Write a detailed analysis of the following two artworks: Behzad, A Poor Man Refuses Admittance to a Mosque, from a manuscript of the Boston of Sa’di, from Herat. 1488-89 and Ivory casket of al-Mughira from Cordoba, ca.960. Describe what you are seeing.

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ART History Survey I ART-115-01 Spring 2022

Write a detailed analysis of the following two artworks:

Behzad, A Poor Man Refuses Admittance to a Mosque, from a manuscript of the Boston of Sa’di, from Herat. 1488-89

and

Ivory casket of al-Mughira from Cordoba, ca.960

This is a formal analysis paper, which means it is mainly a visual interpretation of the artworks with some contemplation of their possible intended purpose and meaning based on what you have learned in class thus far. A thesis statement is required, which is a sentence or two describing your ideas about what the potential meaning is/was of the artworks analyzed and how it is manifested stylistically. Your thesis statement and/or outline are due on Monday, May 2nd.

To get started with the visual description of the artwork, start by observation first. Describe what you are seeing. Your visual description should be as detailed as possible and include your response to the work. The subsequent information will be gained from reading the caption, which will/should provide the following basic information:

  • Artist’s name, if known
  • Materials
  • Place of origin
  • Date of origin

Imagine you are curating a virtual exhibition of digital artists from south india. What time management strategies have worked for you as you worked through the term? What resources did you find most helpful or needed and did not receive? What information was most helpful and why? What approach/methodology did you find the most beneficial for your own project and general approach to research/scholarship?

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Exhibition of digital artists

1. Imagine you are curating a virtual exhibition of digital artists from south india. What time management strategies have worked for you as you worked through the term? What resources did you find most helpful or needed and did not receive? (500 words)

2. Imagine you are curating a virtual exhibition of digital artists from south india. What information was most helpful and why? What approach/methodology did you find the most beneficial for your own project and general approach to research/scholarship? (1000 words)

3. Imagine you are curating a virtual exhibition of digital artists from south india . write 1000 word post on how your work this term and project/thesis is innovative. How do you fit within your field and how are you contributing to it? How would you frame your project for those unfamiliar with it, or believe it to be unoriginal? (1000 words)

4. Imagine you are curating a virtual exhibition of digital artists from south india . What elements led to breakthroughs and successes with your project. What would you have done differently to have greater productivity and success with your project, such as identifying a dead end in research earlier on, worked on time management to effectively complete all associated assignments and coursework, utilized available support to maximize your efforts (500 words)

5. While you write a thesis in art history talking about south indian contemporary art how important is feedback to you. Advantages of inperson feedback as compared to email or online feedback ( press on how good zoom feedback is ok). Do you find feedback beyond basic grammar and syntax assists you in reframing your ideas and moving ahead? Do you find peer review to be especially helpful? (500 words)

Discuss the context of the qualities and characteristics of New Media art. Build your own knowledge of New Media expressed in the Week 2 discussion assignment.

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New Media art

Write this essay like my own language and easy to read because English is not my first language. Use the work of art as your text. While you are encouraged to consult course materials, no outside research is required

Requirements
The Artworks of Marcel Duchamp, Bicycle Wheel, 1951, metal wheel mounted on painted wood stool, 51 x 25 x 16 1/2″.

https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/marcel-duchamp-bicycle-wheel-new-york-1951-third-version-after-lost-original-of-1913/.

Discuss it in the context of the qualities and characteristics of New Media art. Your essay should build on your knowledge of New Media expressed in the Week 2 discussion assignment.

Essay must include a discussion of specific New Media qualities and/or characteristics, as well as an interpretation of your selection based on what you read and observe about the work. Aim for about 4 thoughtful paragraphs (500 words or so total).

Refer to the Suggested Outline below.
If you select an example by a Dada artist (we discuss Dada in Week 3), your essay can also address the relationship of Dada to New Media art, which (again) is the topic for Week 3.
Use the work of art as your text. While you are encouraged to consult course materials, no outside research is required. Be sure to cite any additional sources if you do consult them (MLA style is preferred).

Include any images you discuss in your paper. Practice labeling your images with artist, title, date, medium. Note that titles of artworks should always be italicized.

