10/17: DECADE WORKSHEET due Tuesday, October 24th

ART APPRECIATION HOMEWORK WORKSHEET

Pick a decade to work with—1940’s, 1950’s, 1900’s, 1910’s, 2000’s, etc.

Choose six images of artwork that were made in that 10-year-period.

The images should be no smaller than about 3x4 inches and still be clear and crisp.

They may be black & white or color.

The may be images of sculpture, painting, prints, drawings or photographs.

How to find images:

Do a Google Image search—at the top of the search page you can click on “search tools” to find images that are Medium and above so they are not tiny for printing

Use Artcyclopedia.com

Use artnet.com

Use http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm

Organize those images onto a word document in order—from most representational to non-objective. You’ll want to have a full spectrum of images that span the range of options. **Definitions for both these terms and examples for both can be found in Chapter 2 of your textbook!!**

Here’s a YouTube video about inserting objects into a Word Document:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvrWRixEZE0

For the piece that is the most non-objective piece in your line up, respond to the following:

1.List the expressive qualities the object had. What adjectives would you use to describe it? (ex: Does it seem loud, quiet, fast, slow, messy, neat, strong or weak?)

2.List the physical characteristics of the object…what it looks like. What is the color and texture? What is the overall form—linear, large mass, etc.? What are its proportions—scale? Is it geometric or organic shaped? How is it balanced, symmetrical or asymmetrical? (You will want to look at Chapter 4 for an explanation of these Visual Elements of Art)

3.Now, see if you can make any connections between the expressive qualities of the object and the qualities of its form. Such as:

It seems loud—the bright red contributes to this

It seems intimidating—the large size contributes to this

Try to make at least three connections between what it looks like physically and what expressive qualities it has.

Turn your word document in with these images in order and your responses to the questions by the beginning of class on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24th