PORTFOLIO PREP - FAMOUS ARTISTS REPORTS IV
PURPOSE:
 To provide an introduction to great artists, their lives and works.
 To reinforce the awareness of the historical sequence of art.
 To develop greater appreciation of the diversity of art and artists.
 To provide a basis for specific knowledge concerning art and artists.
 To encourage the development of critical thinking and personal taste.
CHOOSE FIVE (5) ARTISTS FROM ONE OF THE GROUPS LISTED BELOW:
GROUP 1:
Baroque & Rococo:
Antione Watteau
Francois Boucher
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Christopher Wren
William Hogarth
Sir Joshua Reynolds
John Singleton Copley
Benjamin West
Gilbert Stuart
GROUP 2:
Neoclassicism:
Jacques-Louis David
Jean-Auguste Domonique
Ingres
Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun
Jean Antoine Houdon
Romanticism:
Theodore Gericault
John Constable
Joseph Mallard William Turner
Thomas Cole
GROUP 3:
Realism:
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Jean Francois Millet
Honore Daumier
Gustave Courbet
Winslow Homer
Thomas Eakins
Abstract Art:
Joseph Stella
Marcel Duchamp
Piet Mondrian
Futurism:
Umberto Boccioni
GROUP 4:
Expressionism:
Edvard Munch
Diego Rivera
Paul Modersohn-Becker
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Emil Nolde
Franz Marc
Wassily Kandinski
Max Beckman
Jose Clemente Orozco
David Alfaro Siqueiros
GROUP 5:
Sculpture:
Constantin Brancusi
Austide Maillol
Ernst Barlach
Alberto Giacometti
Photography:
James Van Der Zee
Henri Carter-Bresson
Alfred Stieglitz
Edward Weston
Ansel Adems
Dorthea Lange
GROUP 6:
20th Century Architects:
Ludwig Mils van der Rohe
Louis Sullivan
Frank Lloyd Wright
Walter Gropius
Louis I. Kahn
Moshe Safdie
I.M. Pei
Michael Graves
Denise Scott Brown
Frank O. Gehry
GROUP 7:
Abstract Expressionism:
Jackson Pollock
Robert Motherwell
Pop/Op Art:
Claes Oldenberg
Robert Rauschenberg
Roy Lichtenstein
Andy Warhol
Bridget Riley
Color Field Painting:
Helen Frankenthaler
Joseph Albers
Ellsworth Kelly
GROUP 8:
American Women Artists:
Lee Krasner
Alice Neel
Louise Bourgeois
Elaine de Kooning
Miriam Schapiro
Anne Truitt
Lenore Tawney
Betye Sarr
Eleanor Antin
Connie Zehr
GROUP 9:
African-American Artists:
John Biggers
Frederick Brown
Robert Scott Duncanson
Minnie Evans
James Hampton
William H. Johnson
Lois Mailou Jones
Keith Morrison
Bill Traylor
Joseph E. Yoakum
PROCEDURE:
Consult at least three sources for each artist. Take appropriate notes from each.
*encyclopedias, books, magazines, Internet may be used (except
Wikipedia)
Write a draft.
Read and correct the draft.
Type paper, using double spacing.
BODY OF THE REPORT:
Heading for first page of each report:
ARTIST’S NAME
NATIONALITY AND CENTURY
First section:
Read about the artist’s life and career.
Write 1-3 paragraphs about his/her life which includes the most significant
highlights. Avoid insignificant dates and details. Try to include only
material that will help you achieve a fuller concept of the artist.
Second section:
CHARACTERISTICS:
What do you consider to be the distinctive qualities of the artist's work?
Consider color, composition, technique, subject matter, mood and feeling.
Third section:
FAMOUS WORKS:
List several works which are most characteristic of the artist and/or
recognized generally as outstanding. (Underline the title of the works)
Fourth section:
PERSONAL CHOICES:
List works which appeal to you strongly, or interest you in any way. Be
sure to give a reason for your choices. If the artist’s work does not appeal
to you, please explain why.
Fifth section:
CONCLUSION:
Remember that the assignment is an introduction to a group of artists. (if
an artists work interests you very much, you are encouraged to do
independent reading.) Try to avoid massive generalizations based on, in
many instances, first exposure to an artist. Remember that your particular
resources may not present the artist and his work at their best, and seldom
in a complete manner. Remember also that your preferences in art may
change as you learn more, experience more, and grow in your personal
development. Conclude the report with a summary of your reactions.
**USE YOUR OWN WORDS! WHEN QUOTING OR PARAPHRASING, USE
PROPER FOOTNOTES OR CITATIONS. POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED (1 –
10) FOR NO OR LACK OF FOOTNOTES.
**MOST REPORTS WILL BE TWO TO THREE PAGES IN LENGTH.
PRESENTATION:
and
your
ATTRACTIVE COVER:
Consider good design, color and lettering.
The words “FAMOUS ARTISTS I” are to appear on the front cover.
TITLE PAGE:
The words FAMOUS ARTISTS I and appropriate subtitle, student’s name
section, and date turned in.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The words TABLE OF CONTENTS at the top of the sheet.
A numbered listing of the artist’s names followed by the page numbers of
reports. Number the pages after you have completed them all.
Example:
I. 19th Century Artists
A. Impressionists
1. Renoir
2. Monet
19. Capsule comments
1
4
40
COMPLETED REPORTS:
See “body of report”
CAPSULE COMMENTS:
List the names of each artist and follow it up with a group of words that
describe
his/her work.
EVALUATION OF THE SOURCES:
List the sources and give a brief opinion of each.
EVALUATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
Which elements of the assignment were most beneficial?
How has the assignment contributed to your art education?
Other.