Explain briefly what the theme of the game is. What does the game mean? What is it about? Explain what it intends to say, through the experience it creates. Explain briefly what elements of the game you will analyze and offer as evidence.

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Gaming firewatch

Summary: Through the game Firewatch, define and explain the elements of a video game that the developers use to create meaning (that is, to get across ideas, values, critics, etc). Explain what the game means, i.e., its themes, its message, its central ideas.

Specifics:

Part 1. Play

Play Firewatch. If you have technical problems, contact me (or google them–there are a lot of good answers out there).

Part II: Write an analysis of the game, in the following structure:

1. Introduction.

Explain briefly what the theme of the game is. What does the game mean? What is it about? Explain what it intends to say (its central ideas or critical commentaries), through the experience it creates. This is your thesis.

Explain briefly what elements of the game you will analyze and offer as evidence.

2. Analysis

Analyze the different aspects of the game and explain how they contribute to creating the meaning (the theme you have singled out in the introduction) of the game. Some of the aspects of the game you can/should analyze are:

  • Character
  • Plot
  • World (the setting, both the physical setting and the kind of world it is (deterministic, bleak, happy, etc).
  • Formal elements (such as color, sounds, etc).
  • Mechanics (what the player does, the choices the player can make, what the player does to win/complete the game)

Your analysis of each of these elements should be focused on proving your thesis. In other words, your analysis of all these elements should focus on explaining to the reader the ways in which each element reinforces or proves that the game means what you say it does. Below is a sample introduction to give you an idea of how to proceed:

3. Conclusion

In this part, write your conclusions. Talk about what the game means: what is/are its central ideas, what message does it send, what is the emotional/conceptual/ideological content of the experience it tries to create? What do the players learn from it, or take away from it? This part should be at least 1 page long

Briefly identify the two images in each of the four pairs provided in this Test powerpoint, and then discuss how they are connected in concepts and themes. . Create and discuss your own pair (just one) from the pool of images given in the Revision slides, AND/OR from images discussed in class and uploaded on Moodle under the various Weeks.

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Islam and the West, discussing concept and themes

In this Test you will have to demonstrate not only visual and general knowledge, but especially an awareness of the conceptual and thematic links between the objects represented, an aspect much emphasised throughout the module and reiterated during the Revision lecture. You will have to write on the following (1 and 2):

1. Briefly identify the two images in each of the four pairs provided in this Test powerpoint, and then discuss how they are connected in concepts and themes. In doing so, you may (or may not) need to touch upon questions of style and technology

2. Create and discuss your own pair (just one) from the pool of images given in the Revision slides, AND/OR from images discussed in class and uploaded on Moodle under the various Weeks. In choosing your own pair, you should be guided by concepts and themes. Your own pair MUST NOT include any image from the four pairs that I have set up in this Test powerpoint. Include your pair of images in your word document.

3. Overall word count 1500–1700 words.

Briefly identify the two images in each of the four pairs provided in this Test powerpoint, and then discuss how they are connected in concepts and themes. . Create and discuss your own pair (just one) from the pool of images given in the Revision slides, AND/OR from images discussed in class and uploaded on Moodle under the various Weeks.

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Islam and the West, discussing concept and themes

In this Test you will have to demonstrate not only visual and general knowledge, but especially an awareness of the conceptual and thematic links between the objects represented, an aspect much emphasised throughout the module and reiterated during the Revision lecture. You will have to write on the following (1 and 2):

1. Briefly identify the two images in each of the four pairs provided in this Test powerpoint, and then discuss how they are connected in concepts and themes. In doing so, you may (or may not) need to touch upon questions of style and technology

2. Create and discuss your own pair (just one) from the pool of images given in the Revision slides, AND/OR from images discussed in class and uploaded on Moodle under the various Weeks. In choosing your own pair, you should be guided by concepts and themes. Your own pair MUST NOT include any image from the four pairs that I have set up in this Test powerpoint. Include your pair of images in your word document.

3. Overall word count 1500–1700 words.

Identify the artist/culture who created the work. Who made this? Why was it made? What do we know about its creation and purpose? Identify the period and place it was created. How do factors like the historical context and location shape the meaning of the work? Describe the artwork in detail. Utilize formal analysis in your description. Give attention to the materials and techniques the artist used to effectively communicate their ideas.

