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Welcome to Art History at Cranford High School!
Art History is an area of study that explores the development of culture and art throughout time. I encourage you to open your minds to new ways of thinking - cultures differ across place and time, and considering the view points of cultures outside of your own is essential. As culture and art are inexorably linked, being open to understanding other cultures will help you to better appreciate and understand the variety of art we will be studying.

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The Art History Part 1, Part 2, and AP courses are very challenging. We will explore art from the Paleolithic era to today. There is much to accomplish in a short amount of time we have from September to June. We will examine, think, and write about significant works of art created throughout the centuries. Be sure to check further down on this webpage regularly for assignments, course information, links to homework files, and special internet site links. Additional files, links, and assignment information can be found under the tabs above.

For those who love to read: Here are a few suggestions.

Image Challenge: up to 6 points extra credit in Tests & Quizzes category





Previous Challenges:
What theme would you choose?
Both images are discussed in your book, but you can find more detailed information online to support your thoughts - LEFT image - RIGHT image

2 points: Fully identify both works.
2 points: Choose a theme that these works both connect to and explain why you chose it.
2 points: Create a compare and contrast list for these works based on subject, style, and significance.
  • Use this worksheet as a guide.

    E-mail me your answers by Friday April 9, 2010.

    • Theme Time Essay: 6 points in Projects category

    • Select one of the following themes to write an essay. Fully identify the two works you will be discussing and explain how each work relates to the identified theme. Discuss how each work reflects the cultural values and/or beliefs of its time period and/or the place where it was made. Although this is not a compare and contrast essay You may wish to use the comparison worksheet from the extra credit assignment to help you organize your thoughts.
    • Remember to fully identify each work, and to discuss subject, style and significance within the context of the theme.
    • Use specific examples, facts, and details to support your answer.
    • The links included here are simply to get you started...refer to your book as well as other reliable sources.
    • E-mail your answers to me.

      1. Depicting God: Shiva Nataraja with the Amien's trumeau statue of the Beau Dieu (be careful to read the correct section of the article.) Both of these works are discussed in your book, although the Shiva Nataraja is a different version of the same imagery.


      2. "Violence in Art" and/or "Narrative in Art": The Burning of Sanjo Palace with Trajan's Column or The Bayeux Tapestry (images)- (historical info). All of these works are also discussed in your book.


      3. Sacred Space: Great Stupa at Sanchi or The Dome of the Rock with The Pantheon or Hagia Sofia . All of these works are also discussed in your book.


      4. Social Commentary: Turner's Slave Ship with Ye Yushan's Rent Collection Courtyard Link to full image of this installation. Both of these works are discussed in your book.


      5. Mother and Child: Mary Cassatt's The Child's Bath with Kitagawa Utamaro's Midnight: The Hours of the Rat; Mother and Sleepy Child. The Cassatt work is discussed in your book. Although the Utamaro work is not in your book, this type of work is discussed in chapter 27.


      6. Human Body in Art: Shiva Nataraja with Donatello's David.Both of these works are discussed in your book, although the Shiva Nataraja is a different version of the same imagery.


      7. Narrative in Art: Olowe of Ise's Palace door (click on the second link on the left and then select "more>>>" below the palace door information)(more Palace Door information) with Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise.The Ghiberti image is discussed in your book, but the Olowe of Ise piece is not.



        message 4/5/10: Use this website to understand art in the context of the age of Enlightenment.
      Register for FREE art lecturesat the Cranford Community Center. This lecture series is funded by JCAS (Jersey Central Art Studios). Check out the 15 minute broadcastsBBC Radio History of the World in 100 objects. View the National Gallery of London website video clip on Spanish 17th century sculpture and painting: The Sacred Made Real Be sure to keep up with the readings and study guides listed below.
      In-class assignment if I am absent: Use the online textbook companion site,online Culture and Values textbook site, other online resources, and/or any of the art history books on the cart in the classroom to complete any handouts you have been given for the unit.
        
      New Study Guides and Due dates:

      Read Chapter 28 - complete by April 9,2010
      Chapter 28 packet- complete with reading
      Chapter 24 packet- complete with reading
      Download this guide and use throughout the year to prepare for the exam: Review for AP Exam Study Guide

      Upcoming Quizzes & Tests
      Test:
      Upcoming AP Exam: Wednesday afternoon, May 12, 2010

      Beyond the European Tradition Smithsonian Institute . information on the rituals surrounding religious sculpture of the Chola region of India.

      Interactive Site for Architecture. You can view 360o pans of various great cathedrals of Europe and other great works of architecture from various time periods...very cool!