First BIG Assignment Summer 2016

This assignment is due by Monday July 25th at midnight.


You will turn in your work with the following method. Those of you who already know me know how specific I am about procedures. Please read the following carefully.

• Please type your written work in a Google Document.  

• Change the sharing settings so that ANYONE WITH THE LINK may EDIT. If you don't know how to change sharing settings like this, there are great tutorials online.

• Copy the link and email it to me at christopher.clarke@redclay.k12.de.us.

• DO NOT send me an invitation to edit your document. Use the procedure above. 

• DO NOT edit your document after the time the assignment is due. I can see all track changes anyway and will grade whatever you had done at the time the assignment was due.

• You may email me the link to your Google Doc early, even if you have not finished working on it.

• I will be adding comments to your work with commendations and/or suggestions for improvement on the next phase of the summer work. Please be sure to read these comments before doing significant work on the next phase. I will add comments as quickly as I can but it's a slow process and there are more of you than there are of me :)

READING

In "Learning to Look at Paintings", read:

Chapter 1: Composition
Chapter 2: Space
Chapter 3: Form

In "Gospel Figures in Art", read pages 1-165 (many pages are just pictures)
In "Gods and Heroes in Art", read pages 1-188 (many pages are just pictures)

WRITING

This assignment will be practice in formal analysis of works.

Choose 3 works from your reading in "Gods" or "Gospels" and write an analysis of each based on the "Learning to Look at Paintings" chapter on COMPOSITION (Pages 1-28).

Choose 3 works from your reading in "Gods" or "Gospels" and write an analysis of each based on the "Learning to Look at Paintings" chapter on SPACE (Pages 29-55).

Choose 3 works from your reading in "Gods" or "Gospels" and write an analysis of each based on the "Learning to Look at Paintings" chapter on FORM (Pages 56-87).

Each analysis should be 1-2 paragraphs in length. List the work and page # at the top of each analysis (ex. Anthony van Dyck, Flagellation, 1620. Pg. 277 in Gospels). In each analysis compare/contrast the work to the ones listed as examples in that chapter and the other 2 works you are analyzing. Analyze only the qualities from that chapter! (Ex. If you are writing using the FORM chapter don't talk about the subject matter of the work...) Please try to differentiate the works to the greatest degree possible. It is very boring to write formal analyses of very similar works (It's not very invigorating to grade them either). Correct spelling and grammar will be expected on the AP test and for all assignments in this course. Proffread everthing ;)

I will post an example paragraph to help guide you. Email me or post on the blog any questions you have!  Do your best! Good luck!

Sincerely,
Mr. Clarke