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1.
Artist Name
2.
Portrait or picture of the Artist
3.
The selected masterpiece you will critique
4.
Additional historical pictures and other examples of his or her
work
5.
Artist Biography - 3 paragraphs on the artists life - Which includes
life dates, personal influences, schools and education, places lived
and worked, Artistic Movements involved in, motivations if known,
and artwork titles of famous works and why they were revered.
6. Personal
Critique - 5 paragraph critique that will analyze a selected masterpiece.
You must address the historical importance of the work, analyze
it symbolically and through the elements of design (line, shape,
form, space, color, value and texture) and the principles of design
(balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, rhythm, and pattern). Fully
describe the work, explain the art movement or artist style the
work is classified under. Talk about the public reaction to the
work as well as your personal judgement about why you chose this
piece to present and talk about. Make sure this critique is written
in a standard essay format with a thesis, introductory paragraph,
3 minimum body paragraphs and a concluding paragraph. Refer back
to the Artist
Webquest for format and content.
Please
use the Helix Style Manual for Papers and Cite(minimum or 4 citings)
on both written papers
You
are graded on 4 areas
Oral
Presentation - 20pts Possible
Visual
Presentation - 20pts Possible
Artist
Biography- 20pts Possible
Written
Critique - 40pts Possible
Plagiarism
is a failing offense, please use your own wording. |