Is there anything that would have helped or added to your experience of the collection and the artworks?

The role of art museum part 2

Write on page double space 12 font no space between paragraphs.Dont put the professor' s name, student's name, or date. Answers the questions
1. What is the name of the room that you picked? Why did you pick this room?

2. Did your room have a central, connective theme? If yes, what is the theme? If no, do you think the room you chose would have been easier to understand if there was a theme?

3. What work of art in the room draws you in the most or is your favorite and why? In your own words, describe what you learned about that work.

After you answer the above questions about the rooms you picked, then answer the below questions about you experience going through the virtual tour of the Frick:

In at least 6 sentences, describe your experience of going through the Frick collection. To help you with this, think about the following questions:

1. Did you like the Frick collection? Why or why not?

2. How would you describe the layout of the artworks in the museum? Were the walls crowded, too sparse, or just right?

3. Did the layout of the works on the walls affect your experience of the museum? Explain your answer.

4. Is there anything that would have helped or added to your experience of the collection and the artworks?

Describe the basic principles of design in the artwork or monument in front of you: balance, scale and proportion, unity and variation, focus, emphasis and subordination, rhythm, and pattern.

Research Project Phase 1: Topic and Introductory Paragraph

Select a work from a local museum, architectural monument or the artworks exhibited in a local gallery or municipal building. (Remember, you must get the approval of the instructor.)

When you visit the chosen artwork or monument, allow adequate time to view it and take notes. You may consider taking digital photos if allowed for further reference and inclusion in your project. A second visit is strongly recommended.
Make sure that you read the gallery or exhibition label and if it is an architectural monument, the dedication plaque or any other on-site marker providing relevant information. It is strongly suggest that you either might digital photograph the work to include in your written work or that you ensure that a copy of the work is represented in your paper or an internet link provided to it.
Phase I, Week 3: Paper topic explored and determined and a brief paragraph about it.

Visit a museum, art gallery or monument. Provide the title and date of the art object or monument and the name of the artist or architect and where it is located. Select a topic and summarize the overall appearance of the object or monument in a paragraph that will be the foundation of your paper. View the artwork or monument from as many perspectives as possible. Give the details related to the art object or monument and the name of the artist or architect. You will need to revise this paragraph if you use it as the introduction to your paper, as it will need to tell the reader just what you intend to accomplish in your paper.

Think about answering the following 6 questions in relation to the work and your topic:

What is the form or genre of art that you see in front of you painting, drawing, sculpture, monument as architecture, etc.?
What are the media paint, clay, stone, steel, etc. used in its creation? What are the techniques tools and processes used in its creation?
What is the size and scale of the artwork or monument in relationship to a person, a building, or other works of its kind?
What are the objects, persons, and general shapes within its composition? If it is an architectural monument, what are the parts or spaces it is composed of?
Describe the formal visual elements in the artwork in front of you: line, perspective, shape, mass, texture, time, space, color, and light. Remember that some of these may not be applicable to the chosen subject of your paper.
Describe the basic principles of design in the artwork or monument in front of you: balance, scale and proportion, unity and variation, focus, emphasis and subordination, rhythm, and pattern.

If the object is a two-dimensional work of art, answer the following questions:

What are the most distinctive features or characteristics of the artwork?
Are the forms in the piece realistic or abstract? Does the piece represent one style or does the artist mix the two?
What is the effect of the particular medium or media used? How does it affect the viewer’s impression?

If the piece is a three-dimensional work of art, answer the following questions:

What are the most distinctive features or characteristics of the artwork or monument?
What is its function? How does its form complement its function?
In what setting is it placed? How does the setting affect its appearance?
Is the piece representational or abstract? Does the artist explore forms or space within forms?
If it is an architectural monument, how do people move throughout the structure? Are there significant accommodations or limitations to this movement?
What role does light play?

Who is your audience for this exhibition?How do you plan to appeal to your intended audience?

Curation project
What is the theme for this exhibition? Here are list of ideas to help you: Impressionism, history of women in art, printmaking, African art, exploring identity in art, early American art, etc. Make sure your theme is broad enough that you can find examples, but not so broad that you have too many works to choose from.

For example: Printmaking (A VERY large pool of work to choose from) vs. contemporary silk screen rock posters (a smaller, more specific pool).

Step 1: Selecting works

What works of art are you going to include in your exhibit that best illustrate your theme? You must pick at least 8 works.

Step 2: Think of your audience

When designing your exhibition, always keep your viewer in mind.

Who is your audience for this exhibition?How do you plan to appeal to your intended audience?

Step 3: Design choices

The design of your exhibition will influence how the viewer walks through, views, and understand the works of art.

Do you plan to display the art salon style or with a center line? Why?

Center Line

The institutional standard

Artworks are hung with the center of the artwork hitting between 54” and 62”

Artworks are hung from ceiling to floor and fill the entire wall.

