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Art 1/Artist Spotlights

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

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#13 Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997)

3/30/2018

In your sketchbook, document this Artist Spotlight by #, name/dates, image (sketched or printed), and credit line info.

Since you have already learned about Roy Lichtenstein through the Scholastic magazine reading/assignment, there will be no further questions. Please keep those notes for reference and review.

If you are still curious about Roy Lichtenstein, here is more information from the ROY LICHTENSTEIN FOUNDATION

Whaam!
1963
Magna acrylic and oil on canvas
2 panels, 68" x 83" each
Tate Modern, London

LOOK: Roy Lichtenstein also worked in 3D - as you will also be doing!

Head with Blue Shadow
1965
Painted ceramic
38.1 × 21 × 20.3 cm (15 × 8 1/4 × 8 in)
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas

#12 - Masaccio (1401 - 1428)

3/9/2018

Holy Trinity
1427-28
Fresco
21' 10 1/2" x 10' 4 7/8"
Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Read/view the following resources and take good notes:

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. It is easy to understand how linear perspective can be used to create architectural structures and spaces but how does it play a role in the representation of figures?
2. Define "Humanism." How do you see the use of linear perspective playing a humanistic role in Renaissance art?
3.There is a direct parallel between the development of ancient Greek sculpture and the way that figurative art developed in the Renaissance... Explain.

Art 1/Artist Spotlights

#13 Roy Lichtenstein (1923 - 1997)

#12 - Masaccio (1401 - 1428)

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