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  • Contemporary Art

    • WEEK MAY 25th

    • Google Video Meeting Tuesday May 26th 11:00 a.m. :  https://meet.google.com/jay-uuqg-roh (New project explained)

    • One-Page Poster Project:  "A Day in the Life of Your Favourite Artist

      1. You will create a one=page poster in Glogster or on a Traditional Poster Board

      2.  Choose an artist that you love and admire to research corazón

      3.  You must include the information below:

      Biographical Info:

      1. Place/date of birth:

      2. Place/date of death:

      3. Primary type of artwork (ex: painting? Drawing? Sculpture? Printmaking? Ceramics)

      4. Media (what materials are use?):

      5. Style or period of art?

      6. Short definition of that style or period (see Artlex or Artcyclopedia):

      7. Interesting/Personal information on the artist

      8. Three other artists who work in this style (from the time period of the artist - or contemporary artists working in this same style). How is the work similar? How is the work different?

      9. Bibliography Resources (minimum of three -use authoritative sites and books). Include author, title, date, URL (for sites), publisher (for books), page numbers

      10.  At least 3 IMAGES (find a portrait or photograph and 3 works)

      Portrait or Photograph of artist, and their works 

      For each image:

      1. Title:
        Date: Media: Size:
        Location (museum/collection):

      2. Title:
        Date: Media: Size:
        Location (museum/collection):

      3. Title:
        Date: Media: Size:
        Location (museum/collection):

      Critique:

      Choose one of those pieces of art and answer the following questions:

      1. What is the subject matter? (What is the work about)

      2. Genres. Is this a still life (group of things)? a portrait (a painting, drawing or sculpture of a person)? or a landscape/seascape/cityscape (picture of the land/water/city)? other (explain)?

      3. Description. Identify the sensory qualities (art elements/design). Can you identify a color scheme? Why do you think the artist might have chosen the colors she/he did? Do they make sense? What kind of lines did the artist use? How does the texture add to the work? etc.

      4. Interpretation. What do you think the artists was trying to say? Why do you think he/she chose this subject?

      5. What feeling does this artwork give you and why?

      6. Why did you choose this artist?  Why are they your favourite?

    • WEEK JUNE 8th