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Task #1 – Video Response
watch this video and write a 350 – 500 word paper summarizing the main ideas and how each video relates to what we are learning in class. (3 papers max.)
Here are some things to address: What topics, themes, and/or artists were covered? What did you learn? Would you recommend it to other students? Did it help you understand the material we are covering? How? I may ask you questions about the video in response to your paper, so make sure you watch it and take notes! I do not want a summary of the video.
Before you start your paper, read this article: “How to Write Great Reviews: Writing a Good Review Takes More Than Just an Opinion Links to an external site..(https://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Movie-Review)
Below is The topic and video:
The Scandalous Adventures Of Lord Byron Links to an external site.(you need to watch parts 1-5, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05IqFWTV7Qs
Task #2 – Guided Viewing Qs on Art: Arts of Asia: India, China, and Japan
Visit the Freer Gallery of Art Links to an external website. (https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/smithsonian-freer-sackler) , at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., on Google Art Project. Scroll through the collection and click on images, or use the museum viewer, to look at the different works of art on display.
From the gallery, select the two paired works titled Cranes and respond to the series of questions provided to explore them in depth. Use the filter functions to locate the works more readily.
Complete this activity after you have explored the Freer Gallery of Art site through the Google Art Project.
Describe the two works by providing the following information for each:
Who is the artist?
When was the work created?
What medium is the work (e.g., sculpture, painting)?
What materials were used (e.g., clay, bronze, oil, acrylic)?
How large is the work? Provide dimensions.
Is the work realistic? Abstract?
What is the subject of the work?
Compare and contrast the two works of art by analyzing the formal composition.
How is line used in each?
How does the artist use space?
How does the artist create visual balance?
Identify elements that are emphasized in each work. How are they emphasized? What, if anything, becomes subordinated?
How does the artist incorporate rhythm or repetition?
The works were intended as a pair. How does the juxtaposition of the two affect the composition of the single works?
Take a closer look at the works for their meanings.
What elements of the two compositions are characteristic of the qualities you learned about Zen-Buddhist art in the Edo Period?
Keeping in mind that a work can have more than one meaning or several layers of meaning, what conclusions can you draw about the artists’ goals or intentions?
Recall your initial reactions to the works.
What was your initial reaction to the two works?
How have they changed after you looked at them closely?
Task #3 – Video Response –
Qtch this video and writa a 350 – 500 word paper summarizing the main ideas and how each video relates to what we are learning in class. (2 papers max.)
Here are some things to address: What topics, themes, and/or artists were covered? What did you learn? Would you recommend it to other students? Did it help you understand the material we are covering? How? I may ask you questions about the video in response to your paper, so make sure you watch it and take notes! I do not want a summary of the video.
Before you start your paper, read this article: “How to Write Great Reviews: Writing a Good Review Takes More Than Just an Opinion.Links to an external site.”
Below is The topic and video:
Task #4 –
Guided Viewing Qs on Art: Impressionism vs. Renaissance –
Visit the Musee Thyssen-BornemisaLinks to an external site.(https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/museo-thyssen-bornemisza), in Madrid, on Google Art Project. Scroll through the collection and click on images, or use the museum viewer, to look at the different works of art on display.
From the collection, select two works of art: one by Paul Cezanne or Edgar Degas and one from the Italian Renaissance. Respond to the series of questions provided to explore them in depth.
Complete this activity after you have explored the Musee Thyssen-Bornemisa in Madrid site through the Google Art Project.
Describe the two works by providing the following information for each:
Who is the artist?
What is the title of the work?
When was the work created?
What medium is the work in (e.g., sculpture, painting)? What medium was used (e.g., clay, bronze, oil, acrylic)?
How large is the work? Provide dimensions
Is the work realistic? Abstract?
Look at the way each painting uses line, shape, light, color, texture, and other elements of art.
How do you react to the works differently based on their respective uses of line to bring the subject to life?
How does the color palette in each painting affect its mood? Do the drastically different styles play into this as well?
Identify the differing uses of brushstrokes in each painting. How and to what effect does each artist use texture?
As a technique, how does the use of space in each painting work alongside elements like line, light, and color?
Do you see motion in either painting? If so, how does the artist depict it?
Given the way in which the visual elements are employed in each painting, what is each artist trying to convey? A work can have more than one meaning or several layers of meaning.
How do the visual elements work together to create those layers?
In what ways do they complement each other?
Recall your initial reasons for selecting the two works.
What were your first impressions?
Do the uses of the visual elements in these two paintings reflect how they are commonly used in time periods they come from?
How have your impressions changed after you looked at the two works closely?
