Study Guide for Final Exam and Slide IDs

Slide IDs

Venus de Milo, unknown artist, Hellenistic period

Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet, Naturalism

The Rouen Cathedral by Claude Monet, Impressionism

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat, Post-Impressionism

Still-Life with Apples by Paul Cezanne, Post-Impressionism

The Scream by Edvard Munch, Expressionism

Woman with the Hat by Henri Matisse, Fauvism

The Ladies of Avignon by Pablo Picasso, Cubism

Nude Descending a Staircase #2 by Marcel Duchamp, Futurism

 Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) by Wassily Kandinsky, Non-Objectivity

The Fountain by Marcel Duchamp, Dada

The Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo, Surrealism

Terms

montage         maquette

contrapposto gelatin silver process

Impressionism  documentary film

lost-wax process calotype

resolution Fauvism

pixel Surrealism

daguerrotype Pictorialism

cinematography assemblage

photogram persistence of vision

CDs/DVDs Expressionist film

Other Areas of Study for Multiple Choice, Short Answer and Essay

Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa

Citizen Kane by Orson Welles

Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein

leaders of the Pictorialist movement

the work of Frida Kahlo

the work of Cindy Sherman

example of earthworks

Wassily Kandinsky and Non-Objectivity

the founders of photography

the three non-silver printmaking processes

advantages/disadvantages of film photography vs. digital photography

the significance of Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass

Venus de Milo by an unknown artist, Hellenistic Period

Luncheon on the Grass by Edouard Manet, Naturalism

The Rouen Cathedral by Claude Monet, Impressionism

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte by Georges Seurat, Post-Impressionism

Still-Life with Apples by Paul Cezanne, Post-Impressionism

The Scream by Edvard Munch, Expressionism

Woman with the Hat by Henri Matisse, Fauvism

The Ladies of Avignon by Pablo Picasso, Cubism

Nude Descending a Staircase #2 by Marcel Duchamp, Futurism

Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) by Wassily Kandinsky, Abstraction

The Fountain by Marcel Duchamp, Dada

The Two Fridas  by Frida Kahlo, Surrealism

Exam 2 Essay Images and Exam 2 Study Guide

Exam 2 Study Guide

Terms

pastel monotype

gesso suicide block printing

glazing technique intaglio printmaking

sans serif fresco

collage sfumato

graphic design relief technique

medium stippling

reduction print silkscreen

typography serif

camera obscura prints

underpainting mosaic

support

Other Areas of Study

Impasto technique and Van Gogh

Andy Warhol and silkscreen

different methods of intaglio printmaking

airbrushing and synthetic paint media

Edgar Degas’s work in pastels

Cai Guo-Qiang’s drawings

advantages/disadvantages of oil vs. acrylic paint

woodcut vs. wood engraving 

Essay Topics

You will be asked to write a short essay describing the importance of one of the following paintings:

The Lamentation by Giotto c. 1305-06

The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait by Jan van Eyck c. 1434

The Garden of Delights by Hieronymus Bosch c.1510-15

The Virgin (or Madonna) of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci c.1485

The Calling of St. Matthew by Caravaggio 1596

Pick one to memorize facts about and be prepared to discuss in essay form on the exam.  Items to include would be what time period of art history the work belongs to, facts that make the painting worthy of continued study, materials used to create the work, and possible scholarly interpretations.

The Lamentation by Giotto  c. 1305-06

The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait  by Jan Van Eyck  c.1434

The Garden of Delights  by Hieronymus Bosch  c. 1510-15

The Virgin (or Madonna) of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci c. 1485

The Calling of St. Matthew by Caravaggio 1596 

Exam 1 Study Guide

Terms - be able to define any 10 of the following terms

line

shape

form

scale

color

value 

texture

unity

repetition

pattern

variety

contrast 

rhythm

balance

emphasis

economy

Other areas of study for the Short Answer/ Multiple Choice sections:

