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Navigating our Text

Note Taking skills 1. Always read the  Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter > 1.1 through 1.4 = as readers, there are four areas that we are to look for to answer a . Are representational images and shelters considered art and architecture? Why? Why not? b. Understand the variety of forms / their potential meaning / materials and process of making c. What changes occurred culturally during the prehistoric times as people advanced into the Neolithic period? d. What is the construction of megalithic architecture? Name and identify the forms.       * *  By the end of this chapter you should be able to comprehend the over arching information being delivered and will be able to visually identify the examples used. 2. Always indicate page numbers 3.  Note dates of study. Visualize it on a time line. What came before it? 4. Chapter title is indicated below left and right  5. Note area of study 6. Note cultural characteristics of

The Elements & Principles of Visual Design

The  elements  and  principles of design   are the foundational building blocks used to create a visual work.  The elements of design are the A, B, C's that are put together by any artist or  designer  to create an image or object.   The  grammar  of how these elements are used create the overall work.   Good or bad, all visual works will contain most of these elements, if not all, the nine elements of design. The  principles of design  can be thought of as how an artist or designer makes use of them. How we manipulate the elements and principles of design, or, how we employ them, creates an  impression  that an audience will  interpret .  These are the artist and designers  writing tools  of how they express an  idea,  if  you will.  How we apply the  principles  of design determines how  successful we are in creating a work of art. THE ELEMENTS OF VISUAL DESIGN Line Shape  Color Volume, mass and form Space Texture Value Rhythm LINE Line can be c

Paper #1/2 Comparative Analysis

Banksy There is Always Hope, 2002 Location: South Bank, London, UK The work is often referred to as The Girl with Balloon Throughout the semester, each student will write  two  analytical research papers that introduce, describe and compare a work of art selected from our textbook.   Comparative paper: Focused work = Banksy There is always Hope Compare this work to an image we have seen from Prehistoric work;  Hall of the Bulls, from Lascaux, France Hall of the Bulls, Palaeolithic cave paintings, found in a complex of caves in the Dordogne region of southwestern France. Approximately 20,000 years old, the paintings consist primarily of large animals, once native to the region. The composition of all essays: Include an image of the Banksy work as well as the above image from The Hall of the Bulls.   Introduce the work by Banksy as your primary art work; noting cultural influences and time period it arose from, the artist, title, date, medium, d