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You will be introduced to selected works of art and artists as they relate to the curriculum. In your sketchbook:
1. Complete a thumbnail sketch of the work
2. Document the #, heading, and credit line
3. Review all provided resources - take notes
4. Answer the questions completely and with specificity; complete sentences should reveal the question (write legibly or type/print)

Entries started in class must be completed as homework by the same day/next week

MORE ART HISTORY!

#11 - Giotto (1267 - 1337)

2/16/2018

Lamentation
Arena Chapel (Capella Scrovegni), Padua, Italy,
ca. 1305.
Fresco, 6’ 3/4” x 6’ 3/4”

Read/view the following resources and take good notes:

Article about Giotto and the Scrovegni chapel
Watch this video:

AFTER CAREFULLY REVIEWING THE RESOURCES ASSIGNED ABOVE: Answer the following questions completely and with specificity to the provided resources, previous Artist Spotlight information, personal reflection, and additional research as needed:
1. This painting is directly across from another....As you consider the content of this work, what is important about the placement (across from, not next to!) and relationship of these two images?
2. How was composition traditionally used in religious paintings? How did Giotto change that?
3. In addition to the compositional innovation explained above, what other revolutionary and ground-breaking things did Giotto do, which earned his place art history?

CURIOUS? Here's some more information:
The video below compares Giotto's Madonna Enthroned with that of Cimabue's

#10 - Kehinde Wiley (born 1970)

2/2/2018

Willem van Heythuysen 2005
Oil and enamel on canvas
8' x 6', plus frame
VMFA, Richmond VA

from http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19445412:
"Kehinde Wiley grew up on the violent streets of South Central in Los Angeles in the 1980s. When he was 11 years old, his mother sent him to art school where he learned to paint and immersed himself in art history as an escape from the reality in his neighbourhood. Today, Wiley is known for his portraits based on photographs of young African-American men whom he has approached on the street. Dressed in street clothes, his models are asked to assume poses from the paintings of Old Masters including Reynolds, Gainsborough and Titian."

READ THIS and take notes.

WATCH THIS:

AFTER CAREFULLY REVIEWING THE RESOURCES ASSIGNED ABOVE: Answer the following questions completely and with specificity to the provided resources, personal reflection, and additional research as needed:

1. The SUBJECT of Wiley's work is the figure....explain his COMPOSITION as well as the CONTENT.
2. We are taught that "copying" is unethical. Wiley copies the compositions of existing works of art....so isn't he cheating? stealing? being dishonorable? If he's not "stealing," what is he doing? Explain your thoughts on this matter.
3. The background in a work of art can play many different roles but it usually supports the content. How do the backgrounds of Wiley's work support his intended content?

CURIOUS? Here's more information:

Videos:
Kehinde Wiley: Artist's modern twist to Old Masters' portraits
Curator's Choice: Kehinde Wiley's “The World Stage: Israel”
Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace (this one is long)

Art 1/Artist Spotlights

#11 - Giotto (1267 - 1337)

#10 - Kehinde Wiley (born 1970)

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