- I have put together a list of websites for four different eras (see the bottom of the page). These sites cover most of the perspectives used in Units Three and Four. Look the materials over and choose one of the eras. Then go to the Webmuseum or the ArtHistory site (get there from Related Sites) and decide on an artist and painting to go along with the era. Then little by little begin reading through the materials from the websites.
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Specifically, you are looking for interesting details about
various aspects of the era you have chosen. For example, I chose to look
at leisure practices during the 18h century, how Seurat fit with other
painters of his era, what the critics of his day thought about his work,
and so on. You may want to look at similar things or, depending on your
materials, you may want to choose other aspects. But all of the aspects
you look at will fall under one of these four perspectives.
- Cultural Context
- Social Context
- Institutional Context
- Critical Context
- While you are reading about the era, the artist, the painting, and so on, also do a Wolflin analysis and a hermeneutical circle, and answer the four questions we used in Unit One to look at pictures.
- Don't worry about the finished product at this time; that is, don't do the project in your head before you actually "do" the project. As you go along I will guide you and give you instructions as you need them. In the mean time, be sure to check out the examples of previous successful midterms--
- For the four eras and their websites CLICK HERE.
| The Midterm Project will give you a chance to use the analytical skills you have been practicing in the first three units as well as provide future HUM 210 students with information that they can use in their own projects. What you will be trying to do is create a "reading" of a painting along the same lines as what I did with Seurat's Grande Jatte. There are several specific steps to the project and if you do the steps one at a time you can't help but end up with a worthy project as well as the status of Mini-Expert on the particular painting and era you choose. |
| Step One-- To be done while working on Unit 3
(You may work on this project with a partner. Make a posting in the Agora
asking if anyone is interested in joining you if you feel you want
to use this option.)
Step Two-- To be done after finishing Unit Three. |
