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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