focal point

rhythm

hierarchical scaling

distorted scale (not hierarchical scaling)

violating the canon of proportion for expressive purposes

How to hand in your work: Click the “Assignment: Principles of Design” link above. Type in your name and attach the file to the area below the comment box. Click “Submit” to hand in your work.

ART105 Introduction to Visual Art

Module 5 Assignment

Assignment: Decoding Iconography

Name: ______________________________________________________________________

Subject Matter (list all items that make up the subject matter):

Symbolism (list the symbolism of the subject matter listed above):

Meaning (What is the meaning and how does the subject matter and symbols create the overall meaning of the work of art?):

As noted in your textbook, iconography refers to the themes and symbols in a work of art and their connections with the meanings of the work. Complex iconographies sometimes get lost across generations and cultures, and require research to decode. However, the painting depicted here uses many symbols that are still comprehensible to us today.

1. Answer the following:

a. What objects are represented in this painting? In other words, what is the “surface” subject matter?

b. What does each object symbolize?

c. Based on your interpretation of the symbols, what is the overall message of the piece, as stated in one or two sentences?

2. Fill out the document with your findings and submit to the instructor.

ART105 Introduction to Visual Art

Module 9 Assignment

Assignment: Curate Your Own Sculpture Exhibition (in pairs)

Attached Files:

File Peer Evaluation Form (52.282 KB)

This assignment will be done with a partner. Remember, paired assignments function best if you work together rather than merely dividing the assignment; while you certainly may communicate via your group discussion board and email, remember that you can also communicate “ in real time” using the group chat feature, the telephone, facebook chat, or any other medium that allows you to communicate synchronously (i.e. at the same time).

1. Check the Group Pages in the Tools- Communication tab on the left menu to contact your partner and determine how and when you will complete the assignment. (Be sure to touch bases by Wednesday at midnight.)

2. Together, determine a theme for your sculpture exhibition. (Examples of exhibition themes could be “mythological heroes,” “religion,” “the human body,” etc.) The sculptures you select for this assignment must all fit the theme in some way.

3. Name your exhibition and create a brief paragraph that gives an overview of your exhibition topic. This information should be included on slide 1 of your PowerPoint presentation.

4. Next, select a minimum of 10 sculptures for your exhibition that illustrate 10 of the 19 sculptural terms listed below. (Remember, each sculpture must both illustrate a term and fit your theme.) Choose your sculptures from the following museums’ permanent collections: the Getty Museum (http://www.getty.edu/museum/), the Louvre Museum (http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en), or the Museum of Modern Art (www.moma.org).

5. Create a “visual tour” of your sculpture exhibition in PowerPoint format. Each slide of your PowerPoint presentation should include a high quality image of a selected sculpture, plus the artist’s name, title, date, medium, and the name of the museum that owns it.

6. Also on each slide, label the term illustrated. Write one or two sentences explaining how your piece illustrates each term. Then, include one or two sentences explaining how the sculpture fits your exhibition theme.

Sculptural Terms:

bas-relief

high relief

freestanding sculpture

subtractive process

additive process

carving

modeling

casting

lost-wax technique

burnished

casting of human figures

stone

wood

clay

metal

direct metal sculpture

patina

constructed sculpture

assemblage

readymade

mixed-media

kinetic sculpture

light sculpture

“ other” materials

How to download the peer evaluation form:

Click the “Curate Your Own Sculpture Exhibition (in pairs)” link above. The file can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of Section 1: Assignment Information.

How to hand in your work:

Note: Only one person per group should submit the PowerPoint file, but all students must submit a peer evaluation form. The peer evaluation form will count as part of your group participation grade.

Click the “Curate Your Own Sculpture Exhibition (in pairs)” link above. Be sure your files’ names include your last name within them. Also type your names in the comment box. Attach the PowerPoint file and peer evaluation form. Click “Submit” to hand in your work.

ART105 Introduction to Visual Art

Module 13 Assignment

Assignment: Period Styles and Their Key Stylistic Attributes

The purpose of this assignment is to gain a deeper understanding of the key artistic characteristics of each of the period styles discussed in this week’s reading.

Based on this module’s readings, write one short, 3-4 sentence paragraph explaining the most important stylistic characteristics of each of the following, for a total of 11 short paragraphs:

Early Christian Art

Byzantine Art

Early Medieval Art

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Fifteenth-Century Northern Painting

The Early and Midcentury Italian Renaissance

The High Italian Renaissance

High and Late Venetian Renaissance

High and Late Renaissance Art Outside Italy

Mannerism

How to hand in your work: Save your work with a name that includes your own last name. Then, click the “Period Styles and Their Key Stylistic Attributes” link above. Type your name in the “Comments” text box and attach your work as a Word document file. If you do not have Microsoft Word, copy and paste your work into the “Comments” box. Click “Submit” to hand in your work.