Choose only 1 of the 2 topics below. Using your course lesson readings and completing additional research, fully follow the steps outlined. Post your initial response to Forum Week 3. Include links to any research references you used. Then, read your classmates’ and instructor’s postings and respond to at least 2 other students. In your peer responses, use the strategies described in the Discussion Guidelines.

Must post first.

Course Objective(s): 

• CO2: Identify major artists and their time periods in Western and Non-Western art.
• CO3: Interpret art terminology in relationship to works of art.
• CO4: Describe major works of art.
• CO6: Analyze works of art within their social and historical contexts.

Description:

Choose only 1 of the 2 topics below. Using your course lesson readings and completing additional research, fully follow the steps outlined. Post your initial response to Forum Week 3. Include links to any research references you used. Then, read your classmates’ and instructor’s postings and respond to at least 2 other students. In your peer responses, use the strategies described in the Discussion Guidelines.

Topic #1 Printmaking: Research the artist Albrecht Dürer (see suggested research sources in the week’s announcement). Dürer is considered the finest printmaker to have ever lived. In your response, address the following: 

• Choose a print that appeals to you created by Albrecht Dürer (make sure it’s a print — Dürer also created paintings and drawings). Explain how the print was made, giving details of the technique (details, not just: “a woodcut”);
• Briefly describe its subject and apply 1-2 Formal Analysis terms
• Does it have social, political, or religious meaning, or does it serve a practical function?
• In your discussion consider how printmaking revolutionized art based on your research.
• List the research sources used.

OR

Topic #2 Photography: Research and write about Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, 1936, and address the following:

• Briefly describe its subject matter and apply 1-2 Formal Analysis terms
• Examine the photograph in the context of the Farm Security Administration, discussing the FSA’s involvement. What was the FSA? Why was it important? Why do we consider this photograph a significant art object? Explain the reason for its creation.
• Do you consider the photograph art and/or documentation, or both? Provide solid details about what makes an image art or documentation, and defend your answer with your thoughts, observations, research.
• List the research sources used. 

To get the highest grade possible, please review and follow the Discussion Guidelines & Grading Rubric.

To get the highest grade possible, please review and follow the Discussion Guidelines & Grading Rubric.