Advanced Art

Weekly Artist Assignment

Objectives-
Students will research an artist from given time period.
Students will write about the biography of artist and why they became well known.
Students will critique 3 different works from artist using element/principle terminology.

Standards-
Standard: 2. Envision and Critique to Reflect
3. Interpretation is a means for understanding and evaluating works of art
a. Recognize and debate diverse approaches to creating art across time and culture (DOK 3-4)

Standard: 4.Relate and Connect to Transfer

1. The work of art scholars impacts how art is viewed today
b.Discern the value of works of art based on historical significance, craftsmanship, cultural context, and originality using appropriate,
domain-specific terminology that honors sensitive traditions (DOK 3-4)

Grading-

20 points
Organization
1 page of written information( double spaced or full page)
1 Page with 3 images and critique of each (include references on this page)
Font 11pt Times New Roman
Name, Class at the top
Artist name is the title 14pt font bolded with time period below italicized

80 points
Information
50 points
-What was the time period for the art/artist and what other special events were
happening during the same time?
-Short Bio of artist
-What education did the artist have?
-What type of art did the artist do?
-Why/How did this artist become famous? Before or after death?

30 points
-Provide 3 high quality images of famous works of art and critique on a separate
page. (this is the page that you are listing your references)
(Critique each piece using elements/principle terminology)
 Week 1-Stone Age (30,000 b.c.2500 b.c.)
Week 2-Mesopotamian (3500 b.c.539 b.c.)
Week 3-Egyptian (3100 b.c.30 b.c.)
Week 4-Greek and Hellenistic (850 b.c.31 b.c.)
Week 5-Roman (500 b.c. a.d. 476)
Week 6-Indian, Chinese, and Japanese(653 b.c.a.d. 1900)
Week 7-Byzantine and Islamic (a.d. 476a.d.1453)
Week 8-Middle Ages (5001400)
Week 9-Early and High Renaissance (14001550)
Week 10-Venetian and Northern Renaissance (14301550)
Week 11-Mannerism (15271580)
Week 12-Baroque (16001750)
Week 13-Neoclassical (17501850)
Week 14-Romanticism (17801850)
Week 15-Realism (18481900)
Week 16-Impressionism (18651885)
Week 17-Post-Impressionism (18851910)
Week 18-Fauvism and Expressionism (19001935)
Week 19-Cubism, Futurism, Supremativism, Constructivism, De Stijl (19051920)
Week 20-Dada and Surrealism (19171950)
Week 21-Abstract Expressionism (1940s1950s) and Pop Art (1960s)
Week 22-Postmodernism and Deconstructivism (1970 )

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Example page 1:

Miss Wilson
Advanced Art

14 point font Willem De Kooning

11 point font Abstract Expressionism

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Example Page 2:

Willem De Kooning
Woman

De Kooning used line, shape and color to carry the viewers eyes around the
work. Using line and shape allowed for an abstract construction of a figure.
The brushwork and varying warm/cool colors give the artwork a sense of
energy. The focal point of the image is the figures face and there are body
parts that stand out on the sides of the image and in the figures chest which
mimic the eyes.