A great take on Thanksgiving Dinner...What Would (you name the artist) Do...

Imagine if an artist played with his or her food...this is what it could look like...Check out the blog by Hannah Rothstein.

For a BONUS...create a Powerpoint that shows a TRADITIONAL work of each artist and one or two sentences about his / her style. DUE: 12-10-14.

Chapter 17 and 18 and Project and Semester Exam

The Test and Museum Catalog will be due 12-5-14
MC located on Romanesque and Gothic page of Class Website (1415RomanesqueGothic)

Your PROJECT will be due 12-8-14. We will present on Monday and complete art projects through the week. BRING IN CARDBOARD for MASKS!

Your Semester Exam will be Monday 12-15-14.
Semester Exam Details on Romanesque Gothic Page of class website. Titled 1415Sem1Exam

ROMANESQUE and GOTHIC page of class website

INTERSESSION ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE POSTED on the blog no later than 12-15-14.

Artworks...not what the artist intended

Read the Huffington Post article about 7 Artworks that do not look AS THEY WERE INTENDED to look...

For example...Rembrandt's The Night Watch...

Janet Echelman...a FASCINATING ARTIST...one can draw connections with Christo

Take a moment to look at Janet Echelman's website. The artwork pictured on the homepage reminds one of an organic form...perhaps that of an octopus swimming in an ocean...a colorful octopus in the sky...

Listen to her TED talks. She takes imagination SERIOUSLY.

Learn about a contemporary artist who works with light, color, and natural forms. Her artwork, like Christos, helps the viewer interact with Mother Nature. Learn about art ... NOW ... before it hits the text books! She recently was featured in SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE as a recipient of an Ingenuity Award.

Hitler's Artwork....We spend quite a bit of time discussing art by well known artists...

and we discuss cultural loss due to WAR/CONFLICT. We have discussed Hitler as an art student in class.

Here's an article in the Telegraph about one of Hitler's artworks being auctioned.