Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Semester exam - clarifying the guidelines for the spring semester, non-senior exam
- A one-page essay.
- Documented via "according to."
- Based on 3 images from your notebook from any 3 artists of this semester.
Either
a) Link the works of these artists by theme.
or
b) Compare two of the artists by referring to multiple works.
- The more examples (title, date, medium, location), coherently presented, the better.
- Minimize your opinion. Avoid generalities.
- Jazzy title.
- No summation or ending paragraph, please.
20 pts.
- Documented via "according to."
- Based on 3 images from your notebook from any 3 artists of this semester.
Either
a) Link the works of these artists by theme.
or
b) Compare two of the artists by referring to multiple works.
- The more examples (title, date, medium, location), coherently presented, the better.
- Minimize your opinion. Avoid generalities.
- Jazzy title.
- No summation or ending paragraph, please.
20 pts.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Basquiat's historic and social commentary in his 1981 painting, "Irony Of Negro Policeman"
"Irony of Negro Policeman" (1981), is intended to illustrate how African-Americans, says Wikipedia, have been controlled by a predominantly Caucasian society.
Basquiat sought to portray how complicit African-Americans have become with the “institutionalized forms of whiteness and corrupt white regimes of power” years after the Jim Crow era had ended.[27]
Basquiat found the concept of a “Negro policeman” utterly ironic. It would seem that this policeman should sympathize with his black friends, family and ancestors, yet instead he was there to enforce the rules designed by "white society." The Negro policeman had “black skin but wore a white mask”.
In the painting, Basquiat depicted the policeman as large in order to suggest an “excessive and totalizing power”, but made the policeman's body fragmented and broken.[28] The hat that frames the head of the Negro policeman resembles a cage, and represents how constrained the independent perceptions of African-Americans were at the time, and how constrained the policeman’s own perceptions were within white society. Basquiat drew upon his Haitian heritage by painting a hat that resembles the top hat associated with the Haitian trickster lwa, leader of the Gede family of lwas and guardian of death and the dead in vodou.[28]
Basquiat sought to portray how complicit African-Americans have become with the “institutionalized forms of whiteness and corrupt white regimes of power” years after the Jim Crow era had ended.[27]
Basquiat found the concept of a “Negro policeman” utterly ironic. It would seem that this policeman should sympathize with his black friends, family and ancestors, yet instead he was there to enforce the rules designed by "white society." The Negro policeman had “black skin but wore a white mask”.
In the painting, Basquiat depicted the policeman as large in order to suggest an “excessive and totalizing power”, but made the policeman's body fragmented and broken.[28] The hat that frames the head of the Negro policeman resembles a cage, and represents how constrained the independent perceptions of African-Americans were at the time, and how constrained the policeman’s own perceptions were within white society. Basquiat drew upon his Haitian heritage by painting a hat that resembles the top hat associated with the Haitian trickster lwa, leader of the Gede family of lwas and guardian of death and the dead in vodou.[28]
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Magnet fine arts / Islamic calligraphy and architecture
There are repeating elements in Islamic art, such as the use of geometrical floral or vegetal designs in a repetition known as the arabesque, notes Wikipedia.
The arabesque in Islamic art is often used to symbolize the transcendent, indivisible and infinite nature of God.
Islamic art developed from many sources: Roman, Early Christian art, and Byzantine styles were taken over in early Islamic art and architecture; the influence of the Sassanian art of pre-Islamic Persia was of paramount significance; Central Asian styles were brought in with various nomadic incursions; and Chinese influences had a formative effect on Islamic painting, pottery, and textiles.
The arabesque in Islamic art is often used to symbolize the transcendent, indivisible and infinite nature of God.
Islamic art developed from many sources: Roman, Early Christian art, and Byzantine styles were taken over in early Islamic art and architecture; the influence of the Sassanian art of pre-Islamic Persia was of paramount significance; Central Asian styles were brought in with various nomadic incursions; and Chinese influences had a formative effect on Islamic painting, pottery, and textiles.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Diego Rivera: European-educated Mexican muralist of the Picasso era
Diego Rivera (1886 – 1957) was born with a lengthy name a la Pablo Picasso. He was baptised Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez in Guanajuato, Gto, says Wikipedia.
