You are required to view a contemporary, original piece of art in your area and compare/contrast it to an ancient work from your text, after analyzing both pieces. For example, if you choose a portrait of a leader, find one in your text; if you choose a building, like a church, find one in your text to compare.
Note: If a museum is not available, try your public library, local community college, or an art gallery for sculptures, parks for statues, or government buildings for paintings. Also, don’t forget that architecture is an art form. Look around for a church or an interesting building. Art is everywhere!
Your paper should address the following:
Identification: Provide Identifying details for each work (10 points = 5 points for each work):
Artist: Who was the artist?
Title of the work: What is the title of the work?
Date: When was the work created?
Media: How/with what was the work created?
Location: Where is the work from your area displayed? For the work from your text, please also include the page number.
Description: What does each work look like? (100 points = 50 points for each work):
Describe the subject matter of each work, in detail. Imagine you are describing the work to a blind person; use that level of detail. For example, don’t just say there’s a house in a field.
Identify and discuss five formal elements of art (Choose from line, shape, color, texture, space, contrast, scale, balance, and emphasis) in detail, for each work. For instance, don’t just tell me there were lines in the work, tell me what kind (straight, curved, horizontal, diagonal, thick, thin, implied, etc.) and tell me how they affect the composition (lines dominate the left half of the work, etc.).
Compare and Contrast the two (2) works (70 points):
Compare and contrast the works (Do not compare the terms from part 2), and answer these questions in your analysis: How are the works similar and how are they different? Is the message or function the same? Is the intended audience different? Do they look alike or not? Has the meaning changed over time?
Also discuss such things as symbolism and purpose (aesthetic, social commentary, propaganda, etc.) and evaluate the effectiveness of the works.
Important Guidelines
Format
Organize this material into a 4-5 page paper.
The paper should be double-spaced with a 1” margin and type size should not exceed 12 pts.
Art History, as a discipline, utilizes the MLA style.
Sources:
Always cite your sources!
Please read the document, “Important-Tips to Avoid Plagiarism” located in the Content section.
Refer to the video lecture again from week 6 on Visual Elements and Design Principles and view the activities for week 7 to help you complete the assignment.
Submission:
Remember to proofread!
Comments from Customer
This painting is from the Cumner Museum in Jacksonville (which is my local area.)
Gioacchino Assereto (Italian, 1600 – 1649)
The Lamentationc. 1640
Oil on canvas
50 x 62 in.
Purchased with funds from the Cummer Council
AP.1988.1.1
This dramatic tableau was meant to fulfill the Counter-Reformation Catholic Church's doctrine that art was to "sting the heart," making the viewer see and feel every aspect of the life and death of Christ. Here, the greatly foreshortened pallid body of Christ forms a diagonal that draws the viewer into the midst of the emotional scene, completing the circle of mourners. The play of dark shadows and bright highlights over the surface of the painting theatrically intensifies the sorrow-filled moment. Gioacchino Assereto's Lamentation depicts Christ descended from the Cross and laid upon a cloth on the ground. Mourning him are the Virgin Mary, who is near his head; Mary Magdalene, who kisses his hand in a penitent gesture; and St. John the Evangelist, who holds the crown of thorns.
The image I found from my text book is The Crucifixion. Late eleventh century ce. Mosaic. Church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece
here is the book: Janson's Basic History of Western Art, 9th Edition, ISBN: 9780133557275. This picture is attached to the order page.