Art Comparison Project 2.0

Art Project "Checklist Sheet"

World History II

Part I Art Analysis

Find a piece of modern art (1900 to present) and evaluate it according to the characteristics of Renaissance art listed below. Compare and contrast it with a piece of Renaissance art. One page double-spaced. Art must be "school appropriate." Save a copy of both pieces of art work to your computer. In comparing and contrasting the two artworks, YOU MUST DISCUSS THE CHARACTERISTICS LISTED BELOW. Use the “art comparison chart for student project” handed out in class. (It can also be found on the assignments page.)

Renaissance Art Characteristics

• • Realism: Exceptional detail to achieve realism, both with the human body and nature, surroundings, and/or background

    • Perspective: Shadowing and depth, and/or linear perspective with a vanishing point

    • Classicism: balance and harmony

    • Individualism: the new dignity of the individual shown through detail: muscles, ligaments and tendons, veins, clothing, facial features

    • Subject Matter: Religious subjects, mythology, daily life

Part II Art Project poster, outline,and speech

Using the two pieces of artwork you selected for Part I, construct a poster to present to the class. You must also type an outline of your speech. The poster must compare/contrast the Renaissance artwork with the contemporary artwork using the characteristics of Renaissance art listed above.

ART PROJECT CHECKLIST

_____Arrange information on a poster.

_____Except for the two artworks, everything must be hand drawn or craft/art materials

_____No pencil.

_____Poster must have a border.

_____Must include design elements related to the two artworks

_____Apply Renaissance characteristics to the two artworks

_____Typed outline, one page summary of comparison sheet, and checklist sheet

_____Speech: 4-5 minutes and typed outline