EXPLORING ART WEBQUEST AND ART HISTORY ASSIGNMENT THE HUMAN FIGURE IN ART

This assignment will be graded twice. One grade will be given for the Webquest component. The second grade will be given for the Art History component. DUE DATE:

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Artists from different cultures and time periods throughout history have depicted the human figure in diverse ways. What materials did they use? Why did some artists paint realistically while others preferred abstraction? What was Michelangelo thinking when he carved David? What materials did Rodin use to sculpt The Thinker? Are the two artists related or connected in any way? In this Webquest, you will research 2 different artists of your choice and observe how they depicted the human figure in their artwork. In doing so, you will discover the answers to these questions about the artists you choose to investigate.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT Your assignment is to research 2 different pieces of art, each by a different artist, that deal with the human figure and provide me with a reproduction of each artwork. You must also write at least 2 paragraphs about each piece (a minimum of 4 paragraphs total). Include answers to the above questions as they pertain to your chosen artists and works as well as anything else you discover. You must also create 2 questions (similar to the questions found above) and answer the questions you have created within your paragraphs. You must include complete URLs (links) to all of your sources. See other sheet on the back of the rubric for a list artists you may choose from.

Online Resources Here is a list of the websites to use. Look at three or four of them before choosing your artists and works of art. These links are on my SHS teacher web page under Exploring Art/Art History Resources. If you have questions about the research please email me at [email protected] http://www.nga.gov National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. - Houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present http://www.metmuseum.org Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City - More than two million works of art spanning more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present http://www.moma.org Museum of Modern Art, New York City - Modern and contemporary art; paintings sculpture, prints, drawings, photos and more. Online images and essays http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections The Art Institute of Chicago - Houses more than 300,000 works of art within 10 curatorial departments http://new.artsmia.org The Minneapolis Institute of Arts - Houses more than 100,000 objects from diverse cultural traditions spanning 5,000 years of world history http://www.norton.org The Norton Museum of Art - Permanent collection consists of over 4,500 works http://www.philamuseum.org/ The Philadelphia Museum of Art - Among the largest and most important art museums in the United States http://artcyclopedia.com/index.html Artcyclopedia - After entering your artist name, scroll down to find articles with written information about your artist http://www.sdmart.org San Diego Museum of Art - Search for an artist by name at this link http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm The Louvre Museum in France. https://www.museodelprado.es/en/ Museo Nacional Del Prado in Prado, Spain http://www.artchive.com/ Artchives has a great index. http://www.lacma.org/ The Los Angeles County Museum of Art http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/ J. Paul Getty Museum, California - Expansive collection of works of art

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Exploring Art MP 4 Webquest and Art History Project THE HUMAN FIGURE IN ART Grading Rubric Grading: Your grade for this project is based on the following categories listed below: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Research evident of selected artists and reproductions Effort involved and following of instructions for entire assignment Originality and creativity of presentation Provided examples of selected artists’ work Written explanation of requested information provided in report form in student’s own words

Criteria 1. Research evident of selected artists and reproductions 2. Effort involved and following of instructions for entire assignment 3. Originality and creativity of presentation 4. Provided examples of selected artists’ work 5. Written explanation of requested information provided in report form in student’s own words and is free of grammar, usage, spelling, and structural errors.

TOTAL SCORE:

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Explanation (if applicable)

Below is a list of artists you may choose from. You may use these or you may choose a different artist(s) you like not on the list, but you must tell me who you are choosing before you begin. Alberto Giacometti Ancient Egyptians Ancient Greek Sculptors Artemisia Gentileschi Auguste Rodin Botticelli Caravaggio Delacroix Diego Rivera Diego Velazquez Donatello Dorothea Tanning Leonora Carrington Remedios Varo Anne Bachelier Max Earnst Maxfield Parrish Edgar Degas Giorgio di Chirico Rene Magritte Edward Hopper Francis Bacon Salvador Dali

Francisco de Goya El Greco Frida Khalo Gustave Klimt Tolouse Lautrec George Segal Gian Lorenzo Bernini Henri Matisse Henry Moore Hieronymous Bosch John William Waterhouse Bougereau Leonardo Da Vinci Mary Cassat Michelangelo Pablo Picasso Pieter Bruegel Rembrandt Renoir Thomas Eakins Thomas Gainsborough Winslow Homer

Your Name Date Exploring Art Art History Webquest: The Figure in Art Michelangelo’s David and Rodin’s The Thinker

PARAGRAPH 1 PARAGRAPH 2 PARAGRAPH 3 PARAGRAPH 4 References: Rodin http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.93041.html Michelangelo http://www.accademia.org/explore-museum/artworks/michelangelos-david/

Exploring Art Webquest Writing Checklist Please review your writing and before your submit your work. Make sure: • • • • •

Your writing is in your own words Your writing is grammatically correct. There are no sentence fragments or spelling errors. An image for each artwork is included at the beginning of your paper The name and artist for each artwork is included in your title and at the beginning of your paper Your writing tells me what YOU observe about each work, reflects YOUR thoughts and not what art critics and historians say about the work, I want to know what YOU think and see when you compare and contrast the two works. Your research should inform your understanding, not be copied into your paper in random fragmented phrases.