Art-203 Collaborative Project

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Project Objective The intent of this group project is to provide opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of an artist as well as his art work. Each student will be teamed into a small group, which presents the same interests on artist. This assignment is to write a  research paper and presents your group’s point […]

The rules of choosing artist and building groups for A-203 Collaborative Project

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Hello all: Just like what I mentioned in our class before, your homework during the weekend is to choose your favorite artist for your group presentation. Each group is required to write 10 to 15 pages paper in Word format and present the most important part together with artwork images in PowerPoint during and outside […]

The Most Popular Western Artists of All Time / Art-203 Intro to The Visual Arts

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Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of Early Renaissance. During his lifetime he was one of the most acclaimed painters in Italy. Leonardo Davinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and one of three most famous Renaissance artists. Michelangelo Buonarroti was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance, and one of three […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts: Western Art-5: Neoclassicism & Romanticism

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Neoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theater, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the “classical” art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome. The main Neoclassical movement coincided with the 18th century Age of Enlightenment, and continued into the early 19th century, latterly competing […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts: Western Art-4: Rococo Art

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Rococo (rə’koʊkoʊ), or “Late Baroque”, is an 18th-century artistic movement and visual art style, which affected several aspects of the arts including painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, and decoration art. The Rococo developed in the early part of the 18th century in Paris, France as a reaction against the grandeur, symmetry and strict regulations of […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts: Western Art-3 : Baroque Art

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The Birth of Baroque Masters of Baroque The Baroque (bəˈroʊk) is a period of artistic style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, architecture, literature, dance, and music. The style began around 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to most of Europe. Artists […]

Art-203 / Intro to the Visual Arts: Western Art-2: Renaissance Art

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Leonardo Davinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and one of three most famous Renaissance artists. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of “unquenchable curiosity” and “feverishly inventive imagination”. Leonardo was renowned primarily as a painter. Among his works, the Mona Lisa is the most famous and […]

A-203 Assignment: Wrinting About Art-I

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ART-203: Introduction to the Visual Arts Spring 2014 Assignment: Writing About Art – I DUE: Friday, March 7, 2014 For this assignment you need to visit the recent show at the University Art Gallery (first floor of OP, northwest corner of the building). Please check the Gallery Schedule of 2013/14 academic year. You should choose […]