ART 101: Faculty Resources: Unit 3 Assignments

3.1

First, sit on the interior stairs John Jay’s New Building and draw a perspectival view of the architectural elements of the interior that you can see from your viewpoint. There are helpful hints on how to draw a perspectival view here: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Draw---Basic-Linear-Perspective/.

Next, please click “create blog entry,” enter a descriptive title for your new blog post, and then type a post of at least 100 words. Your post must:

1. Include an image of your perspectival view (and, if you want, another image of a photograph from the same point of view); and
2. Discuss what you learned about the progress in representing perspective from the Early to the High Renaissance by making this drawing.
   • Was the process more or less difficult than you expected?
   • Were the rules for drawing it intuitive or difficult to understand or figure out?
   • Are you satisfied with the results of your effort?
   • Do you have any insight into what Renaissance artists may have been thinking, feeling, or trying to do when they were experimenting with perspective?

To attach an image to your blog entry, first make sure that the image is saved to your computer. Then, when writing the blog, click the “Browse My Computer” under “2. Blog Entry Files” and follow the instructions. To save an image of your perspectival view, you can take a photograph of it and upload it to your computer.

To comment on a classmate’s blog entry, click “comment” underneath that entry.

This is a graded assignment. See the associated rubric for grading details (click “View Rubric” in the Blog Grade section to display the rubric).

3.2

First, review what you have learned from the reading about the importance of the representation of emotion in Baroque art, especially for the artist Bernini, who thought that he could surpass Michelangelo by representing emotion in the faces and bodies of his sculptures. Pay special attention to Bernini’s sculpture “Damned Soul”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damned_Soul_(Bernini). One of Bernini’s earliest works, Bernini used his own face as a model for expressing extreme emotion.

Next, take a photograph that expresses emotion. Be creative: you can create a self-portrait, take a photograph of someone else, or take a photograph of a work of art, natural object, or anything else that you think expresses emotion.

Next, please click “create blog entry,” enter a descriptive title for your new blog post, and then type a post of at least 100 words. Your post must:

1. Include the image you created;
2. Specify the emotion you think the image expresses, discussing in detail what about the image expresses emotion (shapes, colors, angles, etc.); and
3. Discuss what you learned about expressing emotion in artwork while creating your image. Was it easier or harder than you thought? Are you confident that your image will be understood by all viewers to be expressing the emotion you think it expresses?

To attach an image to your blog entry, first make sure that the image is saved to your computer. Then, when writing the blog, click the “Browse My Computer” under “2. Blog Entry Files” and follow the instructions. To save your image, upload it to your computer.

To comment on a classmate’s blog entry, click “comment” underneath that entry. When writing comments for this assignment, you might want to look at other students’ images and come to your own conclusions about what emotions these images express before you read their discussions of what emotions the creators of the images were trying to express. Then, comment about the similarities and differences of your reaction to their goals.

This is a graded assignment. See the associated rubric for grading details (click “View Rubric” in the Blog Grade section to display the rubric).