Does your selection challenges or uphold any of Elizabeth Currid’s ideas in your textbook book, The Warhol Economy: how Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City?

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Qualities selection

Write a 4-6 page paper in which you will uncover the unique qualities of your selection. Your paper will address the following:

  • historical information about the item
  • purpose of the item
  • perceptions of the item (how is it viewed by others)

Your reasons for the selection (Explain why you consider this item iconic of New York City)

Does your selection challenges or uphold any of Elizabeth Currid’s ideas in your textbook book, The Warhol Economy: how Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City?

The paper must be written using the MLA format for writing research papers. Additionally, use the resources found in “Writing Guidelines” on Blackboard, and the library website for the proper usage of the MLA format.

 

In what sense is art an imitation of reality? Does the appreciation of beauty make us better human beings? What is your favorite work of art? How would you describe your relationship with it?

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Human art

  1. What is it that makes some human artifacts art (for example, a painting or a piece of music), while others (for example, the mass-produced classroom chair you are sitting in) are not art?
  2. Is a copy of a great painting itself a work of art?
  3. In what sense is art an imitation of reality?
  4. Does the appreciation of beauty make us better (more moral) human beings?
  5. What is your (personally) favorite work of art? How would you describe your relationship with it?

 

Search for one page of an illuminated manuscript and identify as many parts of it as you can. Provide a brief description of the manuscript page, label the parts.

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Manuscript

For this assignment, you need to search for one page of an illuminated manuscript and identify as many parts of it as you can. Provide a brief description of the manuscript page, label the parts.

Choose an object that has not come up during class time, but you believe deserves a place in the art history survey. Consider: Where does your chosen object fit within the history of art as we have studied it in this class? Does it represent a geographical area or a culture we did not study explicitly?

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Select a work of art/architecture made between 1400 CE and the present that you believe is particularly significant but has Does it represent a geographical area or a culture we did not study explicitly? Is it a type of object, or made of a material, that we have not studied in great depth? Is it exceptional in form and/or content for its period or style, or is it typical in some way?not appeared in our class. Argue for its inclusion in the ART 102 course in a 1-2 page paper.

A standard feature of an art historical education, the art history survey class attempts to provide both depth and breadth in an introduction to the field of art history over a huge chronological span. This necessarily involves skipping many important works of art. In this assignment, you will think about the omissions involved in constructing an art history survey.

Choose an object that has not come up during class time, but you believe deserves a place in the art history survey. Consider: Where does your chosen object fit within the history of art as we have studied it in this class? Does it represent a geographical area or a culture we did not study explicitly? Is it a type of object, or made of a material, that we have not studied in great depth? Is it exceptional in form and/or content for its period or style, or is it typical in some way?

Note: A museum visit is not required for this paper, but it is welcome. You may choose an object you have previously written about in the class, that you have prior knowledge of, or that was mentioned in a reading but not discussed in In any case, you will still be expected to make a compelling argument on its behalf. Alternatively, you might choose your work from an online museum collection, an exhibition, or an article.

Finding your object: One way to find an object is by browsing online museum collections and information produced by the See, for example: the Met collection. Museums often have active blogs or social media accounts that can provide another way of finding new objects or Instagram accounts like @metmuseum; @themuseumofmodernart; @whitneymuseum. Museums may make interpretive materials like audio guides available online. Alternatively, reading arts news can spotlight interesting objects and ideas.

Assignment Description: This paper is argument-driven, and as such should include a clear thesis statement and body text, grounded in historical and formal evidence, that supports your thesis. You should think both about what our survey class has covered and what we have had to leave out.

The goal of this assignment is to think critically about art history and how it is represented in the classroom. Refer to works we have studied in class, and compare them to the object you have chosen. Be specific and purposeful in your argument!

 

 

Read over your classmates’ contributions to last week discussion. Select 3 classmates to respond to. Compose a thoughtfully written full paragraph of content in response to the information they posted.

