Art Grade 7 Term 2, 2010 ASSIGNMENT Assignment Due: Friday 11 ...
Art Grade 7 Term 2, 2010 ASSIGNMENT Assignment Due: Friday 11 ...
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<strong>Art</strong> <strong>Grade</strong> 7 <strong>Term</strong> 2, <strong>2010</strong> <strong>ASSIGNMENT</strong><br />
<strong>Assignment</strong> <strong>Due</strong>: <strong>Friday</strong> <strong>11</strong> th June, <strong>2010</strong><br />
In‐class Poster Presentation on an Impressionist<br />
You may work in pairs or alone for this assignment. Posters will be displayed in class.<br />
PART ONE<br />
Biography of an Impressionist<br />
Your assignment is to be well presented as a poster on cardboard. Information for Part One only may be presented in<br />
point form.<br />
Vincent Van Gogh painted in the style of the Impressionists. Impressionism was an art movement which tried to<br />
capture light. The following artists are all impressionists. Vincent van Gogh Grace Cossington Smith Claude<br />
Monet Edgar Degas<br />
Choose one and find out the following (you can tick the boxes when this information is included in your assignment):<br />
<strong>Art</strong>ist’s Name<br />
Date of Birth, Date of death<br />
Country of birth/where did they live?<br />
Some interesting information about them.<br />
What media/ materials did they use?<br />
What sort of things were the subject matter for their art making?<br />
This artist was an impressionist. What is impressionism?<br />
PART TWO<br />
Critical Analysis of a Painting<br />
Write a critical analysis of one of the chosen artist’s works. It must be a different artwork to any analysed in class.<br />
Many of these artist’s woks can be found on the internet or in the library. On the following page are some key<br />
questions to help you analyse the artwork.<br />
Include a full colour copy of the art work you are analysing in you presentation<br />
Hints: Response to the art work should be well thought out and presented in a<br />
discussion or sentence format, rather than point form. For example:<br />
WRITE THIS!<br />
The artist uses cool colours such as blues,<br />
greens and purples in her painting. Paint is<br />
applied with a small brush<br />
The woman in the foreground forms the<br />
focal point for the painting, with the<br />
puppy and kitten much smaller and in the<br />
background.<br />
I like this painting because it is peaceful<br />
scene. The colours the artist had used are<br />
relaxing and make the viewer feel the way<br />
the woman must in the picture.<br />
DO NOT<br />
WRITE<br />
THIS!<br />
Colours‐ blue, green, purple<br />
Paintbrush ‐ little<br />
Woman – big. pets ‐ little<br />
I like this painting/ This painting is<br />
rubbish
ARTIST:<br />
ARTWORK TITLE:<br />
DATE :<br />
SIZE, MEDIA, COUNTRY :<br />
Coolum Beach Christian College<br />
Visual <strong>Art</strong>s Department<br />
ANALYSIS OF AN ARTWORK – KEY QUESTIONS<br />
These facts are the beginning of the clues that will tell us<br />
about the artwork’s meaning or purpose<br />
DESCRIPTION an objective (matter of fact) description of what you can actually see<br />
• List everything you can see eg people, shapes, trees, dark objects etc<br />
• What materials have been used eg oil paint, collage<br />
• How was it made? eg thick paint applied with a brush. Is anything stuck on?<br />
• What equipment has been used? eg brush, pencil, chainsaw. Is the artwork an<br />
obvious subject/abstract/detailed/realistic etc?<br />
• What types of colours, textures, shapes, lines have been used?<br />
ANALYSIS how the artwork is put together?<br />
• What appears closer /further away? e.g. large shapes appear nearer<br />
• Is there a focal point in the picture? ie something which draws attention? Why does<br />
it draw attention e.g. more detailed, larger, position in the picture? Do shapes<br />
overlap?<br />
• If 2dimensional, does the artwork appear 3 dimensional? How has the artist<br />
achieved this?<br />
• How is the artwork composed/arranged ?<br />
• Is there a relationship/link between the way media/materials are used and the<br />
subject matter?<br />
• What are the influences? e.g. artist, culture, religion, history, art movements<br />
• What is the mood of the work?<br />
INTERPRETATION what do you think it means, why was it made?<br />
• What ideas do you think the artist was exploring?<br />
• What was the artist trying to telling us about? e.g. depicting history, conveying a<br />
mood, experimenting with media, trying to influence audience opinion on a topic,<br />
provoking audience response<br />
• What feelings about/response to the artwork do you have? Do you like it? Why?<br />
JUDGEMENT has the artwork succeeded in its’ aims?<br />
• Is this a good piece of art?<br />
• How well has this artwork been done/executed?<br />
• Has the artist been able to communicate what they were trying to say?<br />
• Is it an important piece of art in relation to other artworks?<br />
• Look at what the experts and historians have said about this work to help your<br />
opinion along.
ARTIST:<br />
ARTWORK TITLE:<br />
DATE :<br />
SIZE, MEDIA, COUNTRY :<br />
Coolum Beach Christian College<br />
Visual <strong>Art</strong>s Department<br />
ANALYSIS OF AN ARTWORK<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
ANALYSIS<br />
INTERPRETATION<br />
JUDGEMENT
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