Overview
This is an OPTIONAL assignment worth and extra 10 points. You have two options. You can take them now, or leave them. No late extra credit assignments will be accepted.
Option 1:
Often a piece of art reflects what was happening in the world at the time it was made. Choose a piece of fine artwork depicting a current event of the time (not a meme, not commercial art, but something that you would find in an art museum- visiting a museum's website would be a good place to find work) created before 1975, upload or paste an image within the body of the text. Provide the context for the work, research what was happening in the world at that time and how the artwork reflects the attitudes and current events of that time. This should be at least one page long. The artist should have been alive during the event that is being discussed. For example, discussing Leonardo DaVinci's Last Supper is not an appropriate piece to write about since he was not alive when the Last Supper happened. In addition, newspaper cartoons and advertisements are also not appropriate. You must cite sources to get full credit!
- Format: One full page (excluding the size of the image of the artwork and works cited page), 12 point, Times font, double spaced.
- Cite sources MLA style. Use parenthetical references!
- Must upload/paste in the image of the artwork.
- Italicize the titles of artwork.
Option 2:
I'm sure you've all seen the Instagram challange to recreate works of art at home. It's a fun idea and something you can easily do at home and get a little creative! For this extra credit, please complete the following:
- Select a work of art from a major museum
- The Getty Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art are good places to start:
- http://www.getty.edu/art/ (Links to an external site.)
- https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection (Links to an external site.)
- Check out this account and these tags for inspiration:
- tussenkunstenquarantaine - https://www.instagram.com/tussenkunstenquarantaine/ (Links to an external site.)
- #betweenartand quarantine - https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/betweenartandquarantine/ (Links to an external site.)
- #gettymuseumchallange - https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gettymuseumchallenge/ (Links to an external site.)
- #mettwinning -https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/mettwinning/ (Links to an external site.)
- #blackportraiture - http://peterbrathwaitebaritone.com/rediscoveringblackportraiture (Links to an external site.)
- Recreate it!
- Turn in to me:
- a photo of your recreation and a link to the work online at its museum
- and about 250 words explaining what the process was like for you and why you picked the work you did
- It is optional if you want to ok posting your image on GWC's Art Department Instagram page (with or without your name).
- The Getty Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art are good places to start:
For more see the New York Times article about it her (Links to an external site.)e ("Art Recreation Is the Only Good Instagram Challenge") and here (Links to an external site.) ("Getty Artworks Recreated with Household Items by Creative Geniuses the World Over"). This video is also a good overview: In this quarantine art challenge, creativity begins at home (Links to an external site.)