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Unit I Essay

Experiencing Public Art

For this assignment, you will select a public sculpture that interests you. Public sculptures include any work displayed inpublic with the goal of being accessible to everyone outside of a museum or building. Write an essay about an outdoorsculpture that you have seen in person. If you are unable to photograph a local sculpture, please locate one from yourcommunity or neighboring city using the Internet, and be sure to visit it.

You must be sure to choose a sculpture that you have seen in person so that you can give your description of what youfelt when you experienced it. Take a photograph of the sculpture, and include your photo with this essay. If you are unableto take a photograph, locate one from the Internet. Include the photograph of the artwork on the fourth page by pasting theimage into a Word document along with your written essay.

Address the following points in your essay:

? Title, artist, and location of the artwork.

? How would you describe the artwork?

? Why it is there, and what (or who) does it represent?

? What was the source of the funding for this artwork?

? How did you feel about it the first time you saw it?

? Do you feel the same about it now?

Example paper:

Click here to view an example essay. This example paper is for a similar assignment. It shows the APA formattingdescribed below. Please notice that it has an introductory paragraph and a conclusion paragraph. This example will showyou formatting and the level of detail required. Be sure that your essay must meets the criteria listed above.

Formatting:

? Title page (1 page)

? Written Essay (2 pages)

? Image(s) (1 page)

? References (1 page)

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Use Times New Roman font. Double space all lines, and indent the first line of each paragraph. Your title page should becorrectly formatted with a running head and page number listed in the header area. Include your title, name, and schoolcentered on the title page. Your written essay should contain at least three paragraphs (including introductory andconclusion paragraphs). Your last page will have the word “References” centered at the top.

All sources used, including the textbook, must be cited and included on the reference page. When you use a statementfrom a source, you need to credit the source in this format: (last name of author(s), year) at the end of the sentence beforethe period.

For direct quotes, use quotation marks, and add the page number to your citation. An example of a citation for a quotationfrom page 5 of our textbook would be (Frank, 2014, p. 5).

Additionally, information you obtain from an outside source must be included on the reference page. If you would likeadditional assistance with APA, click here to access the CSU Citation Guide.

Click here to access a research guide that contains information on available resources from the CSU Library to aid you incompleting your coursework.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit II Assignment

Art Gallery: Selecting a Theme and Gallery Pieces

Throughout this course, you will be working toward completing your course project, an art gallery. This project will be aPowerPoint presentation that you will build upon with each unit. After each unit, you will review your instructor’s feedbackand revise your presentation accordingly.

For your first assignment, you will select a theme and five works of art for your art gallery. You will carry this themethroughout the course, and your additions for each unit will all relate back to this selected theme.

Using your textbook, select a theme. You can select an artist, a historical period, or a type of art. It can be modern ortraditional. Select a theme that interests you—one that you would be interested in learning more about. Once you have atheme selected, select five works of art that fall under that theme. You can use multiple works of art created by the sameartist.

You will find a few examples of themes in the list below:

? Scenes depicted, such as war landscapes, water, or mountains

? Topics such as horses, flowers, or religion

? Types of art, such as graphic art, comic art, or photographs

? Techniques such as murals or sculptures

Begin by opening the “Course Resources” tab to find the template provided for your art gallery. In the course, you shouldsee a tab on the left blue bar labeled “Course Resources” located under the COURSE CONTENT heading. Once youopen the template, save it to your computer to complete. You will use this template throughout the course as you buildyour art gallery. Read the instructions for each assignment carefully to see which slides to complete. Be sure to add yourown creative elements, including the background and graphics. You may also add more slides.

For this portion of the presentation, you should complete at least nine slides of the template that include the following:

? Title slide: Include the title of your presentation, your name, the university’s name, and the date.

? Introduction slide 1: Include why this theme interests you and what you hope to learn, using complete sentences.

? Introduction slide 2: Include the title of your theme and a brief overview of the theme. Use supporting facts andcomplete sentences.

? Artwork slides: Complete the five artwork slides. Include a visual of the artwork along with its title, artist, date,media (materials used in the artwork), and artwork citation.

? Reference slide: You must use at least your textbook as an outside source. Be sure to follow APA format for allsources used, including the textbook and artwork.

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To access the art gallery template and other PowerPoint resources, click on the “Course Resources” link in the coursemenu bar of Blackboard.

Click here to access an example of this presentation segment. Click here to view this example in PDF format.

If you would like to learn more about using PowerPoint, consider watching the Success Center’s Webinar here.

Click here for examples of proper artwork citations.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit III Assignment

Art Gallery: Visual Elements

For Unit III of your art gallery presentation, you will be adding descriptions of the visual elements you observe in theartworks you placed in your art gallery. The purpose of this unit assignment is to demonstrate that you can apply what youlearned about visual elements to your gallery artworks.

? Begin by reviewing your Unit II feedback and making any necessary revisions.

