Instructions For this unit’s assignment you will be creating a PowerPoint presentation about one of the following works of art: Large Kneeling Statue of Queen Hatshepsut (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA); Augustus of Prima Porta (Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy); Reliquary Statue of Saint-Foy (Conques Cathedral Treasury, Conques-en-Rouergue, France); David (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, Italy); or St. Teresa […]
Instructions For this assignment, write about the meaning and function of one of the following: artists unknown, Sculptures from the Kingdom of Ife, The British Museum; artists unknown, Sumerian Figurines of Tell Asmar, Metropolitan Museum of Art; or artists unknown, The Terra-Cotta Army of Qin, Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum (this museum’s website is not secure; better to […]
How does late Romantic music compare with the ideals of early Romanticism? What is exoticism? What examples of exoticism can you find in Romantic music? Does it still exist today?
Unit 2: Evaluation – Art Elements Introduction Understanding a work of art really means thinking about the artist’s choices. Everything in a work of art, the artist has either put there or allowed it to remain. The artwork is really just a big pile of choices to think about. Each choice is an expression. Why […]
Introduction The visual elements are the building blocks that artists use. When thinking about a work of art, thinking about each one of these things, how the artist in question uses them and what that seems to express, is a good place to start. As you explore the visual elements of art, you will begin […]
Unit 2: Discussion – Art and the World Around Us Introduction Artists often try to help us see our world without our usual filters, to make us look deeply at it. They try to bring the background against which we live our lives into focus. Unit Learning Outcomes Describe how technological innovation is reflected in […]
Select a work of art from the Romantic or Neo-Classical era that catches your eye, other than the one reviewed in the Case Assignment. It can be one that reminds you of an event from your own life or otherwise elicits some kind of emotional reaction. It is not necessary to include an image of […]
Image of Jacque-Louis David’s Oath of Horatti: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/David-Oath_of_the_Horatii-1784.jpg Image of Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People: http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/july-28-liberty-leading-people The Age of Enlightenment was followed by the Romantic period, an expanse of time that saw the French Revolution, the American Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon, major scientific advances, major loss of human life, devout faith in the […]
A computer using a connectionless network protocol sends too many data packets to another computer, causing loss of a few packets. As a result, the message appears jumbled to the user at the destination computer. How does TCP overcome this issue?
What are some recent innovations in how sculptors work with space? For this discussion, you will demonstrate your ability to recognize recent innovations in how sculptors work in space. This is covered in chapter 12 of your textbook. Please describe and include an example of a work (including an embedded image) of art that you […]
