Friday 4-30-10

By tomorrow morning (No Later Than 10 AM) the Museum Catalog for 33/34 and Architecture will be posted.

Review Idea for today (deals with CONTEMPORARY ART): DUE...Tuesday 5-4-10

Often artists are influenced by popular imagery of the masses instead of "high-brow" art known and appreciated by a select few. Select and fully identify 4 20th century works that utilize "low-brow" subject matter (THINK ...WARHOL as an example). Discuss HOW and WHY these artists used imagery from popular culture rather than "fine art".

ALSO...look for an additional TURNITIN.COM discussion DUE SUNDAY 5-2-10

Thursday 4-29

Today we did not finish the presentation on International Style. We will finish that tomorrow and discuss 33 and 34.

Friday night I will post the Museum Catalog Rubric for Chapters 33/34 and Architecture. The Test will be Thursday 5/6/10.

DUE DATES:
Friday 4-30-10 Scholastic and PERMISSION SLIP
Saturday 5-1-10 Turnitin.com Discussion Tea Road

AP REVIEW Opportunities:
Thursday Tuesday 5/4/10 7 AM ... Thursday 5/6/10 and every day up to and including AP TEST DAY

Review Bonus:
Who is Baron Haussmann and how does he relate to the Palais Garnier in Paris?

BONUS

What ARCHITECT designed the Salk Institute in La Jolla? Why is this architect considered AMERICA'S FOREMOST MODERNIST?

AP TEST updated information from the email I was sent

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_questions/2053.html

See pdf as attachment under key documents

The test will start with the 30 minute essays
The TIMED slide based questions will NOW be color copies. Students will have to manage time in this section (1 hour). This USED to be a timed section with each slide shown a limited amount of time. Now it is the students' responsibility to manage time in this section. The questions must be completed in the allotted time period with students being able to go back and forth between questions.

How does this affect us? Instead of practicing the timed sections like we did this morning, we'll practice timing with printed images and an allotment of time to complete them then discuss/grade. What is GREAT is that no one will have a "bad" seat on test day!!!

Looking ahead

The AP Test is Wednesday May 12th...Make sure you tell your other teachers you WILL NOT be in school that day...give them NOTICE...turn in any projects ahead of time!

Bonus Opportunities

Barnes and Noble and Borders often have authors speak or other special events. If you know of an event at a local bookstore, please let me know and I can share with the class as a bonus opportunity.

AP TEST Review Sessions

Before School (7 AM ish)

Tuesday and Thursday 4/27 and 4/29

Wednesday May 5th...and every day up to an including Wednesday May 12th...TEST DAY.

Due The week of 4-26-10

Monday 4-26 Architecture Project (Upload report to turnitin.com)Be ready for your presentation on Monday
Tuesday 4-27 Chapters 33 and 34 (Read and workbook)
Friday 4-30: Scholastic Magazine and Permission slip
Saturday 5-1: Turnitin.com discussion Tea Road

Wed May 5th...Balboa Park Field Trip
Thursday May 6th...Chapter 33 and 34 and Architecture Test

Thursday April 22nd

Today we took our test, tomorrow is a work day in class...nothing due till next week...see yesterday's post.

BONUS......On EARTH DAY ... the architect of the building pictured could be considered the first "GREEN" Architect. Name the architect and what he did that could have earned him teh title "First GREEN Architect".

BONUS

this is the Seagram building in New York City. How does this building relate to Rothko? What is significant about this building?

Wednesday 4-21-10

Tomorrow we have a test on chapters 28 and 29

Due by May 1st...Turnitin.com discussion about The Tea Road from teh May 2010 National Geographic Magazine (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/05/tea-horse-road/jenkins-text)

Thursday 4-22-10 7 AM ... APAH review for AP Test (May 12th at NOON)

Due by Friday 4-30-10 Scholastic Magazine Barbara Kruger

FRIDAY ... work day in class for Architecture project, chapters 33 and 34, asking me questions, rothko project or pastel project.

Upcoming assignments

Architecture Project...due 4-26-10. Rubric posted to class website under KEY Documents. Read it over, make sure I included you...and only once!! Let me know if you have any questions. I'll check email throughout the weekend.

Chapter 33 and 34 Reading/Workbook Assignment:

1. Chapter 33:
Page 178-179 first 4 questions
Page 192 (Emigres Section)
Complete Looking Carefully Page 194

2. Chapter 34:
Pages 195-196 complete first section(Focus shifts WEST)
Complete Looking Carefully Page 207

3. Complete CHARTS between looking carefully page 207 and the start of the self quiz on page 215


MC 28 and 29 (with 1 review question to analyze) is posted on the class website 9it's just before 8 am on Saturday the 17th). Test format: Multiple Choice, slide based questions and short answer. Short answer...look to chapter discussion questions or questions in the workbook study guide sections that relate to these chapters.


