Foundations Final Project

FINAL PROJECTS WILL BE PRESENTED DURING THE EXAM BLOCK.

WRITE (AND TYPE) A 2 PAGE (OR MORE) DOUBLE SPACED PAPER ON AN ARTIST OF YOUR CHOICE. THE ARTIST MUST BE APPROVED BY MR. P BEFORE YOU BEGIN. THE ARTIST CAN BE FROM ANY ERA AND WORK WITH ANY MEDIUM AS LONG AS THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE ART WORLD IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY. (PLEASE AVOID WRITING A PAPER ABOUT AN UNCLE WHO LIKES TO PAINT ETC…) YOUR PAPER SHOULD EXPLAIN THE ART MOVEMENT(S)/PERIOD THE ARTIST WAS INVOLVED IN, THEIR BACKGROUND/HISTORY AND TRAINING, AND WHAT MAKES THEIR WORK SIGNIFICANT IN THE ART WORLD. DISCUSS WHY YOU CHOSE THIS ARTIST AND FIND OUT ABOUT THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS; WHAT SIZE WAS THEIR WORK, HOW DID THEY GO ABOUT CREATING THEIR WORK, WHAT KIND OF SUBJECTS DID HE OR SHE WORK WITH? PLEASE INCLUDE A WORKS CITED PAGE.

IN ADDITION, YOU WILL NEED A FULL COLOR IMAGE OF A PIECE OF ARTWORK THAT REPRESENTS WHAT THIS ARTIST WAS KNOWN FOR.

PRESENTATIONS WILL BE BRIEF BUT PLEASE PRESENT TO THE CLASS AS THOUGH NO ONE HAS ANY PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARTIST. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO READ THE PAPER BUT GIVE A WELL THOUGHT THROUGH SYNOPSIS ALONG WITH THE IMAGE. (IT WILL BE HELPFUL TO WRITE AN OUTLINE) YOU WILL LIKELY BE ASKED SOME BASIC QUESTIONS AS WELL SO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOUR TOPIC. (INCLUDING KNOWING HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR ARTIST'S NAME.)

 DO NOT PLAGIARIZE IN ANY WAY AS IT WILL RESULT IN A ZERO.
 BE ACCOUNTABLE AND BE ON TIME! Papers need to be ready to hand in at the time of presentation. Late papers (or emailed papers) will not be accepted.

THIS PROJECT COUNTS FOR 20% OF YOUR FINAL GRADE! 

Prentation counts for 20% of your grade so have your full color image that best represents your artist's work printed and be sure you know how to pronouce your artist's name correctly.

Ceramics Final Project

2 page paper about an artist of your choice who works in any 3D medium. ( Do not serach 3D artists and choose an artist who does 2D art that looks 3D)  Artist must be approved by Mr. P before beginning. Paper is double spaced, listing all sources in a works cited page.  (Be certain that you can find at least 3 independent sources of information to gather information from.  Wikipedia and the artist's personal site do not count.) Research the artist’s background and their body of work. What are they known for, their training, what medium do they work in, what are their influences…? Please bring in at least one full color image of their work to show the class so everyone leaves learning something about each student’s subject. No plagiarism of any kind.

Please be seated and ready to present when the bell rings.  No emailed or late papers will be accepted.  Please get your work done ahead of time to avoid printers running out of ink, not working, dogs alleviating their hunger etc...

Final project counts as 20% of your final grade so please make sure you know your material (including knowing how to correctly prounce your artist's name) as you will be asked questions.  Presentation counts for 20% of your grade, so have your full color image printed and give a synopsis of your paper or read the paper from your seat, whichever you feel will be best.

Advanced Art Final

What is art? An often difficult question to answer, especially in contemporary work. Look at the following three artists and choose two pieces of each of their work. Louise Nevelson, Bridget Riley and a third female artist of your choice who must be approved by Mr. Purcell before you begin. Make a color copy of the pieces (6 total) or find a color copy in a publication and bring them for your presentation. 

Choose the element and principle that you feel is best represented by each artist in their work and describe how they have utilized them in their work. (no repeats, assign two to each artist) Do you see meaning or value in these artists' work? What is it? What do you respond to and why? Base your opinions on facts, not subjective likes and dislikes.

