Your essays must be clearly written. Use complete sentences and paragraphs, and edit your work carefully. Your responses to the questions will vary in length, just be sure you have written thorough essays. The total length for all of the essays should be 2.5 to 3 pages.
Chapter 2 essay questions:
Compare and contrast the visual properties of watercolors and oils.
Describe the characteristics of art and documentary photographs.
Define the elements and principles of composition.
Explain the properties of color and how artists can use them in creating works of art.
Describe the effects of linear, atmospheric, and shifting perspective.
Chapter 3 essay questions:
Describe the four methods of executing sculptures.
Compare and contrast the three categories of sculptural dimensionality.
Discuss how articulation, negative space, and focal areas affect our perception and response to a work of sculpture.
Explain how sculpture uses touch, temperature and age, dynamics, size, lighting, and environment to stimulate our senses.
2. Instructions for the You Tube Video responses (20 points)
Watch both videos and write your responses. The total length for both responses is 2 to 2.5 pages. You may need to copy and paste the URLs into your browser if the links are not active.
Watercolor YouTube video: The Greatest Water Colour Show in the World: The Three Amigos
Here is the link:
http://youtu.be/O_udWJtZ-yY
Watch the watercolor YouTube video and write a response that describes how the three artists achieved the following:
used technology to assist their painting
achieved unity in the painting
used linear and atmospheric perspective
used abstraction to manipulate the referent
Totem Pole YouTube video: Art as Culture
Here is the link:
http://youtu.be/n-SwmzhQkiA
Watch the totem pole YouTube video and write a response that describes the following:
materials and techniques that were used to execute the totem pole
referents and symbols that were integrated into the sculpture
dimensionality of the work and how and where it was displayed
the ways in which the art connects with culture