Friday 5-28-10

We met in the library to continue to work on the A to Z books. Bring your hard copy to class on Tuesday...IN ONE PIECE...my staplers will not make it through the pages.

Email me your PPTS and, optional, YouTube video link by the time you go to bed Monday so I can upload before class on Tuesday. Send to my yahoo account as I cannot access the school account from home.

Trivia from today since we were not in the classroom:
What is the Erased de Kooning Drawing? Who made it? When? Why is it significant?

A to Z books

Thursday meet in the classroom...we can work in the pod
Friday meet in the library once again

since we are meeting in the library tomorrow...

a bonus for you since you will not see what was written on the board

TUESDAY: Name the teams in the USA's group in the World Cup. What teams does the USA have first round of the round-robin pool play?

WEDNESDAY: What is the California Wolf Center? Where is it located? What is its mission?

May 8th blog listed a special bonus...did you see it?

it is due by June 1st...the date is approaching...the bonus could help some of you with ideas for your A to Z book!

New Exhibit Opening at the San Diego Museum of Art

May 22nd a New Exhibit Opens (http://www.sdmart.org/) Titled Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece. Take the quiz to see what Greek god you are...

http://thewalters.org/exhibitions/heroes/quiz/

Also this summer...Toulouse Lautrec's Paris

A to Z Book Instructions/Rubric Posted

Monday (5-24-10) your take home final is due. Monday we will draw #'s to pick our A to Z book title. We have next week to work on it in class. The PPT is due to me by Sunday 5-31-10 (Midnight) and the book in class on Tuesday 6-1-10. We will present our PPTs and books to the class.

Look over the assignment (listed under key documents on the website). I kept up LAST YEAR's work so you had an example to follow. I just changed the themes.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Final Exam Posted

The Final Exam/Museum Catalog is posted under KEY Documents on the class website. Look through the topics to see if you have questions. Essays require research (except #1 and #3). ALL the rest of the essays must be uploaded to turnitin.com. On turnitin.com I will have a posting place for each question. Submit your response for each questions that you answer to the appropriate location on turnitin.com.

Due MONDAY 5-24-10.

AP Test Day

See everyone tomorrow...take home test/museum catalog rubric will be posted no later than Thursday night 5-13-10...we'll discuss specifics in class Friday...due Friday 5/21/10

Homework for the rest of the week:
Catch up on classes you missed today
Look through the grade book...make sure there are no discrepancies...let me know if there are

Project in the library the week of 5-24-10

AP Test Tomorrow

Meet/Check in at the main office at 11:30

Bring: Pens/pencils/erasers

Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!

Bonus Opportunities at the Museum of Contemporart Art

Artification: Teen Art Fest
Saturday, May 15 at MCASD Downtown, Jacobs Building
7-10 PM
Members: Free
General: Free

Other opportunities...click on the link
An example:
International Museum Day 5-18-10
Free Third Thursday (5-20-10)
Up for Discussion 5-29-10

Sunday Review/Bonus

DADA Video on YouTube:
The ABC's of DADA YouTube Video

The Essential Vermeer is a GREAT site to review this artist

Watch the YouTube video about Camera Obscura...a development by Vermeer

BONUS:
How has photography HELPED the other art disciplines like painting, collage and sculpture?
How has photography matured as a a medium of its own?

Review ....

Site Specific Sculptures

These sculptures are usually large in scale and located outside. The Stuart Collection at UCSD encompasses several site specific sculptures. The bear in this image is located near the School of Engineering buildings.

Claes Oldenberg creates large scale "Pop Art" sculptures for public places. Many office buildings and parks contain his works.

Read this article about Barbara Krueger and UCSD: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-kruger23-2008jun23,0,4240457.story

BONUS: Generally, what is the relationship between the site and the sculpture? To answer this you may want to read up on the Stuart Collection and Claes Oldenberg sites. Who is the patron of most site specific sculptures?

EXTRA BONUS: By June 1st...
Go to the UCSD Campus and tour the Stuart Collection sculptures. Have a picture of you taken at at least 5 of the sculptures. Print out the pictures and submit them. Write a 2 page paper (double spaced) about the relationship between the site and the sculpture. Address WHY a college campus was chosen to house this collection of sculptures.

Final Weekend before the AP Test

We will have review sessions Monday-Wednesday before school. Take home essay tests will be returned on Monday.

I will put review concepts on the blog both Saturday and Sunday...check back!

Wednesday 5-12-10 report to school by 11:30 for the noon test...bring several pencils, erasers and pens.

Homework (review assignment) listed on 5-5-10 blog post

After the test I will explain the final assignments for the semester. We will watch a movie and do a creative project in the few days immediately after the test.

Bonus...what Japanese artist created this woodblock print? In what year? From what angle does the observer view the scene? Can you connect this to a WESTERN work of art?

Museum Trips today!

Hope the review was good for you! Thanks to the parents that drove/earned service hours!

Tomorrow the Multiple Choice (Museum Catalogs due) section of your test. Take home essays are due Friday.

Friday we will have the last 3 architecture presentations and discuss topics from 33 and 34.

Review Assignment due Monday:
1. What artists were court painters? Goya, Velasquez...who else? How did they portray their subjects? Pick 3 works by each artist and discuss. Include the images.
2. Modern sculptures are about shapes while Classical sculptures were about the human form. What brought about this change? Pick three modern sculptures and three classical sculptures and make a chart to detail: subject matter, original location, function, patron and medium.

Tuesday 5-4-10

Bonus/Review Opportunity:

Harlem Renaissance Art

The Harlem Renaissance was a movement in Music (Jazz primarily), Literature and Art. It was centered in Harlem (NYC) in the 1920s and 1930s. Two works by Romare Bearden are shown here. Follow the link to read about him and see his other works at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.

Name 3 other Harlem Renaissance Artists.
What characterizes (style) the work of the Harlem Renaissance Artists?

Monday May 3rd Review/Blog Bonus

Englishman Henry Moore (1898-1986) sculpted organic human forms...he believed in the "Truth to materials doctrine". What does this mean?

Week of May 3rd

Today we discussed Chapters 33 and 34. Some of you turned in the Goldsworthy video worksheet. ONE person STILL needs to turn in a permission slip!!!!

Tuesday 5-4-10 Architecture presentations. Blog question turned in 9from 4-30-10 post)

Wednesday 5-5-10 Field Trip

Thursday 5-6-10 Museum Catalog Due...Test Architecture and 33/34...in class Multiple Choice...take home essay due Friday. Focus will be on WHAT HAS been covered in class. There will be some from what has not.

Friday 5-7-10 Discussion of 33/34 and Architecture that has not been presented.

CHECK daily for review posts.

AP REVIEW SESSIONS THIS WEEK: TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BEFORE SCHOOL


WOW...just discovered this blog...I should do this next year to help people out more...a quick summary of art movements and artists...check this out: http://arthistoryguide.blogspot.com/

Images: TWO Dada works by Marcel Duchamp Bicycle Wheel (1913) and Fountain (1917)

Surrealism....

Look at the Museum of Modern Art and Smarthistory for details about Giacometti's The Palace at 4am.



BONUS:
In what year was the First Surrealist Manifesto Published?
The Surrealists were inspired by what two men?