He was a world-famous Mexican painter, an active Communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo, 1929–1939 and 1940–1954 (her death).
Rivera's large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City.[1]
In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
He went to Paris, France, to live and work with the great gathering of artists in Montparnasse, especially at La Ruche, where his friend Amedeo Modigliani painted his portrait in 1914.
In those years, Paris was witnessing the beginning of cubism in paintings by such eminent painters as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. From 1913 to 1917, Rivera enthusiastically embraced this new school of art.
After a great deal of success in painting murals in prestigious locations across the US, Rivera went to NYC to paint for the Rockefellers. His mural Man at the Crossroads, begun in 1933 for the Rockefeller Center in New York City, was removed after a furor erupted in the press over a portrait of Vladimir Lenin it contained.
In December 1933, Rivera returned to Mexico, and he repainted Man at the Crossroads in 1934 in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. This surviving version was called Man, Controller of the Universe.
He was a world-famous Mexican painter, an active Communist, and husband of Frida Kahlo, 1929–1939 and 1940–1954 (her death).
Rivera's large wall works in fresco helped establish the Mexican Mural Renaissance. Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City.[1]
In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
He went to Paris, France, to live and work with the great gathering of artists in Montparnasse, especially at La Ruche, where his friend Amedeo Modigliani painted his portrait in 1914.
In those years, Paris was witnessing the beginning of cubism in paintings by such eminent painters as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. From 1913 to 1917, Rivera enthusiastically embraced this new school of art.
After a great deal of success in painting murals in prestigious locations across the US, Rivera went to NYC to paint for the Rockefellers. His mural Man at the Crossroads, begun in 1933 for the Rockefeller Center in New York City, was removed after a furor erupted in the press over a portrait of Vladimir Lenin it contained.
In December 1933, Rivera returned to Mexico, and he repainted Man at the Crossroads in 1934 in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. This surviving version was called Man, Controller of the Universe.
Summer reading list, Caddo Magnet HS, 2012
Sneak peek: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore at Artspace Shreveport
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Acceleration - Graham McNamee Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
English IIEnglish II/GT
A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry The Chosen – Chaim Potok
A Separate Peace - John Knowles Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
Samurai Shortstop – Alan Gratz The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck
English III English III/GT
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman – Earnest Gaines A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court – Mark Twain
Farewell to Manzanar – Jeanne W. Houston & James D. Houston A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry
Short Story Masterpieces – Eds. Robert Penn Warren & Albert Erskine A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams
English IVEnglish IV/GT/AP
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley All the King’s Men – Robert Penn Warren
Lord of the Flies – William Golding
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde The Stranger - Albert Camus
Also, choose one book from the following:
AP ONLY: A Prayer for Owen Meaney – John Irving The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Swallows of Kabul – Yasmina Khadra
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Summary essay on the Renaissance masters based on titles of works and dates
Open with a one-sentence description of an artistic work from a Renaissance master. Follow it with a sentence identifying the work and artist.
From there, let your essay flow across the artists and their works using comparison connecting phrases such as "On the other hand," "but," "yet," "Still," "However," etc.
Make a chart that that will guide your summary essay.
For each artist below, add a title of a famous work, one that you can describe in brief, and add a date and nation.
1. Leonardo
2. Michelangelo
3. Donatello
4. Raphael
5. Durer
6. Van Eyck
15 pts.
Due tomorrow for senior/exam needs. Due Wed, May 16, for non-seniors.
7. Bosch
From there, let your essay flow across the artists and their works using comparison connecting phrases such as "On the other hand," "but," "yet," "Still," "However," etc.
Make a chart that that will guide your summary essay.
For each artist below, add a title of a famous work, one that you can describe in brief, and add a date and nation.
1. Leonardo
2. Michelangelo
3. Donatello
4. Raphael
5. Durer
6. Van Eyck
15 pts.
Due tomorrow for senior/exam needs. Due Wed, May 16, for non-seniors.
7. Bosch
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