Category: Art

What kind of lighting is in the room? Is there a skylight or any open windows?Are there any artworks that the museum puts in a prominent location? Which ones? Why?Does every artwork have an explanatory caption or only a few pieces? Which ones? Why?

A successful visual analysis answers questions like:

Frick Boucher Room

What is happening in this artwork?

What is the first thing you notice about the artwork?

What was its intended function?

Is the artwork similar to an artwork you learned about in class?

What is in the foreground? What is in the background?

Discuss the formal elements: line, shape, light & dark, mass & volume, color, space, texture, and time & motion.

Consider elements of design: focal point, rhythm, repetition, and proportion.
How big is it?
Look at the colors. Discuss the hues, values, and intensities.

After examining it, is there anything new or unexpected you notice?

Does it look like an artwork you have seen in class? What does it look like and how does it look like it?

Why did the artist make this piece?

What is it made of (medium/materials)?
Frick Green Interior

Ask these questions about the idea of the museum and the display environment! 


How are the artworks arranged in the museum – by culture, time period, style, artist?

How many artworks are in each room? (just an estimation)

How are the artworks arranged in a gallery room – side-by-side, one-on-top-of-another?

What kind of lighting is in the room? Is there a skylight or any open windows?

How do you feel when you enter the gallery room – overwhelmed, intrigued, surprised, excited? Why do you think you feel that way?

Is there wall text? Where is it located – near you or on an opposite wall?

Does the wall text help you understand the art pieces?

Does every artwork have an explanatory caption or only a few pieces? Which ones? Why?

Are there any artworks that the museum puts in a prominent location? Which ones? Why?

Imagine you are curating a virtual exhibition of digital artists from south india. What information was most helpful and why? What approach/methodology did you find the most beneficial for your own project and general approach to research/scholarship? (1000 words)

Exhibition of digital artists

1. Imagine you are curating a virtual exhibition of digital artists from south india. What time management strategies have worked for you as you worked through the term? What resources did you find most helpful or needed and did not receive? (500 words)

2. Imagine you are curating a virtual exhibition of digital artists from south india. What information was most helpful and why? What approach/methodology did you find the most beneficial for your own project and general approach to research/scholarship? (1000 words)

3. Imagine you are curating a virtual exhibition of digital artists from south india . write 1000 word post on how your work this term and project/thesis is innovative. How do you fit within your field and how are you contributing to it? How would you frame your project for those unfamiliar with it, or believe it to be unoriginal? (1000 words)

4. Imagine you are curating a virtual exhibition of digital artists from south india . What elements led to breakthroughs and successes with your project. What would you have done differently to have greater productivity and success with your project, such as identifying a dead end in research earlier on, worked on time management to effectively complete all associated assignments and coursework, utilized available support to maximize your efforts (500 words)

5. While you write a thesis in art history talking about south indian contemporary art how important is feedback to you. Advantages of inperson feedback as compared to email or online feedback ( press on how good zoom feedback is ok). Do you find feedback beyond basic grammar and syntax assists you in reframing your ideas and moving ahead? Do you find peer review to be especially helpful? (500 words)

Describe a topic, idea or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more.

My love for art and design

Describe a topic, idea or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more.

 

Write a note about how you would go about putting together a virtual art exhibiton of digital artits. steps you would take , gathering resources, and are in the process of achieving those goals and what you need moving forward to accomplish your goals.

Virtual Art Exhibition of digital artists

Write a note about how you would go about putting together a virtual art exhibiton of digital artits. steps you would take , gathering resources, and are in the process of achieving those goals and what you need moving forward to accomplish your goals.

Select an artist who is alive today or an artist no longer alive today. You may select an artist from outside the United States.

Identify a disability artist whose work you are interested in. You should find and select an artist we have not discussed this week.

Select an artist who is alive today or an artist no longer alive today. You may select an artist from outside the United States.

Remember, disability art is art about (the experience disability. Disability i:tle=°f:V4t7Veby :sabtpe o automatically become disability just it was a disabled person who made it. Also, a disability artist does not have to identify as disabled.

Discuss the use of the Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic work Mona Lisa in Marcel Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q. and Andy Warhol’s 30 Are Better Than One (Mona Lisa).What were the intentions of Duchamp and Warhol in using the famous portrait?

Art

Discuss the use of the Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic work Mona Lisa in Marcel Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q.
and Andy Warhol’s 30 Are Better Than One (Mona Lisa). What were the intentions of Duchamp and Warhol in using the famous portrait?

 

Describe at least two elements of form and/or content (materials, iconography, composition) that use light to convey spiritual meaning. How did the artist or designer use these elements of forms and/or content to convey spiritual meaning?

Chartres Cathedral of Notre-Dame

In Chartres Cathedral of Notre-Dame (Figs. 17-4 through 17-11), light is used to convey spiritual meaning. In a 1-2 page essay, describe at least two elements of form and/or content (materials, iconography, composition) that use light to convey spiritual meaning. How did the artist or designer use these elements of forms and/or content to convey spiritual meaning? Then, use at least two examples of specific, contextual evidence (site, intended audience, historical and cultural environment) to explain why light was used to convey spiritual meaning.