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?