Reference no: EM133814473
Learning Outcomes:
Investigate relationships between formal elements in art and their thematic, historical, cultural, and/or ideological context.
Demonstrate a basic understanding of art historical terminology.
Apply visual evidence to support ideas about artwork in various media through discussion, written, studio, and other assignments.
Recognize common currents and contrasting characteristics of different periods and art movements.
Assignment Description:
You will write a short essay to increase your ability to form connections between the art/design of the historic past, the present, and the future, expressing your own opinions and conclusions.
Assignment Brief (specifics):
Research either social/moral concerns or the aesthetic concerns of contemporary design that were also reflected in historical art styles.
Choose a current (within the past 25-30 years), specific example from your design discipline that expresses that concern (for example, the lobby of a hotel; a designer's couture collection; a line of décor objects from one design firm).
In your short essay, you will compare and contrast the concerns of the past with current trends and concerns as seen in your example.
Tell the reader how that concern is still relevant today.
Examine how the artist/designer of the 21st century interacts with history and what our responsibilities or debts are to the art/design of the past.
DON'T WRITE A REVIEW ABOUT THE HISTORICAL STYLE/PERIOD. If you do, you'll get a failing mark.
Your writing should be your opinions, conclusions, and/or reflections, expressed in your own words. You must defend your opinions and assertions with the current real-world example of design. Place Your Order Now!
There is no need to quote any other source.
Pick one of the following concerns: AESTHETIC or SOCIO-POLITICAL
The Expression of Authentic Emotions (Symbolism, Expressionism): the extreme expressions of the inner self, emotional darkness, the life of the mind or soul brought to design
The Optical (Impressionism): changing how we see; light and shadow and colour!
Write 1-2 pages that clearly and completely express and explain in detail
Why you believe this concern is important in your creative discipline today (important to the designer, the audience, the consumer or end-user, the discipline itself). Why do we need it? Why do we like it? How is it useful?
How this concern is expressed in a specific, existing, contemporary design
Refer to specific elements of the design in your analysis (color, line, editing, materials, etc.)
How that contemporary design is similar to and/or different from examples from the historical period. Be specific!
Import 3 or more images onto the second page of your essay that illustrate your assertions. Cite your source(s) for these images in captions (URL is fine).
The first paragraph must have a topic sentence that tells the reader what the essay will explain/assert.