Art-203: Course Calendar for the 2nd Half of the Semester | Spring 2014

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Date Activity Room March 7 Group Project Work Day 1st CER Due 1st WAA Paper Due OP2210 March 17 Intro to the Western Art-13: Neo Expressionism OP2210 March 19 Artist Research OP2210 March 21 Printmaking Lecture – Prof. James Jereb OP2210 March 24 Group Project Work Day Library March 26 Intro to the Western Art-14: Cubism […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts: Western Art-11: Realism (Naturalism)

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Realism was an artistic movement that began in France in the 1850s, after the 1848 Revolution. Realists rejected Romanticism, which had dominated French literature and art since the late 18th century. Realism revolted against the exotic subject matter and exaggerated emotionalism and drama of the Romantic movement. Instead it sought to portray real and typical […]

Art-203 Notification: The upcoming cultural events – next week

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Just a quick reminder about the upcoming exhibitions in the next week. Please check the exhibition posters below: Annual Student Exhibition: 3/4-4/15 Truman State University – Art Department Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 4 at 6:00 pm Recent Work by Tommy Frank: 3/4-4/15 Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 4 at 6:00 pm Poster design: Kathryn Sutton

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts: Western Art-8: Fauvism

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Fauvism is the style of les Fauves (French for “the wild beasts”), a loose group of early twentieth-century Modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism. While Fauvism as a style began around 1900 and continued beyond 1910, the movement as such lasted only […]

Art-203: Grading Criteria of Group Paper

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Below are the grading criteria for the group paper at different grade ranges (A, B, C, D, F). In general, the paper should fulfill most of the criteria to be addressed within a particular grade range – see below for the three major aspects in which you will be evaluated. Thesis, Argument, and Conclusion Organization […]

Famous Art Museums in NY & Mid-West

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Metropolitan Museum of Art : http://www.metmuseum.org/ Museum of Modern Art : http://www.moma.org/ Art Institute of Chicago : http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/ The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art : http://nelson-atkins.org/ Saint Louis Art Museum : http://www.slam.org/ Des Moines Art Center : http://www.desmoinesartcenter.org/

Collaborative Project – Group List

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Art-203: Collaborative Project – Group List Group-A Group-B Group-C Group-D Leonardo Davinci Van Gogh Claude Monet Jan Vemeer Team Leader: Christian Nolte Team Leader: J.D.Armstrong Team Leader: Eric Kaiman Team Leader: Maria Caputa Matt Schulz Ayaka Sato AlisonJovanovic Botao Huang Chen Zhang Xi Yang Kristen Womble JathusanRajendram Group-E Group-F Group-G Group-H RembrandtVanRijn Pablo Picasso Salvador […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts: Western Art-6: Impressionism & Postimpressionism

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Impressionism is an art movement in French painting and the first movement in Modern art. It is originated with a group of Paris-based artists. Impressionist painting characteristics include relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes. The style of painting developed in the last third of the 19th century, characterized chiefly by short brush strokes of […]