Art Appreciation- Fall 2017 Art Journals Directions: Using your new textbook, A World of Art, 6th Edition by Sayre, answer the following chapter questions along with your weekly reading. You will need to turn in all 10 journals, stapled together by THURS 12/5 at the beginning of class with this sheet as your first page. Be sure to include your name. -10 points each day late! Journal #1- Chapter One & Two 1. What are the four fundamental roles of the artist? 2. What are the three steps to the process of seeing? 3. What is visual literacy? 4. Define the following terms: Representational, Abstract, Naturalism, and Non-objective Journal #2- Chapter Three & Four 1. What two ways do we find value in a work of art? 2. Why would a work of art be misunderstood or rejected by the public? 3. Give examples of the following types of line from the chapter: Outline, Contour line, Expressive line, Analytic line, and Implied movement lines. Journal #3- Chapters Three & Four 1. What is contour line? 2. Expand on question 3 from above and draw examples of those different kinds of lines as well as your own and label them accordingly: other examples: straight, curved, organic, rigid, cross-hatched, etc. 3. What is the difference in a shape and a form with mass? 4. What is negative space? Give an example from the chapter. 5. What is atmospheric or aerial perspective? Give an example of an artwork from the chapter.
Journal #4- Chapter Seven and Eight 1. What is the difference in Visual and Actual Textures? Give examples from the chapter. 2. What is Pattern and how do artist use it? Give examples from the chapter. 3. What is Op-Art? Give an example from the chapter. 4. What is the difference in absolute symmetry and bilateral symmetry? 4. What is chiaroscuro? 5. What are primary colors? Secondary colors? Complementary colors? 5. Define focal point and emphasis. Journal #5- Chapter Nine 1. List the types of dry drawing media and liquid drawing media. 2. What is the difference in graphite and conte crayon? Discuss the history of both. 3. Give examples of innovative drawing media from the chapter. Journal #6- Chapter Ten 1. What is the difference in relief printmaking and intaglio printmaking? 2. Why would an artist prefer printmaking as a medium? What can prints do that drawing, painting, and other media cannot? 3. Define silkscreen/screenprint and give an example from the chapter. 4. Define monotype/monoprint and give an example from the chapter. Journal #7- Chapter Eleven 1. Define support, solvent, and ground. Journal #8- Chapter Twelve 1. What is the difference in photogenic drawing and the daguerreotype?
2. When and how was film (video) made more readily available to artists? Journal #9- Thirteen 1. Define subtractive process and give an example from the chapter of an artwork using this process. 2. Define additive process and give an example from the chapter of an artwork using this process. 3. What is contrapposto? Give an example of an artwork that exhibits this position. Journal #10- Fourteen 1. What is considered craft? How is it different from fine art? 2. What are the three ways to make something in ceramics? 3. Define weaving and give an example from the chapter. 4. Why do artists/craftspeople choose to work with wood? Give an example of a work from the chapter. Journal #11 - Fifteen 1. What architectural innovations led to skyscraper construction? 2. What are some principles in green architecture? Journal #12 - Sixteen 1. Name four different professional design fields and describe their purpose, ex: Graphics 2. What are the defining features of Art Deco, De Stijl and postmodern design? Journal #13 - Seventeen
1. What is a megalith? 2. What cultural and technology shift brought the Neolithic period? How did it affect art? 3. What is the purpose of Stonehenge? Journal #14 - Eighteen 1. Compare and contrast Romanesque style to Gothic architecture. 2. Discuss the importance of gold in Christian art. Journal #15 - Nineteen 1. What are the defining characteristics of Renaissance, Baroque and Mannerist artworks and architecture? Journal #16 - Twenty 1. What are the defining characteristics of Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Impressionism, and Post- Impressionism? Journal #17 - Twenty-One 1. What are the defining characteristics of Cubist, Futurist, Fauvist, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalist, and Postmodern artworks? Journal #18 1. Define all the elements and principles of art in words and pictures. Journal #19 1. Draw a dream in detail.
Journal #20 of 5 points 1. Outline your art project.