An Art History Research Project

Name __________________________                                     Section________________

Artist’s Full Name ____________________________________ Country_____________

Biographical Info:

1. Place/date of birth:

2. Place/date of death:

3. Primary type of artwork (ex: painting? drawing? sculpture? printmaking? ceramics)
   

4. Media (what materials are use?):

5. Style or period of art?

6. Short definition of that style or period (see Artlex or Artcyclopedia):
   

7. Interesting/Personal information on the artist
   

8. Three other artists who work in this style (from the time period of the artist - or  contemporary artists working in this same style). How is the work similar? How is the work different?
   

9. Favorite Quote:
   

10. Biography Resources (minimum of three -use authoritative sites and books). Include author, title, date, URL (for sites), publisher (for books), page numbers.
    

IMAGES (find a portrait or photograph and five works)

Portrait or Photograph of artist (find one online or scanned from book)

Artist or photographer:

Date:                                Location of image:

URL (or print material source):

As you are doing your research SAVE FIVE (5) images of the artist's work to your disk (or folder on server). 

For each image:

1. Title: 
   Date:                                         Media:                                     Size:
   Location (museum/collection):
   URL/ site name (or book source if scanned):
   
   

2. Title: 
   Date:                                           Media:                                   Size:
   Location (museum/collection):
   URL/ site name (or book source if scanned):
   
   

3. Title: 
   Date:                                           Media:                                   Size:
   Location (museum/collection):
   URL/ site name (or book source if scanned):
   
   

4. Title: 
   Date:                                           Media:                                   Size:
   Location (museum/collection):
   URL/ site name (or book source if scanned):
   
   

5. Title: 
   Date:                                           Media:                                   Size:
   Location (museum/collection):
   URL/ site name (or book source if scanned):
   

Critique:

Choose one of those pieces of art and answer the following questions:

1. What is the subject matter?
   
   

2. Genres. Is this a still life (group of things)? a portrait (a painting, drawing or sculpture of a person)? or a landscape/seascape/cityscape (picture of the land/water/city)? other (explain)?
   
   

3. Style/form: Is this artwork realistic (as real as possible)? abstract (distorted reality)?  non-objective (as far from reality as possible)? symbolic? functional? other (explain)?
   
   

4. Description. Identify the sensory qualities (art elements). Can you identify a color scheme? Why do you think the artist might have chosen the colors she/he did? Do they make sense? What kind of lines did the artist use? How does the texture add to the work? etc. 
   
   

5. Discuss the formal properties - use of design principles.
   
   

6. Interpretation. What do you think the artists was trying to say? Why do you think he/she chose this subject?
   
   

7. What feeling does this artwork give you and why?
   
   

8. What part of the artwork is your favorite and why?
   
   

9. Judgment: Defend this as a work of art using one of the theories of aesthetics (or combination): Art as Realism - Art for Formal Properties - Art as Expression - Art as Functional
   
   

Timeline (include some key world events that may have influenced this artist) :

Sources for timeline:
 

Parent Signature______________________________________ Date___________
I have given my son or daughter permission to research this artist and view these art works.

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