Art Question

Overview

Group Project on Modern Painting

Objective:

Students will be able to demonstrate their ability to work together, work through minor issues, research, analyze, and communicate information about a famous artist in the humanities field

Team members must meet at least once this week.

Instructions:

1. Your team of 3 will be given a famous painting by a well-known artist. (If you have four on your team - you must write 3 pages and the fourth person can also write the conclusion and introduction.)

2. Conduct thorough research on the artist's life, works, and impact on the art world. Use a variety of sources, including books, articles, and reputable websites.

3. Write a 2 page paper - 500 word min - 600 words MAX - analyzing the artist's life, works, and impact on the world. Your analysis should include:

[SAMPLE DIVISION OF LABOR]

- TEAMMATE 1: write a brief biography of the artist from your perspective what do YOU think of their personal background and do YOU think this had an effect on their life and work - and especially this particular painting?

- TEAMMATE 2,3: A critical analysis of this particular work (see email) but you also may include reference to some of the artist's other works, including their style, themes, and techniques. Critique must include at least 5 key visual elements; scale, composition, space, form, line, color, light, tone, texture, and pattern.

• The team will need to work together to combine the writing to write an intro and conclusion and be responsible for turning in the paper.

4. ONLY ONE member of your team will submit your paper by uploading the final version to canvas.

MAKE SURE ALL MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM ARE LISTED ON THE PAPER - E VERY TEAM MEMBER WILL GET THE TEAM SCORE.

and CITE YOUR SOURCES - NO AI ALLOWED.

How to do a visual analysis in ArtLinks to an external site.

PAINTINGS

Group 1 - The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit - Sargent

Group 2 - The Bar at Folies - Bergere - Manet

Group 3 - The Two Fridas - Kahlo