Assignment objective: Your goal in this assignment is to create a photo collage and discuss the new meaning created by the collage. Details: The photo collage may be created by hand (cut out pictures and glued together in one image) or created digitally, using PowerPoint or any application that you are comfortable using. For inspiration […]
Discipline: Visual arts
The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago is an important, mixed-media installation that combines a variety of craft media with sculptureThe Dinner Party by Judy Chicago is an important, mixed-media installation that combines a variety of craft media with sculpture
Visit this site: The Dinner Party Components of The Dinner Party · Brooklyn Museum www.brooklynmuseum.org/artists/6678 Navigate through the site and then write about significant information you find about this complex piece. Focus on its structure, material, subject matter, and Content. How many different crafts and cultures are represented? What is culturally significant about this installation? […]
Graffiti and Urban Art in Sustainable Development: A Comparison Between Aragon, Spain, and First-tier Cities in China（Beijing and Shanghai）Graffiti and Urban Art in Sustainable Development: A Comparison Between Aragon, Spain, and First-tier Cities in China（Beijing and Shanghai）
Requirements Part 1: (2000 words) Title:Graffiti and Urban Art in Sustainable Development: A Comparison Between Aragon, Spain, and First-tier Cities in China(Beijing and Shanghai) 1.Spanish and Chinese art case studies(Need to include an image,The corresponding pictures need accurate descriptions) 2. Need to be written around Contribution of Art in the Transformation of Sustainable Development-The potentiality […]
Consider the use of rock-cut architecture. What were the benefits and drawbacks to this architectural technique? How did it influence, and how was it influenced by, built architecture? Give examples.Consider the use of rock-cut architecture. What were the benefits and drawbacks to this architectural technique? How did it influence, and how was it influenced by, built architecture? Give examples.
Besides using your textbook, students are required to utilize at least one other outside scholarly source to answer their chosen question. Length: At least 750 words, not counting citations or the title page. Images: At least one image must be placed in the document, with a caption and citation or URL to its webpage. Format: […]
Tara Zanardi, “Fashioning the Duchess of Alba: Vicarious Thrills and Sartorial Flirtations during the Spanish Enlightenment”Tara Zanardi, “Fashioning the Duchess of Alba: Vicarious Thrills and Sartorial Flirtations during the Spanish Enlightenment”
After reading the article and taking good notes so that you have thought about the material, you are ready to write your Journal entry. Summarize the author’s thesis—what was this reading really about, in a nutshell? What are some of the main points in support of his/her argument? Paraphrase rather than quote—use your own words. […]
Short Essay 600-750 words without bibliography on Blitz/Firefighters’ Memorial, Old Change Court opposite St Paul’s Cathedral, EC4Short Essay 600-750 words without bibliography on Blitz/Firefighters’ Memorial, Old Change Court opposite St Paul’s Cathedral, EC4
Short Essay 600-750 words without bibliography Blitz/Firefighters’ Memorial, Old Change Court opposite St Paul’s Cathedral, EC4 Approaching your assignment For this short essay, you are asked to go and view a war monument different from those we viewed in class. You are asked to write about the monument and consider the artistic choices that the […]
Reflection Post: What is Cinema. Villarejo, Film Studies: the Basics, Chapter 1: “Intro to Film Studies”Reflection Post: What is Cinema. Villarejo, Film Studies: the Basics, Chapter 1: “Intro to Film Studies”
Reflection Post: What is Cinema. Villarejo, Film Studies: the Basics, Chapter 1: “Intro to film studies” (Ch. 2 will be assigned later in the semester)Due 01/21 at 2pm You are expected to post short response papers using your Discussion Group on Canvas. Prompts will be posted on Canvas under the Discussion after each class and […]
Visual Annotation Assignment (Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II, ca. 1887 BCE)Visual Annotation Assignment (Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II, ca. 1887 BCE)
Precise and detailed observations of artworks are the cornerstone of art writing. In order to hone this skill, we will spend time visually annotating images three times over the course of the semester. Your annotation is expected to help the viewer understand what ideas an artwork communicates as well as how the work communicates these […]
Mediating Diasporic Identity: Observation, Representation, and the Politics of Migrant (In)VisibilityMediating Diasporic Identity: Observation, Representation, and the Politics of Migrant (In)Visibility
Your post (200-300 words in length) must comment on at least one (1) of the visual sources or scholarly texts assigned for January 12. Your options are: Scholarly Texts Margo Machida, “Othering: Primitivism, Orientalism, and Stereotyping,” in Unsettled Visions: Contemporary Asian American Artists and the Social Imaginary (Duke University Press, 2008), pp. 57-117. Joachim Östlund, […]
Media Response: ‘The promises Martha Stewart made-& why We Wanted To Believe them’Media Response: ‘The promises Martha Stewart made-& why We Wanted To Believe them’
Read the essay and write a response covering the instructions below: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/02/21/martha-stewart-profile-joan-didionHow does commodification of identity relate to ideas of authenticity? How does Stewart’s portrayal of perfection perpetuate cultural myths related to individual achievement and other lifestyle ideologies? How does this essay relate to Debord’s concept of “the spectacle”?Read and respond to the Joan Dion […]