? Place one Visual Elements slide directly after the artwork it describes.

? Next, research the elements using Chapter 3 of your textbook.

? Make sure you describe all of the visual elements from Chapter 3 using complete sentences. Questions toconsider are included below:

o Line: Describe what kind of lines are in the artwork (vertical, horizontal, diagonal, thick, thin, etc.). What do thelines do? Do they lead your eye to something?

o Shape: Describe what kind of shapes are in the artwork and where they appear. Are there circular shapes inclouds, rect

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? Next, research the design elements in Chapter 4 of your textbook.

? Place the Design Principles slide directly after the Visual Elements slide describing each artwork.

? Provide a detailed description of the design principles in each artwork, using full and complete sentences. Fordesign principles, make sure you describe how the artist used most or all of the ones in Chapter 4: unity andvariety, balance, emphasis, directional forces, contrast, repetition and rhythm, and scale and proportion.

Questions to consider are included below:

o Unity: What elements work together to make a harmonious whole?

o Variety: What creates diversity?

o Balance: Is it symmetrical or asymmetrical?

o Emphasis: What is the focal point?

o Directional forces: What are the paths for the eye to follow?

o Contrast: Where do you see contrasting elements in the artwork?

o Repetition and rhythm: Is an element repeated?

o Scale and proportion: Are the objects in proportion to each other?

? You do not need to cite a source if it is your observation. Only cite a source if you are using information thatsomeone published. Be sure to use APA formatting for all outside sources.

? Please submit your full presentation thus far, which should include the updated previous segments and thesegment for this unit.

? This segment must include a minimum of five PowerPoint slides.

To access the art gallery template, an example presentation, and other PowerPoint resources, click on the “Course

Resources” link in the course menu bar of Blackboard.

Click here to access an example of this presentation segment. Click here to view this example in PDF format.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit IV Assignment

Art Gallery: Principles of Design

For Unit IV of your art gallery presentation, you will be adding descriptions of the principles of design you observe in theartworks you placed in your art gallery. The purpose of this unit assignment is to demonstrate that you can apply what youlearned about design principles to your gallery artworks.

? Begin by reviewing your Unit III feedback and making any necessary revisions to the descriptions of the visualelements.

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? Next, research the design elements in Chapter 4 of your textbook.

? Place the Design Principles slide directly after the Visual Elements slide describing each artwork.

? Provide a detailed description of the design principles in each artwork, using full and complete sentences. Fordesign principles, make sure you describe how the artist used most or all of the ones in Chapter 4: unity andvariety, balance, emphasis, directional forces, contrast, repetition and rhythm, and scale and proportion.

Questions to consider are included below:

o Unity: What elements work together to make a harmonious whole?

o Variety: What creates diversity?

o Balance: Is it symmetrical or asymmetrical?

o Emphasis: What is the focal point?

o Directional forces: What are the paths for the eye to follow?

o Contrast: Where do you see contrasting elements in the artwork?

o Repetition and rhythm: Is an element repeated?

o Scale and proportion: Are the objects in proportion to each other?

? You do not need to cite a source if it is your observation. Only cite a source if you are using information thatsomeone published. Be sure to use APA formatting for all outside sources.

? Please submit your full presentation thus far, which should include the updated previous segments and thesegment for this unit.

? This segment must include a minimum of five PowerPoint slides.

To access the art gallery template, an example presentation, and other PowerPoint resources, click on the “CourseResources” link in the course menu bar of Blackboard.

Click here to access an example of this presentation segment. Click here to view this example in PDF format.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit V Assignment

Art Gallery: Critique

For Unit V of the art gallery presentation, you will again be adding to your PowerPoint presentation.

For this segment, you will be adding a critique of your gallery pieces and explaining how and if they fit into each of the artcriticism theories discussed in this course. Art criticism theories (formal, contextual, and expressive) help art historiansand critics categorize art. An artwork will not represent a theory, but a theory can lead to a better understanding of theartwork.

? Begin by reviewing your Unit IV feedback and making any necessary revisions.

? Next, research the three art criticism theories listed in Chapter 5 of your textbook and the Unit V Lesson. Be sure

to use APA format.

? Use the template slides labeled “Art Criticism Theories.”

? Complete three (3) slides, one for each of the art criticism theories: formal, contextual, and expressive.

For each slide, address the following:

? Describe the art criticism theory.

? Tell why you feel this theory is the best fit for the artwork.

? Tell how the theory explains one of your gallery artworks.

? Explain how the purpose and structure of the work relate to this theory.

? Please submit your full presentation thus far, which should include the previous updated segments and thesegment for this unit.

To access the art gallery template, an example presentation, and other PowerPoint resources, click on the “Course

Resources” link in the course menu bar of Blackboard.

Click here to access an example of this presentation segment. Click here to view this example in PDF format.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

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Unit VI Assignment

Art Gallery: Background

For Unit VI of your art gallery presentation, you will be adding a written description of the background information on yourartworks to your PowerPoint presentation.

