Length of Assignment: 500 word minimum. (You can go over the minimum.)

Length of Assignment: 500 word minimum. (You can go over the minimum.)

Due Date: Thursday

Format: MLA, including in-text citations and a list of references. Visit the Purdue OWL site for assistance with MLA format: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ (Links to an external site.)

Choose one of the following topics and address the assignment requirements specific to each topic.

Topic #1

Visit the websites listed below and research impressionism.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/imml/hd_imml.htm/ (Links to an external site.)

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/learn-about-art/guide-to-impressionism/guide-to-impressionism (Links to an external site.)

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/avant-garde-france/impressionism/a/a-beginners-guide-to-impressionism (Links to an external site.)

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/impressionism/ (Links to an external site.)

http://www.theartstory.org/movement-impressionism.htm (Links to an external site.)

Choose a painting from one of the following prominent impressionist painters.

Claude Monet

Mary Cassatt

Paul Cézanne

Edgar Degas

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Berthe Morisot

Include the artist’s name, title of artwork, date, and materials in the first paragraph. Evaluate the following characteristics, indicating knowledge of how and where they are integrated into the painting. Elaborate on the details. Assume the reader knows nothing about impressionism.

Light or atmosphere

Color

Brushstrokes

Subject matter

Content/meaning

How does this painting make you feel?

Topic #2

Complete all three parts.

Part 1

Visit the following sites to learn how to critique an artwork:

http://www.dl.ket.org/humanities/resources/art/critproc.htm (Links to an external site.)

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/tipsheets/student-critique.aspx (Links to an external site.)

Use the questions listed in the Kennedy Center ARTSEDGE article to initiate an evaluation and analysis using the four major areas of criticism:

Description

Analysis

Interpretation

Evaluation

Part 2

Choose a work of art (painting, photography, or sculpture) from one of the following museums (choose from exhibitions or collections) and evaluate the artwork, addressing the four areas of criticism listed above.

Include the artist’s name, title of artwork, date, and materials in the first paragraph.

Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/ (Links to an external site.)

Louvre Museum: http://www.louvre.fr/en (Links to an external site.)

Museum of Modern Art: http://www.moma.org/ (Links to an external site.)

Part 3

Choose a song or musical composition from any era, genre, or style to pair with the artwork you chose.

How do the art and music work together to stimulate the senses?

Topic #3

Visit the Great Architectural Projects site listed below and choose a building that intrigues or interests you. Include the designer or architect’s name and the location and date of the building in the first paragraph.

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/best-architectural-projects-article (Links to an external site.)

Why did you choose this building?

What is your personal reaction to it?

Explain four of the fundamental architectural elements as outlined in the text and how they are integrated into the design of the building. Indicate the specific location of the building and how each of the four elements enhances the overall building design and structure.

What is the most dominant visual feature? Why? Explain its function or purpose.

In what ways does the building fit the environment or context?

Plagiarism 

You are expected to write primarily in your own voice, using paraphrase, summary, and synthesis techniques when integrating information from class and outside sources. Use an author’s exact words only when the language is especially vivid, unique, or needed for technical accuracy. Failure to do so may result in charges of Academic Dishonesty.

Overusing an author’s exact words, such as including block quotations to meet word counts, may lead your readers to conclude that you lack appropriate comprehension of the subject matter or that you are neither an original thinker nor a skillful writer.