ARTS100 Week2 The Visual Arts
The Visual Arts
ARTS100 Week2: Option A
Visual Arts Summary
Research one painting, sculpture, or work of architecture.
- You CANNOT select a work of art located in Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of our textbook, Reality Through the Arts by Dennis J. Sporre.
- The following works of art and artists are EXCLUDED as options for this assignment – Leonardo da Vinci’s The Mona Lisa, Michelangelo’s Pieta, Donatello’s Mary Magdalene, and any work of art by Mary Cassatt
Write a 350- to 700-word summary describing your selected work of art or architecture. Include the following in your description:
- A description of the use of color, line, composition, or other formal elements in the work
- A description of the types of media or materials used in the work
- An overview of the subject represented or the style of architecture
Apply appropriate APA formatting.
ARTS100 Week2: Option B
Visual Arts Portfolio
Create a portfolio of five to six works of art and architecture organized under one of the following themes or another theme of your own creation:
- Works of art and architecture I would like to see in person
- Highlights of art and architecture from the Italian Renaissance
- Works from the Capitol: the art and architecture of Washington, D.C.
Write a brief four- to six-sentence description of each work of art or architecture that includes a description of its formal elements, the type of media or material used, and an overview of the subject or style of the work of art or architecture.
It is recommended you use Google Cultural Institute to help you on this assignment or you may use the websites of museums, cultural institutions, or other academic online resources. If you use Google Cultural Institute, register at the site. This will allow you to select images and create your own gallery. On the Google Cultural Institute pages, browse and search images and save them by clicking on the plus sign located above the image, near the title. Once you have your selection of images, click on “Create your own galleries…” or “My Galleries” to create a gallery using the images you have saved. When creating your gallery, you must add a description to each work to fulfill the requirements of this assignment; do this by clicking “Edit” under each image when in your gallery. Finally, you must make your gallery public to share it; do this by clicking on “Private” and then copy the url of your gallery page from the address bar and paste the address into a word document. Submit the word document to your instructor under the Assignment Tab.
If you do not use the Google Cultural Institute to create a gallery, you may use another presentation tool for this assignment, such as PowerPoint® or Prezi. If you do so, make sure to include correct APA formatting to cite each image and resource, and include your descriptions in the speaker notes or in another document.
This assignment contains a Microsoft Word document.
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