Project/Assignment
|
Blog Topic
Blog Topic 1 :The artist as a creator, a problem solver, a thinker, a revolutionary and an individual. (Students will also read a portion of A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink). Explain the new purposes for art and how art is defined? How did the artist role change and in what ways? What connections do you see between the role of the artist and the essential skills for a 21st century worker outlined by Pink? (Learning Objective 1.3, 2.1) [CR8]
Blog Topic 2 (option A): Art & War. How are these topics linked? Between Pieta (Michelangelo), Mother Holding Child (anonymous, photojournalist 2002) and Guernica (pieta close up)(Picasso)) which is the most beautiful? Which is the best representation of war/death? Should war be beautiful? (Learning Objective 3.2, 3.3, 3.5) [CR7] Blog Topic 2 (option B): Naturalism and photography. With the invention of photography why do artist continue to create works that represent the natural world? Explore artists like Chuck Close , a photorealist, and nonobjective or abstract artist like Picasso and photographers like Ansel Adams and try to determine which artist best represents reality? Finally compare and contrast David by Michelangelo and Bart Simpson from the Simpsons with regard to naturalism and ideas of reality. (Learning Objective 3.2, 3.3) [CR7] Blog Topic 3: Watch Who the F8&^ is Jackson Pollock? documentary and determine whether you agree or disagree with the conclusion of the documentary. |
|
|