Assignment: Theories of Beauty

Article: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat (1884-86)

In this assignment, you'll put theory into practice and try to consider art for art's sake.

For each question you will need to explain the concept being explored (found in italics) and apply that concept to your work of art. Each answer will be graded out of five for a total of twenty-five marks.

For this assignment you will A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat (1884-86). Together these tasks ask you look at the work and then look at it again with fresh eyes or wearing a new pair of (critical) glasses.

1. Go online and do some research on your work of art. What is the formal significance of this work?

2. What are the formal properties of this work of art?

3. Why, according to Bell, can't we judge the beauty of your work of art? Be specific.

4. Compare and contrast an emotion of life and an aesthetic emotion that arise from this work of art.

5. In your view, does this work of art exhibit significant form?

On average, your assignment should be three to five pages long

You MUST provide citations in this course. If you are paraphrasing or are quoting texts you must provide all relevant reference information. You may use MLA or APA or Chicago School. Use one method and use it consistently. A failure to cite your references will lead to an automatic "0" for your assignment.

Article: Art and Significant Form- From Art, 1913 by Clive Bell.