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Watch and Read the link below on Cezanne’s Mont-Sainte Victoire and write a brief paragraph explaining what is meant by tension between 2-d and 3-d in the work (aka flatness vs. depth). What is the formal property used by Cezanne that helps us read this abstracted version of the MSV as a landscape?

Posted on January 29, 2023 by Assessments

Post-Impressionism 1) Cezanne “The Father of Modern Art” Watch the video linked below and write a short paragraph explaining why you think Cezanne is referred to as “The Father of Modern Art.” Use at least one painting discussed in the video to support your argument. Do you think this “nickname” is apt? Why or why […]

Compare the Aunt Jemima figure on the right with VanDerZee’s portrait .

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Assessments

In this case, the portraits show the confident, affluent people of the Harlem Renaissance in the United States. Compare the Aunt Jemima figure on the right with VanDerZee’s portrait .

Name three ways in which art depicts animals. You can use three examples, or three ideas, or a mixture of the two, but use one sentence to explain each. In other words, this will have at least three sentences that don’t just list.

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Assessments

The quizzes are short essay questions you must answer in your own words. I am looking for your own way of expressing the answer, so your words and the way you put them together is important. Please do not combine the answer. I attached the study 1. Final Museum/Gallery Paper The student needs to find […]

Observe and record how perspective works in the world around you. For practice… Sketch objects and spaces, then try to determine the horizon lines and vanishing points of those sketches. Use your findings to correct your sketches.

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Assessments

Sketchbook Three Observe and record how perspective works in the world around you. For practice… Sketch objects and spaces, then try to determine the horizon lines and vanishing points of those sketches. Use your findings to correct your sketches. Fill a few pages. For the sketch, … Setup a still life of 3 objects that […]

Using ecological, sociological, and historical perspectives how has the economic recession that began in 2008 affected parents who are trying to support households, young workers, and people nearing retirement age?

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Assessments

Family definition How will you define family? Discuss some of the changes in American families over the past several decades and how these changes necessitate a change to the definition of family. Using ecological, sociological, and historical perspectives how has the economic recession that began in 2008 affected parents who are trying to support households, […]

Write another work of art that allows you to remain detached from the subject matter. The artwork is not compelling or not interesting or not successful which you think.

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Assessments

Art Question 1) One paragraph . Write one work that you respond to strongly visually and emotionally. The artwork is interesting or successful which you think. 2) Second paragraph. Write another work of art that allows you to remain detached from the subject matter. The artwork is not compelling or not interesting or not successful […]

What societal role did the work(s) play and how do they reflect the culture or art historical period from which they come?

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Assessments

Below is a list of 10 works of art. For each work of art, write a full paragraph (highlighting the significance of each work of art. 1) Caravaggio, Calling of St. Matthew 2) Jan Vermeer, Allegory of the Art of Painting 3) Rembrandt, The Night Watch 4) Bernini, Ecstasy of St. Teresa 5) Goya, The […]

Explain the significance of landscape as a subject of genre paintings in the Dutch Baroque period. Explain the prominence of the sky and the significance of the church on the horizon.

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Assessments

Italian Baroque Watch/read and respond to the following: 1) Bernini: How do Bernini’s two sculptures (David and Ecstasy of Saint Teresa) express the goals and aims of the Counter-Reformation in Italy? 2) Caravaggio: Identify and explain 2 (two) elements in the painting of the Calling of St. Matthew Caravaggio uses to draw the viewer’s eye […]

Using examples from the chapters we have covered in this class, compare and contrast three works of art and/or architecture that are evidence of this reverence for the divine.

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Assessments

In a well-crafted essay of approximately 900-words, using a legible 10 to 12 pt. font, please respond to the following discussion prompt: The renown curator, Ian Jenkins who worked at the British Museum, stated that “Religion is the mother of art.” From the earliest cave paintings in Western Europe to the temples of Deogargh in […]

Consider, if the artwork is taken from its site without a record of its original location, what do we lose in terms of historic knowledge? Respond to two or more peers. When responding, take a peer’s subject analysis, and provide the style analysis for his/her work. This is a discussion, so feel free to contribute brief subject and style observations to multiple posts. Many eyes produce more insights.

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Assessments

Have a classmate utilize the following questions when they analyze their chosen artwork: Is what you are describing the subject, or is it style? Why? Stay with the subject matter here. There is not always a clear-cut division between subject and style. How is the work reflective of its culture, and what purpose did it […]

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Compare the Aunt Jemima figure on the right with VanDerZee’s portrait .

Name three ways in which art depicts animals. You can use three examples, or three ideas, or a mixture of the two, but use one sentence to explain each. In other words, this will have at least three sentences that don’t just list.

Observe and record how perspective works in the world around you. For practice… Sketch objects and spaces, then try to determine the horizon lines and vanishing points of those sketches. Use your findings to correct your sketches.

Using ecological, sociological, and historical perspectives how has the economic recession that began in 2008 affected parents who are trying to support households, young workers, and people nearing retirement age?

Write another work of art that allows you to remain detached from the subject matter. The artwork is not compelling or not interesting or not successful which you think.

What societal role did the work(s) play and how do they reflect the culture or art historical period from which they come?

Explain the significance of landscape as a subject of genre paintings in the Dutch Baroque period. Explain the prominence of the sky and the significance of the church on the horizon.

Using examples from the chapters we have covered in this class, compare and contrast three works of art and/or architecture that are evidence of this reverence for the divine.