Which of your chosen works will act as the anchor piece? (Look above at the vocabulary for help).

What is the exact order you would like your viewers to see your 8 chosen works?

Step 4: Informing your viewers

Lastly, viewers need to understand the context and theme of your exhibition. Many curator do this by writing introductory text that is placed on a wall near the start of entrance to the exhibit. You will also write labels for the works in the exhibit.

Write the introductory text for your exhibition. It must be 6 sentences long.Keep in mind, you are writing this text with your intended audience in mind.

You will also write a label for 4 of the 8 works that you chose.Your label for the anchor piece must be 4 sentences long, and your label for the other three works must be at least two sentences long. In these labels you are explaining how the work demonstrates your theme.

What does the graffiti artist Banksy address in his work?Look up an example of his work and explain what is being protested.

Political and Protest art

Activist art is a term used to describe art that is grounded in the act of ‘doing’ and addresses political or social issues.

The aim of activist artists is to create art that is a form of political or social currency, actively addressing cultural power structures rather than representing them or simply describing them. In describing the art she makes, the activist artist Tania Bruguera said,don’t want art that points to a thing.

Activist art is about empowering individuals and communities and is generally situated in the public arena with artists working closely with a community to generate the art.

Before you do the reading, think about the description of activist art above and then think back over the class and the artists, movements, and periods that we have discussed.Can you think of an artist that you have learned about in this class that fits into the above definition of activist art?

The following two links present a brief history of protest art from the Dadaists to today. Read the articles on the following links and then answer the questions below.
https://www.format.com/magazine/features/art/brief-history-protest-art
https://www.widewalls.ch/protest-art/
1. Define protest art. What does it mean to you? What kinds of issues to protest artists address?

2. We have come across Dada before when you had to watch the video of the sound poem performance by Hugo Ball (who wore the lobster claw suit). How does Dada fit into the above description of activist art?How is that performance an example of activist art?

3. What does the graffiti artist Banksy address in his work?Look up an example of his work and explain what is being protested.

4. Compare Banksy's work to the Arab Spring movement. What is similar about them?

5. As you discovered in the reading, a lot of activist artists utilize graffiti in their practice. Why do you think these two things, graffiti and activist art, go so well together? What about graffiti lends itself well to protest artists?

6. Which artist/artist group did you read about that you found the most intriguing? Why?

How does Dada fit into the above description of activist art?How is that performance an example of activist art?

A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist and political and protest art

Read the document and ansers the questions

What is the author’s main argument in this essay? What/who is she criticizing?

What is the “single-axis framework” the author is referring to?

What is the author’s call to action? What is she suggesting should happen?

Activist art is a term used to describe art that is grounded in the act of ‘doing’ and addresses political or social issues. The aim of activist artists is to create art that is a form of political or social currency, actively addressing cultural power structures rather than representing them or simply describing them. In describing the art, she makes, the activist artist Tania Bruguera said, ‘I don’t want art that points to a thing. I want art that is the thing’. Activist art is about empowering individuals and communities and is generally situated in the public arena with artists working closely with a community to generate the art.
Before you do the reading, think about the description of activist art above and then think back over the class and the artists, movements, and periods that we have discussed. Can you think of an artist that you have learned about in this class that fits into the above definition of activist art?

The following two links present a brief history of protest art from the Dadaists to today. Read the articles on the following links and then answer the questions below.
https://www.format.com/magazine/features/art/brief-history-protest-art
https://www.widewalls.ch/protest-art/

Define protest art. What does it mean to you? What kinds of issues to protest artists address?

We have come across Dada before when you had to watch the video of the sound poem performance by Hugo Ball (who wore the lobster claw suit). How does Dada fit into the above description of activist art?How is that performance an example of activist art?

What does the graffiti artist Banksy address in his work? Look up an example of his work and explain what is being protested.

Compare Banksy’s work to the Arab Spring movement. What is similar about them?

As you discovered in the reading, a lot of activist artists utilize graffiti in their practice. Why do you think these two things, graffiti, and activist art, go so well together? What about graffiti lends itself well to protest artists?

Which artist/artist group did you read about that you found the most intriguing? Why?

What does the hairstyle of the person in the image you chose say about them?How would you describe them?

Body, Gender, Identity in Art Part 2

Hair is an important part of a person’s identity. People often style their hair to align themselves with certain trends, social groups, or political statements.

Research. Pick at least two works of art that depict people. Start by visiting the website for Hair: Untangling the Roots of Identity, an exhibition at Cornell University’s Johnson Museum of Art. You can also search in MoMA’s collection.
http://museum.cornell.edu/exhibitions/hair-untangling-roots-identity
https://www.moma.org/collection/

Consider and create. Looking at the subject(s) in the work of art, think about what their hairstyles might reveal about their identity. What does the hairstyle of the person in the image you chose say about them?How would you describe them? Lower class? Upper class? Young? Old? Etc.

