Assignment

Select two works of art, each from a different movement.

Movements

a. Late Medieval

b. Renaissance

c. Baroque

d. Neoclassicism

e. Romanticism

f. Realism

g. Impressionism

h. Modernism

i. Describe these two works of art by applying at least three questions art historians ask and four words art historians use. Explain how iconographic, historical, political, philosophical, religious, and social factors of the movements are reflected in each work of art. Include images of both works of art in an appendix at the end of your paper.

j. QUESTIONS ASKED WHAT IS ITS SUBJECT, WHO MADE IT? WHO PAID FOR IT? HOW OLD IS IT

k. art historians use FORM AND COMPOSITION, MATERIAL AND TECHNIQUE,LINE, COLOR. TEXTURE, SPACE, MASS, AND VOLUME, PERSPECTIVE AND FORESHORTENING

l. Use at least two scholarly sources to support your points.as are the museum resources provided in Week One see attachment

m. Your paper must be three to five pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages and images. Be sure to include images of both works of art in an appendix at the end of your paper. Format your paper according to APA style as outlined i

Recommended Resources

Articles

1. SmartHistory. (n.d.). A beginner's guide to the history of Western culture. Themes. Retrieved from http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/for-the-beginner.html

- This resource provides a chronological summary of the eras articulated by historians for the purpose of studying the progression of western cultural history.

Multimedia

1. Khan Academy. (Producer). Why look at art [Video]. Available from http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/why- look-at-art.html

- This video contains commentary from leading museum professionals as to the cultural importance of the study of art.

2. Phillips, J. (2013, April 24). Prezi demonstration [Prezi presentation]. Retrieved from http://prezi.com/mh6btb2vztvj/prezi-demonstration/

- This presentation provides detailed information on using Prezi.

Websites

2. Learn & support. Prezi. Retrieved from http://prezi.com/support/

- Review the information available on this web page to explore various ways that a presentation can be designed.

3. Manual/FAQ. Prezi. Retrieved from https://prezi.zendesk.com/forums

- Review the information available on this web page for detailed information on using Prezi.

Museum and Image Websites

1. Art and artists | Tate (http://www.tate.org.uk/art)

2. Art Institute of Chicago (http://www.artic.edu/)

3. Art Renewal Center Artist Index (http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/artistindex.php)

4. The Famous Artists (http://www.thefamousartists.com/)

5. The Frick Collection (http://www.frick.org/)

6. Google Art Project (http://www.googleartproject.com/)

7. Guggenheim (http://www.guggenheim.org/)

8. Louvre Museum Official Website (http://www.louvre.fr/en)

9. Mark Harden's Artchive (http://artchive.com/index.html)

10. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (http://www.metmuseum.org)

11. MoMA | The Museum of Modern Art (http://www.moma.org/)

12. National Gallery of Art (http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb.html)

13. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) (http://www.sfmoma.org/)

14. SIRIS - Smithsonian Institute Research Information System (http://siris- artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=)

15. Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York (http://www.cooperhewitt.org/)

16. The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/)

17. Uffizi, Uffizi gallery, Florence (http://www.uffizi.com/)

18. Vatican Museums - Official web site (http://mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html)

19. Victoria & Albert Museum (http://www.vam.ac.uk/)

20. Web Gallery of Art (http://www.wga.hu/)

21. WebMuseum: Famous Artworks exhibition (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/)

22. Whitney Museum of American Art (http://whitney.org/)

23. Wikimedia Commons (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)