quize and short essay
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Section 1: Identify the five (5) objects listed below from the IMAGE LIST corresponding to the material covered in each section. 1) David, Death of Marat 2) Turner, The Slave Ship 3) Courbet, The Stone Breakers 4) Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergére 5) Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire Identify each object listed above as follows: 5 Slide ID’s (15 points each; total 75 points) 1) Artist, if known 2) Title 3) Approximate Date 4) Time Period/Art Historical Period/Culture 5) ******Significance of the Work of Art (5-6 sentences) ******Since these are open-book, untimed quizzes, you will be graded on your paragraph on the significance of the work. Remember to connect the work to its art historical period and use corresponding art historical terms listed on your image list and from readings/lectures. Section 2: Compare and Contrast essay. (total 25 points) This will be a short comparison essay (5-6 paragraphs, or around 1 to 1.5 page double-spaced). You may choose to write one (1) from the following two pairs of objects: Pair 1:Renoir, Moulin de la Galette, Impressionism, 1876 Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884 Pair 2: Hyacinthe Rigaud, Louis XIV, Art of Versailles, 1701 Antoine Watteau, The Indifferent One (L’Indifferent), Rococo 1716 (Clue: Think about the difference in the time periods and the difference between the rule of Louis XIV from Versailles vs. the shift of culture to the rococo salon run by the femmes savants) Below is a useful link with instructions on how to compose a compare and contrast essay. The Art History Examination: Slide Comparisons From Christina Maranci: A Survival Guide for Art History Students http://homepages.neiu.edu/~wbsieger/Art107/107Read/Essays.pdf