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Discussion: Peer Responses

What To Do:

1. Read over your classmates’ contributions to last week discussion.

2. Select 3 classmates to respond to.

3. Compose a thoughtfully written full paragraph of content in response to the information they posted.

4. Double check your responses for spelling, grammar and length (a paragraph should be at least 4 to 5 complete sentences).

Why do 20th and 21st-century artists make drawings, paintings, sculptures, and/or photographs of themselves?

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Research 20th and 21st century Self Portraits.

Why do 20th and 21st-century artists make drawings, paintings, sculptures, and/or photographs of themselves? To support your research essay, give at least four examples of artists whose self-portraits are reproduced in the 20th and 21st centuries.

1. Must consult at least 4 reliable sources
2. Need works cited MLA page
3. Include an image of the work(s) discussed at the end of your essay.
4. Minimum six pages
5. MLA format
6. Double spaced
7. New Times Roman
8. 12 points

What did you learn from your classmate’s posting? What additional questions do you have after reading the posting? What clarification do you need regarding the posting?

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Primary Task Response

Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

You have been called in by your boss. The company is considering buying another smaller firm; however, some business analysis is needed for your company management to make its final decision about purchasing. Your boss has asked you to look at the firm that he or she is considering to buy in terms of competitive advantage. You have been asked to explain to senior management how you would provide this information. You have been tasked with using Porter’s five forces to make this determination. Discuss and defend to your management how utilizing Porter’s five forces to analyze any organization or industry would provide an understanding of competitive advantage.

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, consider the following questions:

  • What did you learn from your classmate’s posting?
  • What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
  • What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
  • What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

 

Describe and discuss at least three specific case studies Oliver Sacks presents in his book “Musicophilia” which explores the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.

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Music

What goes on in human beings when they make or listen to music? What is it about music, that gives it such power over us? Briefly discuss Leonard Meyer’s work dealing with musical meaning and his concept of “gap fill”.

Describe and discuss at least three specific case studies Oliver Sacks presents in his book “Musicophilia” which explores the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music.

 

Create an interactive virtual exhibition. Select a theme for your exhibition and select at least 10 works of art that will be part of the exhibition. Write a curator’s statement that introduces the theme and for every work you create a wall label that informs the viewer what we are looking at.

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Virtual museum

You are going to create an interactive virtual exhibition. You select a theme for your exhibition and select at least 10 works of art that will be part of the exhibition. You write a curator’s statement (1 page, ±300-400 words) that introduces the theme and for every work you create a wall label that informs the viewer what we are looking at. The artist, title, medium, and year should be listed as well as a statement (of at least one paragraph each, 100-200 words) why this work was selected and how it informs the theme. The writing has to be original. The exhibition will have a title and is interactive, meaning that the viewer can click on icons that lead you to content that can be read, viewed up close, and directs one through the space. You will create a virtual space that should have at least two galleries which you will design yourself.. The selected works must be legit art works. You can include time based media in your art show, or works in any media, from any time period, in any style.

What was my first impression? Is the work emotionally or psychologically compelling, or is it neutral? How so? How do the formal properties help to make the work successful?

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FORMAL ANALYSIS

For this assignment you will need to select ONE work of art from the textbook in one of the chapters assigned this quarter and write a two-page formal analysis of it. THE ART WORK SELECTED IS: Jacques-Louis David, “The Oath of the Horatii”. 1784. Oil on canvas, 10′10′′ × 13′11′′ (3.3 × 4.25 m). Musée du Louvre, Paris
For this assignment, you need to provide a complete description of the work of art. In the first paragraph, you should tell your reader what the work depicts before you begin the analysis of it.

You should consider the following:
Question 1: What was my first impression?
Question 2: Is the work emotionally or psychologically compelling, or is it neutral? How so?
Question 3: How do the formal properties help to make the work successful?
Question 4: How is space depicted or indicated?
Question 5: Is there a text (or narrative) that the picture illustrates or alludes to? If so, what is it, and is the artwork successful in its depiction?