Art 4208A/5208A Summer 2009 Exam 1

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This exam is comprised of 2 Compare and Contrast Questions.  You will Choose 2 sets from the list below -- 1 pair each from Group A and Group B and write a full compare and contrast essay (2-3 pages) on each pair that you choose. A pair is two on the same line, with the number between them. Relate each to its specific movement or stylistic category( Art Nouveau, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, etc.) as well as to the ideas of Early Modernism.  Consider media, technique, context, use, other aspects of significance.  Consider not only the specific object but also related works by the same artist as veins of discussion, citing any others you introduce and stating their relationship in specific terms.

Please number your choices, according to the list, and additionally, identify them fully, so that there is no question which works you are discussing, using this scheme:
Left
  • Artist:
  • Title:
  • Date:
  • Location :
    (architecture or architectural decoration only)    NO museum locations

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    		 Right
  • Artist:
  • Title:
  • Date:
  • Location:
     (architecture or architectural decoration):     only   NO museum locations      
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    Please follow these directions:

    filename: lastnamefirstinitialexam1.doc

    Name at top. (followed by GRAD, if you are a Graduate student).  

    Essays to be typed, double-spaced.    Number your Pages, please.   DO NOT submit your essays in separate files, put them all in one document, with the essays letter-labeled, and submit only one file to me.

    Do not take data from text or PPT videos verbatim-- paraphrase -- use your own words and synthesize the information, and add your own reflections to these sources from looking at the works and considering the issues.  Do not limit yourself to the short segments on the specific works, but consider also the information and opinion given on the artists, their concerns, and movements with which they were associated or notions and traditions against which they may have reacted, influences on their work, &C &C &C.   If you refer to images not included here, cite them by PPT or ill. number. This is not a research project. Do not do web research.  That will earn you a  zero (0) for the exam, and for the course, as will any form of plagiarism..

    If you have technical difficulties with the submission process, call the Distance Helpdesk  678-839-6248. Prepare the document in your word processing program (MSWord ONLY), then import it into the CourseDen assignment dropbox. At the CourseDen assignment dropbox site, find the ADD ATTACHMENTS button and click on it. Then click on UPLOAD FILE, then BROWSE; Go to your computer, where you will need to locate the file you saved there. When you find the file on your computer, select it, and click on SAVE or OPEN. Its title should appear in the Window, with a checkbox next to it. Click on the checkbox, then click on ADD SELECTED and then click SUBMIT. (Make sure you click on both ADD SELECTED and SUBMIT). You will see the title of your file there as a confirmation that you have submitted it.

    To formulate your essay, you should use your notes from class, the data in your text and, your own thoughtful consideration of the works and issues. 

    If you wrote this in the test period, I would give you two sides of a page for each of  the essays, so let that be your guide as to length.  Make sure you write

    a thorough discussion, covering the issues completely.    

     

    First, identify each of the two works in the pairs, with culture/style/period, title, artist, location (for architecture), and date.   

    Then, for that pair of slides, write a UNIFIED essay, using complete sentences, in which you discuss the works in relationship to one other.

    State what the purpose of the comparison would be, and evaluate the similarities and the differences between each two. Consider the purpose

    of each and its significance within the stylistic/historical period in which it was created, as well as how it reflects that time and place.

    You might also consider the specific work in relationship to the artist's career, their other works).

     Also consider: media, size, style, location, etc., as appropriate. Do not write a separate essay for each work in a pair.

    CLICK ON THUMBNAIL TO ENLARGE THE IMAGE:
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    GROUP B
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    Extra Credit ( up to 20%):  Select another pair from above and write another essay, following the same directions. Identify fully and write a full discussion.