Assignment 11 - Poetry - Ekphrasis-

Describe Ekphrasis.

Using the above print as a prompt, use your 5 senses to write a poem about this work (ekphrasis) and publish it.

What do you hear?

What to you see?

What do you smell or taste?

What do you feel?

Trinity Cathedral - Art Event

Describe the interior of Trinity Cathedral using terminology of churches as described in your textbook.

1. How is the church laid out?

2. What are some of the parts of the interior?

3. Discuss the ceiling height, transcepts, and interior decorations

Assignment #10 - Architecture

Find a building on campus. Post a picture here, then describe the building's style using architecture terminology.

Nickelodeon - Tree of Life - Art Event

Describe

Analyze

Interpret

Evaluate

Assignment #9 - Printmaking

1. Describe the 4 kinds of printmaking processes

2. Describe the process of lithography

3. How can you tell the difference between the process of an etching and a silkscreen?

Hitchcock - Truman - 4th Art Event

Watch the Truman Show and Rear Window.

Compare the works using the terminology of movies:

1. Describe some of the commonalities of the directors

2. Describe some of the commonalities of the films

3. Discuss voyeurism

Phantom of the Opera - 3rd Art Event

Describe the setting, period, and place of "Phantom of the Opera."

Describe the characters (top 5).

What is the plot about?

Discuss the overall meaning of this opera.

Assignment #8 - Opera and Musical Theater

Compare and contrast the following:

Light Opera
Musical Theater
Opera

Assignment #7 - Music

Listen to this youtube video of Michael Bolton singing "Nessum Dorma." As you listen, try to think about what he is singing about. He is singing a song in Italian, so you will most likely not understand his words. Instead of understanding his words, try to think about the feeling, the mood, and the inflection of the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkrCMI2fXTo

In your own words describe what you think "Nessum Dorma" is about. You can look up the story after you post. The music comes from the Opera "Turnadot."

Who is most known for singing this song? It is his signature work.

Assignment #6 - Theater

Label the parts of this proscenium theater

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Assignment #5 - Dance

1. Discuss why people dance
2. Discuss the difference between modern dance and modern ballet.
3. Describe the particular period that dance began in the western world.

Assignment #4 - Kandinsky

Discuss Kandinsky's paintings:

1. What was the subject of his work?
2. Describe the kind of painting he did?
3. Discuss synesthesia.

Smokey Joe's Cafe - 2nd Art Event - Extra Credit

1. Describe the Theater, sets, and costumes

2. In what period does this play take place? Who is the author? What period did the play write live?

3. Discuss the plot

Columbia Museum of Art - First Art Event

Choose a work of art at the Columbia Museum of Art.

Describe the work of art
Analyze the work of art
Interpret the work of art
Evaluate the work of art

Assignment #3

1. Do you remember how I talked about making a practical experience into an aesthetic experience?

I would like for you to think about something that you do everyday. Something that you do without thinking about it too much. Now, take that practical experience and turn it into an aesthetic experience. Use similes, metaphors and any other descriptive information from your English classes. Post a picture...

Example: I drink coffee in the morning. I choose just the right coffee cup. I pour the coffee into my coffee cup and watch as the dark brown liquid cascades into the cup like the fall of a waterfall. As the liquid hits the bottom, steam rises bringing with it that yummy, familiar aroma that hits my olfactory senses and makes me salivate. I watch as I pour a bit of cream into the coffee and watch it swirl around and around. It billows and swirls, like foreboding clouds of dust in a storm until it settles and quiets - becoming all one light mocha color.

Assignment #2

Describe the 4 domains of creativity:

Fluency
Flexibility
Originality
Elaboration

Describe the Feldman Method of Art Criticism:

Describe
Analyze
Interpret
Judge or Evaluate

Assignment #1

The Purpose of this assignment is to provide me with some background on who you are and what you may already know about art. Please use complete sentences.

Consider:

a. Have you ever made art? What kind of art do you like?
b. Have made a drawing, painting, sculpture?
c. Have you ever been to a museum, gallery, or artist studio?
d. Have you ever been to a play, opera, art film?
e. Do you dance?
f. Under what conditions do you learn the most?
g. Why are you taking this class?
h. Have you ever looked at at or anything really and been moved by what your eyes see?
i. What inspires you?
j. Do you consider that movies are a form of art? How about video games, Comics, Television?
k. Who decides what is good art?
l. When you debate music with your friends what are your critical elements or standards to which you hold the music to?
m. What was the best movie you saw last year?
n. What is an Art Film?
o. What music is in your ipod or mp3 player, car, albumns