Assignment #1
Local Arts Event: Visual Arts
As a group we will go to the Art Gallery on Campus. Write a short review of this exhibition. Discuss the exhibition as a whole, then select at least 2 specific pieces to discuss individually. Back up your opinions with examples. You are encouraged to go back to the gallery for a longer look.
Things to consider:
How did the piece make you feel? Why?
What is a possible meaning for the piece?
Deconstruct the piece and think about its elements; size, shape, colour, format, your immediate impression vesus what you felt about it after a longer look.
You are expected to give serious consideration to the piece before either universally embracing or rejecting it. Art will allow us to learn about ourselves. What did you learn about yourself? Are you even capable of thinking that way yet?
Your review should consist of 3-4 pages, 400-500 words, double spaced, typed, stapled together with a title page.
Marked out of 25
10 – spelling and grammar
10 – content
5 – presentation
Follow the standard review format – emphasize how the artwork made you “feel” and “think”. Be careful not to state your opinion as a fact.
Write a short review of a local theatre production
Your review should consist of 3-4 pages, 400-500 words, double spaced, typed, stapled together with a title page.
Marked out of 25
10 – spelling and grammar
10 – content
5 – presentation
2.The Chauvet cave paintings in Southeastern France are some of the oldest and most spectacular examples of Ice Age Art ever found. The Paintings have been dated to ____________.
3.Signs and symbols are far more abundant in cave art than depictions of humans or animals. ___________.
4.The correct order of human historical periods is: ____________________________.
5.The Greeks became the first Western Civilization around……_____________________.
6.The Greek Gods resembled humans in form and showed human feelings. ___________.
7.The Greek Gods made their home on : ________________.
8.The famous play, Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King), was written by: _______________.
9.Which of the following Greek Gods might be best described as “The Party God” _____________.
10.The Odyssey and the Iliad are two timeless works by _________________.
11.Which of the following is NOT a traditional tragedy._________________.
12.Pick one of the following terms and briefly define it in the space below: Thespis, Dithyramb, Satyr, Antagonist.
13.The Romans came to be far more powerful than the Greeks ever were, but on the whole, were not as sophisticated in thought or artistic expression. ______________.
14.The most common form of Roman art was: ____________________.
15.The best word to describe the style of Roman art is: __________________.
16.The greatest impact Rome may have had on the theatre was to: ___________________.
17.We have inherited much from the influence of the Roman Theatre, including the word “play” itself, which derives from a literal translation of the Latin word. ___________.
18.Egyptian art exerted a powerful influence on the cultures of its various invaders. _____________.
19.Define one of the following terms: Rosetta stone, Frontalism, hieroglyphs, The Fabula Togata.
20.Which of the following “class" of people were NOT part of Roman society. _________.
1. Baroque Art emerged in Europe around 1600, as a reaction against the intricate and formulaic ______________ style.
2. Baroque Art is less complex, more realistic and more emotionally affecting than _____________.
3. This movement was encouraged by the ______________, the most important patron of the arts at that time, as a return to tradition and spirituality.
4. The Baroque is the age of ________________________.
5. Where the arts of the Early and High Renaissance generally followed what was believed to be the classical principles of balance, restraint, order, calm, harmony, and simplicity, the arts of the _____________ took a new direction.
6. During this period was the ________________which sought back to roll back the Protestant influence and reassert the grandeur of the Catholic Church.
7. This is the age of Absolute _____________ such as ________________.
8. The term BAROQUE probably came from a Portuguese word “________________” which meant ____________________.
9. In the 18th century, Baroque Art was replaced by the more elegant and elaborate ___________________ style.
10. The word renaissance literally means ______________.
11. It can be said that during the Renaissance, "___________ is the measure of all things” has replaced “_______________ is the measure of all things.”
12. The two principal components of Renaissance style are the following: _____________________________________.
13. Linear perspective is: ___________________________________
14. They developed ___________________ perspective, in which objects become increasingly less distinct and less sharply colored as they recede from the eye of the viewer.
15. Northern painters, especially those from Flanders and the Netherlands, were as advanced as the Italians in landscape painting and contributed to the innovations of their southern contemporaries by introducing _______________ as a new medium.
16. The Renaissance of the arts coincided with the development of_____________________, in which scholars studied and translated philosophical texts.
17. During the Renaissance, theatre was "beyond the pale of normal society during this time". Reasons include: _________________________.
18. Ultimately, these concerns led to ____________________________.
19. Name any 10 plays attributed to Shakespeare __________________________.
20. The great Patron of the arts of Shakespeare's era, the age named _____________________.
