Reference no: EM133568103
Assignment: Art Appreciation
For this project, you'll answer seven questions about artists from ten of the art movements you studied throughout your course. You must select one artist from each of the following movements to research:
I. Neoclassicism
1. Benjamin West
2. Angelica Kauffman
3. Antonio Canova
II. Romanticism
1. Caspar Friedrich
2. Henry Fuseli
3. Théodore Géricault
III. Impressionism
1. Berthe Morisot
2. Mary Cassatt
3. Alfred Sisley
IV. Post-Impressionism
1. Pierre Bonnard
2. Paul Sérusier
3. Emilé Bernard
V. Expressionism and Fauvism
1. Franz Marc
2. Georges Rouault
3. André Derain
VI. Cubism and Futurism
1. Sonia Delaunay
2. Alice Bailly
3. Gino Severini
VII. Dada and Surrealism
1. Max Ernst
2. Hannah Höch
3. Yves Tanguy
VIII. Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art
1. Cy Twombly
2. Joan Mitchell
3. James Rosenquist
IX. Minimalism and Post-Minimalism
1. Robert Ryman
2. Robert Morris
3. James Turrell
X. Postmodernism and Deconstructivism
1. YasomasaMorimura
2. Daniel Libeskind
3. David Salle
Task
Once you've selected the 10 artists you would like to focus on, you'll need to research answers to the following seven questions or question groups:
Question A. What's the year of the artist's birth (and, where applicable, death)?
Question B. Where was the artist born? Where did he or she create the majority of his or her work (if at a different location than this place of birth)?
Question C. What medium did the artist use? Did he or she use more than one main medium?
Question D. Which art movement did the artist contribute to? If he or she contributed to more than one movement, where did this artist make the greatest impact?
Question E. What are some of the artist's most famous works of art? Choose one of these works. In what ways is the piece characteristic of the movement specified above? (Include an image of the chosen piece.)
Question F. What challenges, if any, did the artist face that may have affected his or her work? What was happening in the world at that time that influenced the artist's work?
Question G. What's innovative about the artist's work for that time period?