Art Journals / Compare Contrast
Throughout the semester a journal will be kept and created cataloguing one piece from each chapter theme, artist, or major style. Each entry must have a good copy of the work in color and no larger than 2” x 3” or smaller than 1” x 1“. Each page must be appropriately titled and labeled. On each page must be included the following topics and each topic must be answered fully- yes or no answers will NOT be accepted.
Each work must be fully identified. A fully identified piece must include the following information: 1-Name of the piece, 2-name of the artist(s), 3-style associated with, 4-size, 5-medium or media used, 6-the date or the century.
There are six (6) topics that must be covered for each piece and they are: Subject Matter, Function, Artistic Decision Making, Contextual Analysis, Cultural Impact, and Comparison.
Each of these topics has specific questions that have assigned for each set of images. You are REQUIRED to only use the questions provided.
· Art Journal #22 The Swing by Fragonard (Image 101), and Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion (Ch. 26)
Subject Matter:
Narration- What is the event or series of events being presented to the viewer?
Function:
Why:
Was it created to establish a personal or cultural identity and why?
Whom:
For whom was the work created and why?
Where:
Was it created for a private home or a public place and why?
Artistic Decision Making:
What:
What conventions did the artist use and why?
Contextual Analysis:
How:
How does the work REFLECT the culture of a particular time and place and why?
How does the work reflect a culture’s concept of morality and why?
Cultural Impact:
Did:
Did the work cause controversy or raise complex questions? Explain in detail.
Comparison:
What cultural similarities do these two images share and how is it expressed in these two works of art?