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ART COLLEGE ESSAY

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READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY...PROFESSOR NITPICKS

SOME LINKS:

CHARTRES CATHEDRAL https://youtu.be/Jk3VsinLgvc

Masaccios "Trinity" https://youtu.be/G6A9Mg3yAu0

Peter Paul Rubens https://youtu.be/qyQGBJIYC5s

Jacques Louis David https://youtu.be/qfAga9DAuU4

Art 100 ASSIGNMENT SHEET (DUE MAY 7)

Choose just 1 (one) numbered comparison only.

Write at least 2 (Two) full pages of text, singlespaced in 12 pt. with small margins

Indicate your class (SECTION 21539 or 21539) and send to: rmorgantaylor212@gmail.com

FIND AND READ THE TEXT UP TO CHAPTER OF THE ASSIGNMENT!

READ ALL ASSIGNMENTS CAREFULLY BEFORE WRITING IN FRONT OF A GOOD QUALITY PICTURE OF THE CHOSEN ASSIGNMENT!

WRITE ABOUT THE PIECE AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE PERIOD STYLE SPECIFIED!

Read your notes, the relevant chapters in the text and display your understanding of ideas from class and the book. UNDERSTAND & DEFINE the STYLE BEFORE and WHEN you write!

Record the NAME, ARTIST, COUNTRY/CULTURE and the PERIOD STYLE of the work.

SPELL ART WORDS CORRECTLY- SUPPORT & FULLY EXPLAIN ALL IDEAS!

1.COMPARE: FRENCH GOTHIC Chartres Cathedral begun 1134, 1194 with pointed ribbed groin vaulting, stained glass, verticality, love of detail, connection with courts of the Kings

with

ITALIAN GOTHIC Florence Cathedral begun 1296 (both Chap 7) with its Domed crossing, Ancient Roman- Style horizontal solidity, simple Geometry, Compartmentalization. Compare and contrast these important examples of FRENCH (Northern) and ITALIAN gothic styles.

2. (FLORENTINE) EARLY ITALIAN RENAISSANCE Masaccio “Holy Trinity” Chap 8

Describe and enumerate ALL 5 principles of EARLY RENAISSANCE

painting as presented in the STUDY SHEET- DEFINE, explain, describe how Masaccio presents each of these 5 ideas in this fresco painting.

3. COMPARE: FLORENTINE HIGH RENAISSANCE Leonardo DaVinci “Last Supper”1495 Chap 9 (See the 7 principles of High Renaissance painting, study sheet)

with

VENETIAN HIGH RENAISSANCE Tintoretto “Last Supper”1594 (do principles apply?)

Two High Renaissance treatments of the same subject separated by a century. The symmetry, simplicity, balance and rational clarity of the Florentine Leonardo, and flickering brushwork depicting emotive, unbalanced complexity in the Venetian Tintoretto- while Leonardo showstable frontally in one point perspective, parallel with the picture plane, Tintoretto moves the table diagonally, shooting it into deep space- what effect do these differing conceptions have?

4. FLEMISH BAROQUE Peter Paul Rubens ‘Elevation of the Cross” 1610 Chap 10

Describe and enumerate ALL 5 principles of BAROQUE painting as presented in the study sheet- DEFINE, explain, describe how Rubens presents each of these 5 ideas in this flamboyant painting.

5. COMPARE: FRENCH ROCOCCO Fragonard “The Swing” 1766 Chap 11 This painting reflects the 18^th century Rococco aristocratic taste for an art of pure pleasure- feminine soft pastel blues and pinks, evident brushwork, erotic frivolous subjects all painted with effortless ease

with

FRENCH NEOCLASSICAL Jacques-Louis David “Oath of the Horatii” 1784 Chap 11

David helped begin the French Revolution with this work, intended as a revolutionary statement- DIFFERENT as possible from Royal tastes- showing masculine hard muscles, hard stone, subject reflecting self sacrifice for the state, in an archeologically correct Greco- Roman style- clear and balanced, frontal as in bas-relief, highly finished, labor intensive and without visible brushstrokes.

ALL WORKS ASSIGNED ARE IN TEXTBOOK: Gardner's Art through the Ages: A Concise Global History (I’m using 2^ND ED)

USE THESE TO FIND BETTER QUALITY PICTURES ON GOOGLE IMAGES!

Question 1

Pg 190,Chapter 7, (7-5,6)

Pg. 213, Chapter 7 (7-36)

Question 2

Pg. 237, Chapter 8 (8-23)

Question 3

Pg. 257 Chapter 9 (9-3)

Pg 276 Chapter 9 (9-25)

Question 4

Pg. 304 Chapter 10 (10-17)