by admin | Nov 19, 2021 | Art history
The objective of this lesson is to teach the conventions of the main periods/styles of Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman sculpture: Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic.
1. Look at the images of Greek sculpture by downloading the Greek Sculpture Images document. Using the book as a reference, place each image in one of the three groups: Archaic, Classical, or Hellenistic. Write the group name under that image.
2. List which artworks are in each group and write a brief description of each group (what do the images in the group have in common?)
3. Pick one sculpture from a category. Explain how the sculpture fits that category.
Writing Requirements:
Minimum: 300 words. You must cite all sources, including the textbook, using APA or MLA format.
Purpose: The objective of this lesson is to teach the conventions of the main periods/styles of Ancient Greek sculpture: Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic. The student differentiates and compares artworks that illustrate periods/styles of Greek art using formal analysis. The student completes this objective by categorizing images and writing by writing a 300-word minimum paper
by admin | Nov 19, 2021 | Art history
Artist : LEON GOLUB
• In the first paragraph describe their work generally. How could it be catagorized? Is it Impressionism, Art Nouveau, or a more personal expressive style? What
medium are they using? What is the scale of their work? Is it massive or relatively small? Include any aspect of their work that you have seen that impressed you.
In the second paragraph record your personal responses to the work. Tell why you choose that artist. What was it about their work that evoked a response in you? Did
you enjoy the work? Imagine yourself as an art critic (see the chapter on evaluating art) How would you evaluate this art?
by admin | Nov 19, 2021 | Art history
Discuss the aesthetic canon as explained by Xie He in the fifth century. Can you apply his ideas to Chinese art from different time periods? Please look at four examples of painting and calligraphy from four different time periods to answer this question.
by admin | Nov 14, 2021 | Art history
The Black Lives Matter movement has had and continues to have an impact on contemporary art making practices, where we see, what we see, who we see, what we see and the kinds of activist engagements that have been fuelled by this movement.
Additionally in Canada, movements related to Truth and Reconciliation and Decolonization have had an impact on art making, and all galleries and museums and their institutional practices, grant making, place making and visual arts strategies by Indigenous artists and also allies.
Using your recent browsing on social media, what have you learned, what have you noticed, what are you thinking and feeling? Pick one of the above issues, and argue for what is happening, why it is important, and why and how it matters to you to the visual arts and to the big picture( however you construe this)
