MODERN ART RESEARCH ACTIVITY: CUBISM
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NAME……………………………………………………...
Using best “practice of research” and at least three resources from both academic and non-academic sources (tip: use TAFE online eResources). Ensure to record all details about each resource for a reference list.
Research and answer the questions
below.
Background…
1. Using the TAFE eResources
“Art and Architecture Complete”, search and find a resource that discusses
Cubism.
Type your reference here
in Harvard style: for example:
Monash University, 2012, Citing
and Referencing, Harvard Referencing
Guide, http://guides.lib.monash.edu/content.php?pid=346637&sid=2835365
viewed 9 June 2014
2. Using your academic text plus other credible, non-academic resources,
answer the following:
What dates did the Modern
Art movement “Cubism” occur within?
3. Name the two artists who developed the Cubist style. (full name)
1.
2.
4. The ‘Structural Frame’ represents elements that make
up a work of art. Elements can include colour, composition, symbolism, form, materials,
line, space, tone/value and texture. Explain how Cubism looks different
from real life and make reference to four stylistic characteristics of
cubism. Use full sentences.
Explain:
5.
Find an
example of an image and insert an example of a cubist painting below that will
exemplify your answer.
6. How Cubism began. Proto Cubism is the name given to the movement preceding Analytical Cubism.
Research and make a visual map of events
that have influenced Cubism.
7. Look at the painting “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” by Pablo Picasso, 1907,
oil on canvas.
Type your answers using full sentences to the
following:
· a. Picasso was influenced by his contemporaries; he had a professional
relationship with Henri Matisse and was very interested in Cezanne’s paintings.
How do you see these influences manifesting in ‘Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’?
Give specific examples with reference to the elements within the painting. (eg: treatments of form, space, line,
colour, tone, etc…)
· b. What cultures influenced Picasso to paint this work? How do these
influences manifest in the painting?
· c. What reaction did this painting receive when it was first viewed?
· d. Why is this painting so important in Modern Art history?
8. Analytical
Cubism. Copy & paste an image of an Analytical
Cubist painting below. Include an annotation. (title, date, medium, artist)
9. Explain what Analytical cubism is and how the artists treated their subjects
and artworks. What were they exploring or wanting to achieve? (use your own
words)
10. Synthetic
Cubism. Copy & paste an image of a Synthetic
Cubist painting below. Include an annotation. (title, date, medium, artist).
11. Explain what Synthetic cubism is and how the artists treated their
subjects and artworks. What were they exploring or wanting to achieve? (use
your own words).
12. What two new characteristics help define Synthetic Cubism from
Analytical?
13. Analytical or Synthetic? Label each
picture as either analytical cubism or synthetic cubism. Bonus awarded for correctly labeling the
artists.
14. REFERENCE
LIST
Type your Harvard style reference list below. (TIP:
use the hyperlink to Monash University
guide to writing a Harvard reference list at the beginning of the
questionnaire).
Questions adapted from Great Teaching Resources: The Arts, http://great-teaching-resources.wikispaces.com/The+Arts, viewed 9 June 2014