Your Mona Lisa art will be the visual art portion of your grade and the paper as the written.

Your paper will be two pages minimum, double spaced with an additional works cited page.  Be prepared to define the elements and principles you used in your own words.  

Written portion will count for 40% of final project grade, artwork 50% and presentation 10%.  

No late or emailed papers will be accepted.  Have your work printed ahead of time and be prepared to present when the bell rings.

Ceramics 2- Contemporary Art 3D mixed media

Begin research of contemporary artists who work on the wheel with clay or mixed media.  Students will continue to investigate untraditional approaches to building with clay and have the option of bringing in different media to combine with clay including wire and wood. Exploration of artists who are currently working in the field will be the focus for this project. Students will be able to choose red or white clay or perhaps a combination. 

Questions to consider when beginning this project:

Which artist should I focus on as an influence for my production?
What should I choose as a subject?
What materials or techniques should I incorporate?

Choose an artist and choose you materials you will use.  Once approved by Mr. Purcell, begin building your piece.  Consider the practical aspects of clay being fired and how additional materials may be incorporated without being fired, but joined afterwards.

Ceramics 2- Mochina Culture South America

Students will discover Peruvian work in the Moche culture from 100-800 AD and the organic nature of the work which were often used as musical instruments. Students will be introduced to using molds to create a variety of handles that they will attach to their work to represent trademark aesthetic choices of this culture. White clay will be used with a monochromatic palette of reds.

Students can choose to focus on 

1) Goddesses/Gods/Shamans with coils/handles integrated into the design

2) Musical instruments integrating elements of animal anatomy and coils/handles

Please read the following and outline a plan of how you want to proceed with your three individual pieces:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/muan/hd_muan.htm

http://www.ancient.eu/Moche_Civilization/

http://www.mountlehmanllamas.com/trivia98.html

https://biodiversity.ku.edu/archaeology/collections/highlights/south-america

http://www.veniceclayartists.com/peruvian-pottery/

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Advanced Art Imaginary Landscape

ADVANCED ART IMAGINARY LANDSCAPE


STUDENTS WILL USE A TEMPLATE BASED ON ALBRECHT DURER'S RHINOCEROS.
TRACE THE TEMPLATE ONTO A SHEET OF WATERCOLOR PAPER.  CHOOSE A THEME  AND FIND A MINIMUM OF 7 ELEMENTS (AS MANY MORE AS YOU MAY NEED) TO REPRESENT THE VARIOUS SHAPES THAT MAKE UP THE RHINO.  THE ARRANGEMENT MAY BE VERY SURREALISTIC AS IN THE WORK OF RENE MAGRITTE AND SALVADOR DALI.
EX: USE VARIOUS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES LIKE WATERMELON, APPLE, ORANGE, GRAPES ETC...FINAL PIECE WILL BE IN FULL COLOR USING WATERCOLORS AND COLORED PENCIL ON WATERCOLOR PAPER.
BACKGROUND WILL REMAIN WHITE TO ENHANCE THE SHAPE OF THE RHINO.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/durer_albrecht.html
http://www.magritte.com/
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/dali_salvador.html

Ceramics 2 Jomon

Students will draw on past experience with coils and use that construction technique as a basis for building three different Jomon (meaning cord pattern) pieces of pottery. This work primarily occurred between 10,000-1000 BC and perhaps even earlier as seen in the links.

 After gathering references and sketching, students will throw three pots on the wheel with white clay and create adornments with coils to represent the stylistic trademarks from this era.

Answer the following in your comment to this entry:

What were characteristics of the Japanese culture during this period?
What were characteristics of the ceramic work during this period?
Who is John George Taylor (J G Taylor) and what was his significance in our understanding of the Jomon period of art?

Define:

neolithic

cord-marked

Copy and paste the following links and after reading, answer the three questions above and define the two terms by commenting on this entry.  Due by Monday Oct. 17th 8 a.m.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jomo/hd_jomo.htm
http://www.ancient-wisdom.com/iraqur.htm