An individual’s identity is made up of many different factors.

Consider. What is important to you? How would you describe yourself? Write ten words that are central to your identity. These words can be anything, including social categories such as ethnicity and gender, adjectives describing your personality, issues or beliefs you care about, and your favorite pastimes and activities.

Create. Make an abstract self portrait! Create a collage that represents the different aspects of your identity. Write a paragraph describing the self-portrait collage you made of yourself.

Discuss some of the factors that have motivated artists to use their own bodies in works of art.

Body Gender Identity in art part 1

In this module there is a powerpoint discussion which covers the topic of the body and gender. Read through the powerpoint and answer the three questions on the second slide titled "Learning Objectives." Make sure for each answer you are referencing examples from the powerpoint.
Explain why "beautiful" is an ambiguous word in reference to the body.
Discuss some of the factors that have motivated artists to use their own bodies in works of art.
Differentiate between biological sex and gender and discuss some of the ways in which identity is constructed
Answer to the questions dont need introduction and conclusion juste write and answers the questions by using the examples from the power point.

What is the role of the artists?Is the work representational or nonrepresentational?

The paper topic is the artwork & image.For the artwork include artist, title, medium, date if available. This will be submitted in the journal week 5.Due: Week 7, Sunday, July 25 Paper Due The final paper should be submitted in the journal week 7 as an attachment. You can submit the paper as a pdf file or word document. Place the image of the artwork in the body of the paper. Paper Format: 400-500 words. If citing a source, you can use any method, but make sure it is consistent. No plagiarism.
Questions to consider when analyzing an artwork:

What is the role of the artists?
Is the work representational or nonrepresentational?What formal elements are used – line, space, color & light, texture, pattern, design elements.
Is the work expressive (emotional) or analytical? What color scheme is used? How does this affect the meaning? What medium is used?
The above list is for ideas. Each work will be different and what is written about may vary. Everyone should start by looking at the artwork and describing what you see (the subject matter), then what that means (content). Remember artwork can be open ended. If you think this is the case with your artwork, you need to make this clear. You can give more than one interpretation if you feel it is necessary. If you go to the museum, you can write about your experience at the museum. How it is different seeing an artwork in person. Make sure to have a clear introduction, body, & conclusion for your paper. This means you should have at least 3 paragraphs, not one giant paragraph.Do not want a list, but a well written analysis of the artwork & museum experience.Your introduction should be something that captures your reader’s attention, the body should lay-out the nuts and bolts of the artwork, and the conclusion should sum up your experience with the artwork &/or the museum. Remember to spell check and use complete sentences!

Why is knowing about the differences between these two styles important in the development of western art and architecture?

Romanesque and Gothic Style Architecture Discussion

Compare and contrast the Romanesque style and the Gothic style. Review the materials in this week’s module. Keep in mind construction techniques such as rounded arches, capitals, columns, pointed arches, load-bearing construction, naves, stained glass windows, high or low reliefs, vaulting, rotunda, scale, light, etc. In a well-written paragraph of between 125-150 words, describe your impressions of the styles of architecture that are represented by the Church of St. Foy, Conques, France, and Notre Dame, Paris.

Incorporate specific structural terms from materials in the course in response to two or more of the following questions:
What is your perception of the scale, proportion, balance, symmetry and form of the structure in the Church of St. Foy, Conques, France, in contrast to Notre Dame, Paris?

How is a sense of "grandeur" conveyed by the plan and interior of the Church of St. Foy, Conques, France, in contrast to Notre Dame, Paris?

What architectural elements distinguish the Church of St. Foy, Conques, France, from Notre Dame, Paris from exterior views?

What architectural elements distinguish the Church of St. Foy, Conques, France, from Notre Dame, Paris from interior views?

Why is knowing about the differences between these two styles important in the development of western art and architecture?

Identify at least two distinctive trends and materials in art production for each of the following cultures: Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec.

For this module, you will be learning about Mesoamerican art. Mesoamerica refers to the diverse civilizations that shared similar cultural characteristics in the geographic areas comprising the modern-day countries of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Some of the shared cultural traits among Mesoamerican peoples included a complex pantheon of deities, architectural features, a ballgame, the 260-day calendar, trade, food (especially a reliance on maize, beans, and squash), dress, and accoutrements (additional items that are worn or used by a person, such as earspools). Some of the most well-known Mesoamerican cultures are the Olmec, Maya, Zapotec, Teotihuacan, Mixtec, and Mexica (or Aztec).

After you read the below article, answer the following questions:
Identify at least two distinctive trends and materials in art production for each of the following cultures: Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec.
In at least six sentences, describe the importance of Teotihuacan as a religious, commercial, and art historical center.
Identify at least three features of Mayan art from the Classic Period.
What were Mixtec codices used for? What was their basic format?
Define logographic.