Art History Research Project Your Name __________________________ Class/Section_________________________ Artists Full Name ____________________________________ Country________________________ Biographical Info:

Place/date of birth: Place/date of death: Primary type of artwork (ex: painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics) Media (what materials were used?) Style or period of art: Short definition of that period: Interesting/Personal information on the artist: Biography Resources: Minimum of THREE (3) sources. Do not use Wikipedia as a resource. Make sure to give full credit and include author, title, date, URL (for websites), publisher and page numbers (for books) Images: Find images of 5 works of art created by the artist as well as a portrait of the artist if it is available. Most artists created self-portraits and images of these should be easy to find. Critiquing Artwork Answer the following questions about the pieces of art: What is the subject matter? Genre: Is this a still life? A portrait? Landscape? Other? Description: Identify the art elements included in the artwork. For example, is there a color scheme? Why do you think the artist might have chosen the colors that he/she did? Do you see line or texture in the work? Interpretation: What do you think that the artist was trying to say? Why did he/she choose this subject? What feeling does the artwork give you and why? What do you like/dislike about the work? Timeline: What was going on at the time that the work was created (social studies)? How do you think that this influenced the artist?

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Assignment: Paper Write a 2-3 page, double spaced, paper in 10 point Arial font and include the above researched information. Your references do not count as one of the pages and should be located on page four. Presentation You will present what you have learned to the class in a creative fashion. This may be through a skit, a rap or poem, a song, or any other method that you might think of! No Power Points or Presis. Part of your presentation must include a piece of art that you have created that is inspired by or created to look like one of the artists creations. The more creative your presentation, the more entertaining it will be for your classmates!