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Part
II: Media
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Chapter 7: Drawing
1. Compare and
contrast the two types of hatching which some artists use to show that
a form has depth or mass on the
Cleveland
Museum of art web site.
2. Albrecht Durer used perspective in his sketch of
The
Minster at Aachen. Place a thin sheet of paper, such as tracing paper,
on your monitor and find the vanishing point is. Also put in a couple
of landmarks so that you can find the vanishing point again when you show
the drawing to someone else.
Chapter 8: Painting
1. Audrey
Flack, whose work is pictured in this chapter, is considered to be a leading
photorealist.
View her works
online. Compare Crayola 1972 with Invocation 1982. Could you imagine
yourself painting like she paints? Why or why not?
2. Judy Baca said of her mural project
Great
Wall of Los Angeles Visit the SPARC Mural website and view the entire
mural online. Just place the cursor over the right side to move right
and over the left side to move left. The mural is composed of histories
that are often ignored due to their controversy. Which section do you
consider to be the most controversial and why?
3. Painters often paint what they see in their everyday lives. This is
called
genre
painting. Explore varieties of genre painting and then answer this
question: what is there in your everyday life that you could paint if
you were a painter? What is it about this subject matter that interests
you?
Chapter 9: Printmaking
1. There
are many different printmaking processes that all result in unique visions.
Visit the
Printmaking
Artists website and select two artists working in the same media.
Compare and contrast their work.
2. Lithography was invented in the 19th century out of a need to produce
copies of good quality and at a low cost. Daumier and Toulous Lautrec
were two early fine art practitioners of this media. Visit the
Daumier
website and the
Lautrec
site and compare and contrast the artists use of lithography.
3. Andy Warhol brought silk screening into the world of fine art. Visit
the
Warhol
site and discuss his choice of media in conjunction with his style.
Chapter 10: Camera Arts
1. Recognized as
one of America's greatest photographers, Ansel Adams used his photographs
to promote public awareness of the extraordinary landscape of the West.
Visit
his website and view the virtual exhibition of his work. Notice his
use of b&w photography. Either write in your Journal about his use
of composition, or take black and white or color photographs that echo
his use of composition.
2. Although the
Camera Obscura is a precursor to photography they still exist today. Visit
the
Camera Obscura
site and write about the evolution of the Camera Obscura as though
you were telling a friend about it.
3.Margaret Bourke-White served as a photojournalist for Life magazine.
Her work is considered to possess some of finest examples of photography
as an instrument for social change. Visit her
website
and select two images. Write about how they might be instruments of social
change.
Chapter 12: Sculpture
1. Bronze has
been in use for over three thousand years. Visit the
bronze
history site and discuss the importance of bronze in Roman times.
2.
Duane
Hanson's super-realist sculptures were cast from human models and
rendered in polyvinyl, auto body filler (bondo), or bronze. He then painted
the surface in such detail as to resemble human flesh and lastly clothed
his work. Check out his site. How does their lifelike appearance affect
your reaction to them as art?
3. Nam June Paik works in mixed media, combining video with construction.
In the 1990s he had an exhibition entitled the
Electronic
Superhighway. What role does humor play?
Chapter 14: Architecture
& Environmental Design
1.The
Bauhaus was the most important school of architecture, design, and art
of the 20th century.
The
Bauhaus Archive / Museum of Design in Berlin is concerned with the
history and impact of the Bauhaus. Visit their website and discuss the
influence of the Bauhaus on modern architecture. Discuss why the Bauhaus
closed and how its closing affected American design.
2.Frank Lloyd Wright was America’s foremost architect. His designs
have had an undeniable influence on American architecture. Visit the
Frank
Lloyd Wright website and review his designs. Compare and contrast
Falling Water with Taliesan.
3.The Pont du Gard, located outside Nimes, France is one the finest remaining
examples of Roman construction. Visit the
website
for the Pont du Gard and discuss how this aqueduct was constructed
and how it worked.
Special thanks
to the Prentice-Hall Companion Website for ARTFORMS!
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