Key Assessment FRIT 7236

Multiple Choice Items:

Objective: Student will be able to define the elements and principle of art through chapter readings.

Question 1: What is the element of art that is derived from reflected light?

a. Balanceb. Linec. Textured. Color

Objective: Student will be able to recognize how the principles of art are used to organize the elements of art by textbook examples.

Question: Which of the following is an example of unity?

a. The real or implied distance between, around, above, below and within objects.b. The repeating of an element to make a work seem active or suggest vibration.c. The arrangement of elements and principles of art to create a feeling of oneness or completeness.d. Making an art element or object in an artwork stand out.

Objective: Student will be able to analyze a work of art through a group critique to determine which element or principle has been applied by the artist .

Question: The following artwork is an example of which of the following elements and principles?

a. Proportion and Emphasisb. Balance and Spacec. Color and Lined. Pattern and Unity

Key Assessment FRIT 7236

Essay Items:

Objective: Student will be able to evaluate art through the art criticism processes used by art critics and art historians.

Essay: (200-250 words)

1. Interpret the artwork below based on its form and content. How is space suggested? Do you think the artist succeeded in capturing the excitement and energy of the wedding?

Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The Wedding Dance 1566

2. Compare and contrast the art critic to an art historian. In what ways do they approach art criticism? Explain the reasons for your conclusions.

Key Assessment FRIT 7236

3. Select one of the following artworks and apply the four steps of art criticism to write an article for an art magazine.

Moscow by Kandinsky Bicycle Wheel by Duchamp Stonehenge

Short Answer: (50 words)

4. Why is it important to refer to all three aesthetic views when examining a work of art?

5. What determines an artist’s personal style? Give an example of personal style based on the artist of your choice.

6. Explain in your own words the meaning of artistic value. Give an example of artistic value based on your personal art experiences.

HOT Items:

Key Assessment FRIT 7236

Objective: Student will be able to evaluate a written passage to determine which of the four steps of an art criticism it is associated with.

HOT Question:

Read the following passage:

The darkness of the sky is a rich deep blue that seems to be endless. The yellow objects in the sky are stars. The stars do not just glow; they explode with light. With its swirling patterns, the sky seems to be awake. Looking closer, the earth itself seems to respond to the movement of the sky, forming its own waves in the hills beneath it. The church steeple in the center seems to try and reach the sky. The dark mass takes the form of a tree and makes the church seem very small. Vincent van Gogh wanted to express the magnitude of nature and the struggle of man in the painting Starry Night.

Which of the four parts of an art critique is this passage associated with?

a. Analysis

b. Description

c. Interpretation

d. Judgment

Objective: Student will be able to analyze art through the art criticism processes used by art critics and art historians.

HOT Question:

In many cultures, artists have used portraiture, including self-portraiture, to explore characteristics of identity. These characteristics often include social or cultural issues such as race, gender, religion, class and politics. From the point of view of an art critic, using specific visual evidence, analyze how the portrait below addresses at least one social or cultural issue in relation to identity. (Limit response to 200 words)

Objective: Student will be able to evaluate a work of art based on their opinion of what is art is.

HOT Question:

Key Assessment FRIT 7236

Take a look at this artwork and read the information below.

To make In Advance of the Broken Arm, Marcel Duchamp selected a snow shovel, hung it from the ceiling of his studio, and called it art. His readymades—mass-produced, functional objects he designated as art—challenged many accepted rules and traditions, namely that art should reflect an artist’s skills, or even be handcrafted by the artist. Duchamp asserted that an artist could create simply by making choices. His readymades also aimed at shifting viewers’ engagement with works of art from what Duchamp called the “retinal” (pleasing to the eye) to the “intellectual” (in “the service of the mind”), challenging the traditional notion that beauty is a defining characteristic of art.

Duchamp frequently assigned humorous titles to his readymades. In Advance of the Broken Arm refers playfully to the function of a snow shovel: to remove snow from the ground. It assumes that without the shovel to remove the snow, one might slip and fall and even break an arm.

Respond to the following question in a two paragraph essay:

What is your opinion of this particular artwork by Marcel Duchamp? What makes art, art? Is beauty a defining characteristic of an artwork? Does an artwork have to be handcrafted by an artist to be considered art?