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Credit 1: Beginning Art
Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.
Terms to Know:
abstract art
landscape
paddle
pochoir
pointillism
stabile
Victor Lowenfeld (American) described several Stages of Artistic Development in children's art
focal point
maquette
Caravaggisti
Raphael
Diego Velázquez de Silva
Pasat
Pascal
bearing wallany wall
belvedere
bias
bestiary
benday
The Work
Go to the website https://hammer.ucla.edu/
Write about 4 works of art on the site.
½ page on the description of each work and ½ page on your opinion.
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Watch the videos below and/or websites on the history of art. Write a summary of those videos.
****The notes must be hand written no matter which one you choose!!!!!
Important Questions
After doing the work above answer the following on one work or website:
What do you think the artist wanted to communicate? What do you see in the artwork that makes you say that?
What can the image tell you about the artist (photographer, painter, sculptor, etc.)? What do you see that makes you say that?
What do you imagine could have happened moments prior to [or after] the scene shown here? What in the artwork made you say that?
What does this remind you of? Explain your response.
If this artwork produced sounds, what would they be like? Describe (or make) them and explain your thinking.
What feeling or mood do you get from this artwork? What about it makes you say that?
What is the setting for the artwork– the time and place? What makes you think that?
What words help to describe this artwork?
Why is this work historically important?
What is significant about this work to you?
Credit 2: The National Gallery of Art
Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.
Terms to Know:
Guido da Siena
Cimabue
the Virgin and Child
Medici
The Tondo
Florence
Adoration of the Magi
Titan
Venus with a Mirror
Renaissance
"Woman in Blue Reading A Letter" by Vermeer
Ovid
Raphael
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
NGA
The Work
Go to: website: http://www.nga.gov/
Choose 3 works of art. Write one page on each work.
In a 2 page paper Compare and contrast two works from this website. Which of these two works had a greater impact on Art and why? (Standards 2.2, 3.4, 4.5) (5 pages total)
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Watch the videos below and/or websites on the history of art. Write a summary of those videos.
****The notes must be hand written no matter which one you choose!!!!!
Important Questions
After doing the work above answer the following on one work or website:
What’s the main idea of this artwork? What in it makes you think that?
What title would you give this artwork and why?
When you learned the title of the artwork, how did you associate the words with what you see in front of you? Did the title seem to fit with the artwork or were you surprised?
How do the different elements in this work contribute to a central theme or idea?
How does the choice of [color, perspective, or other visual elements] communicate the central idea?
How does this work of art relate to the theme or topic?
What is the setting for the artwork– the time and place? What makes you think that?
What words help to describe this artwork?
Why is this work historically important?
What is significant about this work to you?
Credit 3: Art in Los Angeles Unit
Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.
Terms to Know:
Japanese art
Night in Day
Ansel Adams
Berenice Abbott
Larry Clark
Florian Maier-Aichen
Edward Steichen
Karl Struss
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Caravaggio
Renoir
Monet
Impressionism
Thebes
Nympheas
The Work
Go to the LA County Museum of Art website:
Find 10 works of art.
Write one page on each work: ½ page describing the art and time period and ½ page on how it makes you feel about Art. (Standards 1.4, 4.2)
You will have 5 pages of work when finished.
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Watch the videos below and/or websites on the history of art. Write a summary of those videos.
****The notes must be hand written no matter which one you choose!!!!!
Important Questions
After doing the work above answer the following on one work or website:
How does the placement of objects [or people, shapes, etc.] within the work create feelings or focus, or communicate ideas?
What are the key sections of the artwork? How do these sections interact with one another? How do they work together to convey an idea or feeling?
Compare and contrast key components of the piece and suggest what the variations in treatment contribute to the meaning of the total composition or to the message.
Do you see evidence of change or transformation in this artwork [or series of artworks]? If so, describe where you see this and how it influences the overall meaning.
Is the passage of time represented here? If so, how?
How does the choice of [color, perspective, or other visual elements] communicate the central idea?
How does this work of art relate to the theme or topic?
What is the setting for the artwork– the time and place? What makes you think that?
What words help to describe this artwork?
Why is this work historically important?
Credit 4: The Smithsonian Unit
Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.
Terms to Know:
traditional art
contemporary works
abstract art
philosophy of art
good design
aesthetic experience
shading
outline
contour
descriptive
hatching
crosshatching
The Work
Go to the Smithsonian website on American Art:
http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/
Look at five different works of art.
Write one page on each work: ½ page describing the work and time period and ½ page on how it connects to Art. (Standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 4.0, 4.5)
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Watch the videos below and/or websites on the history of art. Write a summary of those videos.
****The notes must be hand written no matter which one you choose!!!!!
Important Questions
After doing the work above answer the following on one work or website:
What do you think the artist wanted to communicate? What do you see in the artwork that makes you say that?
What can the image tell you about the artist (photographer, painter, sculptor, etc.)? What do you see that makes you say that?
What do you imagine could have happened moments prior to [or after] the scene shown here? What in the artwork made you say that?
What does this remind you of? Explain your response.
If this artwork produced sounds, what would they be like? Describe (or make) them and explain your thinking.
What feeling or mood do you get from this artwork? What about it makes you say that?
What is the setting for the artwork– the time and place? What makes you think that?
What words help to describe this artwork?
How does the choice of [color, perspective, or other visual elements] communicate the central idea?
How does this work of art relate to the theme or topic?
Credit 5: The Getty
Review the videos and media and take notes on terms to know. If the terms are not on the media, please Google them in order to get the materials needed to take the test.
Terms to Know:
J. Paul Getty Museum mission statement
medieval art
Italian decorative art
17th-century Baroque art
18th-century paintings
Medieval and Renaissance sculpture and decorative arts.
Implied
edges
line of sight
closure
The Work
Go to the Getty Museum website: http://www.getty.edu/museum/ Look in “collections”.
Find 3 works of art.
Write one page on each work. ½ page describing the art and time period and ½ page on how it makes you feel about Art.
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Watch the videos below and/or websites on the history of art. Write a summary of those videos.
****The notes must be hand written no matter which one you choose!!!!!
Important Questions
After doing the work above answer the following on one work or website:
What do you think the artist wanted to communicate? What do you see in the artwork that makes you say that?
What can the image tell you about the artist (photographer, painter, sculptor, etc.)? What do you see that makes you say that?
What do you imagine could have happened moments prior to [or after] the scene shown here? What in the artwork made you say that?
What does this remind you of? Explain your response.
If this artwork produced sounds, what would they be like? Describe (or make) them and explain your thinking.
What feeling or mood do you get from this artwork? What about it makes you say that?
What is the setting for the artwork– the time and place? What makes you think that?
What words help to describe this artwork?
Why is this work historically important?
What is significant about this work to you?
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