Bonus: Name the Architect

ALSO keep looking at posts on a daily basis for review concepts.

AP TEST REVIEW SESSIONS

They start Thursday 4-22-10 at 7 am...

The week before the test (May 5th to May 12th they will be everyday before school if students wish to attend).

Two More Scholastic Art Magazines

These two are due No Later Thank Wednesday 4-21-10

Read and complete the worksheets:

Electronic Artists
New Trends in Art: Working With Pop Images

Return the magazines and written responses. Do NOT write ion the magazines, they are kept from year to year and used in other classes as well. If you wish to keep any of the information as notes for AP TEst study, you can make a photocopy or scan an article.

Scholastic Art Magazine

Asian Art Today
Read and Answer worksheet questions.

Due No Later Than Class on Monday 4-19-10

Looking Ahead...Looking Back

As we are looking at the rise of MODERNISM...and discussing Romanticism we need to look at how artists reflected "OTHER" in their artwork. A KEY artwork in the History of Art is Picasso's 1907 work Les Demoiselles d' Avignon. This work is continually studied by historians.

It is arranged in VERTICAL format,and large scale,normally a format reserved for ICONIC works. Is it iconic? The women are not shown ideal?

Why are some women masked? Why are the bodies distorted? Is Picasso making a statement about the morality of visiting a brothel? Is he making a political statement about French Colonization in Africa?

Who is the intended audience?

Does it matter to you in your viewing of the work that preliminary work on the painting included a medical student (with a skull) and a sailor?

Look at the image and the interactive exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in NYC. The audio and interactive MULTIMEDIA links at the bottom of the page are good places to continue our study of Picasso's groundbreaking painting.

Fun Review Website

www.freerice.com

pick subject ... FAMOUS PAINTINGS


You can review AND donate food to a worthy cause!

Fourth Quarter Starts Tuesday April 13th

What to expect this week:
1. Turn in Chapter 29 wkbk and Rothko Video WS tomorrow (4-13)
2. Tuesday 4-13 I will lead a discussion of chapters 28 and 29
3. Wednesday-Friday we will discuss chapters 28 and 29 as well as finish student presentations.

By Friday night (4-16):
1. I will post the Museum Catalog information for chapters 28 & 29. We will have a test on Thursday 4-22-10.
2. I will post the Architecture Presentation information (presentations begin Monday 4-26-10)
3. I will post the reading assignment for chapters 33 and 34 (Due Tuesday 4-27). Test/MC on Thursday 5-6-10

Field trip April 20th...NEXT TUESDAY

do not forget to tell your teachers and coaches about the trip!! Arrange to make up work AHEAD of TIME!

Bonus Opportunities

Upcoming:
April 18th Family Drop in Day (Sunday 1-3)
April 21st Teen Art Cafe'(Wednesday at 6)
April 22nd Seldom Seen Salvador Dali's The Three Graces (Thursday 7 pm)
April 24th Art in Context (Saturday 2 pm)
April 28th Guest Lecture Series (Wednesday 7 pm)

Details on earlier blog post (start of semester)

Review Ideas - Aztecs and Religion

Monotheistic? Polytheistic? What rituals are associated with the Aztec Religious beliefs/practices? Can the Aztecs be compared/contrasted to a WESTERN Culture? Who is COATLICUE?

(Hint Volume 2 of your text)

Next Concept to review: Buddhism

What are the attributes of a Buddha? Can you label the Usnisha? Urna?

Buddha and Jesus are two examples of HOLY MEN/RELIGIOUS FIGURES from both BEYOND the Western Tradition and the Western Tradition. Find images that show each teaching, praying, taking time for introspection (going away and fasting). How are each shown as Holy compared to others in a scene?

Read the current Smithsonian Magazine article titled Glimpses of a Lost World to read about art in a Buddhist Monastery in the Himalayas.

Concepts to Review: African Art

Check out the exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts: through African Eyes. Read the Museum's introduction to the exhibit...

One of the concepts the exhibit brings about is how one culture represents a culture deemed as "other".

Pick out Three images from your text that show how Africans portrayed a culture deemed as "OTHER" to them. Explain how they portrayed this OTHER ... wishful longing, criticism, praise, hatred, etc.

Pick out THREE images of WESTERN CULTURES portraying Africans as OTHERS. How are they portraying the OTHER...fascination, disgust, etc.

The DIA has an EXTENSIVE collection of African Art you should peruse to remind yourself of what we looked at first semester.

Remember...these review items are suggestions...they will be class discussions...some topics you may need to refresh yourself on more than others.

Grades and Easter Break

I have to enter BONUS opportunities that were done...If you do not see those posted... that is on top of my desk for the 12th.

During Easter Break I will pose review concepts/ideas to ponder...check back frequently!

You have been doing a great job! Enjoy the break!

Today's review

from AP WEBSITE:

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_questions/2053.html