“To demonstrate a greater understanding and appreciation for art as a medium through which the human condition is enriched”

  

Content

Points

 

Choose   an artist for your report, and obtain   your instructor’s approval. 

 

Conceptual Identification

(apply key concepts, terminology, and   methodologies in the analysis of various visual and performing arts)

Analysis of Artwork – Include 3 pictures   of the artist’s works of art, and analyze those 3 pieces of art for the   following items:

1. Composition – Is it interesting? Does it flow? Does the artwork draw the viewer        in? 
2. Color -Explain the artist’s use of        color (e.g., complementary colors, primary colors, analogous colors,        monochromatic colors, etc.)

Comments:

20

 

Contextual Identification

(Identify works of art within historical, social,   political, cultural, and aesthetic contexts)

Analysis of Artwork – Include 3 pictures   (different pictures from those above) of the artist’s works of art, and   analyze those works of art as they pertain   to and/or identify with the following contexts: 

1. Historical (of or concerning        history; concerning past events)
2. Social (of or relating to society        or its organization)
3. Political (of or relating to the        ideas or strategies of a particular party or group in politics)
4. Cultural (of or relating to the        ideas, customs, and social behavior of a society; of or relating to the        arts and to intellectual achievements)
5. Aesthetic (concerned with beauty or        the appreciation of beauty)

Comments:

20

 

Societal & Cultural 

(articulate ways in which performing   and visual arts respond to and influence society and culture)

Include 2 pictures of any artist’s works   of art (not necessarily your chosen artist), and:

1. Explain how 1 piece of artwork responds to society and culture.
2. Explain how 1 piece of artwork influences society and culture.

Comments:

20

 

Engagement & Experience

(actively engage with visual and   performing arts and other cultural forms through experience or creative   expression)

Creation of Artwork – Create 1 painting   that is influenced by the artist of your choice. This piece of artwork will be judged as   follows:

• Impact (overall quality). 
• Interpretation & Creativity (completeness/effort).
• Composition & Design        (organization).
• Craftsmanship.
• Did the student use/demonstrate at        least 3 of the techniques and concepts covered throughout the semester?

Comments:

20

 

Explain why you chose this artist for   your final project.

Maybe   you were attracted to the artist’s use of color.

Maybe   you like the artist’s style.

Whatever   it is, explain what you like about the artist and his or her work.

Include at least two pictures that demonstrate   why your chose this artist. These pictures must be different from the other   pictures included in the report.

Comments:

10

 

Provide a list of your sources to the   instructor. You must use five or more   sources.

10

Requirements for the project/report

Each student will create a report based on the required items in the grading rubric and one painting to go with this report. There is no minimum or maximum amount of pages for the report. The report should be printed on standard printer paper.

Acceptable sources for this project include:

• Articles      found in magazines, newspapers, and art journals.
• Online      sources*.
• Personal      interviews with art historians, art teachers, museum curators, gallery      owners, the actual artist, etc.
• Videos.

*Do not use Wikipedia as a source for project material.

You must use a minimum of five sources for your project/report.

  

Grading Rubric for Final Project/Report

Painting & Wet Media – CORE*177W*E 

  

 

Zero

0   points

Poor

5   points

Fair   

10   points

Good

15   points

Excellent

20   points

 

Analysis   of Artwork for Conceptual Identification (composition and color)

Zero

Provided   no artwork, made no analysis of artwork, and/or made no attempt, and/or did   not complete project.

Poor

Provided   very little or no analysis of artwork, and/or provided no artwork, and/or   less than two pieces of artwork.

Fair

Provided   adequate analysis of artwork, and/or less than three pieces of artwork.

Good

Provided   adequate analysis of artwork, and three pieces of artwork.

Excellent

Provided   a comprehensive analysis of artwork, 

and   three pieces of artwork.

 

Zero

0   points

Poor

5   points

Fair   

10   points

Good

15   points

Excellent

20   points

 

Analysis   of Artwork for

Contextual Identification

(historical, social, political, cultural, and aesthetic contexts)

Zero

Provided   no artwork, made no analysis of artwork, and/or made no attempt, and/or did   not complete project.

Poor

Provided   very little or no analysis of artwork, and/or provided no artwork, and/or   less than two pieces of artwork.

Fair

Provided   adequate analysis of artwork, and/or less than three pieces of artwork.

Good

Provided   adequate analysis of artwork, and three pieces of artwork.

Excellent

Provided   a comprehensive analysis of artwork, 

and   three pieces of artwork.

 

Zero

0   points

Poor

5   Points

Fair

10   points

Good

15   points

Excellent

20   points

 

Societal & Cultural Analysis of Artwork 

(articulate ways in which performing and visual arts respond to and   influence society and culture)

Zero

Provided   no artwork, made no analysis of artwork, and/or made no attempt, and/or did   not complete project.

Poor

Provided   very little or no analysis of artwork, and/or provided no artwork, and/or one   piece of artwork.

Fair

Provided   adequate analysis of artwork, and/or less than two pieces of artwork.

Good

Provided   adequate analysis of artwork, and two pieces of artwork.

Excellent

Provided   a comprehensive analysis of artwork, 

and   two pieces of artwork.

  

  

Zero

0   points

Poor

5   points

Fair

10   points

Good

15   points

Excellent

20   points

 

Engagement & Experience

(actively engage with visual and performing arts and other cultural   forms through experience or creative expression)

Creation   of one Piece of Artwork

Zero

Created   no artwork, and/or made no attempt, and/or did not complete project.

Poor

Created   artwork containing very little creative features, impact, composition, craftsmanship,   and/or used little or no techniques learned in class.

Fair

Created   artwork containing creative features, impact, composition, craftsmanship,   and/or used one or less techniques learned in class.

Good

Created   artwork containing very creative features, impact, composition,   craftsmanship, and/or used two or less techniques learned in class.

Excellent

Created   artwork containing exceptional creative features, impact, composition,   craftsmanship, and/or used three or more techniques learned in class.

 

Zero

0   points

Poor

2.5   points

Fair

5   points

Good

7.5   points

Excellent

10   points

 

Explanation   of why you chose the artist

Zero

Did   not explain why you chose the artist, and/or made no attempt, and/or did not   complete project. 

Poor

Provided   very little or no information and/or no pictures to explain why you chose the   artist.

Fair

Provided   adequate information and/or less than two pictures to explain why you chose   the artist.

Good

Provided   adequate information and two pictures to explain why you chose the artist.

Excellent

Provided   comprehensive information

and   two pictures to explain why you chose the artist.

 

Zero

0   points

Poor

2.5   points

Fair

5   points

Good

7.5   points

Excellent

10   points

 

Sources

Zero

Provided   no valid sources, and/or made no attempt. 

Poor

Provided   two or less valid sources.

Fair

Provided   three valid sources.

Good

Provided   four valid sources.

Excellent

Provided   five or more valid sources.

  

List of Suggested Artists for This Project

  

Pop   Artists

Andy Warhol

Roy Lichtenstein

Robert Indiana

Jasper Johns

Dada   Artists & Surrealists

René Magritte

Marcel Duchamp

Salvador Dali

Max Ernst 

Paul Klee

 

Renaissance   Artists

Michelangelo

Leonardo da Vinci

Raphael

Botticelli

Albrecht Dürer

Art   Nouveau Artists

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Gustav Klimt

 

Impressionists

Vincent van Gogh

Claude Monet

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Edgar Degas

Paul Cezanne

American   20th century painters/illustrators

Maxfield Parrish

Norman Rockwell

Edward Hopper

Andrew Wyeth

Grandma Moses