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Last Updated: May 25, 2008

Arts & Ideas

Everything you need to know (click the links below to take you there):

Objectives	Written Assignments and Projects
Grading	Reflection Notebook Assignments
PowerPoints	Possible extra credit
Class handouts	Helpful websites
Final Review Sheets	Field trips

OBJECTIVES

To study the development of the Western arts and music tradition;
To uncover how these events helped to shape our society;
To see the arts as a reflection of culture and society;
To understand that the arts have many purposes-i.e. political, religious, expressive, etc.
To discuss the formal aspects of art and music using the proper terminology;
To make connections between the arts and other disciplines.

GRADING
Grading will be based on an average of the following grades:

1. quiz grades (1-2 per week) 20%
2. test grades (~1 per month) 20%
3. assignments/projects 20%
4. reflection notebook 15%
5. participation 10%
6. semester final exam 15%

PowerPoints

Introduction

Medieval Art

Medieval Art (PDF Format)

Medieval Music

Medieval Music (PDF Format)

Renaissance Art

Renaissance Art (PDF Format)

Baroque Art

Student Baroque Presentations

Baroque Art (PDF Format)

Revolutionary Era Art

Revolutionary Era Music

Classical
Romantic

Modernism

Modernism (PDFs)

Modernism (Student Presentations)

Class Handouts and Notes

General

Medieval

Early Christian
- General notes
Byzantine
Romanesque
Gothic
Renaissance
- Research paper
MEDIEVAL REVIEW SHEET

Baroque

Review Sheet

1st Semester Exam (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque)

The Enlightenment (Rococo/Sensiblity/Sturm und Drang)

Neo-Classical

Romantic

Jeopardy Questions

Written Assignments and Projects

Assignment	Due Date
Elements of Art and Music http://char.txa.cornell.edu/language/element/element.htm http://www.brigantine.atlnet.org/GigapaletteGALLERY/websites/ARTiculationFinal/MainPages/ElementsMain.htm http://faculty.indy.cc.ks.us/jnull/introelements2.htm http://char.txa.cornell.edu/language/principl/principl.htm http://www.pbs.org/harmony/soundlounge/index.html http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/artsed/g9arts_ed/g9mappae.html	Mon., Sept. 10
Name of the Rose Essay, 5th period	Tues, Oct. 23
Renaissance Research Paper	Tues., Nov. 6

Reflection Notebook Assignments

Assignment	Date
Do you agree with Sister Wendy that the Mona Lisa deserves to be the "most famous painting in the world"? What's so special about it? What makes a painting famous?	11/12
Try a drawing using one-point perspective. Remember, the more effort the higher the grade. http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts/drawings/PerspectiveDrawing/OnePointPersp/OnePointPersp.htm	11/14
Check out these web sites about Lenoardo. List 5 facts/ideas about the artist. Print out 2 images you find most interesting. www.mos.org/leonardo/ http://library.thinkquest.org/3044	11/15

Assignment

Date

Do you agree with Sister Wendy that the Mona Lisa deserves to be the "most famous painting in the world"? What's so special about it? What makes a painting famous?

11/12

Try a drawing using one-point perspective. Remember, the more effort the higher the grade. http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts/drawings/PerspectiveDrawing/OnePointPersp/OnePointPersp.htm

11/14

Check out these web sites about Lenoardo. List 5 facts/ideas about the artist. Print out 2 images you find most interesting.

www.mos.org/leonardo/

http://library.thinkquest.org/3044

11/15

Possible Extra Credit

WRITE A REVIEW
You could visit an exhibition of your choice and write a review. If you are unable to travel to a museum, you could view an online exhibition instead. Or you could write a review of a play or movie that pertains to the class.

CARTOON OR NEWSPAPER ARTICLE REVIEW
You could bring into class a cartoon or newspaper article that is art related. You would be asked to explain the cartoon or article and give a personal opinion. Write a paragraph. What is the main idea of the cartoon or article? How is it related to the course? What did you learn from it? Do you agree?

WEBSITES
Share a website with the class that you found particularly helpful. Be sure to check your source!

DANCE
Research a dance from the time period we are studying. Bring in music appropriate to the dance. Maybe try to teach the class a step or two!

ART PROJECT
Create a work of art related tot he time period we are studying. For example you could paint a Byzantine icon, make an impressionist landscape, draw a building using Renaissance perspective.

RESEARCH THE TIME PERIOD
Research an aspect of the time period we are studying that we only briefly touch upon in class. For example, we mention the Crusades in medieval art…find out more and write a report. Or what was the role of women in medieval society? What kinds of technology were available to the Impressionists? Share wit the class what you have learned.

WRITE MUSIC
Write your own piece of music that relates the music we discussed in class. Or play a piece of music on piano, guitar, etc.

Helpful Websites

General

Mark Harden's Artchive (images and essays)
www.artchive.com

ArtLex Art Dictionary
http://www.artlex.com/

Webmuseum (good for images)
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/

Grove Dictionary of Art
www.ssfs.org/library

Metropolitan Museum of Art Timeline
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm

Byzantine

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Byzantium/byzhome.html

Medieval Music

A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html