Homework: Pictures for your Story- Works of Art
For this homework, you will select 10 works of fine art that you will use to tell "your story" for your final project. The homework can be submitted using either PowerPoint or Word. Your submission must include pictures of the fine art. Provide citations in your written explanations to show how you used each source and provide a full references page in APA style.
Answer the following questions for each work of fine art. Answers need to go into enough detail to be informative and show evidence of learning.
1) Title, artist, and date of creation.
2) Brief description: The style (Impressionism, Contemporary, Cubism, etc.), the materials and technique used to create the artwork, and subject matter.
3) Brief commentary: Why is this work of fine art beautiful, significant, or interesting? Discuss some of the visual components (color, form, line, shape, shading, balance, mood, etc.) and the historic significance of the work of art.
4) What does this work of art mean to you? How will the work of art contribute to your story for the final project?
Instructions:
Provide a substantive response to 1 peer.
When posting a reply to other students, consider the following questions:
1) Why did the person choose those artists?
2) What assumptions do you make about the original poster based upon the choice of artists?
3) Why do people make assumptions about others based on extremely limited information?
4) In what ways do you agree or disagree with the student's analysis of why paintings persist in culture?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.