Theories of cave paintings and their existence

Name of famous cave paintings complex

examples of two-dimensional artwork

examples of applied art

example of work that uses implied lines

categories of representational artwork

positive space/negative space

example of artwork that uses scale change

linear perspective

actual texture vs. simulated texture

naive artist

the three critical approaches to art

closed form vs. open forms

symmetrical and asymmetrical balance

golden mean ratio

chiaroscuro

figure/ground relationship

pointilism

atmospheric perspective

examples of compositional unity

different characteristics of line

horizon line

Make sure to go over the color section very carefully.  You must know the difference between additive and subtractive color, the characteristics of color, and the other terms we went over in relationship to color.  

How to Document Sources in Your Papers

Below are links to Diana Hacker's A Writer's Reference website that will tell you specifically how to document your work in your last paper.

For the link to see how to document within the text of the work - for example, if you are quoting directly from another source or are paraphrasing their work - click here.

http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s1.html

For the link to see how to write a works cited page which you need to do for your paper, click here.

http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s2.html

As always - if you have questions, please email me or talk to me before or after class. I am happy to help you do this properly before your paper is due.

It is expected that you will have a works cited page for your final paper. You may or may not choose to paraphrase or quote within the paper - but make sure you give credit for ideas that are not your own. It is very obvious when you are borrowing from another's work and you will be penalized for not documenting properly.

Extra Credit Part Deux

Here are the possible articles you can write your next extra credit assignment due on Wed. April 28th.

For a possible 2 grade points added to your final average, you can read one of the following articles, and in a minimum 500 word essay I would like you to write a response to the issues presented in the article you have read. Each article has a set of questions I would like you to address in your response. Make sure to receive full credit that you give reasons/evidence to support your opinions and that you address each question. Avoid recapping the article - I've read it, I know what it's about. You can introduce it with a few sentences, but then you must frame your essay by addressing the questions assigned to each article. Please email me with any questions - I will not except any extra credit articles after the due date.

Caravaggio, master photographer? by Jonathan Jones

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/nov/09/caravaggio-photography

1. In your opinion, do you think Caravaggio's work resembles modern/contemporary photography?

2. Does it cheapen the work for you that scholars/historians think he may have used a camera obscura?

3. Does it seem like "cheating" to use a camera obscura or is it a tool that helped him make better paintings?

4. Would the use of a camera obscura give his work a greater sense of immediacy - a sense of being in the moment that makes him stand apart from other painters of his time period?

The Best Art is Meaningless by Jonathan Jones

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/oct/29/art-meaning-bob-dylan

1. What do you think of the idea that the best art is meaningless? Do you agree/disagree and why?

2. Do you value a message over an aesthetically pleasing arrangement of forms, colors, and shapes? Would you like both to be present in works of art?

3. What do you look for or respond to more in art - content or style?

Thought Experiment No. 1 and More Inappropriate Alarm Clocks by Errol Morris

http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/thought-experiment-no-1-and-more-inappropriate-alarm-clocks/

1. What do you think the author is talking about when he says, "Photographs provide evidence of a world behind appearances."?

2. Can a photograph lie? Can it tell the truth?

3. As a consumer of images, do you feel easily persuaded by captions on photographs or do you find yourself skeptical of them?

4. Do you agree with Morris that the answer is in the eye of the beholder - that we believe what we want about images we see?

Destroying art for art's sake by Lawrence Pollard

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8325665.stm

1. Is there ever a good reason to destroy a work of art, even if people find it offensive?

2. What do you think about art that is designed to destroy itself? Can it be a celebration of life, as Tinguely suggested, or is it just senseless destruction?

3. Is it crazy to destroy all of your worldly possessions, as artist Michael Landy did, or do you think it can be freeing - given how materialistic our culture is?

Welcome BCC Art 101 students

Hi guys. I finally got this blog together so you will be able to view assignments you may have missed or lost a copy of, look at important slides/exam information, or check out these links to art articles for the last extra credit assignment. Enjoy.

Best,

Melissa Nannen