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Art research essay

Purpose
This essay fulfills the course requirement to conduct written research on a work of art or architecture. The work of art (or architecture) that you select will also be used to create your Research PowerPoint (due in Module 3).

Directions
Select an artwork (or architecture) from the eras covered in Modules 1 and 2. This means it must fall between the Prehistoric era through Ancient Greece. You will then write a research essay about your selected artwork. The idea is to find an aspect about this work you wish to research and present in an essay form.

Provide a clear thesis and demonstrate your support for that thesis in your research. Your thesis should be stated by the end of your first paragraph. Remember, a thesis is: a statement or theory that you intend to prove by the end of your paper. For example, you may want to discuss a work of architecture and its relation to social and political ideas of the society that created it. Or, if the artist’s biography is known, you may discuss how the work of art might relate to that biography.

Demonstrate the following within your research essay:

Identify the artist/culture who created the work. Who made this? Why was it made? What do we know about its creation and purpose?
Identify the period and place it was created. How do factors like the historical context and location shape the meaning of the work?
Describe the artwork in detail. Utilize formal analysis in your description. Give attention to the materials and techniques the artist used to effectively communicate their ideas.
Identify and describe the style of the artwork e.g., High Classical or Hellenistic. Remember that in discussing style, you are often referring to a period style or regional style.

Write about four works of art: Albrecht Dürer’s Self-Portrait of 1500 and three additional portraits that you select. Choose one self-portrait from each of the following lessons videos: Lesson 6, Lesson 7, and Lesson 8.

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Final exam

Part 1: You will write about four works of art: Albrecht Dürer’s Self-Portrait of 1500 and three additional portraits that you select. Choose one self-portrait from each of the following lessons videos: Lesson 6, Lesson 7, and Lesson 8

Part 2: You will write about four structures: Equestrian Portrait of an Emperor and three additional works of art that you select. The three works of art you select need to be from Lessons 5, 6, 7, or 8 lecture videos

TO FIND LECTURE VIDEOS FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS

1.) GO TO https://canvas.ku.edu/courses/42501/pages/lesson-1-1-what-is-art-history?module_item_id=888784

2.) Go to western art class

3.) Click on modules

4.) Use videos from lessons 5-8 (stated in instructions)

Considering the main points raised by various critics in response to the exhibition, what is considered successful and what is considered a failure or a shortcoming of the exhibition? Is there a consensus? Are there differences of opinion?

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Assignment #4: Report on an Exhibition / Bibliography

• Select one of the exhibitions from the list provided (see next page)
• Research your exhibition in terms of:
– content (which and how many artists, what works are in the show)
– stated curatorial goals/argument (what does it try to accomplish?)
– how was the show organized (thematic? groupings/sections? chronological?)
– reception of the exhibition (what kind of critical response did the exhibition generate?)
– venue/s (where is it shown?, does it travel to other venues?, is the reception different from venue to venue?)

• In addition to the catalogue of the exhibition, develop a bibliography on the chosen exhibition with a minimum of 8 entries of substantive writings. (Wikepedia entry does not count, nor does press releases.) You will likely have to review much more than 8 texts to get a full understanding of some of the artists in the show as well as the profile of the curator(s). Your bibliography, however, should be specific to the exhibition.
• Read all items on your bibliography to become familiar with the exhibition and its reception.
• Based on your research write a report (approx. 1200-2000 words) on your research material, which should be organized as follows:

I. Description of the exhibition (include basic facts: when, where, what, who, etc.)

II. Summary of the arguments or goals of the curators

III. Identify three of the strongest and different critical evaluations of the exhibition among your bibliography entries and re-state the author’s views in your words. (You can approach this like an annotated bibliography.)

IV. Considering the main points raised by various critics in response to the exhibition, what is considered successful and what is considered a failure or a shortcoming of the exhibition? Is there a consensus? Are there differences of opinion?

Write an essay on what’s expected in this field by an Endodontics as well as professionalism level expectations.

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Endodontics

Write an essay on what’s expected in this field by an Endodontics as well as professionalism level expectations.