Category: Paintings

Describe the provenance, who were the previous owners before the work arrived at its current location.

The Weeping Woman by Pablo Picasso Date: 1937 Location: Tate Modern in London

Describe the provenance, who were the previous owners before the work arrived at its current location.
I. Techniques and media

Describe the type of materials and techniques used to create the work.
II. Size or dimensions of the work
Length and height in inches and centimeters
III. Style or Movements associated with the work Explain the style the work is associated with
the work and also what previous (works or artists) may have influenced it.
IV. Noteworthy Information about the work You can choose what you found through your
research to be the most significant aspect of the work.
V. Subject Matter or Content, and Message of the work What is it about? Who? What? Where?
When? Does it have a message? Explain the “iconography” or “symbolism”.

 Briefly explain why this artist’s work is essential or important. Is your topic a giant of the arts? Is this artifact a masterpiece?

Research Encounter Project

Who is your artist and/or artifact? What is the date of the artifact?

Briefly describe this artist’s context and how this influences the creation of the artwork. (This should include the birth and death dates of the artist.)

Briefly discuss the elements of the artifact and the purpose of this work. Give one interesting fact about the artwork.

Briefly explain why this artist’s work is essential or important. Is your topic a giant of the arts? Is this artifact a masterpiece?

1863 Manet painted The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia(shown in 1865). Many believe those paintings changed art history. Discuss how those paintings differ from paintings from 1400-1863, and how after 1863-1945 the art had changed. Use 3 painting examples.

1863 Manet painted The Luncheon on the Grass and Olympia(shown in 1865). Many believe those paintings changed art history. Discuss how those paintings differ from paintings from 1400-1863, and how after 1863-1945 the art had changed. Use 3 painting examples. The exact prompt is in attached files.

Describe and analyze who the subjects of the painting are, the activities they are engaged in, the setting, and the painting’s formal properties. Furthermore, explain how each painting is characteristic of the artistic style identified.

Select four paintings to interpret that depict members of different social classes. Evaluate the quality of life portrayed in each painting.

Describe and analyze who the subjects of the painting are, the activities they are engaged in, the setting, and the painting’s formal properties. Furthermore, explain how each painting is characteristic of the artistic style identified.

Also indicate when and where the painting was created; address how the context in which the artist was working was influential on his/her work.

Analyze the style of a work of art and the historical context in which it was created.Evaluate works of art in relation to the context and historical background in which they were created.

An analytical discussion of a work of Western art. chose the piece The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci

Examine and appraise works of art for formal elements and content, and demonstrate the ability to compare and contrast stylistic elements that distinguish aesthetic and cultural trends.

Evaluate works of art in relation to the context and historical background in which they were created.

Instruction Details: Analyze the style of a work of art and the historical context in which it was created.

how the artist achieves the final composition by carefully detailing how s/he utilizes the “formal” elements of the work (i.e. color, composition, shapes or forms, line or contour, mass and volume, light, texture, depth, balance, etc.) and how these elements work together to create the final composition as well as to shape the content and meaning.

Integrate this analysis of the style with information from secondary sources.

This information from sources must be:

(1) paraphrased in your own words and (2) properly cited in MLA . No direct quotations from secondary sources should be used unless they are properly introduced and discussed.