Learning Goal: I’m working on a art question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.Essay 1 of 2 required essaysChoose a work of art or architecture from modules 9-15 (the Renaissance through the Romantic period) and provide the following information
artist(s)/builder(s) name(s) (if known) (2 points)
title and (2 points)
approximate date (1 points) AND
Explain how the artist(s)/builder(s) made the work. In your explanation, you can refer to the elements and principles of art, techniques, or materials. You should focus on formal qualities in detail, here (i.e. not just the images you see, but how the artist paints the images using line, color, pigment, etc.) (15 points) AND
Which handouts, Canvas lessons, internet or homework reading sources helped you answer this question? Be sure to use quotation marks around any directly quoted content and include in-text citations after all quoted and paraphrased content (5 points)
To ensure that you turn in your best work, be sure to:Organize your writing into no more than 1 paragraph, or about 100-300 words and
Proofread
Cite your sources (see above)
If you want to write about a work of art/architecture you already wrote about, this is ok so long as you revise/improve your work and make any necessary adjustments to be sure to answer the prompt.
This essay helps evaluate your achievement of SLO A: Identify and analyze the formal visual elements and techniques of individual works of art in different media from the Medieval through the Romantic periods
Essay 2 of 2 required essaysCompose a one-paragraph essay in which you answer all parts of all three (3) of the following questions:Choose a work of art or architecture studied in this course in modules 9-15 (the Renaissance through the Romantic period) that is different from the work of art you chose for Essay 1 and provide the following information
artist(s)/builder(s) names (if known) (2 points)
title and (2 points)
approximate date (1 points) AND
Explain the content, message, theme, or historical significance of the work of art/architecture. For example, what message did the work of art/architecture communicate? Or, what specific function did the art/architecture fulfill? Be specific and offer sufficient detail. You can use the specific prompts below to guide you (15 points). AND
Which internet or homework reading sources did you use to help you answer this question? Be sure to use quotation marks around any directly quoted content and include in-text citations after all quoted and paraphrased content (5 points)
Great works of art to choose from (feel free to choose your own work from this course):Raphael, Marriage of the Virgin, 1504 (High Renaissance)
Hans Holbein the Younger, The Ambassadors, 1533 (Northern Renaissance)
Sofonisba Anguissola, The Artist’s Sisters and Brother, c. 1555 (Mannerism)
Angelica Kauffmann, Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Pointing to her Children as Her Treasures, c. 1785 (Neoclassicism)
Antonio Canova, Paolina Borghese as Venus Victorious, 1804-1808 (Neoclassicism)
Albrecht Altdorfer, Battle of Issus, 1529 (Northern Renaissance)
Joseph Mallord William Turner, Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On), 1840
etc.
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