Complete Week 1 and 2 Art Course Assignments NO PLAGIARISM

ASSIGNMENT 1:

Summarize Terms

To be eligible for full credit, you must complete both sections of the assignment.

Section One: Defining Terms

Based on the readings this week, explain following terms in three to five descriptive sentences each:

1. What is Stylistic Evidence?
2. What is Personal Style?
3. What is Iconography

Section Two: Virtual Museum Visit

Click on the links below and watch the videos. Then, briefly summarize the point of each video, including terminology from the glossary and readings this week to connect what you observed in these videos to the material we are exploring.

You’ll have two separate answers for this section:

1. “Why Look at Art?” (http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/why-look-at-art.html)
2. “Hirst’s Shark: Interpreting Contemporary Art” (http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/hirsts-shark-interpreting-contemporary-art.html)

ASSIGNMENT 2:

Artwork Review

Answer all three of the following questions per work of art shown below. You should reference your book to aid you in answering these questions. Answers should be in essay format, be a minimum of three-five sentences each, and include at least three terms from the glossary for each work..

1. “Claude Monet painting in his Studio Boat,” by Edouard Manet (1874) (Kleiner, fig. 28-2*B* p.843). Your responses should be based upon the material in Kleiner and demonstrate your reading comprehension. The first question is in reference to this work: https://www.wikiart.org/en/edouard-manet/monet-in-his-floating-studio-1874

1. • How does this work follow the Impressionist style?
   • What painting technique did the artist use?
   • What social issues does this painting address?
2. “The Tub,” Edgar Degas

1. • What formal quality did this artist explore?
   • How did his medium contribute to the appearance of his work?
   • What Modernist interest does he investigate?
2. “Vision after the Sermon,” Paul Gauguin,

• What fundamental differences exist between Gauguin and the Impressionists?
• Why did Gauguin move to Pont-Aven?
• How does he reject both Realism and Impressionism in this painting?