WEEK 12 – European Painting 1800-1900
Please complete all reading + all parts of the assignment by Saturday 4/25 at 3 PM
PART 1 – Romanticism
Introduction to Romanticism (2 pages)
Goya, Third of May, 1808 (11 minutes)
Géricault, Raft of the Medusa (7 minutes)
Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People (July 28, 1830) (6 minutes)
Turner, Slave Ship (4 minutes)
Turner, Rain, Steam, and Speed — The Great Western Railway (4 minutes)
Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware (3 pages)
PART 1 ASSIGNMENT: PAINTING THE NEWS
You learned about Gericault’s painting “The Raft of the Medusa” and how the painter was inspired by a real-life event that he read about in the newspapers. In 1-2 paragraphs (150-250 words), discuss how images change our perceptions of the news, and how contemporary photojournalism is similar to and different from Gericault’s painting. One way to get started thinking about this issue is to read the New York Times article “Ferguson Images Evoke Civil Rights Era and Changing Visual Perceptions”
PART 2 – Realism and Impressionism
Introduction to Realism (3 pages)
Courbet, A Burial at Ornans (6 minutes)
Courbet, The Stone Breakers (1 page)
Bonheur, Plowing in the Nivernais (3 minutes)
Millet, The Gleaners (4 minutes)
Manet, Le déjeuner surl’herbe (6 minutes)
Eakins, The Gross Clinic (3 pages)** not european, but important!
Tanner, The Banjo Lesson (6 pages)** not european, but important!
Introduction to Impressionism(5 pages)
Degas, The Dance Class (5 minutes)
Cassatt, The Child’s Bath (3 minutes)
Monet, The Gare Saint-Lazare (4 pages)
Monet, Rouen Cathedral Series (4 minutes)
Monet, Water Lilies (6 minutes)
PART 2 ASSIGNMENT: WHAT IS STYLE, ANYWAY?
Provide 3 additional examples from any Realist painter (i.e. Millet, Bonheur) or any of the Impressionists including post-impressionists (i.e. Seurat, Cézanne, or van Gogh – who were not covered in the above videos) in order to explain why your chosen works of art are representative for the period in which it was created. This exercise helps us practice both contextual and formal skills to identify a painting’s style.
NOTE: Please support the claims in your writing with evidence from the readings about style and the period in which the works were created.
Use paragraph form and elaborate on your answers creating informative and readable paragraphs. Title all artworks correctly, attribute them to the artists appropriately, and indicate the periods from which they originate.
Please submit assignments as .docs or Google Docs – 1 inch margins; 12 point in Times New Roman; Double Spaced; should be one full page; Title with your Name and Week 12. Make sure to designate Part 1 and Part 2 of the assignment. Please submit the two assignments in 1 document.
Name your document “YOUR LAST NAME – WEEK 12”
Submit WEEK 12 Part 1 and Part 2 ASSIGNMENT HERE
WEEK 13 – Modernisms
Please complete all reading + all parts of the assignment by Saturday 5/2 at 3 PM
Introduction to Expressionism (4 pages)
Kirchner, Street, Berlin (3 minutes)
Kandinsky, Improvisation 28 (5 minutes)
Introduction to Fauvism (4 pages)
Matisse, Bonheur de Vivre (4 pages)
Matisse, The Red Studio (5 minutes)
Inventing Cubism (3 pages)
Introduction to Picasso (3 pages)
Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (6 minutes)
Introduction to Dada (7 pages)
Duchamp, Fountain (3 minutes)
Making Connections: Transforming everyday objects – MoMA
Introduction to Surrealism (6 pages)
Dalí, The Persistence of Memory (6 minutes)
Kahlo, Frida and Diego Rivera (4 minutes)
Kahlo, The Two Fridas (4 pages)
American Art to WW2
Alfred Steiglitz The Steerage (6 minutes)
Aaron Douglas Aspiration (8 minutes)
Jacob Lawrence The Migration Series (11 minutes – the long version)
Making Connections: Art and Society – MoMA
ASSIGNMENT PART 1: WHAT MAKES ART MODERN?
Choose 2 artworks from the readings (one European and one N. American) and explain, with evidence from the readings or videos, what makes them MODERN – consider both form and content (150-250 words)
ASSIGNMENT PART 2: THE PRIMITIVISM DEBATE
Please develop working definitions for “cultural appropriation” and “artistic influence.” If your last name starts with an A-K you will be arguing that “Modernist primitivism constitutes cultural appropriation.” If your last name begins with an L-Z you will be arguing that “Modernist primitivism is an operation of artistic influence.” See below for debate resources. (150-250 words)
Review these articles:
Primitivism – The Art Story
African Influences in Modern Art
Stealing Beauty
Why Primitivism was Cultural Appropriation
Use paragraph form and elaborate on your answers creating informative and readable paragraphs. Title all artworks correctly, attribute them to the artists appropriately, and indicate the periods from which they originate.
Please submit assignments as .docs or Google Docs – 1 inch margins; 12 point in Times New Roman; Double Spaced; should be at least one full page; Make sure to designate Part 1 and Part 2 of the assignment. Please submit the two assignments in 1 document.
Name your document “YOUR LAST NAME – WEEK 13”
Submit WEEK 13 Part 1 and Part 2 ASSIGNMENT HERE
WEEK 14 – Postwar American Art + Contemporary Art
Please watch videos and complete assignment by Saturday 5/9 by 1 PM
All links (except 1) are videos
Carrie Mae Weems, The Kitchen Table Series
The Future of Art according to Carrie Mae Weems
Please write about all three artists and make clear connections to other work and movements we’ve explored in this class. Please support the claims in your writing with evidence from videos or readings – do not merely make speculations and assumptions!Use paragraph form and elaborate on your answers creating informative and readable paragraphs. Title all artworks correctly, attribute them to the artists appropriately, and indicate the periods from which they originate.