Art&100 Fall 2015
Grays Harbor College
Instr. Erik Sandgren
Curator_____________________________
Catalog Entry # ___/4
Date__________________
The Virtual Museum of ____________ (topic)
Insert proportional reproductions or thumbnail sketches of each entire image. Use additional pages
as necessary.
Alternate Image #1 Title:
Artist:
Date:
Medium:
Image Source ___________________________________
Alternate Image #2 Title:
Artist:
Date:
Image Source ______________________________
Medium:
Selected Image Title:
Artist:
Date:
Style:
Medium:
Size:
Location of artwork:
Image Source_______________________________________
Completely describe the subject matter and its placement in the composition.
Cross Check in ARTFORMS (list chapter title, subheading, and page number)_______________________ _______________________ _________
Summarize in your own words the information from the textbook (style, medium, technique, artist,
etc.) that is relevant to your selected image and theme.
Use complete sentences to describe your observations about the most important form
elements of the image (refer to Artforms “Visual Toolbox” and “How the Artwork is Built”)
Emphasis and Subordination:
Overall Value Pattern:
Color:
Organization of Space or Illusory Space:
Directional Forces/Implied Lines:
Rhythm and Repetition:
Other:
In addition to ArtForms and Artstor list at least two GENERAL background research sources
that help you decipher the content of the image ( its narrative, mythology, subject matter, and
iconography) as related to your topic
1._____________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
2._____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Use complete sentences to describe your research from the sources above about the CONTENT
(narrative, history, mythology and/or iconography) of your image.
List (author, title, publisher, year, edition, page numbers) your Authoritative Research Source
with verification of artist, period and style identification
Use complete sentences to summarize your research from this source about the relevant
CONTEXT for the artwork. Select information that relates to your topic and theme. This may
include the circumstances of creating the work itself, relevant biographical information about the
artist, and/or information the style group to which it belongs.
Thinking about your THEME, describe two specific interactions between form/subject matter
and the context/content you have researched. Use complete sentences in your own words to
link evidence from your observation of the image itself with evidence you have researched.
These should combine to make three points about what the image suggests to you about your
theme.
1.
2.
3.
One sentence summary: articulate a relevant, supportable and significant claim about your
theme that is supported by your image. Use the evidence of observed form as well as the context
and content you have researched.
List your inventory of selected images throughout the quarter:
#1________________________________________________________________________________
Artist
Style
Date
Title
#2________________________________________________________________________________
Artist
Style
Date
Title
#3________________________________________________________________________________
Artist
Style
Date
Title