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Final Exam, Tuesday, July 8th

Icarus, plate VIII from the illustrated book, "Jazz" Henri Matisse, 1947,  Pochoir, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Note:  No class on Monday, July 7th

10 minute presentations on your collage self portrait using Henri Matisse's Icarus as an inspirational starting point. Please be prepared to provide a coherent, concise and thought provoking analysis of your piece.

The Final Exam:

Art Piece: _______________________________________________
Artist:  _______________________________________________

1. Discussed Elements of Art Yes Limited No  25 points
Line, Shape, Form, Volume, Mass, Texture, Value, Space, Color, Time and Motion
Justification for choices? Yes Limited No

2. Discussed Principles of Art Yes Limited No  25 points 
Contrast, Unity, Variety, Balance, Scale, Proportion, Emphasis, Focal Point, Pattern, Rhythm
Justification for choices? Yes Limited No

3. Discussed the Media and Technique used Yes Limited No  25 points
Drawing: Pencils, Silverpoint, Charcoal, Chalk, Pastel, Crayon, Ink, Quill & Pen, Brush
Painting: Encaustic, Tempera, Fresco, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink, Spray Point
Printmaking: Relief, Woodblock, Intaglio, Engraving, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Mezzotint,  Lithography, Screenprint, Monotypes & Monoprints
Visual Communication: Graphic Design, Illustration, Layout, Web Design
Photography: Cyanotype, Portraiture, Landscape, Still Life, Photojournalism, Photocollage/Montage
Film/Video & Digital Art: Moving Images, BW, Sound & Color, Animation & Special Effects, Film Genres, Experimental, Video, Interactive Media
Alternative Media & Processes: Performance, Conceptual, Installations, Mixed Media
Craft: Ceramics, Glass, Metal works, Fiber, Wood
Sculpture: Freestanding, Reliefs, Carving, Modeling, Casting, Earthworks, Construction, Light & Kinetic
Architecture: Context, Materials, Importance
Justification for choices? Yes Limited No

4. Performed a comprehensive modes of analysis Yes Limited No  25 points
Content analysis, Iconographic analysis, Biographical analysis, Feminist analysis, Contextual analysis

Reading Responsibilities for Thurs, July 3rd

Thurs, July 3rd:  pages 508-589

Yves Klein, Anthropometries de l'epoque,
March 9, 1960, pure pigment and synthetic resin on paper,
mounted on canvas, Private Collection

Katey - Reclining Nudes
Jessica - Performance Art: The Body Becomes Artwork
Keondra - Human Bodies as Installations
Collene - The Body in Pieces
Jacqualein - The Blue Nude: Cutouts and the Essence of Form
Kaylee -  Gendered Roles
Nicole - The Image of Motherhood
Lakisha - The Artist and Her Identity
Kaityln - Feminist Critique
Rachel - Professional Artist and Painter of Women
Aaron -  Making a Self Portrait

Sandro Botticilli, The Birth of Venus,
c. 1482-6. Tempera on Canvas,
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Continue with The Monuments Men

A Rembrandt self-portrait recovered at a German salt mine
that had been used as a storehouse,
with Harry L. Ettlinger, right.
Credit Image by Monuments Men Foundation

We will take a look at this video for today's class: http://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/for-educators

From the Harvard Magazine:  http://harvardmagazine.com/2010/01/monuments-men-rescuing-art-stolen-by-nazis

Not all Monuments Men were men: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/arts/design/not-all-monuments-men-were-men.html?_r=0

Ardelia Ripley Hall returning a portrait of St. Catherine by Rubens to Germany in 1952. CreditImage by Smith College

Art Terms for the Final Exam on Tues, July 8th

The Sorrows of the King, Henri Matisse,
1952, Gouache on paper on canvas,
Pompidou Centre, Paris
(His final self portrait)

Remember to include art terms into the 10 minute final presentation of your Icarus.

The visual vocabulary or the ten (10) elements of art listed in your book include:
Line, Shape, Form, Volume, Mass, Texture, Value, Space, Color, Time and Motion

Portrait of L.N. Delekorskaya,
Henri Matisse, 1947,
oil on canvas,
Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia

The 10 principles of art or the rules of art grammar listed in your book include:
Contrast, Unity, Variety, Balance, Scale, Proportion, Emphasis, Focal Point, Pattern, Rhythm

No, you do not have to talk about each and every term.  You do need to talk about the terms that pertain to your final art work.  Include how you decided upon your elements and how you problem solved toward the final work.

Blue Nude , Henri Matisse, 1952,
Gouache painted paper cut-outs on paper on canvas,
Foundation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel

Readings and Responsibilities

Gateways to Art, Understanding the Visual Arts

History and Context, Part 4

Monday, June 30th: pages 454-481
Art and Community - Cook
Spirituality and Art - Cook

Tues, July 1st: pages 482-507

Movie:  The Monuments Men
February, 2014. 118 minutes.

The Monuments Men were a group of men and women from thirteen nations, most of whom volunteered for service in the newly created Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives section, or MFAA. Most had expertise as museum directors, curators, art scholars and educators, artists, architects, and archivists. Their job description was simple: to save as much of the culture of Europe as they could during combat.
These men not only had the vision to understand the grave threat to the greatest cultural and artistic achievements of civilization, but then joined the front lines to do something about it.

The real story of the monuments men: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-monuments-men-180949569/?no-ist

Thurs, July 3rd:  pages 508-589
Katey - Reclining Nudes
Jessica - Performance Art: The Body Becomes Artwork
Keondra - Human Bodies as Installations
Collene - The Body in Pieces
Jacqualein - The Blue Nude: Cutouts and the Essence of Form
Kaylee -  Gendered Roles
Nicole - The Image of Motherhood
Lakisha - The Artist and Her Identity
Kaityln - Feminist Critique
Rachel - Professional Artist and Painter of Women
Aaron -  Making a Self Portrait

No Class on Monday, July 7th

Tuesday, July 8th:  Final, Presentation of your Icarus

10 minute well thought out presentation of your Icarus

Title: _______________________________________________

1. Discussed Elements of Art? Yes No 25 points
Line, Shape, Form, Volume, Mass, Texture, Value, Space, Color, Time and Motion

2. Discussed Principles of Art? Yes No 25 points
Contrast, Unity, Variety, Balance, Scale, Proportion, Emphasis, Focal Point, Pattern, Rhythm

3. Discussed the Media and Technique used?  Yes No 25 points

4. Performed a comprehensive modes of analysis? Yes No 25 points
Content analysis, Iconographic analysis Biographical analysis, Feminist analysis, Contextual analysis

Thursday, June 26th

Giorgio De Chirico,
The Melancholy and Mystery of the Street,
1914, Oil on canvas. Private collection

Assignments for Thursday, June 26th:

Gateways to Art, Understanding the Visual Arts

History and Context, Part 3

• Art Nouveau, Jacqualein
• Expressionism, Nicole
• Dada, Lakisha
• Surrealism, Katelyn
• Abstraction, Rachel
• Abstract Expressionism, Aaron

Please don't forget that your Mid-term re-do on question #4 is due today.  Since this is a written assignment, remember to spell and grammar check.