Be sure to review your Unit V feedback and make any necessary revisions. Next, research the background and details ofyour artworks using your textbook, the course content, and the CSU Online Library.

For this segment, use the slides in the art gallery template labeled “Background.” You will need one for each artwork. Youmay include more than one idea on each slide, but please do not overload the slides with information. Be sure to address

the following:

? Describe the time period of the artwork.

? Include information on the artist of the artworks.

? Include facts that relate to your selected art pieces. For example, if your artwork depicts a war, it may be helpful togive information about that war.

Be sure to use APA format during this assignment. It is important to give credit to the source that provided yourinformation. At the end of a sentence where you have information from a source, add a citation. The citation shouldconsist of the author or authors’ last name(s) and the year of publication. For our textbook, it would be (Frank, 2014). If itis a quotation, add a page or paragraph number. For example, an in-text citation for a quote from your textbook wouldlook like this: (Frank, 2014, p. 119). Place the full reference for the source on the References slide at the end.Please submit your full presentation thus far, which should include the five artworks and the description of their visualelements, design principles, the art criticism theories, and the segment for this unit.

Click here to access an example of this presentation segment. Click here to view this example in PDF format.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VII Essay

For the Unit VII Essay, you will visit an art museum of your choice. You may visit one in person or take a virtual tour via

the Internet. Below is a list of museums that offer virtual tours that you may want to review for this assignment. Please

note that you are not limited to this list:

? Louvre

? National Gallery of Art

? The National Gallery

You may select a virtual tour from this list or use the list included under the Websites tab in the Art Appreciation Libguidein the CSU Library at this link. Please include the name and location of your museum in your introductory paragraph.

For this essay, write about two artworks from the periods we read about in Unit VII: Renaissance, Baroque, Impressionist,or Post-Impressionist periods.

For each piece, address the following:

? Include the title, artist, date, medium, and scale.

? Describe the artwork.

? Describe the artist’s role in his or her society/community.

? What do you think is the artist’s message?

? What are the cultural significances of this piece?

? What historical elements are included in this piece?

Formatting:

Your essay will be at least five pages in length and include the following:

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? Title page (1 page)

? Written Essay (2 pages)

? Image(s) (1 page)

? References (1 page)

Use Times New Roman 12-point font. Double space all lines, and indent the first line of each paragraph. Your title pageshould be correctly formatted with a Running Head and page number listed in the Header area. Include your title, name,and school centered on the title page. Your written essay should contain at least three paragraphs (including anintroductory and conclusion). Your last page will have the word “References” centered at the top.

All sources used, including the museum, must be cited and included on the reference page. When you use a statementfrom any outside source, you need to credit the source in this format: (last name of author(s), year) at the end of thesentence before the period.

For direct quotes, use quotation marks and add the page number to your citation. An example of a citation for a quotationfrom page 5 of our textbook would be (Frank, 2014, p. 5).

If you would like additional assistance with APA, click here to access the CSU Citation Guide.

Click here to access an example of this essay. Please note that this example essay does not follow the above directions,but it does provide guidance on formatting and style.

Note: If you are having trouble researching your museum artworks, you may find it helpful to search e-books for additionalinformation. By choosing the fine arts topic first, then typing in a specific style of art (such as Renaissance or Baroqueartists), you will find several options in the Art Appreciation Libguide.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VIII Course Project

Art Gallery: Commentary

For Unit VIII, the last segment of your art gallery course project, you will be adding a comprehensive statement to your

PowerPoint presentation and finalizing your segments from the previous units. You will submit the entire presentation,

including those portions from previous units, for a final grade.

Begin by reviewing your Unit VI feedback and making any necessary revisions. In your comprehensive statement, present

the last words on your art gallery. Summarize your thoughts and convey the larger implications of your art gallery. This is

an opportunity to succinctly answer the “So what?” question by placing the presentation within the context of research

about the topic you have investigated. Be sure to demonstrate the importance of your ideas. Do not be shy. The

comprehensive statement offers you a chance to elaborate on the significance of your findings.

For this segment, use the slides in the art gallery template labeled “Comprehensive Statement.” A minimum of three

PowerPoint slides are required; however, you are welcome to add as many as you feel you need. You may include more

than one idea on each slide, but please do not overload the slides with information.

Be sure to address the following in your comprehensive statement:

? Describe what you learned about art in general.

? Describe what you learned about the art criticism theory.

? Describe what you learned about art’s role in society.

? Citations and references are not a requirement for this section, but if you choose to use outside sources, they

must be cited and referenced accordingly.

? Although you do not need to add any new sources for the commentary section, you will need to ensure all APA

guidelines are followed for the presentation as a whole.

To access the art gallery template, an example presentation, and other PowerPoint resources, click on the “Course

Resources” link in the course menu bar of Blackboard.