SP2019.FA111.ArtHistory

found on page 429 Chapter 16 African Art Crowned Head of a Ruler From Ife, Yoruba culture date 12th - 15th century CE Bronze approximately 10" high Private Collection DUE: WK 7 > TH MAR 14  - hardcopy Throughout the semester, each student will write  two  analytical research papers that introduce, describe and compare a work of art selected from our textbook.   Exceed objectives & expectations  Meets expectations  Meets some expectations  Does not meet expectations or unable to score  Areas of Assessment:  A 10 points  A- 9  B+8   B-7   B-6  C+5    C 4    C-3  D+ 2    D 1      F 0  Full details of object’s cultural significance and Material exploration and information >  10% Thoroughly describe Formal Element / Principle of Design and how it is operating.  BALANCE.  #1 > 20%  Thoroughly describe Formal Element / Principle of Design and how it is operating #2  LINE.    > 20% 

Starter Kit XIV  Make sure you understand the page on the Formal Elements and Principles of Design as I had shown last class.   In it contains the  language  we will be using to discuss works of art continually throughout the course.  Vocabulary  needs to be studied in order to become  fluent  in the visual language we are discussing.  Extrapolate  the main ideas from our text... The Words Art Historians Use Essential vocabulary to describe - textually/audibly interpret a visual image or form Form Refers to an object's structure (not shape). Form describes a 3D object or the illusion of three dimensionality.   Composition How a maker composes a creative form. This can be made either on a flat surface (2D) or in three dimensions (3D) as in something that exists in space, occupies space and has actual form. Material: singular          Media: plural  The materials that an artist/designer  moves around  in order to make something.  This may include the