Posted: December 24th, 2014

Art History

Art History
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Discussion Essay assignment for each Module of this course.?
1.???? For Module 8:
Visit the following website and explore the Palace of Versailles (hint – click on The Palace, the museum — on the left):
https://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/
From the above website and the information in the lectures and your book, answer the following questions:
1)?How does Versailles reflect the French Baroque period?? Discuss at least 3 specific characteristics of the palace that make it?a Baroque?building. (Minimum 150 words)?(
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Vocabulary Terms to use In essay:
Painterly (vs. Linear), monumental, genre scene (& interior genre scene), graduation, group portraiture, asymmetrical, impasto, etching, burin, land reclamation project, allegorical, pictorial light, camera obscura,motif, still life, vanitas,vanitas still life, French academic art, neoclassicism, classicism, grand manner (history painting) , absolutism, classical baroque, aristocratic portrait, object d?art, nave side aisles, clerestory, flanking towers, crossing
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Module 9
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There will be a Discussion Essay and Response assignment for each Module of this course.?
2.???? For Module 9:
Visit the following site and take a tour of Monticello.? Click on?"Monticello Explorer"??and take the General House Tour:
Monticello
Based on the information above and from the lectures and your book, answer the following questions:
1) How?is Monticello a Neoclassical building?? Discuss at least?3 specific Neoclassical characteristics of the building. (Minimum 150 words)?
Vocabulary Terms to use In essay:
Rococo, hotels, undulating lines, arabesque, salon, fete galante, panorama, serpentine line, voyeuristic, phallic symbol, rustics, caricature, grand manner portraiture, Neoclassicism, Enlightenment, rectilinear, history painting
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Module 10
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Discussion Essay assignment for each Module of this course.? 2.? (Minimum 150 words for the essay; Minimum 50 words for the response)
3.???? For Module 10:
Visit the following website with images of Constable’s?The Haywain?and Bierstadt’s?Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California.
https://americanart.si.edu/collections?(click on "Search the Collection", then type in the title of the painting)
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/?(type in Constable in the Search box at the top)
Based on the images from the above websites and information in the lectures and your book, answer the following questions:
1)?Compare Constable’s?The Haywain?with Bierstadt’s?Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. What are the sociopolitical messages communicated by each work and how do they represent their respective countries and environments??? (Minimum 150 words)?
Vocabulary Terms to use In essay:
History paintings, Romanticism, painterly, subject, pose, physiognomy, ideal landscape,strippled,subline,seascape,transcendentalism,panoramic view, Manifest Destiny, Hudson River School, Topographic landscapes, Neomedievaslism /Neo-Gothic, imperialism, cast iron, Realism, social Darwinism, modernism(in art), lithography, bourgeoisie, modern alienation

Grading Criteria:
You will be given points based on how thoroughly you answered the question.? I will give you points for the following:
1) Providing specific examples of artworks that support your answer.
2) Providing specific reasons for why?you agree or disagree with the question.? These reasons should be supported by material from the textbook, lectures or the above websites.?
3) Providing specific reasons for why you agree or disagree with your classmates’ responses.? You will not be awarded any points if you just say "yes, I agree" or "no, I disagree."? These reasons should be supported by material from the textbook, lectures or the above websites.? You need to respond to at least?1 other student to receive full credit.
4) Writing the minimum required number of words does not guarantee full credit.? You must write a substantial answer that goes beyond the minimum to receive full credit.

Additional Activities (optional)

Companion website activities:? Click here:? companion website
You might find the following areas of the website useful:
1) Crossword Puzzle
2) Glossary
3) Web Links – This tab provides several web sites with additional information for Chapter 20.
4) Online Study Guide
5) Guide to Researching Art History

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