Journal 2 (350 to 500 words) What landscape do you most associate with home? Is it the place you now live? Is it a place you visit when you dream? Is it your car? Consider the concept of landscape in relation to your concept of home. Journal 3 (350 to 500 words) What does it…

Read: After 1940: Abstract Expressionism Paul, A. S. (n.d.). Abstract Expressionism. The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/abex/hd_abex.htm What is abstract expressionism? – Sarah Rosenthal. (n.d.). TED-Ed. https://ed.ted.com/lessons/could-just-anyone-make-a-jackson-pollock-painting-sarah-rosenthal After 1950: Postmodern Art Gambino, M. (n.d.). Ask an Expert: What is the Difference Between Modern and Postmodern Art? Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/ask-an-expert-what-is-the-difference-between-modern-and-postmodern-art-87883230/ 1940s-1960s: Pop Art Spivey,…

Read: After 1940: Abstract Expressionism Paul, A. S. (n.d.). Abstract Expressionism. The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/abex/hd_abex.htm What is abstract expressionism? – Sarah Rosenthal. (n.d.). TED-Ed. https://ed.ted.com/lessons/could-just-anyone-make-a-jackson-pollock-painting-sarah-rosenthal After 1950: Postmodern Art Gambino, M. (n.d.). Ask an Expert: What is the Difference Between Modern and Postmodern Art? Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/ask-an-expert-what-is-the-difference-between-modern-and-postmodern-art-87883230/ 1940s-1960s: Pop Art Spivey,…

Iam interested in the distinction between figure and ground in art (typically 2 dimensional art, drawing and painting). My interest ranges from historical / philosophical models such as Rosalind Krauss’ Klein group model to the neuroscience basis of figure ground distinction. I am most interested in how artists are able to operate within the strictures…

NOTE: Session 5 Final PowerPoint NOTE: As we culminate our 5-session journey in the art world, you will now use what you have learned in your course assignments and discussions to demonstrate your progressive knowledge of art history, art mediums, and artists’ biographies over the last 5 sessions and how this has impacted your view…

Discussion Prompt: Fujimura’s Essays NOTE: Based on the essays of Makoto Fujimura, what do you think Christian artists are trying to convey about their faith? Do you think they are having an impact, or in the words of Francis Schaeffer (1974), has the art world been taken away from us by modern culture leaving us…

Unlike the religious traditions of Asia, Western traditions (particularly Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) are far more reluctant to embrace images in worship. This can be seen especially in the Second Commandment, which states: “4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that…

Anne-Louis Girodet, Portrait of Jean-Baptise Belley, 1798 (left) Omar Diop, Jean-Baptiste Belley, 2014 (right) Format: Times New Roman or Arial, 12pt, double-spaced. Include a photograph of the original work and your re-created version of it. Length: 1000 (minimum) to 1250 words (maximum). Purpose: To look at and engage closely with a work of art To…

Write twenty sentences that reflect your research and critical analysis about a work of art from the course material. Use Formal analysis to describe the artwork. Please read this explanation (Links to an external site.) of Formal critique. You can select any image from the Canvas coursework from The Renaissance through to Neo-Classicism. Please use…

Essay Prompt: The art of previous cultures (Mesopotamian, Minoan, Mycenaean, Egyptian) tended to focus primarily on the Afterlife, Religious or Funereal works, and Royalty with a sense of posterity in mind. Discuss the shift from this earlier focus and how Greek Art developed through the Classical Period. Cite and discuss specific examples to support your…