Background biography Instructions: Discuss the artist you chose to focus on for your Artist Essay. Give us their name and some background biography and the city they live and work in. Offer a description of the artist’s work. Explain why you chose this artist out of all the artists working in the city you are […]
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Describe how photography changed the priorities of painting beginning in the 1840s.
For this assignment, you are required to listen to Dr. Budd’s presentation on the American Avant Garde focusing on the Ashcan School, the scene around Alfred Stieglitz’s Gallery 291, and Precisionism. Write an essay that describes photography&x Write an essay that describes photography’s impact on Modernism, and on painting in particular. For this choice, you […]
Describe how Alfred Stieglitz and Gallery 291 became a force in the American Avant-Garde.
For this assignment, you are required to listen to Dr. Budd’s presentation on the American Avant Garde focusing on the Ashcan School, the scene around Alfred Stieglitz’s Gallery 291, and Precisionism. Write an essay that describes photography&x Write an essay that describes photography’s impact on Modernism, and on painting in particular. For this choice, you […]
How does Loos’s view of art, and of the role of artists/designers, differ from Morris’s? (See mainly ‘Potemkin Village’ and ‘Lesser Arts’.)
Discussion questions Answer, in some depth, the following questions: 1. Is Loos against ornament in general? (A hint: no.) What is his problem with ornament (which ornament) and why? 2. Is Loos talking about the same problem as William Morris – ie, the consequences of alienated labor in industrial production? 3. How does Loos’s view […]
Identify an artistic example from the Avant-Garde in which the artist refuses the status quo-Explain how he or she achieves this.
D6A Identify an artistic example from the Avant-Garde in which the artist refuses the status quo. Explain how he or she achieves this.
Discuss the 3 works individually and show how they connect with each other.
Pride and Prejudice And Connections to Our Future Better the various ways in which artists Express themselves such as writing, painting, sculpting, music, photography, film, etc. Using Pride and Prejudice, and two additional works of two different genres, show how these expressions teach us ways to ensure that future generations will have the opportunities they […]
How can teachers incorporate art into classroom instruction in a k-12 classroom-How does Art Education impact student learning the teacher and school system?
Art Education The “Signature Assignment” for this class is an informative and persuasive essay on the following topic: How and Why Does Art Education Impact Learning and Instruction in a K-12 Classroom. This persuasive essay must discuss the following: ◦ What does research and educational theorists show about art education. ◦ How can teachers incorporate […]
Explain briefly what the theme of the game is-Explain briefly what elements of the game you will analyze and offer as evidence.
Gaming firewatch Summary: Through the game Fire watch, define and explain the elements of a video game that the developers use to create meaning (that is, to get across ideas, values, critics, etc). Explain what the game means, i.e., its themes, its message, its central ideas. Specifics: Part 1. Play Play Firewatch. If you have […]
Identify the period and place it was created-How do factors like the historical context and location shape the meaning of the work?
Art research essay Purpose This essay fulfills the course requirement to conduct written research on a work of art or architecture. The work of art (or architecture) that you select will also be used to create your Research PowerPoint (due in Module 3). Directions Select an artwork (or architecture) from the eras covered in Modules […]
Describe the how Hokusai created a unified composition by organizing repetitions of SHAPES, COLORS.
Using standard English, post 400-500 (minimum) words, please make an “argument” (remember, every strong argument has at least two components: a “claim(s)” and “evidence” (or grounds to support the support that claim(s) about how Japanese ukiyo-e artist, Katsushika Hokusai, used the Elements of Art and the Principles of Art (Design) to create his famous woodcut […]
